Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Image: Chris Lott via Flickr , Creative Commons One of the questions that Joe asked us was what our blogging experience has been like. Because as the media universe continues on its inexorable changes , bloggers are starting to be just as influential as mainstream media; sometimes, even more so. Blogging is a strange beast.

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Justin Levy

JULY 3, 2010

For example, what questions would you ask of a foreign hotel the next time you are making a reservation for a business trip. The trip's purpose was to teach one of their employees how to use blogger software. JustinRLevy.com by Justin Levy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

First, you… Image: Kate Sumbler via Flickr , Creative Commons Hold on! Bland Image: jason carlin via Flickr , Creative Commons I mean, chicken-soup-with-no-celery-or-pepper bland. Don’t you want the back story first? Possibly, never to return. Double yikes. I went to my 404 page, and it was bland.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Image: Stephen Korecky via Flickr , Creative Commons I was finger painting in kindergarten and having a good ole time. I can go into other examples, but… you get the point. Heres another example: you can always tell the seasoned actors on sitcoms that are taped before a live studio audience. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Image: Lars Plougmann via Flickr, Creative Commons Really, if you just read through the comments, there’s your follow-up blog post… but since I promised you one, you’re getting one. Image: Aftab Uzzaman via Flickr, Creative Commons It’s why I wrote about networking with a twist a while back.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2008

OK as far as it goes, but so NOT getting to the real opportunities.Blogs are a conversation between the blogger and him/herself (a form of reflection) and between the blogger and his/her readers. In Tonys screencast example (below), "Moodle" and "WizIQ" are the two search terms hes using. Comments (1). |.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 14, 2008

In a blog challenge, several  bloggers work together on a group learning project over a period of time--a few days, a week, a month. Each day during the challenge, learning activities are posted for bloggers to engage in and then blog about. .  Today we're going to discuss running a blog challenge.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Image: Nick Fletcher via Flickr, Creative Commons But I’m getting ahead of myself. Image: Marc Benton via Flickr, Creative Commons 3. That sort of creativity gets you noticed. And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. That got a big “check&# from me. Can you help me tie my shoelaces?”

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 22, 2010

What about real-life examples? Title image: Lukasz Strachanowski via Flickr, Creative Commons Life… supplemented™ data courtesy and used with permission of Priya Ramesh, CRT/tanaka Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Theory is all very well, they (you) said.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This post is a great example of a charitable endeavor that is also concrete, as opposed to cosmetic. Image: Travis K via Flickr , Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Bleak (another metal blogger). And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. When you do the same, you’ll see why.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Image: cvrcak1 via Flickr , Creative Commons Bats in the belfry? Using Jimi Hendrix as an example would get ME revved up. And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. At first glance, you’d think I was crazy for trying to do such a thing for this kind of audience. And it paid off. Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 4, 2010

Image: Shawn McClung via Flickr, Creative Commons You have to really, really be paying attention to notice if someone hasn’t tweeted in a while, unless you talk to them every day. Blink The thing with social networks, particularly one such as Twitter, is that the streams move so fast, you barely notice someone’s absence.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 3, 2011

I’m a poor example, but every time I did this, I felt much better. Image: Magnus Forrester-Barker via Flickr, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Make sure you take lunch breaks. It’s easy to get stuck eating at one’s desk.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

How to blog from Gmail (Gmail + Wordpress/TypePad/Blogger + IMified). This works if you blog on Blogger, Wordpress, Moveable Type or TypePad. How to manage Calendar and To-Dos in Gmail (Gmail + Backpack + GCal + GTalk + iMified). Using Gmail as a Massive Database. I revel in information. Cant get enough of it. How to blog from Gmail.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 16, 2011

This will usually lead to those bloggers coming back to your site and engaging with you in your blog as well. Question: I still don’t understand how much revenue a semi-succesful blogger should expect to make let’s says 6 months in? They tend to love that and will happily migrate to your new site.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Image: Matthew Smith via Flickr, Creative Commons Can you say “love at first byte&# ? There are several other options, such as Flickr, Tumblr, WordPress, Blogger, etc… even Ping.fm. Ill leave you with this - Not every blog can be the center of conversation but any blogger can be on Amplify.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Here, Im following both bloggers from the world of workplace learning (i.e. David Warlick, for example, has some ideas here. I think, for example, that being able to learn new materials and skills quickly is a fundamental workplace literacy. bloggers) in both groups. Posted by: Meryn Stol | April 24, 2008 at 03:19 AM.

