Twelve Generous FollowFriday Folks

January 22, 2010 · 53 comments

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In the comments of my post yesterday, Shyam Kapur, the developer of my favorite Twitter search engine FeelTip Top wrote:

“If there were even 10 more people like you, I would then be even more sure about mankind’s future.”

I replied that I know of many more like me and shared the first twelve that came to mind in my reply. I decided this would make the perfect post to share for Follow Friday, so for my readers who don’t read the comments I turned that reply into this post.

Here, in no particular order, are the twelve people I immediately thought of who are extremely generous with their time and talents:

Louis Gray, whose futurist tech blog I linked to above. Louis excels at analyzing new solutions and trends and sharing his conclusions with his readers. I highly recommend him. Louis was very generous in linking to this blog when it was brand new and recommending my work to others.
Adam Singer is simply brilliant. When I visited his Social Media Marketing blog to find the link I used in this post, I realized how much I have missed reading his posts. He, too, is generous in shining a light on new and upcoming bloggers.
Barbara Swafford is extremely generous with her time and knowledge and a prominent member of the dofollow community. She created a blog registry section on her site to benefit other bloggers. I highly recommend hers as a great blogging community to join. The only reason she wasn’t already linked in this post is that she didn’t have a recent post about Twitter.
Kristi Hines aka Kikolani needs no introduction to most. Besides her blog she is also know for her article writing. Anyone interested in Social Media should check out her best Social Media posts.
Without the expertise and generous heart of Derek Semmler, our very own WordPress Ninja, this blog would not have come so far so fast. Our golf store and blog and personalized gifts blog with wedding store would not exist and we wouldn’t be adding two more about horses and healthy living without Derek’s expertise.
Although he is extremely busy, Marty Weintraub has shared his genius for expert blogging and especially expert SEO through one of the very best Search Engine Marketing blogs. If you want cutting edge or very advanced SEO information don’t miss it.
Although I only recently “met” JR I have already found several indispensible tools through her including a thriving community for submitting and finding guest posts and the Best Content Spinner ever. I am new to using article marketing so her experience really sped up the learning process.
Collaborating with Murray Newlands has allowed me to achieve goals faster. Anyone seeking Blog Consulting Services or wanting to learn more about Word of Mouth Marketing should look him up.
Connie Foggles has been a joy to work with as co-moderator of Murray’s Blog Club. She has a very active Product Review blog where she writes about products of interest to parents and families.
I have learned so much from working with Bill Sutton who owns Good Millwork, a Florida Millwork company manufacturing and architectural moldings and exterior shutters. Both that blog and the one that hosts his molding search tool are dofollow and feature CommentLuv and KeywordLuv.
I only recently started working with Eric Blackwell and know we will accomplish much together. He is involved in Louisville Real Estate, offers Search Engine Marketing Services and has a site about Autism and Asperger Syndrome. Eric is based in Kentuckiana (Indiana and Kentucky), is a Web Designer and has a new site and blog specifically for WordPress Web Design.
I met Adam Riemer aka Rollerblader through Murray and recommended him to my favorite personalized gifts store owner. Adam is the most passionate, ethical merchant affiliate manager I have ever met. I am thrilled we are now working together on their behalf.

My greatest fear is that I have left out someone who truly deserves to have been mentioned. If I did leave someone out I hope they will forgive me. It is likely I will add them later when I remember! Use this TweepML icon to easily follow any of those I have mentioned here that you wish:

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Extreme John January 22, 2010 at 6:22 pm Twitter: @extremejohn

That’s the way to hand out some serious luv right there! Very nice indeed, looks like they might have a new follower on the way.
.-= Extreme John´s last blog ..Everyone Knows Me? =-.

Gail from Social Media Marketing January 23, 2010 at 6:09 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: Thank you John. I would be honored to be included in your post. The link in your comment is showing up as a most popular destination so perhaps I can return the favor and introduce my readers to your blog too.

For those who haven’t come across ExtremeJohn before he writes about “business tips, blogging tips, social media tips, social networking tips and a mix of just about everything else”.

When you have some time head over to his blog where you will meet tons of other members of the dofollow blogging movement. If I can ever get caught up I’ll meet you there.

