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Effective Blog Design Part 1 (Search Engine Journal)
Blogs have almost become as ubiquitous as the internet itsself. With powerful CMS tools like Wordpress and Blogger it's never been easier to start a blog. In past articles I've spoken about the need to hire a professional web designer to get a great design or to rely on one of the thousands of free themes.… Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . Effective Blog Design Part 1

Is SaaS a friend or foe of open source? (ZDNet)
Even where SaaS companies let customers take back their data, they often don't let them take the code underlying it, Dries Buytaert of Drupal and Acquia wrote in a blog post.

Web Tools: Blogging Made Easy (Small Business Computing)
NinjaWeb Setup takes the pain out of small business blogging. Plus, a free marketing resource to help you get interviewed on TV or radio and the 'Pandora' for books.

Backing Up a Wordpress Blog to the Cloud Using Amazon S3 (ReadWriteWeb)
We posted yesterday about Wordpress.com founder Matt Mullenweg and his view that cloud computing is marketing speak . The conversation followed a significant Wordpress.com outage. In our research looking into the role that cloud computing played, we discovered a lot of discussions about backing up your Wordpress.com account. One method looks especially interesting. Sponsor With an Amazon S3 ...

HOW TO: Create a Successful Company Blog (Mashable)
Mark Suster is a Partner at GRP Partners , a Venture Capital firm in Los Angeles. He blogs at Both Sides of the Table and can be found on Twitter at @msuster . I’m often asked by entrepreneurs and business owners whether it is worth blogging, and if so, what they should blog about. On the first question, the answer is obvious to me — you must blog as an entrepreneur. In this post I’ll cover why ...

Mashable’s Weekly Social Media Conference Guide (Mashable)
It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section . Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s establish a media partnership. Mashable’s Weekly Social Media and Marketing Event Guide is proudly ...