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Think Traditional Media Is On The Online Ropes? Think Again.

February 22, 2010 · Comments

Oh, woe is journalism. Daily newspapers are dying. People don’t trust traditional media anymore. The American (and global) consumer has turned to blogs and social networks for news in the new media era.

November research from the Pew Internet and American Life project shows that only 29 percent of the public thinks the news media gets their facts straight and a paltry 18 percent think they deal fairly with both sides of a news issue. Online news has eclipses all channels other than local TV as the top source for local news for Americans. Online news has eclipsed all channels other than television for American’s source for national and international news.

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Five Blogs Worth Reading

July 14, 2009

Perhaps it was my Monday exploration of Google Reader trends. Perhaps I’m inspired by (nay, copy-catting) Amber Naslund’s recent post, What I’m Reading, Vol. 1. But I want to make sure Twitter isn’t the only place I tip a cap to some good bloggers I’ve been reading of late. Consider this a bit of an [...]

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Apture Offers The Next Generation In Contextualizing Websites

April 6, 2009

Adding context to one’s web browsing or reading experience is as old as the web itself. The easiest activation of context is the hyperlink. If you want to know more about, say, Bruce Springsteen, and the author of the article takes the time to add a hyperlink to the Bruce Springsteen bio on Wikipedia, as [...]

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How To Pick The Right Blogs For PR Outreach

January 9, 2009

I gave a talk to the local Blugrass Chapter of PRSA today inspired by my PRSA International session with Heidi Sullivan and Jay Krall from Cision entitled, “Not All Blogs Are Created Equal.” While the PRSA International version was more robust and contained some great insights and information from Heidi and Jay, it was an [...]

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How To Use Links And Linking Effectively

December 1, 2008

Lots of great ideas and discussion ensued in the comments section of last week’s post, “The Beginners Guide To Promoting Your Blog.” As with most of my lists or ideas, there are always different perspectives or ideas that can add to my suggestions. In that way, Social Media Explorer becomes sort of an instigator to [...]

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Five Blogs I Read

October 17, 2008

One of the subtle tricks of building good blog traffic is organic link exchange. This is very different from link exchange, which is where two website or blog owners agree in premeditation to add links to one another’s sites. Organic link exchange is where a blogger cites a post or a blog from another with [...]

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New Book On Blogging Pushing Ethical Standards For Bloggers

September 24, 2008

When One Nation Under Blog by David Wallace comes out next month, the national publicity push, catchy marketing gimmicks that pose questions like, “Will bloggers decide our next president?” will probably sell a few copies during election season. With blogging still a relatively new and hot topic to the mainstream and political blogs constantly making [...]

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Practical Guide To Starting A Corporate Blog

April 11, 2008

So you’ve read all the social media experts’ blog posts about blogging. You’ve explored the tools and picked your platform. You’ve talked your CEO into participating. You have a good feel from your customers that they would at least come read it once in a while. Now you’re ready to start your corporate blog.
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Blogging Networks Offer Monetization Hope, Advertiser Advantage

March 20, 2008

There exists a bit of a strange symbiosis between bloggers and blogging networks in social media these days. Many bloggers are moving toward the economy of free, leaving advertisements off their blogs, positioning themselves as thought leaders and funneling resulting inquiries to their main line of business. Several bloggers are vehemently anti-advertising. Yet many of [...]

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Bloggers Get SOBCon2008 Scoop From Liz Strauss

March 14, 2008

Bloggers everywhere worship Liz Strauss. She is arguably the top blogger, business or otherwise, out there. One of the great things about Liz is her genuine interest in giving back. She not only awards SOB honors (Successful and Outstanding Bloggers, not the other acronym) to those who demonstrate an ability to engage an audience, but [...]

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Blogging Tips From An A-Lister

February 19, 2008

Rob May built BusinessPundit.com from scratch to one of the top 3,000 blogs on the planet at one point according to Technorati. A co-founder of the Carnival of the Capitalists and one of the first business bloggers in the blogosphere, Rob started blogging in 2003 when Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit.com ignored his business submissions. Suffice [...]

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