Blogs and Community Engagement
Pew Internet and American Life has a new interesting report out about blogging. Their research shows that most people are blogging to share their personal experiences and knowledge and most blogs have only a small number of readers. Bloggers are blogging for creative, personal expression and to share their knowledge. Knowledge sharing is one of ...Read more
Getting Blogs Read
Is This Blog a Snooze?
Ok readers (if there are any) be honest, is this blog a big snooze? My sister told me my blog was boring. Then I went to a seminar about blogging and was told that blogs need to have a really distinct voice and be bold and a little out ...Read more
Advice for the Bloglorn
One of the best resouces I’ve found for e-mail marketing – an e-newsletter I always read when it comes in my inbox – is Debbie Weil’s Wordbiz. I’ve learned a lot from reading her publication. Next week Debbie is coming to Chicago and I’m looking forward to meeting her.
In her most recent ...Read more
Posted in Social Media, September 16, 2004 | 0 comments
Why Blog?
Sometimes I wonder why I blog but then someone tells me they enjoy reading my posts so it makes it all worthwhile.
Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba, authors of “Creating Customer Evangelists” have a great e-newsletter that always has a lot of useful information. Their most recent edition included an article entitled “6 Reasons to ...Read more
Posted in Social Media, August 17, 2004 | 0 comments
Xangans & Fav Blogs
Yesterday’s Chicago Tribune had a fascinating column by Eric Zorn all about the blog explosion among teens. His son is 14 and says it is hip to Xanga and those who do it are called Xangans. I must not be hip, but I’d never even heard of Xanga? It must be a ...Read more
Posted in Social Media, June 7, 2004 | 0 comments
