Well, as you know, I took a little break the past two weeks. While I was hoping I would be able to stay away from the online world completely and immerse myself in a good book or two …

Well, I didn’t really manage to do that.

It seems when you are involved in an online business there’s ALWAYS something to do, ALWAYS something new to learn and at my age, learning goes a little slower. Those old gray cells don’t pick things up as fast as they used to. Maybe I should buy some of those video games for seniors they advertise on TV. Maybe those would help stimulate my brain and make things easier to comprehend and remember.

They say, …“If you love what you do you never work a day in your life.” So I don’t consider what I do working, really.  However, I keep forgetting that it can still wear you down if you try and burn the candle from both ends like I have done for quite some time now.

My husband has been after me for weeks to take a break or at least slow down. But I wouldn’t listen. I wouldn’t listen to the signals my body was sending either. At first that is.

The spotlight is on the top commentator award winners for the month of July. Is it just me, or is every month passing by faster than the previous one? And for some reason the closer it gets to years end the faster it goes. Hold on to your britches J

In any case, I am thrilled to have the opportunity to write this post of appreciation today as this is one of my favorite topics to write about.

Normally I highlight the top 3 commentators for the month unless there are more who earned the top commentator award. This month we have five individuals who have achieved this.

Have you ever wondered how you could revive your old blog posts and drive additional traffic to them? After all you have written valuable content and you don’t want it to collect dust in some old archive. The best solution I have found is a WordPress plugin called “Tweet Old Post.”

There are many ways you could get your old content back out to new eyeballs. For example you could use a plugin that fetches related posts from your blog and attaches them to any new content you publish. You could tweet out your older posts manually or use automated systems like SocialOomph to schedule them. But that still takes time and we are all very busy.

I can’t believe that half of 2011 is already gone. What happened? It seems like just yesterday that I took the decorations off of the Christmas tree and it won’t be long before the first snowflakes start to fall again here in Colorado. Is it just me, or does time go by faster as you get older? (Sigh)

But I don’t want to get sentimental, because today is a day of celebration and I would like for you all to celebrate with me.

As always at the beginning of the month I would like to highlight, congratulate and thank my Top Commentators. These are not just fellow bloggers but people I consider my friends.

The buzz has been going around about Google getting into the Social media arena with their own “like” button just like Facebook. I am not going into the details here about “what is Google Plus One” as you can read about it in more detail in my previous post “What is Google +1 and Can It Help You Gain An Unfair  Advantage Over Your Competition?”

Let me just say this…

Word of mouth is VERY powerful! How often have you acted on a recommendation from your friends? How many movies have you watched because a friend recommended it? How many new restaurants have you tried out because someone told you that the food there is really delicious?

Ah, what better way to start out a new month than by recognizing those who make The Enlightened Networker what it is? Highlighting my top supporters is my favorite blog post every month.

Let me start off with giving my heart-felt thank you to each and every one of you who visit my blog and take the time to leave your thoughts and add to the conversation.

I truly appreciate all of you.

Wanna hang out with the best bloggers in your niche? Then you’ve got to be on Blokube.

Believe it or not, but we humans are herd animals. (I hope you don’t take offense at the word  “animal.”)

It’s true, we hate to be lonely, but we thrive when we can be part of something, when we’re in a group and have a sense of belonging. That’s why there are so many clubs out there. Sports clubs, business clubs, networking clubs. You name it and there’s probably a club you can be part of.

So….if you are a blogger naturally you want to be part of
a great blogging community like Blokube.

Have you ever heard the expression …“There is strength in numbers?”

So what exactly is Blokube and how does it work?

First, if you have never heard of “Tribe Marketing” or “TribePro” let me explain.

Tribe marketing is when a group of people collectively share each other’s content on social media and bookmarking sites. There are many free tribes that you can join on Facebook for example. I have been and still am a member of such tribes and they work very well. However, I have recently joined TribePro to speed up the process of creating backlinks and increasing traffic to my blog.

Gosh, I can’t believe another month has past. Where does the time go? The first half of the year is almost over. Somebody, please stop the clock.

Well, I don’t think that’s possible. We may be able to stop the clock, but time will still move forward. So I guess, I just have to deal with it.

The good news is that it’s time for another round of applause for my top supporters and without further ado here they are…

I have talked before about how important backlinks are for your blog’s SEO. The more backlinks are pointing back to your blog the more popular it is and the higher its ranking on the search engines.  However, creating backlinks manually can be a tedious task. But thanks to Social Monkee this is no longer a problem.

If you can push a button you can build backlinks to your site.

What the heck is Social Monkee?

If you are a regular visitor to “The Enlightened Networker” you know that I highlight my Top Commentators for the past month at the beginning of the new month. And this being April 1^st, oh gosh, “April Fools Day”, it’s this time again.

So without any further ado, here they are …