Here are the top 10 posts about blogging and social media I’ve stumbled upon this week:

Five Reasons Bloggers Should Get Paid

I began to see the power that bloggers had and the influence they wield over their communities. And because of my marketing background, I began to think of bloggers as more than just “online writers.” It didn’t feel right that bloggers were accepting samples of a new snack food or lotion or cleaning product and putting a lot of time and effort into writing a thoughtful review about it for no compensation. Bloggers were doing work.

Choosing a Cover Image for Facebook Timeline

As of March 30, 2012, all Facebook Pages will be converted to Timeline. And part of the new design includes a large cover image, 851 px by 315 px. Now if your image is larger or smaller than this, don’t fret. Facebook will automatically resize and crop if needed, and then allow you to adjust the part of the cropped photo that shows. Do keep in mind, however, that your cover image has to be at least 720 pixels wide.

How to Breathe Life Into a Boring Email Newsletter

If you’ve ever been on the receiving end of an email newsletter, you’ve likely been more bored than that shamelessly cute baby to the right. I get it — when you’re not sure what to write, but you feel like an email has to go out, why not send an update about products, services, and what’s going on at your company?

Why Working Too Hard Sucks and How it Can Hurt Your Blog

Bloggers often burn out because they don’t pace themselves. Harnessing that creative energy in order to prolong it is really important!

25 Clever Ways to Grow Your Email Marketing List

As a marketer, it’s your job to make sure you’re constantly adding fresh contacts to your email marketing campaigns so you can keep your numbers moving up and to the right. If you’re not working on growing your email list already (or you’ve run out of creative ideas to do so), here are 25 simple ways to build up that email list.

How to Install Fancy Fonts for Free

Following are two tutorials. I want to say at the get-go, that the way you put in the code will be different for different themes, but I thought these would cover most of you (hopefully).

How Bloggers Are Using Pinterest

For bloggers, Pinterest can help you improve your site through inspiration, research, increased traffic and networking opportunities.

9 Ways to Increase Visibility for Your Best Blog Content

There are plenty of ways to resurface your best blog content so it gets more visibility than just a day or two on your blog’s homepage. We know how much time and effort it takes to create content, so why not squeeze the most ROI out of your business blogging with these ideas to resurface your blog content?

8 Creative Ways to Use Embeddable Tweets

What if your Twitter conversations could expand to include more people from your online community? Now you can thanks to embedded tweets, a new feature from Twitter.

Tips from the Trenches: Best Blogger Productivity Tools

I thought I would be the only blogger who didn’t use many (okay—any!) of the productivity apps I downloaded. As it turned out, very few of the pro bloggers we spoke to relied on any apps or tools other than Gmail, Google Calendar, and Evernote.

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