BlogWord Expo’s Friday opening keynote speaker, Leo Laporte covered the future of new media publishing tools. This post is dedicated to Robyn Tippens [link with photo of Robyn Tippens presenting Leo Laporte with his Weblog Best Podcast Award] of MyBlogLog, whose enthusiasm for this presentation motivated me to get up, […]
Monthly Archives: November 2007
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In this session, the moderator guided the discussion among six panelists. Top takeaways . . . Good corporate blogs: Southwest, GM and Kodak. “A press release has no real business in the blog world. It’s about community, ranking, participating. Until you’re engaged at the level, you really have no clue.” […]
Speakers Wendy Piersall, Emomsathome Matt Colebourne, CoComment Dave Nalle, BlogCritics Great session – please share your impressions or thoughts about building an online community. The tone that Wendy sets in her posts is extremely personal. She stays appropriate and relevant. Because that tone is there, people are respectful. That personal […]
Update 11/14/07 Thanks to Liz Strauss for digging up the key/link to her writing tools treasure chest Stepping in – literally – at the last minute thanks to the suggestion of Wendy Piersall, Liz Strauss gracefully greeted her confused attendees by starting out with, “I’m not Brian Clark.” Scheduled to […]
Thanks again to Scott Allen for hosting the LinkedIntelligence Contest – and for awarding me the free registration and hotel at BlogWorld. Rick Calvert, BlogWorld Expo’s creator, donated the prize. Here’s a quick recap of Scott’s talk. Small business blogs are intended to support another business; moneytizing your blog tends […]
Typically, I talk about marketing and PR. While writing about computer recovery may seem a bit off-topic, having a functioning computer is a critical for many entrepreneurs. Let’s face it: if your computer isn’t working, neither is your business. No amount of marketing dollars or PR tactics can overcome the loss of technology. Here’s how I […]
Notes from BlogWorld’s opening keynote sesstion with Matt Mullenweg, founding developer of WordPress, founder of Automattic as interviewed by Ed Sussman FAST COMPANY Notes lightly edited from Barbara Rozgonyi’s notes. Matt tends to trust what he reads in blogs more than traditional media because it’s closer to the […]
Got into Vegas about an hour ago. Returned a few emails. Watched the sunset [with a rainbow – nice to see some true natural beauty] and I’m headed out the door to meet up with some other BlogWorld attendees I met via LinkedIn. Although I’m not exactly sure who I’m […]
Is there a connection between public relations and search engine optimization? A recently released report notes that not only is there a connection, but a promising trend to watch. Marketing Sherpa’s 2007 Search Trends Report is now online with free access. Read the transcript, listen to the mp3 or view […]
Don’t email Chris Anderson, editor of Wired magazine. In his post. “Sorry PR People You’re Blocked” at The Long Tail, Chris Anderson claims that PR spam is to blame for his inbox overload. Then he goes on to list the offending email addresses. If you don’t want to wind up […]
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