Search, RSS and Becoming a Geek

During my Social Media Toolkit for Authors, I promised a blog post in lieu of a hand-out. Here is that blog post.

First off, I begged you to start using search engines other than Google.

For Blogs
Google Blogsearch
Blogpulse
Technorati


For Forums
Boardreader
Omgili

For Twitter
Tweetscan
Summize

For Images
Flickr

For Videos
YouTube

Then I said, "Learn how to use RSS and then use it to monitor your name. Cause your name is your brand."

RSS Readers
Bloglines
Google Reader
Newsgator

Then we talked about becoming geeks and learning how to do video on the go. But most of the questions were about picking a blogging platform. Lucky for me, ProBlogger has that covered much better than I could do.

Did I miss anything? Drop me a line if you want additional links up in the post.

Get your volunteer boots on!

Okay, you won't need boots to volunteer for Pilcrow Lit Fest, but we are looking for volunteers of all sorts.

Digital Volunteers
1) Photographers
2) Podcasters
3) Video peeps - do you vlog?

Service Volunteers
1) Greet and check-in authors
2) Point and direct guests to panels
3) Help us dress The Fixx up for the Rebuild Party

Gophers
1) We don't even know yet, but we need you.

Drop Amy or I an email and say "I wanna get my boots on!"