John is also starting a new weekly guest post so if you’re interested in sharing your expertise in a dofollow PR4 blog check out his guest posting information.
.-= Gail @ Social Media Marketing´s last blog ..Twelve Generous Follow Friday Folks =-.

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Shyam Kapur January 22, 2010 at 7:31 pm

This post is incredibly useful not just to me. who you wrote it for, but perhaps for up to a million other people and businesses in the world. I will do my best to promote this widely. I hope every other reader of yours will do the same not just today but for weeks and perhaps even months. Thanks very, very much.

Gail from Social Media Marketing January 23, 2010 at 6:12 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: Thank you, Shyam, for motivating me to write this post. It was time I mentioned these generous people again so my newer readers can find them. I do hope many will follow your lead and share this post widely.

For those who don’t already know Shyam, he is the CEO of TipTop, the Twitter Search engine I wrote about in the post I’ll feature in this comment.
.-= Gail @ Social Media Marketing´s last blog ..How to Use TipTop for Real Time Market Research =-.

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meka from earning money online January 22, 2010 at 7:45 pm

It’s great that there are generous people in the community willing to help someone out and offer there talents.
.-= meka@earning money online´s last blog ..The Newbie WorkBook – One of The Best Guides on Earning Money Online =-.

Gail from Social Media Marketing January 23, 2010 at 6:16 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: Welcome Meka,

There is a rapidly growing dofollow community, spreading rapidly and especially quickly through blogs using CommentLuv and KeywordLuv. Those who are interested in joining that growth can read more about our dofollow plugins.

You could also be particularly interested in our How to Ka href=”http://www.growmap.com/make-money-blogging/”>Make Money Blogging post. It is now the most popular post in this blog.
.-= Gail @ Social Media Marketing´s last blog ..Better Twitter Retweets From Favorite Twitter Apps =-.

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ConnieFoggles January 22, 2010 at 11:15 pm Twitter: @ConnieFoggles

If there were 10 more people like you, connections online, back links and just plain old blogging would be easy peasy! I’m so grateful to you for everything I’m learning. Your willingness to give of your time and talents are not found often.
.-= ConnieFoggles´s last blog ..Flirty Aprons Review And Giveaway =-.

Gail from Social Media Marketing January 23, 2010 at 6:19 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: With Murray’s blog collaboration forum, your moderating, and what I’m sharing here and there we will soon have far more than ten!
.-= Gail @ Social Media Marketing´s last blog ..How to Use TipTop for Real Time Market Research =-.

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JR from Internet Marketing January 23, 2010 at 11:37 am Twitter: @imstrategies

Thank you Gail, I appreciate the praise. This is a great list, and I will check out all your references.

Thank You!
.-= JR @ Internet Marketing´s last blog ..List of 132 Comment Luv Blogs by Niche =-.

Gail from Social Media Marketing January 23, 2010 at 6:21 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: Hi JR,

Sometimes I forget that I move in circles that don’t overlap yet because so many in the CommentLuv community already know each other. This post will introduce many of my readers to other blogging networks.
.-= Gail @ Social Media Marketing´s last blog ..Congratulations Murray Newlands Best Blogger Finalist, 2010 Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Awards =-.

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Michelle from Your Virtual Assistant January 23, 2010 at 1:43 pm Twitter: @mmangen

Gail – oh my gosh this post must have taken you forever to write!

I don’t do FF anymore…..it just seemed to get me so stressed worried that I would forget someone!
.-= Michelle @ Your Virtual Assistant´s last blog ..DoFollow, Keyword Luv & CommentLuv =-.

Gail from Social Media Marketing January 23, 2010 at 6:25 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: Hi Michelle,

Now you know why I leave comments that look like posts. By the time I add all those links it does take forever. My philosophy on that is the easier I make it for readers the more likely they will actually go visit and follow the great people I recommend.

This one didn’t take nearly as long as the Twitter Retweets post or some of the others I’ve written. I don’t use blogs the way most do as serial posts. I see a blog as a way to organize research so I regularly update and add to my posts – especially the ones on my Best of GrowMap page.

I’m still wondering where to put that to make it easy to access. Fortunately it is now appearing in the Most Popular section at the top of the right sidebar. If it stays there it will be easier for new visitors to find it.
.-= Gail @ Social Media Marketing´s last blog ..Better Twitter Retweets From Favorite Twitter Apps =-.

