Weekend WrapUp – Week of Dec 8th

Each Saturday I spotlight 5 of my favorite blog articles from around the net.  Hopefully you find these blog posts interesting, fun, and valuable to your growth as a blogger and as an individual.

• How to Start Speaking at Events – by Chris Brogan
  Chris highlights his path from an accomplished blogger to a public speaker.  Using your experience from blogging, your social network, and implementing Chris’ tips for public speaking, you too can be a successful public speaker if you wish!
• Digg’s Effect on PageRank – by SEO Wordsmith
  Social media has affected each and every one of us… bloggers that is.  This article does a great job of explaining the effect that Digg has on our PageRank.  SEO Wordsmith gives some good suggestions on how to create an interesting title, how to create a viral article and how to get “dugg”.  Check this one out to learn more!
• How to Get Freelance Work with Twitter – by Kim Woodbridge
  Twitter is all the rave right now.  It’s such a great tool in so many aspects.  Kim explains how she uses Twitter to her advantage to find freelance work; so many bloggers also do a great deal of freelancing.  Read her article to find out more about the “do’s” and “don’ts” of how you can use Twitter to find freelance work.
• Ranking Highly in Search Engines has nothing to do with SEO – by Josh Klein
  For as long as blogs have been around, there’s been an ongoing debate as to the importance of SEO.  Some say SEO is King, others say content is the all-mighty ruler.  Here’s a great article by Josh Klein summarizing the importance of a combination of the two.  His article is a less technical version of how to make your blog SEO friendly, while creating content.
• The Essential Time-Saving Guide for Busy People – by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits
  I’m busy.  You’re busy.  Who isn’t?  With all of today’s worries and responsibilities, are you taking time to reflect on your personal and work habits?  Here’s an article that has some good tips for all of us busy professionals to save time.  Take time out of your day to read this one; you won’t be disappointed!

I hope that you enjoy reading these articles as much as I did.  Each day I read multiple articles and most of them are great;  I would like to highlight them all, however the list would be a mile long.  Watch out for next Saturdays’ Weekend Wrap-Up for more great content from around the blog world.   Have a great weekend!