John McCain To Followers: Its Time To Troll The Blogosphere!

May 21, 2008 | Filed Under General, News, Opinion, Politics | Leave a Comment

Ironically, just when this author started to warm up to the Maverick (for entering into hostile territory), it looks as if they are encouraging their followers to post “positive thoughts” or at least actively defend McCain’s name in the comment section, an item that may not please many political (and non-political) blogs.
(JohnMcCain.com) Help spread the [...]

Bloggers Can Attend the Democratic National Convention. Slots Still Open!

April 11, 2008 | Filed Under Blog News, News, Politics | Leave a Comment

This summer’s Democratic National Convention, slated for late August, will allow YOU to attend. OK, maybe not YOU. But if you are a political blogger,there is a fighting chance you could make the guest list.
The convention committee’s CEO, Leah Daughtry, has announced unprecedented access to select bloggers.
Interested? Fill out this application form. [...]

Thou Shall Not Blog

February 26, 2008 | Filed Under Blog Relationships, Bloggers, Blogging, Conviction, Editorial, Ethics, Featured, Features, Legal, Politics, Professional Blogging | 5 Comments

Over the years, as blogging has grown from fad to trend, I’ve traveled the world talking to other bloggers, many sharing stories of how they were confronted with new job contracts, agreements, and policies that state: Thou shall not blog.
My first response is always, “Why not?” Oh, I get an earful. It ranges from [...]

Hillary Clinton would have a government blogging team

January 9, 2008 | Filed Under News, Politics | 8 Comments

During her closing campaign rally in New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton spoke of the need for greater government transparency, fully embracing the Internet and blogging.
“I want to put everything on the Internet! I want you to see the budget of every agency. I want you to track everything that goes on in your government — you [...]

First Saudi blogger, Fouad al-Farhan, arrested

January 2, 2008 | Filed Under Bloggers, Politics, World Blogging | 12 Comments

The BBC reports that Fouad al-Farhan is the first blogger from Saudi Arabia to be arrested, allegedly for the content of his blog.
Though it can’t be proven that he has been arrested as a direct result of what he blogs about “searching for freedom, dignity, justice, equality, public participation and the other lost Islamic values”, [...]

Three Steps to Building Your Own Conspiracy Theory

November 27, 2007 | Filed Under Blogging, Ethics, Features, Guides and Tutorials, Marketing, Opinion, Politics | 9 Comments

To complete this series on conspiracy theories and blogs, I’ve invited one of my dearest friends, Nancy Bixler, a public speaking teacher and doctoral candidate in Rhetoric, to help you learn how to develop your own conspiracy theory, or keep one going, on your blog. I chose her because she abhors bad reasoning, but enjoys [...]

Finding Conspiracy Blogs… and The Truth

November 23, 2007 | Filed Under Blogging, Ethics, Features, Guides and Tutorials, Marketing, Opinion, Politics | 13 Comments

Snopes and Urban Legends are specialists who debunk the urban legends, myths, and conspiracies that plague us worldwide. I highly recommend anyone with email or a blog check the facts before forwarding or blogging.
Snopes offers a constantly updated Hottest 25 Legends (with a feed) page, which currently features the most popular myths, urban legends, and [...]

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What is Fueling Your Blog?
July 5, 2008 | By Lorelle VanFossen | Leave a Comment

I want to know what is really fueling your blog?
What keeps you blogging on? What inspires you to keep publishing content on your blog? What keeps you coming back for more?
Is it the blog traffic? Do you hover over your blog stats stressing out when the numbers go down and researching all the different [...]

UK companies aren’t clear on new “fake blogging” laws
July 4, 2008 | By Andy Merrett | Leave a Comment

British companies which pretend to blog as ordinary members of the public, or post multiple positive reviews as if from consumers, are now breaking UK law, yet many don’t know anything about the new legislation, according to Brands2Life.
Its director, Gareth Thomas, said that, “Most people don’t know about this law,” adding, “there is a misconception [...]

Berocca sends out Blogger Relief Packs
July 4, 2008 | By Andy Merrett | 2 Comments

The concept may not be that new, but a couple of weeks ago a colleague introduced me to Berocca’s Blogger Relief Pack. I signed up with one of my blogs, and yesterday received the pack.

While it’s not the complete answer to managing the stress of blogging, a tube of Berocca and a nice glass to [...]

ScribeFire 2.2.8 Released
July 4, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

ScribeFire is a popular desktop blogging application hosted in a Firefox extension. Version 2.2.8 includes fixes and some brush-ups. The extension is free to download from Mozilla Add-ons, and works with both Firefox 2 and 3.

Two New b5media Blogs Launched
July 4, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

Another two b5media blogs launched recently. Marye Audet edits Simply Home Remedies, which is about just that. This from the launch post:
For the past 20 years or so my family has lived without the assistance of commercial medicines or doctors, except for things like broken arms and emergency surgeries on retro-pharyngeal abscesses. You know, the [...]

Hitting the Frontpage of Digg
July 3, 2008 | By Matt Craven | 1 Comment

Skelliewag takes a look at playing the odds and trying to “win” with Digg - a great article with some fantastic tips on how to promote your site using Digg.
Most bloggers would love their content to hit the front page of Digg. Unfortunately, most of those bloggers are never able to experience the huge spike [...]

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