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- The Long Tail Applied to Blog Hosting Services
The Long Tail is a popular consumer demographic often applied to Internet related business and services. In How Many Blogs Are There? Is Someone Still Counting? I proposed studying blogging demographics based on software platform, country or a combination of both. While looking into the blogging demographics per platform it became clear that there are [...]
- UK Civil Servants Can Kiss Blogging Freedom Goodbye
A 33-year-old blogger who works for the UK government, is under fire for her blog “Civil Serf,” which pointed out “bureaucracy and incompetence.” That’s a combo that goes together more often than chocolate and peanut butter. The blog has since been shut down. And it’s probably the first of many.
Cabinet Secretary Sir [...]
- Will You Wait for WordPress 2.5.1?
As we get closer to the next version of WordPress being released, one of the things that keeps popping up in my mind is whether or not the first release will be stable and secure enough to use. Previous major releases have had their problems and like most desktop software, it can be better to [...]
- Create a Style Guide for Your Blog
Consistency is critical for success in blogging. Though trying new things is important, if a blog finds itself drifting in voice, style and quality, it can lose readers and reputation seemingly overnight.
But maintaining consistency is almost impossible over the long haul, especially for blogs with multiple authors. As humans, it is our tendency to change [...]
- New Blog Roundup, Week of March 10
A quick look at some random new blogs hitting the Web this week.
Dartboard Duo: From new games to maintenance advice, the dart retailer wants two-way communication with consumers. Both leisure and competitive players can expect to hit the bullseye.
Word of the Day: Want to get a great job or promotion? Pass an English [...]
- Lifestream All of Your Social Network Activity With New Widget
So many social networks, so little time. Even if I wanted to follow the online trials and tribulations of my favorite Web personalities, with the birth of new online communities everyday, keeping up is a full-time job.
Registered users of BlogCatalog.com, a social network for bloggers, has just released a widget that will indicate all [...]
- O2 launches Bluebook: mobile phone backup and blogging service
UK mobile network O2 has launched a free service for its customers, allowing them to backup all of their contacts, text and picture messages, and create online albums and blogs.
Anyone with a compatible phone and either a monthly contract or pre-pay account with O2 can set up a Bluebook account. Within this, an unlimited number [...]
- EBay Tries to Mend Fences; Hires New In-House Blogger
Can a social media veteran help improve eBay’s relationship with its users? The company certainly hopes so.
After years of being unresponsive to eBayers complaints, the company has plans underway to open the lines of communication in order to quell seller rebellion. At the center is eBay Ink, an “unbiased” internal blog written by new [...]
- 7 Types of Comments that Matter
We talked about how comments matter in conversational marketing. While we all acknowledge that time is probably one of the biggest constraints we face, including comments in our social media marketing strategy can make a big difference. Why?
We are more comfortable hiring someone who engaged with us actively. While weak links in networking do help [...]
- Think Outside the Blog
When you think of your audience, do you think just of your visitors and RSS subscribers? If so, you might be missing out.
If you can extend your influence beyond your blog then you have many more opportunities, plus at the very least you have protection should your blog go down, or worse something catastrophic happens [...]
