Donâ€™t get too big, the advertisers will avoid you

August 31, 2006 | Filed Under General, Professional Blogging | 4 Comments

Mike Rundle of 9rules has written a post on traffic, and b5mediaâ€™s traffic in particular. Itâ€™s gotten a little heated in the comments, pies flying all over the place, but itâ€™s still a good read for everyone thatâ€™s been thinking about stats and what they actually mean. You wonâ€™t find any truths, but if you […]

10 things for businesses to think of - so are your blog a business?

August 31, 2006 | Filed Under General | Leave a Comment

Roger Johansson (Swede like me, yay) has a blog. Itâ€™s called 456 Berea Street and if you havenâ€™t heard of it then youâ€™re either completely uninterested in web design or have been brainwashed by aliens from outer space.
He recently (uhm, today) posted about 10 things businesses should know before building a website â€“ and it […]

Where They Pay You To Be Popular?

August 31, 2006 | Filed Under General | 1 Comment

No, I am not talking about high school, or some fashion runway show, but rather a social network where members compete to reach the top level in order to win $1,000.
(TechWeb) XuQa.com has redefined online social networks with the recent launch of a site that combines the basics of custom profiles and friend lists […]

SiliconBeat Graduates

August 31, 2006 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment

One of my favorite blogs, Silicon Beat, a MercNews powered blog that has covered the goings on in Silicon Valley and related ventures having to do with internet, technology and Web 2.0, is closing its doors today. Matt Marshall, the primary writer at “the Beat” has begun VentureBeat (currently down) which will contain the full […]

A word of advice on avoiding your own echo chamber

August 30, 2006 | Filed Under Blogging, New Media | Leave a Comment

When attempting to establish the brand of a relatively new blog and build a community around what you’re attempting to accomplish, being rude to your commenters and generally an all-around asshat is simply not a good tactic.
And not just because it’s rude, but also because when we talk about avoiding the echo chamber, as we […]

Blog or Die…

August 30, 2006 | Filed Under Blogging | Leave a Comment

Jason Calacanis lays it out:
If you are in the Internet industry and you don’t have time to blog about your product then you should quit. Go home, give up, and find another career. Your competitors are blogging about their products and talking to the market, and there is no way to compete if you don’t […]

Step away from your computer … slowly

August 30, 2006 | Filed Under General, Opinion | 8 Comments

What is wrong with you people! Well not all people, but a quarter of a million of you folks.
This is insane, it’s so surreal and all so sad. Get outside and get a life. I Am Astounded! People are taking this seriously. Really!
Smell the roses. Get a real friend. Have a drink. Take a walk. […]

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End of Minnebar coverage for 2008
May 10, 2008 | By Matt Craven | Leave a Comment

That marks the end of the Minnebar coveage for 2008 - I’m off to the Metrodome to watch my beloved Boston Red Sox beat up on the Minnesota Twins.
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3 Reasons to Use Disqus
May 10, 2008 | By Matt Craven | Leave a Comment

The Disqus blog commenting service is catching on - with many popular blogs such as Scripting News signing on to use the service.
VC Fred Wilson talks about three reasons to use Disqus in a recent post:
2a) Email Replies - Disqus emails every comment to the blogger. If the blogger wants to reply to the comment, […]

If You Were in Charge of the Social Networking Industry…
May 10, 2008 | By Lorelle VanFossen | Leave a Comment

If you were in charge of the social networking industry, what social product or service would you offer?
WordPress has always been defined as “social” when it comes to creating an online presence and community, after all, a blog is all about community building, which differentiated it from a static HTML site.
I see many of […]

Statbot takes a look at the all time TechMeme Leaderboard
May 10, 2008 | By Matt Craven | Leave a Comment

Statbot has taken a look at the all-time leaderboard for TechMeme.
Of course, no one should be surprised to find that TechCrunch is at the top of the list…. interesting data, however, nonetheless…
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Google Closes Hello (What’s That Anyway?)
May 9, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | 2 Comments

I’m reading that Google is closing Hello, which apparently was (and is, as I’m writing this), a photo sharing service that came with Picasa. I guess they feel it doesn’t fill a purpose anymore.
This from Hello.com:
We originally embarked on a mission to make photo sharing easier and more fun with Hello. We plan to keep […]

Colleen Coplick Talks PR over at BloggerTalks
May 9, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | 1 Comment

I recently interviewed Colleen Coplick about taking over Buzz Networker, and there I said that an interview with her focusing on PR was due on BloggerTalks. Well, it is up now, and Colleen shares her views on paid reviews, PR agencies sending out samples, getting famous in the social sphere, how to write a great […]

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