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Kikolani January 23, 2010 at 4:48 pm Twitter: @kikolani

Thanks for including me in your list. I am definitely going to have to check out a few sites I haven’t heard of on this list…
.-= Kikolani´s last blog ..Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Midwinter in Sweden =-.

Gail from Social Media Marketing January 23, 2010 at 6:29 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: Hi Kristi,

How could I ever leave you out of a list like this? You are keeping company with some really exceptional people on this page. If you would ever like an introduction to any of them just let me know.
.-= Gail @ Social Media Marketing´s last blog ..Wedding Boom Predicted for Next 22 Years =-.

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cabin rentals January 23, 2010 at 5:08 pm Twitter: @mark_tait34yahoo.in

Content is king and i love the content of this post… its really very interesting i m very impressed… now i am eagerly waiting for your next post..

Gail from Social Media Marketing January 23, 2010 at 6:36 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: Welcome Mark,

Since we have KeywordLuv installed you can put your name and your keywords in the name field here and only the keywords will be linked. Just do this:

Mark @ Cabin Rentals and only Cabin Rentals will be linked.

I just emailed Derek to suggest that we need to indicate that Twitter IDs should be entered without the @ sign. Use your username only. I know this confuses anyone not used to how that particular plugin works.
.-= Gail @ Social Media Marketing´s last blog ..AdJump Demographically Targeted Ads Deliver Over 1.5 Million International Leads Monthly =-.

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Adam Singer January 24, 2010 at 2:05 pm Twitter: @adamsinger

Thanks for the inclusion Gail. Agreed that Louis Gray rocks, btw

Gail from Social Media Marketing January 24, 2010 at 2:47 pm Twitter: @GrowMap

Thank you for taking the time to pop in and comment Adam. Many of my recent readers probably had not found their way to your blog yet. It appears they are now though – your links in this post are showing up as the 16th most popular outgoing link as I write this.
.-= Gail @ Social Media Marketing´s last blog ..How to Use TipTop for Real Time Market Research =-.

growmap January 24, 2010 at 4:53 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: Now your link is up to 7th most popular.

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Cindi from Moomette's Magnificents January 24, 2010 at 9:54 pm Twitter: @Moomettes

Hi Gayle

So much information here! I’m already following and familiar with Connie and Murray and will get up to speed with all the other wonderful people you’ve referenced here.

I use CommentLuv and have seen KeywordLuv used on other blogs. Do you recommend one over the other, and why? Can you explain what the difference between the two are? Or do you use both? Thanks!
.-= Cindi @ Moomette’s Magnificents´s last blog ..How To Sew A Button – Book Review and Giveaway =-.

Gail from Social Media Marketing January 24, 2010 at 11:57 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: Welcome to GrowMap Cindi,

Glad to have you here too and I just read the super news that you installed KeywordLuv. We use both CommentLuv and KeywordLuv in all our blogs and ours are all 100% dofollow. (Some blogs use those plugins but nofollow them.)

I have a comprehensive post about why I recommend KeywordLuv and will be focusing my time and promotional efforts primarily on blogs that use it if I can just make the time to finish it.

I just added you to my KeywordLuv Twitter list. Anyone who has KeywordLuv installed and is dofollow is invited to let me know and I will add them too. I also have a dofollow Twitter list and I am willing to add all dofollow blogs to it on request.

Twitter lists make it easy to focus your time on the blogs that make the most of your efforts. For me that is SBC members like you, KeywordLuv and dofollow blogs.
.-= Gail @ Social Media Marketing´s last blog ..Better Twitter Retweets From Favorite Twitter Apps =-.

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YourNetBiz January 25, 2010 at 3:50 am Twitter: @mentormichelle2

This post is great. i wish more people would share fab collection of blogs and sharing will reap both parties rewards.

I’m so happy i’ve found this blog. I’ve bookmarked it so i can keep revisiting.
Thank you for sharing and providing such value in your content )

Gail from Social Media Marketing January 26, 2010 at 3:17 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: Hello Michelle,

It is really great to “meet” you. I would love to get to know more about what you do as there will be a much larger demand for mentoring to small businesses. Only those who get proactive will survive as the economy continues to decline.
.-= Gail @ Social Media Marketing´s last blog ..Wedding Boom Predicted for Next 22 Years =-.

