In this round of social media reads we have another excellent batch of posts to get the wheels turning.

• 12 Important Steps some Bloggers Forget (Jeff Bullas)
• 13 Tools to Simplify Your Social Media Marketing (Social Media Examiner)
• 15 Blogging Lessons From Foodies (DKS Systems)
• 22 Ways to Create Compelling Content When You Don’t Have a Clue [Infographic] (Copyblogger)
• Hoo-ah: How the US Army Has Become a Social Media Leader (Read Write Web)
• Influence: The Best Argument for Embracing Social Media (Kruse Control)
• Pinterest Takes A Small Step Toward Fighting Copyright With Opt-Out Meta Tag  (Marketing Land)
• The Periodic Table Of SEO Ranking Factors (Search Engine Land)
• The Seductive Art of Blog Commenting (Unmemorable Title)
• When Social Media Goes Bad: 7 Guidelines For What To Do In A Social Media Crisis (Heidi Cohen)

If you have any social media reads that you’d like to suggest, please contact us or Tweet us @watershedstudio.

In this round of social media reads we have another excellent batch of posts to get the wheels turning.

• 5 Essential Keys To Successful Blogging (Contently)
• 5 Rules To Turn Your Local Business Into A ‘Social’ Business (Search Engine Land)
• 8 Great Ways To Use QR Codes For Marketing (Marketing Land)
• 9 Ways to Make Your Marketing Analytics Actionable (Hubspot)
• 10 Ways Social Media is Transforming Our World (Jeff Bullas)
• 56 Ways to Market Your Business on Pinterest (Copyblogger)
• Facebook Deprecating 50+ Page Insights Metrics – Are You Ready? (Search Engine Watch)
• Facebook to Release Timeline for Brands This Month (Ad Age)
• How Much Is Too Much Self-Promotion? (Round Peg)
• How to Make Your Content Go Viral (Social Media Today)

If you have any social media reads that you’d like to suggest, please contact us or Tweet us @watershedstudio.

In this round of social media reads we have another excellent batch of posts to get the wheels turning.

• 7 Crucial Tactics for Writing a Wildly Successful Guest Post (Copyblogger)
• 7 Terrific Twitter Tips To Use Today (Small Business Trends)
• 26 Tips for Writing Great Blog Posts (Social Media Examiner)
• 105 Tips To Make Your Blog Rock (Jeff Bullas)
• Build Your Links the Right Way (SEO Positive)
• How to Build a Traffic-siphoning Marketing Funnel (Pro Blogger)
• How to Create a Social Media Editorial Calendar (Search Engine Watch)
• Pinterest Drives more Traffic than LinkedIn and Google Plus (Jeff Bullas)
• The “New” SEO Secret Weapon (Copyblogger)
• Facebook Timelines for Brands? Time to Start Thinking Inside the Box. (Marketing Pilgrim)

If you have any social media reads that you’d like to suggest, please contact us or Tweet us @watershedstudio.

Here are your hand picked top ten social media reads for the week. Enjoy.

• 5 Questions that Are Killing Your Blog (MENG)
• 6 Powerful Guest Post Tactics that No One’s Talking About (Pro Blogger)
• 7 Fundamentals of Successful Blogs (Smedio)
• 9 Tips for Integrating Social Media on Your Website (Social Media Examiner)
• 10 Things A Brand Should Never Do On Twitter (Social Penguin)
• Content Chemistry: The Periodic Table of Content (Orbit Media Studios)
• How to Recover From a Social Media Hangover (Copyblogger)
• Why Build a Fan Page If You’re Going To Abandon It? ( Your Social Media Mogul)
• Why Pinterest is 2012′s hottest website (CNN)
• Why Would You Have 50 Twitter Accounts For Your Company? (Jeff Bullas)

If you have any social media reads that you’d like to suggest, please contact us or Tweet us @watershedstudio.

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WordPress 3.3, “Sonny”, was released on December 12, 2011 and is a major release that adds:

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• hover menus for the navigation
• a new toolbar
• improved co-editing support
• Tumblr importer
• pointer tips for new features included in each update
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WordPress 3.2, was released on July 4, 2011 and is a major release that adds:

• making WordPress faster and lighter
• a refreshed dashboard design
• the fully HTML5 new Twenty Eleven theme
• the new distraction-free writing or zen mode

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WordPress 3.1.3, was released on May 25, 2011 and is a maintenance & security release.

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WordPress 3.1.2, was released on April 26, 2011 and is a maintenance & security release.

This release addresses a vulnerability that allowed Contributor-level users to improperly publish posts.

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WordPress 3.1, was released on February 23, 2011 and is a major release that adds:

• a redesigned linking workflow which makes it easy to link to your existing posts and pages
• an admin bar so you’re never more than a click away from your most-used dashboard pages
• a streamlined writing interface that hides many of the seldom-used panels by default to create a simpler and less intimidating writing experience for new bloggers
• a handful of backend updates that plugin & theme developers will enjoy which also increase WordPress’ content management (CMS) capabilities

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Here at Watershed Studio we’re always scouring our RSS and Twitter feeds to see what’s going on in the world of technology and social media. Here’s Volume 5 in nice, easy to digest, posts. Enjoy.

• 7 Social Media Lessons From Phil Collins
• 10 tips from @pistachio on using Twitter for events
• Automation on Twitter: Should you do it?
• Common Mistakes Your Business Must Avoid On Twitter
• Does Your Social Media Policy Violate the Law? (Kuno Creative)
• New York Times Asks Twitter to Disable Paywall-Jumping Feed (Mashable)
• Social media like Facebook and Twitter turn local TV newscasts into a two-way conversation between viewers and on-air talent
• Social Media Marketing is Failing (Douglas Karr)
• True Story of a Twitter Marriage Proposal (Wired)
• Tweets That Will Get You Fired (Forbes)

If you have any social media reads that you’d like to suggest, please contact us or Tweet us @watershedstudio.