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How to Fight Information Overload

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Todd Lohenry in Content Management, Content Marketing, Curation, Featured, Tactics, Thoughts

Here’s an interesting perspective from Karol Kroll… Information overload is a creature that has been growing on the Internet’s back since its beginnings. The bigger the Internet gets, the more information there is. The more quality information we see, the more we want to consume it. The more we want to consume it, the more [...]

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Improve your Google Rankings

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Todd Lohenry in Blogging

Blogging is a good start, but if you want to really rank high, you have to go to the next level… Getting on the first page of Google is a daunting challenge for bloggers and webmasters. Google is a search engine behemoth that controls nearly 70 percent of all internet searches and ranking on its [...]

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Google neuters Google Reader

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Todd Lohenry in Content Management, Featured, Thoughts

In what appears to be a relatively innocuous announcement from the Google Reader team at Google, Google has gutted Google Reader in favor of the unproven Google+… Today we’re rolling out the new Reader design, and the Google+ features that we mentioned just over a week ago. Before the day’s over, all Reader users will [...]

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Gmail to Unveil New Interface to Help Fight Information Overload

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Todd Lohenry in Just in case

Google’s excellent webmail app Gmail appears set to relaunch with a new interface, according to a video caught on the company’s YouTube channel by long-time watchdog Alex Chitu this morning. The new version of Gmail looks a lot like the recent refresh of Google Docs, but adds big avatar photos of your contacts to your [...]

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Tools I use; Google Reader + IFTTT

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Todd Lohenry in 5 Minute University, Content Management, Thoughts, Tools

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One of the keys to success in social media is using the right tools and aligning them in an optimal fashion. Here are two of my favorites; Google Reader and If This Then That [IFTTT]. Video after the jump… Related articles Google Reader to Get Google+ Integration (mashable.com) How To Back Up Your Life Automatically [...]

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5 years of Google Reader

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Todd Lohenry in 5 Minute University, Content Management, Thoughts, Tools

If you’d like to learn how to use Google Reader, try my new ebook on ‘personal news aggregation’. You can also search for past posts on Google Reader — no other tool has been as important for me in my growth and development as an aspiring thought leader. Questions? Feedback? Related articles 6 Tips To [...]

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Tools I use; Google Reader. Navigating and keyboard shortcuts

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Todd Lohenry in 5 Minute University, Content Management, Thoughts, Tools

This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series Google Reader Tips

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In this post I talk about organizing all those feeds you have been aggregating and how to quickly move through articles in Google Reader… Related articles What Do You Hate Most About the New Google Reader? (marketingpilgrim.com) Google Reader Is Not About Reading News It Is About Curation (regulargeek.com) Google neuters Google Reader (e1evation.com) Tools [...]

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34 Google+ Resources for Your Business: Advice from the Pros

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Todd Lohenry in Just in case

Have you wondered “How can Google+ help my business?” If so, then this guide is for you. Google+ is rapidly becoming a mainstream social media platform. We covered how to get started with Google+. But what can it do for your business? Below are the resources you need to ramp up your Google+ social media [...]

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6 Tips To Make Google Reader Easier To Use

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Todd Lohenry in Content Management, Just in case, Thoughts, Tools

RSS readers are immensely useful tools for more than just keeping up with your favorite sites. In the past we have talked about different tools to use your Google reader. Some were about bettering your reading experience with Google Reader. I know I use Google Reader to catch up on my favorite sites. The hard [...]

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Tools I use; Google Reader. Simple ways to get content into Google Reader

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Todd Lohenry in 5 Minute University, Content Management, Content Marketing, Featured, Thoughts, Tools

This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series Google Reader Tips

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This is the first of a multipart series on getting content in and out of Google Reader. Part of this content is in preparation for an interactive ebook on ‘personal news aggregation‘ and an upcoming seminar/webinar at The Docking Station in Green Bay on ‘How to drink from the information firehose without drowning’. You can [...]

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