<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><channel><title>Social Media Examiner | Carol Newman Cronin | Activity</title> <atom:link href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/cansail/activity/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/cansail/activity/feed</link> <description>Carol Newman Cronin - Activity Feed</description> <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:19:02 +0000</pubDate> <generator>http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5</generator> <language>en</language> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/use-of-bold-in-blog-text-question/#post-5954</guid><title>Carol Newman Cronin replied to the forum topic Use of bold in blog text - Question in the club Blogging</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/use-of-bold-in-blog-text-question/#post-5954</link> <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:42:54 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/cansail/" title="Carol Newman Cronin" rel="nofollow">Carol Newman Cronin</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/use-of-bold-in-blog-text-question/" rel="nofollow">Use of bold in blog text - Question</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> I've also seen blogs that use bold for outbound links, which I find distracting (especially if they don't underline on rollover). I like the idea of using bold to improve the skim-ability, since that's how most [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/stupid-wordpress-question/#post-4464</guid><title>Carol Newman Cronin replied to the forum topic stupid wordpress question in the club Blogging</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/stupid-wordpress-question/#post-4464</link> <pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:18:28 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/cansail/" title="Carol Newman Cronin" rel="nofollow">Carol Newman Cronin</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/stupid-wordpress-question/" rel="nofollow">stupid wordpress question</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/glengorham/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/glengorham/' rel="nofollow">@glengorham</a>, have you linked to your own posts? If so you will get a trackback from that.</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/read-any-good-books-lately/#post-4463</guid><title>Carol Newman Cronin replied to the forum topic Read any good books lately? in the club Small Business</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/read-any-good-books-lately/#post-4463</link> <pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:17:25 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/cansail/" title="Carol Newman Cronin" rel="nofollow">Carol Newman Cronin</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/read-any-good-books-lately/" rel="nofollow">Read any good books lately?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> And when you are all ready for a little lighter reading, try out my three novels: "Oliver's Surprise" and "Cape Cod Surprise" are about a young boy who goes back in time to two different hurricanes (1938 and [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/to-write-properly-or-not-to-write-properly-that-is-the-question-1/#post-2905</guid><title>Carol Newman Cronin replied to the forum topic To write properly or not to write properly, that is the question! in the club Blogging</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/to-write-properly-or-not-to-write-properly-that-is-the-question-1/#post-2905</link> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:08:27 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/cansail/" title="Carol Newman Cronin" rel="nofollow">Carol Newman Cronin</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/to-write-properly-or-not-to-write-properly-that-is-the-question-1/" rel="nofollow">To write properly or not to write properly, that is the question!</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/glengorham/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/glengorham/' rel="nofollow">@glengorham</a> To me, sloppy writing screams of unprofessionalism, whether it's on social media or in a blog post or in a business bio or buried on page 2 of a printed resume. Contractions are okay if used [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/do-you-have-a-qr-code-and-why-or-why-not/#post-1937</guid><title>Carol Newman Cronin replied to the forum topic Do you have a QR code and why or why not? in the club Small Business</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/do-you-have-a-qr-code-and-why-or-why-not/#post-1937</link> <pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:44:51 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/cansail/" title="Carol Newman Cronin" rel="nofollow">Carol Newman Cronin</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/do-you-have-a-qr-code-and-why-or-why-not/" rel="nofollow">Do you have a QR code and why or why not?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> @<a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/deairby/" title="Dea Irby" rel="nofollow">Dea Irby</a>&#160; thanks! What's the "non-cookbook" about?</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/do-you-have-a-qr-code-and-why-or-why-not/#post-1883</guid><title>Carol Newman Cronin replied to the forum topic Do you have a QR code and why or why not? in the club Small Business</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/do-you-have-a-qr-code-and-why-or-why-not/#post-1883</link> <pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:29:09 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/cansail/" title="Carol Newman Cronin" rel="nofollow">Carol Newman Cronin</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/do-you-have-a-qr-code-and-why-or-why-not/" rel="nofollow">Do you have a QR code and why or why not?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> I have a QR code (or two, actually) on the business card that promotes my latest book, Game of Sails: an Olympic Love Story. The first takes scanners to the Kindle download page, and the second takes scanners to [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/if-you-could-start-over-what-would-you-do-different-on-your-blog/#post-1482</guid><title>Carol Newman Cronin replied to the forum topic If You Could Start Over, What Would You Do Different on your Blog? in the club Blogging</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/if-you-could-start-over-what-would-you-do-different-on-your-blog/#post-1482</link> <pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:23:26 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/cansail/" title="Carol Newman Cronin" rel="nofollow">Carol Newman Cronin</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/if-you-could-start-over-what-would-you-do-different-on-your-blog/" rel="nofollow">If You Could Start Over, What Would You Do Different on your Blog?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> Thanks to this thread, I just set up a mailing list signup form with MailChimp. Easy and fast. Wish I'd done this when I first started my blog!