Ever wondered how some folks get their Facebook profile badge on their site, email, or blog? It's easy! I'm here to guide you through that today.

1. Sign into Facebook and go to your profile page.

2. At the bottom of your profile page you'll see "Create A Profile Badge". Click that.

3. You'll see this only with your personal profile info. Click whichever type of badge you want to create. I'm going to click on "blogger".


4. You then can edit your badge. Once it's created click "Add Widget" and you'll be able to see it automatically added to your blogger (or whatever type of badge you created) account.

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Have a Facebook page but can never remember the web address of it because its so long? It might look something like this.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hip-Homeschool-Moms/125184830856012?ref=ts

So, lets try and clean it up a little, shall we? Follow these easy steps and your new URL will be so clean looking!

1. Sign into Facebook www.facebook.com

2. Then go to www.facebook.com/username

Wordpress, Blogger, whatever you use to jot down your "stuff", it's all the same. Show some love to the other bloggers out there. Why? Here are a couple reasons.

1. Shows that you are user-friendly: We typically aren't drawn to the bloggers who are negative, don't want to help others out, who tend to lean towards the more dramatic side of life, and well just aren't friendly. Everyone loves to find someone who is friendly - either in real life or in what I call "blog land".  The friendlier you are to your readers and potential readers, the farther it will get you. 
2. We're doing this together: You'll find ALOT of bloggers who are new, intimidated, and not sure where to begin with the whole blogging thing. I know when I first started, I had a couple who were so encouraging to me, kept giving me awesome tips, and thats what turned me into enjoying blogging and writing more than just once or twice a week (which was what I was doing before). It's not a competition (even though SO many tend to think it is), we're in this together. So, why not help someone out, give words of wisdom, encouragement, and let them know you're here to help them with anything they need? If we all did this more, the bloggo-sphere might be a little less dramatic. 

 So, now you might ask, "How do I spread the love of someone else's blog?" It's easy!

1. Use your social networks to their fullest: Thats what they are there for- to help spread the word, to get to know people. Don't have a Facebook or Twitter account and then not use it. Tweet about these folks you've discovered or products you believe in. Link up to them on Facebook as well. Other good social networking resources are: LinkedIn, BlogFrog, CafeMom, etc. 
2. Comment on their posts: Like something you read? Well, comment and let the blogger know! Build a relationship. I've gotten to know awesome bloggers by using this method alone. Everyone LOVES to hear encouragement from others. So, start by making a goal - comment on 3-5 posts a day from various writers. Do it because you love to, but also watch how your "comments" on your own blog start to increase!
3. Offer some sort of incintive for them on your personal blog: Participate in giveaways and reviews with businesses and companies you love and want to support. This is a great way to help spread the word about their "awesome-ness" (that really needs to be a word) :)

So, make sure to "show the love" and get to know your readers or other bloggers you have things in common with. It definitely will go a long way!

What is sharpening? It is simply enhancing the edges of an image. Look at the examples below.

Image that hasn't had any edited or sharpening.





An image that has had editing/sharpening.




Alot of people upload or print the pictures exactly how they were on their camera without editing or sharpening their images. Why look and display a dull, out of focus image when in just a few minutes you could sharpen the photo and make it 100 times better?

Most cameras (especially those in the more professional category) sharpen the image automatically. But for those smaller camera's and point and shoots, you'll have to manually sharpen the image. Some props for sharpening images are: 1. Photoshop Elements, 2. Lightroom, 3. Aperature, or you can use a FREE (not as high quality) photo editing site called 4. Picnik. (examples 1-3 are highlighted before and can be purchased on Amazon).

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Want one of those adorable, fancy - shmancy signatures that attaches to each post in blogger? Look no further! Here is an easy tutorial for you!


1. You can create your image/signature using Photoshop or an online signature generator.


2. Save the image to your computer.


3. Upload the signature image to blogger. Once it's uploaded, hit "preview" and copy the image location (jot down the url of this image).


4. Next, go to Layout -->Edit HTML --> and Expand Your Widget Templates.


5. Find this in your html template:

<div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'>

or this:

<p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'>

6. Then paste this below the code you found (just take out the spaces):


< img src='IMAGE URL' style='border: none; background: transparent;' /> 


7. Save the template and your signature should show up!


See! I told you you could do it! ☺

Ever wonder what some of the acronyms and words mean on twitter? Look no further, here is your Ultimate Twitter Glossary!


Before starting, what is your twitter handle? Mine is: @meghantucker or you can click on the "T" icon to the right. Lets follow eachother!




# sign
The hash sign is used to mark a word as a keyword, which denotes a “hashtag”. More on hashtags further down the list.

