This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, making money online, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com.

The Resources Mashup

Here are some of the best articles I have stumbled upon, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week.

Blogging / Writing


8 pro tips for blogger outreach - if you need to propose something to another blogger, this is for you. If you need something to give to an advertiser who performed a poor outreach to you, this is something you can send them.
Is your WordPress blog safe - ways to bulletproof your WordPress blog from hackers and other evil on the Internet.
10 tips for opening your next blog post - the opening paragraph is one of the most important parts of your posts in terms of getting your reader hooked. How good is yours?
7 character traits of top bloggers - what you need to be a successful blogger.
How to launch a new blog with already high search traffic - how to find the phrases that will bring the traffic to you.