&#160;<div></div><div>I agree with the "write from the heart" suggestion. I try not to [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/finding-that-niche/#post-785</guid><title>Carol Newman Cronin replied to the forum topic Finding that Niche in the club Blogging</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/finding-that-niche/#post-785</link> <pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:04:37 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/cansail/" title="Carol Newman Cronin" rel="nofollow">Carol Newman Cronin</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/finding-that-niche/" rel="nofollow">Finding that Niche</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> Jay: Do you have a sport or a hobby that you are into? If so that might be a good way to delineate yourself from other leadership and pro development experts. Passion for a non-work element will make you more [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/word-press/#post-755</guid><title>Carol Newman Cronin replied to the forum topic Word Press in the club Blogging</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/word-press/#post-755</link> <pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:03:51 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/cansail/" title="Carol Newman Cronin" rel="nofollow">Carol Newman Cronin</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/word-press/" rel="nofollow">Word Press</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> You might want to try a different browser. I use FF and it's fine but it doesn't seem to like others as much. I would avoid any third party hosts if possible to minimize the troubleshooting later...<div></div><div>Also WP help [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/learning-wordpress-any-secrets-or-shortcuts/#post-745</guid><title>Carol Newman Cronin replied to the forum topic Learning Wordpress.  Any secrets or shortcuts? in the club Blogging</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/learning-wordpress-any-secrets-or-shortcuts/#post-745</link> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:53:05 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/cansail/" title="Carol Newman Cronin" rel="nofollow">Carol Newman Cronin</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/learning-wordpress-any-secrets-or-shortcuts/" rel="nofollow">Learning Wordpress.  Any secrets or shortcuts?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> Kevin, it's easy to confuse wordpress.org and wordpress.com. .org is free, and that's what I"ve been using with great success.</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/do-you-maintain-more-than-one-fb-profile-i-e-one-for-personal-vs-prof/#post-743</guid><title>Carol Newman Cronin replied to the forum topic Do you maintain more than one FB profile? i.e. one for personal vs. prof in the club Facebook</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/do-you-maintain-more-than-one-fb-profile-i-e-one-for-personal-vs-prof/#post-743</link> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:32:31 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/cansail/" title="Carol Newman Cronin" rel="nofollow">Carol Newman Cronin</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/do-you-maintain-more-than-one-fb-profile-i-e-one-for-personal-vs-prof/" rel="nofollow">Do you maintain more than one FB profile? i.e. one for personal vs. prof</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> This is one of the reasons I'm attracted to Google+, since you can choose who sees what. I don't publish my FB info on my site (though I do publish my Twitter account: <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/cansail/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/cansail/' rel="nofollow">@cansail</a>). And I only accept friends who I [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/self-hosted-facebook-tabs/#post-461</guid><title>Carol Newman Cronin replied to the forum topic Self-Hosted Facebook Tabs in the club Facebook</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/self-hosted-facebook-tabs/#post-461</link> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:21:33 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/cansail/" title="Carol Newman Cronin" rel="nofollow">Carol Newman Cronin</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/self-hosted-facebook-tabs/" rel="nofollow">Self-Hosted Facebook Tabs</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> Thanks everyone. Now I get it.<div></div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/introduce-yourselves-1/#post-412</guid><title>Carol Newman Cronin replied to the forum topic Introduce Yourselves! in the club Blogging</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/introduce-yourselves-1/#post-412</link> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:53:00 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/cansail/" title="Carol Newman Cronin" rel="nofollow">Carol Newman Cronin</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/introduce-yourselves-1/" rel="nofollow">Introduce Yourselves!</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> Greetings all! &#160;<div></div><div>I write a blog called "Where Books Meet Boats" which talks mostly about writing fiction and the brave new world of e-publishing. Lots to learn. I also blog for my biggest client on Boats.com [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/introduce-yourselves-2/#post-410</guid><title>Carol Newman Cronin replied to the forum topic Introduce Yourselves! in the club Facebook</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/introduce-yourselves-2/#post-410</link> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:49:34 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/cansail/" title="Carol Newman Cronin" rel="nofollow">Carol Newman Cronin</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/introduce-yourselves-2/" rel="nofollow">Introduce Yourselves!</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> Hello all! I come at this from a slightly different angle: I'm the author of three novels and I'm looking for ways to better promote them to increase the number of readers and buyers. I'm also a graphic [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/self-hosted-facebook-tabs/#post-408</guid><title>Carol Newman Cronin replied to the forum topic Self-Hosted Facebook Tabs in the club Facebook</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/self-hosted-facebook-tabs/#post-408</link> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:44:55 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/cansail/" title="Carol Newman Cronin" rel="nofollow">Carol Newman Cronin</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/self-hosted-facebook-tabs/" rel="nofollow">Self-Hosted Facebook Tabs</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> Can someone explain the custom Facebook tab or post an example we can see? Thanks.&#160;</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/activity/p/343/</guid><title>Carol Newman Cronin became a registered member</title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/activity/p/343/</link> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:34:51 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/cansail/" title="Carol Newman Cronin" rel="nofollow">Carol Newman Cronin</a> became a registered member</p><p>Comments: 0</p> ]]> </description> </item> </channel> </rss>