Mashup #5

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Hey guys, its time for the Weekly Mashup! Each week I take some of the best and most useful articles I can find and share them with our readers. I do not share every great article out there, I share what other mashup articles have not. Evolutionary Design’s mashup has resources on topics in Design, Photography, WordPress, SEO, Freelance, Business, and Inspirational Articles. When I come across great resource articles for design and new media, I will also share them here as well.

This week’s topics is a little shorter than most weeks, but these are my favorite articles of the week. There are topics in CSS3, PhotoShop Pen tool tutorials, Blogging tips, SEO and social media articles.

Design

Photoshop Pen Tool Functionality and Usability with Clipping Path Tutorial

“Today I would like to introduce a tutorial about how to draw a clipping path using photoshop pen tool. At the beginning stage in this tutorial we can learn the basic functionality and usability of photoshop pen tool and the second stage we can learn how to draw clipping path using photoshop pen tool. So why not have a try…”

The No-Pressure Introduction to CSS3

“In this article I’ll try to cover some of the more widely adopted CSS3 advancements, showing you not only how to use them but also the support you will likely expect from the major browsers.”

Blogging

8 Surefire Ways To Build A Popular Blog

“A few weeks back a blogger friend asked me how I got my blog to be popular and at the time I really didn’t have a real answer, all I said was hard work over time. Which was true, I worked my blog hard everyday doing many things to get noticed, I’m not really sure which one thing or combination of things are the cause of building a popular blog.”

SEO

12 More SEO Idiots (or Experts) to Avoid

“A few months ago, I posted 7 SEO idiots and subsequently received myriad ideas for other SEO idiots. Below you’ll find 12 more SEO idiots with dialogue and oatmeal-like depictions. Thank you to everyone who submitted ideas. For those ideas I’ve used, I’ve given the comment author a link.”

7 SEO Idiots (I Mean ‘Experts’) to Avoid

“Some of the SEO “experts” we encounter exhibit less than tasteful attributes. Having been inspired by The Oatmeal, I’ve taken the liberty of illustrating some of the bad SEO professionals.”

How to Use Google Adwords Keyword Tool for SEO

“While the Adwords tool is meant for PPC, it’s also a vital tool when performing keyword research for SEO. Google Adwords identifies the number of searches for specific words or key phrases. However, many people leave with false information because there are several different filters with different numbers.”

How to make a link bait that goes viral

“There have been lot of debates on link baiting being ethical or otherwise , let me be frank, this post is not intended to go that path . Its a personal choice and i think that is how internet is supposed to behave – By linking to each other and keeping it alive and relevant . We will discuss that later . For now, let us see how to create a good link bait for your Business Blog so that people are compelled to link to your post .”

Social Media

LinkedIn for Bloggers – Branding, Authority and Traffic

“When it comes to connecting with bloggers, I usually have no problem finding their Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon, and even YouTube channels. What I do run into is a lot of bloggers who do not have a LinkedIn account, which is a shame because there are a lot of untapped opportunities for bloggers on this social network.”

Facebook Advertising Killed Google Adwords 

"I’m going to share why Facebook advertising killed Google Adwords! I’ll share the secrets in Facebook advertising necessary to generate massive traffic, and the endless opportunities that this system offers that Google Adwords doesn’t.”