@ reply
The @ sign is used to indicate that you are replying to a specific username. For example, if DickCheney tweets a question about font tags, you will reply with @reply DickCheney “nobody uses font tags anymore, try CSS” or something of the sort. Remember that when you use @reply it is visible to everyone – for private communications use a direct message.

140 character limit
Twitter messages are meant to be short. Most people don’t even go up to the 140 character limit when posting a tweet. This is the reason for utilities like URL snippers, which we’ll get to.

Block
The act of blocking a particular user name from following your tweets. You block someone by clicking on their profile and choosing “Block” on the right sidebar.

DM
This stands for direct message, which is the Twitter equivalent to e-mail. You may only send direct messages to those following you. To do so, click on “Direct Message” on their profile and type out your message, again only up to 140 characters. Automatic direct messages can be set up to thank someone for following you using a free service such as TweetLater. Keep in mind that you cannot send Direct Messages to people that are not following you, even if you are following them. This is Twitter’s built-in spam protection.

FAV
You can favourite a tweet by typing FAV in all caps plus their username. This will automatically favourite the last tweet from that user.

Feed
Your posts on Twitter are commonly referred to as your “Twitter feed”, or “timeline”.

FollowersPeople who follow your updates.

GET username
Retrieves the most recent tweet from that user.

HashtagsHashtags, such as #BSG for “Battlestar Galactica”, denote groupings on Twitter for popular, commonly referenced items. You can follow updates on hashtags in real time at Hashtags.org They were developed as a means to create groupings on Twitter. In order to have hashtags tracked, start following @hashtags on Twitter. It will follow you automatically and your use of hashtags will be tracked. They are used to track specific events in real time.

Locking Your ProfileYou can “lock” your profile so that only friends can see your updates by scrolling down to the bottom of your “Settings” tab on the Twitter website and clicking the box beside “Protect My Updates”. This may deprive you of followers who would have otherwise followed you based on keywords in your posts and isn’t advised for general use. You would only want this if you wanted to use Twitter, but need to avoid public communication for a specific reason. Even celebrities have public profiles on Twitter.

NUDGE usernameReminds one of your friends to update.

off-TwitterA variant of “offline”, usually used when someone wants to share something with someone privately.

RT/Retweeting
This stands for retweeting, the process whereby you repost someone else’s Twitter post on your feed. The proper form for this is: RT #usernameyouarerequotingfrom “text of the retweet”. You are specifying that it is a retweet and putting in the full username so others on your list can choose to follow them if they like it.

Twactor
Someone who impersonates another person on Twitter.

TwittcrastinationUsing Twitter to procrastinate.

TwaddThe act of adding someone as your friend.

Twaffic
Traffic on Twitter.

TwaggleA bunch of followers.

TwaigslistTo sell something via Twitter.

TwaitingTwittering while waiting for something.

Tweeps/TweeplesA cluster of friends on Twitter. Frequently used to address all of your followers at once, e.g.”Morning, Tweeples!”.

Tweet-backBringing a previous tweet back into the current conversation.

Tweeter
A Twitter user.

TweeterboxSomeone who Tweets too much.

TweetardSomeone acting like an idiot on Twitter.

Tweetheart
Another way to refer to friends on Twitter.

TweetIn
A group of users agree on a set time to Twitter to each other.

Tweets
A collection of posts on Twitter.

Twerminology
Lingo used on Twitter. See this Glossary.

Twhepard
Twitter employee that restores your lost followers if you have lost them due to a technical glitch.

Twhiner
A Twitter user who posts a high number of negative items.

Twike
To ride a bicycle while Twittering. Don’t ask for a how-to.

Twis
A “dis” of a fellow Twitterer. Not a good idea since everything on Twitter is public.

Twittectomy
The act of unfollowing someone on Twitter.

Twitterific
Something awesome related to Twitter.

Twittering
To send a Twitter message.

Twitteritas
Ladies who use Twitter.

Twitterject
To insert your tweet in an ongoing conversation between other people on Twitter.

Twitterlooing
The act of Twittering from a bathroom.

Twitterphoria
What you feel when something good happens on Twitter, like being followed or retweeted.

Twittermob
Similar to a “flashmob”, this is a bunch of people who descend on an often ill-prepared location based on a Twitter message.

Twitterstream
The Twitter timeline, both your own and the public one.

Twittfessional
A confession made on Twitter.

Twittosphere
The community of Twitter users.

Twittworking
Networking with other Twitter users.

Twoogle
Twitter as the human version of Google, since you can post a question and get instant results.

Twoops
Sending a private message to Twitter by accident.

Twoosh
A full 140 character Twitter message.

Twurvey
A survey conducted over Twitter.

Twype
Typing a Twitter message.

WHOIS usernameGets profile information for a Twitter user.