WordPress has just given a great, new feature to the over 10 million blogs it hosts on WordPress.com. The new feature, called PuSH, short for Pubsubhubbub, is a protocol to speed up RSS feeds and new posts.

From now on, when new blog posts are published, they are “pushed” to RSS feedreaders like Feedburner, instead of waiting for the reader to “ping” the blog.

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You may or may not have know this, but there are awards out there that your blog can win.

No, seriously–your blog could be an award winner.  That’s actually kind of cool when you think about it, but by like token, it’s also kind of creepy.  I mean, this isn’t like the Oscars; who could even name a blog award that could be won in the first place?

But one thing that winning a blog award would do for you, however, is get you some credibility.  It’s one thing to be a blogger–anybody with a computer and ten spare minutes to sign up on Blogger.com could handle it.  But it’s entirely another to be an AWARD-WINNING BLOGGER.

Yeah, you can just about hear the caps in “award winning blogger”.  I’d give you a list of the blog awards you could compete for, but searching for “blog awards” on Google turned in over seventy three million results.  This means there’s likely a lot of room to play in.

Or, even better, you could nominate OTHER blogs for awards and tell them you did it.  You might even get a link out of the deal, and that’s never a bad thing.

So if you’re looking for a way to get you a quick knock of credibility, a fast link, or even just a little ego gratification, try being an award winning blogger.

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I spend a lot of time in coffee shops. They are a great place to office out of, two have recently become my favorites. I like them not just because of the beverages, or the food, both of which are excellent. It’s not even the fact that they both have free WiFi service that is both reliable and fast.

What has actually drawn me to these particular coffee shops are the other customers.  One of the coffee shops tends to attract younger people, college age students and tech people. Every table has at least one person with a laptop or netbook out busily working away.  The other tends to attract an older crowd, but also very tech savvy, again lots of laptops, smart phones and netbooks.

So why does this matter to a blogger?  People are a great source of material for you. Doesn’t matter what you are writing about, take time to lift your eyes from the screen and look around you! Coffee shops also have notice boards, or at least my two favorites do - guess where my new Social Media business cards appear?  Want to generate extra readers, or even extra work?  Why not use your creativity and come up with an eye catching postcard sized ad (they usually wont allow anything bigger). Maybe something that says “Free Blogging Help Available”.  With all those people with laptops you can be sure some of them are looking for that kind of help. Or maybe run a teaser campaign, think about your topic and run a campaign over a few weeks that leads ultimately to your blog.  Lastly, approach the owner of the coffee shop, especially if you hang out there a lot, see if you can do a deal with them, provide a coupon for money off the price of a coffee for your local readers.

How does the world around you inspire you to promote your blog?

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Ready for some Quick Links?

First, let’s check out these awesome posts below.

• Ben from Frostr learned how to solve a rubik’s cube, and he compares it with internet marketing through his post, Rubik’s Cube Vs Internet Marketing
• Suzanne Franco wants to be the next Blogging Idol, and she wants you to check out The Strategies I’m Using to Win the Blogging Idol Competition (and Why You Should Steal Them)
• Alan from Affiliate Confession tells us that Making Money On The Internet Is A Big Fat Scam
• Tom from StandOut blogger has 3 Important Reasons To Network With Other Bloggers
• And finally, check out Mike Smith’s guest post on Click Consultants, Top 7 Reasons Affiliate Marketers Should Be Using StumbleUpon

For some other news, Gyutae from Winning the Web has released IM Top Blogs. It’s like 45n5’s Top 100 List, but this one is better. Also, for those of you that missed it, I have answered all the questions that were asked in the first SlyVisions question and answer session. Make sure you check it out all my answers here!

Oh, and here are the most recent top commenters for SlyVisions. Keep it up guys and gals! And if you’re not on this list, what are you doing?!

• Sherry (17)
• syringa28 (8)
• BM (8)
• General Specifics (7)
• Puneet (7)
• Busby SEO (6)
• Dogomania (6)
• Shoto Azikuri (6)
• Ben Tremblay (5)
• Blog for Beginners (5)

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Darren from ProBlogger has composed a nice list of 270 bloggers that use Facebook. If you’re a blogger and use Facebook, this is a list that you must check out. From over 270 bloggers, there has to be someone in there you know that you can add. So get to work and add away!

Link: 270 Bloggers That Use Facebook

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I’ve seen a lot of great articles in the past week, so here’s another issue of Quick Links. Other than getting a new design for SlyVisions and telling bloggers to stop lurking and start working, I found some articles that are worth linking to. So without wasting any more of your time, go ahead and check them out!

• How to Promote Yourself Without Promoting Yourself? The Secret of SEO 2.0 from SEO 2.0
• Ryan from Smarter Wealth has great tips on What To Do When You Hit “The Wall”
• Learn How to Drive Traffic to Your Blog with StumbleUpon and Twitter from Remarkablogger
• From Mr Javo Using RSS To Boost Your Blog
• Hongkiat has 9 Interesting Facts To Know About A Website

I’d also like to give a shout out to the top commentators of this month as of writing this post.

• Ryan McLean (39)
• SuiteJ (16)
• Adsensing (10)
• Elijah (9)
• paulette (9)
• Hussein (9)
• Freddie (8)
• Danny Cooper (8)
• Yan Shall Blog (7)
• webkinz (7)

Remember there is a free blog review up for grabs, so get your name in the list for a chance to win the prize!

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Here’s another issue of Quick Links! Below are a few great articles I read over the past few days that I think you should check out if you haven’t yet. 

• Bryan from SiteFlip U answers the question, How Long Should I List My Auction For?
• Enkay teaches us the right way of Picking Offers For Affiliate Marketing
• Mr. Javo asks us, Is Micro-Blogging A Fundamental Aspect Of Blogging?
• Jay from Suite J answers the question, Is Website Flipping Worth Your Time?
• Darren from ProBlogger has 5 Lessons on Making Money with Affiliate Programs

Do you think you have a blog worthy of making it to the next issue of Quick Links? Well, whenever you think you have written a great post, send me a message! Here’s another tip: I check out ALL the blogs from bloggers that leave comments on SlyVisions, and I subscribe to most of the ones I like. Remember, comment-marketing is one of the best ways to explode your traffic!

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It’s been a very long time since I’ve done a Quick Links edition! Well, okay fine. It has been too long. So to redeem myself, I’ll be doing it again in a weekly basis like I used to do.

I subscribe to over 50+ blogs so I read a lot of posts everyday, but these ones made it in this edition of Quick Links. Make sure to check them out if you haven’t yet.

• Do you think your ego is too big? MoneyBites writes about The Ego Factor
• Learn How To Get Free Content For Your Blog from DatMoney
• John Cow says, Get Off The Make Money Online BandWagon & Make a Fortune!
• Winning the Web says that Time is Your Only Limited Resource
• Content Has Never Been King from CourtneyTuttle

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