Biggest. Online. Protest. Ever.

I usually don't write too much on my blog, but this wants me to write - helping a global internet blackout to strike out against SOPA and PIPA.

I'm participating tomorrow and will be having a countdown banner in the main area of every page on my blog until the bill is stopped.

You can participate in a few ways.

1) Write your Senator
2) Black out your website by embedding this code:

<script type="text/javascript">var a=new Date,b=a.getUTCHours();if(0==a.getUTCMonth()&&2012==a.getUTCFullYear()&&((18==a.getUTCDate()&&13<=b)||(19==a.getUTCDate()&&0>=b)))window.location="http://sopastrike.com/strike";</script>

3) Embedding a banner in your site that counts down to the day that Congress will vote on the bill at the Senate.  The code for that is here:
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You should participate.  It's important.  You can also read more here: http://sopastrike.com/

-m

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11 of Our Top WordPress Posts From 2011

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Hi there,

It's that time of year when we reflect back on all that we've done over the past 12 months and plan ahead for what's to come.

It looks like we are well on track to publish more than 1,000 posts in 2011 over on WPMU.org!

Here is a look at just eleven of those that are among our favorites and might be useful to you if you missed them...

  1. Jan 11 - Why You Should Never Search For Free Themes in Google
  2. Feb 7 - Open Source Social Networking Matchup: BuddyPress vs. Drupal
  3. Feb 14 - How to Create a Custom Facebook Page Using WordPress
  4. Apr 5 - Speeding Up Your WordPress Website: 11 Ways to Improve Load Time
  5. Apr 19 - Straight to the Source: 100 Fresh and Free WordPress Themes
  6. May 5 - Top 25 Free HTML5 and CSS3 Themes for WordPress
  7. Jun 1 - 101 Essential Free WordPress Resources for Building Your Website
  8. Jun 16 - 10 Free Responsive WordPress Themes
  9. Aug 17 - 20 Essential Plugins for WordPress Multisite
  10. Oct 12 - A Look Inside WordPress 3.3
  11. Oct 24 - 15 Point Checklist: WordPress Start-Up Guide After Installation
Here's to tons more as we finish out the year and move into 2012!

Cheers,

 -The Incsub Crew
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Your Next Move to Help Protect Intellectual Freedom on the Internet

Hey blog readers.  Thanks for following along with me over the past few months.

I wanted to draw your attention to some pretty dangerous stuff happening in US Congress right now.

It could affect our intellectual, economic and educational health as a country - the Internet Censorship Bill.

Learn more and take action below from Homes Wilson.

The Internet Censorship Bill took a massive beating last week (yeah, you did that!) but drug companies, movie studios and the Chamber of Commerce do *not* go down easy.

Now-- get this-- they're telling Congress it's a "jobs" bill.

This is dangerous.  Everyone in Congress is desperate to do something to create jobs.  Now the most powerful lobbies in Washington are banging down their doors, saying "this is your (only) chance to pass a jobs bill."

Since Congress is away for the holiday, there's one priority: sign up  as many people as possible for a massive call-in day when Congress returns.

Click here to join in, by committing to call your Senator

Since the House's "SOPA" has such a bad name (yes, you did that) lobbyists are moving their weight behind the Senate version, PIPA ("The PROTECT IP Act"). The Senate's censorship bill is just as bad; it's only missing a few of SOPA's extra-crazy provisions, like the ones that could send you to jail for singing a pop song on YouTube.  The website blocking provisions are all there.  Still, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid thinks that with the attention on SOPA, he can sneak PIPA through quickly when Congress returns.

Reid needs to know this bill won't move forward without a fight.  That's why we're organizing a call-in day for Tuesday, using the same tools that our heroes at Tumblr used last week.  It's kind of perfect.  While Congress rests we've got 5 full days to sign up friends, colleagues, Twitter followers-- everybody.  Then on Tuesday we'll unleash a storm of phone calls.

Click here to sign up, and then get others signed up too.

This weekend, instead of nobly vegging out on the internet, you can fight for the future of the internet and freedom of speech.  Every ounce of time you spend counts.  

Signups now, phone calls Tuesday.  Start your engines.

Holmes Wilson
Fight for the Future / AmericanCensorship.org

P.S. Are you a Tumblr user?  We just put up a special section with extra-easy instructions for Tumblr users to add a "Stop Censorship" button to their site:  http://americancensorship.org/#tumblr



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The Internet Should Not Be Censored

Take action here: http://fightforthefuture.org/pipa/ 

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Case Study: How Social Media Generated Revenue

I get lots of neat stuff in my email from time to time - particularly from @hubspot.  This is a link to a complimentary inbound marketing assessment.  Anyone else out there use Hubspot before?  Can freelancers like me benefit from them?

How One Business Generated Real Revenue from Social Media

Mark Campanale is the marketing manager and new media trainer at Triumvirate Environmental, an environmental services company. Triumvirate attributes $1.2 million in revenue to search engine optimization, blogs, and social media, Mark said.

How did they do it?

  • Triumvirate had been doing Google Adwords but was spending too much money, not knowing how to optimize their complex campaigns.
  • They launched a network of internal blogs to match their diverse service offerings and attract relevant search traffic to each business unit.
  • Added calls to action on their blog pages, including a phone number and free resource download behind a lead form.
  • Used Twitter and Facebook to share industry news and drive more visitors back to their content.
  • Leveraged interns and employees outside of marketing to participate in social media.

The company has seen some great results from integrating content creation and social media into their marketing mix. Mark's advice? Consistency is key - dedicate the time to social media and the rewards will make the investment worth it.

Learn how to integrate social media into an overall inbound marketing strategy to drive real results for your business. Get a complimentary marketing assessment from an Inbound Marketing Specialist!

Request a Complimentary Inbound Marketing Assessment

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Introduction to Ardunino: A PDF Comic Book that Explains it All

Click here to download:
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(via Jody Culkin)

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Where to now for mainstream media? - The CuriousWorks Posterous Blog

[BLOG] Where to now for mainstream media?

In his recent biographic essay, Australian Ex-Finance Minister, Lindsay Tanner, disturbingly admits that he had come to view his job as a sideshow: the politician as a circus performer.

He argues that with mainstream media's increasingly visual, superficial and adversary-based content, contemporary Australian politicians have little choice - and lack the necessary courage - to be anything but a bite-sized piece of entertainment.

The net effect of this is not just on our leaders: it is on our perceptions. Those who consume this media - and few of us are untouched by it - can find it hard to avoid viewing the world through this superficial and adversary-based lens.

Julia Bacha offers one alternative in her TED talk: she argues that if the mainstream media were to focus more on non-violence, for example, our world would actually become more non-violent. At CuriousWorks, our mission is also intimately related to the beliefs that underly Julia's cause.

But mainstream media is convinced people simply don't want to view this kind of content. Violence rates. Violence sells.

What do you think? Will mainstream media eventually find ways to halt their flagging sales by innovating their process? Or is the job of new media to find ways to bring diverse and mainstream audiences to more complex, truthful and representative stories?

Posted 2 hours ago by Shakthi 

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