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Spot from gadget reviews January 25, 2010 at 3:46 pm Twitter: @SpotCoolStuff

I’ve seen several other lists similar to yours but this is the first I’ve seen that has such a personal description of each Twitter user. This is exactly in the spirit of the best of Twitter — getting to know people and making personal contacts.
.-= Spot@gadget reviews´s last blog ..MagicJack, Meet Cell Phone. Cell Phone, MagicJack =-.

Gail from Social Media Marketing January 26, 2010 at 3:21 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: Good to see you again Spot. I have to get by your site more often – I’ve just been truly busy. There are a growing number of bloggers who are generous and willing to share.

We are gradually expanding who we each know by sharing our favorites both through posts like this one and directly through our collaboration. I’ll email you some information about that. You already know many of us.
.-= Gail @ Social Media Marketing´s last blog ..MEME: LinkLuv to My Fav Bloggers Favs =-.

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Eren Mckay January 25, 2010 at 9:54 pm Twitter: @erenmckay

Hi Gail,
This truly is a great list of people. I have to agree with your selection. We should definitely honor nice people with quality content which is what you have united here
I’ll be tweeting this.
Blessings always,
Eren
.-= Eren Mckay´s last blog ..Yummy pear dessert recipe with chocolate =-.

Gail from Social Media Marketing January 26, 2010 at 3:28 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: Thank you Eren. I look forward to including a recommendation for you in the next post I write like this one. I suspect at least some of my regular readers already know you and your work.
.-= Gail @ Social Media Marketing´s last blog ..How to Use TipTop for Real Time Market Research =-.

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Jonathan from Article Marketing Strategy January 25, 2010 at 11:06 pm Twitter: @dmarketingspot

Wow looks like a great group to get to know. Glad you stopped by my blog. Go ahead and send me some information via e-mail about your article marketing strategy you were speaking about. I would love to see what it’s all about. Meanwhile I will begin to know more about the people in your list. Thanks again!
.-= Jonathan @ Article Marketing Strategy´s last blog ..Article Marketing Strategy Proof =-.

Gail from Social Media Marketing January 26, 2010 at 3:29 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: Welcome Jonathan,

I sent you an email to the address you used when you left this comment. I’ll watch for your reply. Do let me know if you don’t receive it.
.-= Gail @ Social Media Marketing´s last blog ..Best to All in This Happy New Year of 2010 =-.

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Tycoon Blogger from blog promotion January 26, 2010 at 7:53 pm Twitter: @tycoonblogger

I am glad to meet another blogger who is spreading the blogging luv. It looks like I have a busy night ahead as there are 5 blogs who linked to above that I have never visited before. I love discovering new bloggers
.-= Tycoon Blogger @blog promotion´s last blog ..Domain Names for Bloggers =-.

Gail from Social Media Marketing January 28, 2010 at 2:04 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: Welcome Tycoon Blogger,

I focus primarily on the CommentLuv community and encourage bloggers to install both CL and KeywordLuv because as both have grown in usage and time is so precious I will be commenting in and therefore sharing almost exclusively KL blogs. I am so glad that includes yours!
.-= Gail @ Social Media Marketing´s last blog ..Wedding Boom Predicted for Next 22 Years =-.

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Barbara Swafford January 27, 2010 at 1:44 am Twitter: @BSwafford

Hi Gail,

I am humbled and honored to be included in your list. Due to time commitments in my real life, I haven’t spent too much time on Twitter recently. With my list getting shorter, I hope to be back at it in the next week or so.

Thank you again for including me. I’ll come back to check out the other links as soon as time permits.
.-= Barbara Swafford´s last blog ..Numbers – A Love Hate Relationship =-.

growmap January 29, 2010 at 4:43 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: Hello Barbara,

I could swear I answered this comment before, but the way FireFox is graying out and locking up on me lately perhaps it didn’t get submitted. I totally understand the challenges of balancing all that is on our plates. I still hope you’ll consider joining our blog collaboration.

