The Art of Blog Conversation

September 28, 2007 | Filed Under Features, Guides and Tutorials | 8 Comments

With all the talk about Adsense, Digg homepage stories, SEO, you could be forgiven for forgetting that Blogging is a social medium.
In fact I would go one step further and call it a conversational medium. What do I mean by that?

What Does It Really Take to Blog?

September 28, 2007 | Filed Under Blogging, Features | 16 Comments

In preparation for a seminar I’ll be presenting on the basics of blogging, defining what a blog is and why people should blog, the program coordinator asked me:
What does it really take to blog?
I wasn’t sure what she was asking me. Did she want to know what technical skills and abilities it took to blog? […]

YouTube Helping Charity Groups, Non-Profit Bloggers, Raise Money

September 28, 2007 | Filed Under Google, YouTube | 4 Comments

Google’s Youtube has recently given not-for-profit organizations in the US a chance to raise donations straight from their video channels.

(Official Google Blog) In the past few years, online video has emerged as a key tool for grassroots organizing on the Internet — a short, simple video can demonstrate the impact and the needs of an […]

Elemental Launches Social Media Portal; Social Networks Mapped

September 28, 2007 | Filed Under Blog Relationships, New Media | 1 Comment

In line with ad:tech London, UK-based media consultancy firm Elemental has announced the launch of Social Media Portal (SMP), which is an application that maps the global landscapes created by various new media networks. SMP maps cross-country linkages among social networks, blogs, podcasts, intant messaging clients, and the like.

SMP maps networks and the landscapes they […]

Are You Blogging What You Should Be Blogging?

September 27, 2007 | Filed Under Blogging, Features | 5 Comments

Recently, there were two incidents that had me asking myself, “Are you blogging what you should be blogging on your blog?”
The first one came from an emailed request to blog about something. I get requests all the time, but for this one, my instinct was to say no. It wasn’t a topic I was interested […]

WordPress Wednesday News: WordPress 2.3 Released, WordPress Podcast, International WordCamps,

September 27, 2007 | Filed Under Features, WordPress | 5 Comments

The news this week is almost all WordPress 2.3. The latest release is out with built-in tags and a lot of other improvements. WordPress.com continues to be banned in Turkey and elsewhere. The WordPress Podcast is out with a new episode. There are new tag WordPress Plugins for WordPress 2.3. The international WordPress community is […]

Creating A Blogging Schedule

September 26, 2007 | Filed Under Features, How I Blog | 8 Comments

After a year of blogging, I’ve established a “blogging schedule” that has enabled me to post twice daily, while avoiding burn-out or writing too many pointless posts.
To create a blogging schedule, I’ve organized my content into three basic types.

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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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