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Bloggers: Would You Rather Be First Or Right?

SocMed Sean

To all my blogger friends, I would love to hear opinions on whether it is more responsible for us to be right vs. first when reporting information. Share this on LinkedIn Share this on Tumblr Share this on del.icio.us Is speculation okay? Is it useful? So, can we just apply the same tenets of journalism to blogging?

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LinkedIn Grows 53% Year-Over-Year in New Zealand

The Realtime Report

LinkedIn, with 798,000 unique visitors (an increase of 53% since December 2012). Blogger, with 559,000 unique visitors. Twitter trails well at the back of the pack in New Zealand, attracting only 249 million users, well below Tumblr’s 447 million. Tumblr skews younger, with over 55% of users under the age of 35.

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How To Start A Blog In 2012

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Starting a Blog in 2012 is a little bit more complex. You can even Blog using tumblr - which is a hybrid online social network and Blogging platform - or you can Blog for an existing online publisher like The Huffington Post. How to start a Blog in 2012: Choose the right platform. Starting a Blog is easy. Read first. readership.

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20 Bloggers to Watch in 2012

ProBlogger

As Michael Stelzner said at Blogworld, “You’re not a blogger, you’re a publisher!”. He had a popular blog, Free Pursuits, but focused on creating a legacy rather then just being a blogger. I think we will learn a lot from her experiments in digital publishing, especially during the latter part of 2012.

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Your Blog Stinks! You Should Quit!

SocMed Sean

What to do…It’s 2012 and you’ve been blogging for almost a year now with no success. Maybe it’s time to rethink whether the you’ll be able to quit your job in 2012 to become the next Pete Cashmore of the Web. One good way to get the attention of other bloggers is to send them links from your blog.

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Bloggers To Watch: Jen Bishop talks about how to become a full-time blogger

ProBlogger

She started off with a hobby blog on Tumblr and now reaches over 50,000 readers each month. In this interview, we discuss what she has accomplished since becoming a full-time blogger. You became a full-time blogger earlier than planned. How did you get people to trust a ‘new’ blogger? Not really.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Timescapes

Kikolani

5 Things Every Blogger Needs to Teach Their Readers & Why it Matters – Want to grow a successful blog? 55 High Quality Free Tumblr Themes and Widgets – This post includes some stunning free themes, widgets, and applications that will permit you improve your Tumblr experience. The Resources Mashup.

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