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A Blog is a Better Social Media Hub Than Twitter

Socialized

There are many popular blogging applications. A great application that offers nearly all of the functionality of a blog is Tumblr. I have a Tumblr page, often referred to as a tumble log, called Social Kapital , that I use for posting things I want to share but which are not related to the subjects I cover in my regular blog.

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How Young is Too Young?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Thank you very much Tamar for introducing them to the blogosphere! My first blog was written when I was 8 or 9 in my computer’s Notepad application because there were no online blogs at that point, but sure, there were plenty of pens and papers and journals. Thank you very much for the feature! I really appreciate it!

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How I Network on Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn Â?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social media connections are those I know through a variety of online forums, the blogosphere, Twitter, and the like (but I generally don’t befriend someone immediately; I still give it time). Industry colleagues are those I have met in person (typically in a casual atmosphere or at conferences).

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25 Ways to Create Shareable Content

Convince & Convert

But the most alarming stat that is the number of blogs created only to be abandoned in favor of Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, or the newest shiny toy. You’ll find this happening in the blogosphere every year. Pinterest became one of the fastest-growing social networks ever, and billions of videos are streamed on YouTube each day.

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11 Characteristics of Highly Influential Blog(ger)s

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Taking this theme a little further, I decided to branch out into the blogosphere, but using the number seven this time around was a tad too limiting. Granted, these are typically publications that have a staff of writers at their disposal, but they are like the newspapers of the blogosphere and readers have come to expect frequent updates.

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Analysis of Five Top Blogs and What You Can Learn from Them

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Similarly, this is applicable to the “make money online&# niche. It takes hard work and patience to make it offline and this is exactly applicable online. I’ve been really active in the blogosphere for 4-5 years now, and I see blogs all the time trying new things, including big blogs who wanted to try Kontera and Snap.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

And… Brian Solis is the most eloquent writer I have ever seen in the blogosphere. The ABCs of Online Networking (Your Job Stop): I love Joanna Lord’s article — every single letter of the alphabet has an application in online networking. This post is really poetry, as are all his other writings and blog posts.

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