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Holiday Greetings from Business Blog Angel

Hi there... yes, it's me, Claire... Since Joanna joined the team a couple of months back, I've been pretty elusive here on the blog... well, she does such a brilliant job, doesn't she?... but it's that time again, so I've dropped in to say a huge, big Happy Holidays to all you wonderful readers, clients, followers and friends of Business Blog Angel. Your support is much appreciated and we look forward to working, networking, Facebooking, linking, blogging with you some more in 2008 :o) 

By way of a thank you, I've donned stripey tights and a silly hat and elfed myself - turn on your speakers and click on the image below to watch my elfin animated message! (Takes a little while to load, but I hope you'll think it's worth it!)

So... I'm spending today tying up loose ends on client projects and then it's 'feet up' until January 2nd. But just in case you find yourself with some spare time over the festive break and want to spruce up your blog ahead of the New Year, Joanna's compiled a really useful 'Best of 2007' post list from the BizBlogAngel archives: 

The top 10 things you should know before you [business] blog
Blogphobias - what worries you about business blogging
Business blogging - what and when to blog
Practical tips for business bloggers
Business blogging and SEO
How to create a blogroll - tips for when you're tearing your hair out
What do you do when you can't think what to blog about?

See you next year!

Warmest wishes,
Claire x

Time to get social: networks real and virtual

Photo by alexdecarvalho

The festive period is upon us already, which seemed like the perfect excuse to get a little social, learn a little about the power of networks, oh and share a little link love too.  Well it is nearly Christmas :-)

One of the things I get to do as part of the Blog Angel Team is dot around the blogosphere looking for good resources to bring back here, and to follow what Claire's blogging clients are up to.  (It's a pretty long list now - just take a look at the length of that client blog roll!)

There's been a distinctly social theme to some of the posts that have been pinging my feed reader over the last few weeks, and without further ado here's a serving of some links to the best of what you've been writing on networking, social media, and making them work for you.

Revealed: the challenges with social media sites the experts don't tell you

So, after my video tutorial and post last week Claire was persuaded to give StumbleUpon another go.  She'd bought my argument that it was a good way to connect with readers, to share information on other sites you enjoy, and to learn more about people who are stumbling your stuff. 

But how would she get on when she signed back into the site and attempted to start stumbling?

Well she was thoughtful enough to capture the experience on video as she went along, so we can follow, live, what turned out to be her Stumble Struggles...