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Weird week of Stumbling. Almost every worthwhile stop had to do with Search Engine Optimization and Social Bookmarking. If that’s what’s hot, then that’s what we need to know about, right?.

Enjoy!

1. Social bookmarking continues to be a huge opportunity for marketing and PR professionals. Figuring out how to make the best use of these tools can be quite a challenge. With more than 50 sites to choose from, where should you concentrate your efforts? Buzz Gain offers its choice of the top 10 Social Bookmarking sites to focus on. WorkConnexions answers key questions about social and business media while you can figure out how to convince your old fogey boss that social media is the way to go at ReadWriteWeb.
2. Making sure your website or blog is optimized for search engines is an ongoing process. At “Thou Shalt Blog,” check out 15 SEO Tools for Beginners that will help you stay on top. The Big Oak blog offers a way to check a webpage’s SEO quality.
3. We’ve all been faced with the frustration of trying to email large files. Even Gmail’s generous 20MB attachment limit is sometimes not big enough. Life Hack Magazine analyzes seven ways to send huge files. All are free; some have paid premium services that eliminate ads or increase upload speeds.
4. Nothing subtle about this one. Derek Halpern, author of Prevential, a blog about “Success, Money and Business,” offers 15 tips on how to become incredible. I especially like no. 9 on his list: Use Fear Constructively. Do you know what drives me to wake up everyday and improve myself? I fear mediocrity. I fear being average and I do everything in my power to avoid it. Incredible people will not settle for less than incredible.
5. Finally, just for fun, here’s a site that tracks the history of truth in cigarette advertising. Amazing what they got away with back in the day.

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From copywriting tips to vintage ads, this week’s Stumbles offer a smorgasbord of information.

1. Having killer copy is just one aspect of running a great blog. Making it visually appealing can be just as challenging. The folks at Pro Blog Designer offer some tips on spicing up your blog post photos.
2. Even writers who have been at it for 30 years occasionally struggle when it comes to word usage. Affect or effect? The differences between an atheist and an agnostics? Capital or capitol? Stop by Confusing Words to get things straightened out.
3. How can copywriters use the right words to stir emotions? What are some of the hot-button words and phrases that motivate people? Dean Rieck at Copyblogger offers “12 Tips for Psychological Selling.”
4. I love Gmail and I’ve only scratched the surface of its potential. There is so much you can do with it to stay organized. Jim Barr explains the genius behind Gmail with Gmail Tips.
5. Heres’ a two-for-one bonus. I love old time ads. Most look silly and superficial now, but at the time they were state-of-the art. Well Medicated offers 50 Vintage Advertisements while Excitement Machine displays Ebony ads from 1972.

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