I don’t get by your blog nearly as often as I would like but I do make a point of searching for posts you may have written when publishing new posts here so that I can link your fine advice in whenever possible.

I hope my readers will make a point of visiting Barbara’s blog – especially if you love blogging or writing.
.-= Gail @ Social Media Marketing´s last blog ..MEME: LinkLuv to My Fav Bloggers Favs =-.

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Nicholson from Luxury apartments Gold Coast January 27, 2010 at 3:14 am

You have these special peoples community, it’s nice thing for you and your blog. I think the companion does matter in your success.

contemporary furniture sofas January 27, 2010 at 7:07 am Twitter: @mark_tait34yahoo.in

Its an innovative blog…

Thomas January 27, 2010 at 8:47 am Twitter: @InteractOne

Great list! I am always looking for new people to follow that offer great insight and knowledge.
.-= Thomas´s last blog ..Picking The Right Keywords For SEO =-.

Gail from Social Media Marketing January 29, 2010 at 3:13 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: Welcome Thomas and thank you for the Retweets. You are welcome to use your comments here to benefit your site and those of your clients by selecting your own anchor text. (For anyone reading this reply that doesn’t know what that is please read Building Traffic.

Simply put Thomas @ Your Keywords and only the Your Keywords will be linked. Might I suggest Thomas @ ecommerce Web Development or Thomas @ ecommerce Web design or any other keyword phrases you prefer.

Note that many bloggers and even those who install KeywordLuv are very picky about how it is used or specifically prohibit using a client’s keywords instead of your own so always read their commenting policies. Some limit keywords to 20 characters and others to two words and Andy Beard is totally opposed to commenting for clients.

Some blogs are now using a plugin that thinks specific words are “spammy” so if you run into one of those it apparently doesn’t like the words Internet, Marketing and possibly Social.

I am a proponent of small businesses so I am very flexible. I know that many business owners don’t know how or do not have time and must rely on others to assist them and we want to support their efforts. If there were more successful small businesses the world would be a better place.
.-= Gail @ Social Media Marketing´s last blog ..AdJump Demographically Targeted Ads Deliver Over 1.5 Million International Leads Monthly =-.

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mazda air conditioning compressor January 27, 2010 at 2:45 pm Twitter: @Scottsdale Medical Spa

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Danny from detroit moving companies January 28, 2010 at 3:43 pm

Wow, there really is a lot of blogger love going around here. It’s great to be part of such a supportive community.

Gail from Social Media Marketing January 29, 2010 at 2:57 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: Welcome Danny,

It is good to see a company that understands the importance of having an online presence and backlinks with appropriate anchor text. There is much more here on growing businesses.

Skimming the categories on the bottom right or checking out the posts in the Most Popular section and particular the Best of GrowMap are great ways to find the best resources and how to use them.

I want to make a special mention of Local Search Directories because that is a fast, inexpensive (or even free) way to get high PR incoming links.

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billy January 29, 2010 at 8:58 pm Twitter: @gdubrag

hmmm…. hopefully I can become like one of them…
.-= billy´s last blog ..Mitsubishi Car Outlander =-.

Los Angeles Printing Service January 30, 2010 at 12:58 am Twitter: @clickonportal

People such as yourself who take the extra mile really do make the world a little bit better. Like make the world go round. It’s nice you actually know 12, now we are quite sure about the world’s future.

What the bleep January 30, 2010 at 7:16 am

I have to get by your site more often, I’ve just been truly busy. There are a growing number of bloggers who are generous and willing to share.

Rob from Metal Bending January 31, 2010 at 6:24 am

This article is very well written. Thanks for the contribution to the new web. I will tweet this on!

Salvatore from Wisdek January 31, 2010 at 6:25 am

Lovely collection. I am working on one myself at the moment. I have put the sketches of the twitter icons on my blog and I am vectorising them as time allows. I will make some of them free to download too.

Alberta Business Plans February 1, 2010 at 11:24 am

I recommend KeywordLuv and will be focusing my time and promotional efforts primarily on blogs that use it if I can just make the time to finish it.
.-= Alberta Business Plans´s last blog ..Government of Canada Grants $900,000 in Funding to Viandes Laroche Inc =-.

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thanks for this great list of blogs! I will be sure to check them out and bookmark some of my favs

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