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Justin Levy

JULY 14, 2009

Recently, a group of green bloggers banded together to raise individual $1 donations from their readers. Mashable’s Summer of Social Good campaign, for example, has a widget that does both. JustinRLevy.com by Justin Levy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 24, 2008

< £ Salon Bloggers & > June 15, 2006. -->. It takes concentration and focus, and an ability to bring all your senses to bear (body language can convey a lot, for example) in your observation. The thoughts expressed herein are strictly those of the blogger. MADE IN CANADA. trust your instincts. < Blog readers.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 21, 2008

< £ Salon Bloggers & > May 31, 2004. -->. KM Blogger list. The thoughts expressed herein are strictly those of the blogger. wonderful examples of writing of a particular genre, that they can learn from. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. -->. MADE IN CANADA. Chuck Frey.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 22, 2008

The thoughts expressed herein are strictly those of the blogger. wonderful examples of writing of a particular genre, that they can learn from. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. -->. Im listening to: WHAT THE BLOGOSPHERE WANTS MORE OF. Blog readers. want to see more: - original research,surveys etc.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

< £ Salon Bloggers & > November 23, 2005. -->. So for example while many interviewees said they couldnt find what they were looking for, we tried to discover why this was: Was the tool too complex? Lend Lease corporation, for example, is using a canvassing tool called ikonnect to do this. MADE IN CANADA.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

< £ Salon Bloggers & > November 23, 2005. -->. So for example while many interviewees said they couldnt find what they were looking for, we tried to discover why this was: Was the tool too complex? Lend Lease corporation, for example, is using a canvassing tool called ikonnect to do this. MADE IN CANADA.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Guest posting is a hot topic amongst startup bloggers. Image courtesy guigo.eu, licensed under Creative Commons. That is what beginner bloggers want to know, as they assume that a successfully published blog post is a job well done. If a blogger doesn’t love their blog, its subscribers certainly won’t.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Annotate your data by connecting Reader to Gmail or Blogger. For example, I subscribe to high volume streams like Twitter timelines, AP news syndicates, various digg feeds and more. For example, I subscribe to high volume streams like Twitter timelines, AP news syndicates, various digg feeds and more.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Image: betsyjean79 via Flickr , Creative Commons Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Journalism, Design, Digital, TV, Radio, Podcasts, Blogging, Social Networks, Newsfeeds, Affiliate Marketing, Web TV, SEO… Creative industries have evolved just as the environments, mediums, consumers and needs of our clients have evolved over time.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Image: Tinkerbots via Flickr , Creative Commons Tools are beginning to do a solid job with the most mind-numbing parts of research (i.e., It requires that researchers identify the types of categories and themes that they want to track to start, and they feed the model examples of that content (e.g., Seth received a B.A.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Image: Tania Gail via Flickr , Creative Commons We were deluged by applications; when we had openings, when we didn’t have openings, when we had budget to hire, when we didn’t have budget. It was so creative, that I remember it verbatim to this day. While the "creative" cover letter may open a few eyes, its a risk.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

John sets a beautiful example. Image: Sebastian Niedlich via Flickr , Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. There are no absolutes when it comes to measurement, as Don points out… only – and, perhaps most importantly – context.

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Your Escape From 9 to 5

JULY 8, 2022

Images are like coffee to website owners and bloggers on a winter morning. Pexels – Has made things easy by using Creative Commons Zero (CC0). Wikimedia Commons – Collection of over 26 million image files. Public Domain archive is a collection of free images around the web curated by bloggers. Picjumbo – 1.7

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

If you’re just doing it for fun or personal reasons, then maybe consider WordPress.com , Tumblr , or Blogger in that order. Anytime someone asks to be a guest blogger, I send them those guidelines. If you plan to monetize or market a business, this is a must. Comments are the life of your blogging community. Otherwise, ask.

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Socialmedia.biz

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Image by TopRank Marketing / Creative Commons BY. For example, a Facebook paid update, with the Contact Us button embedded right in the news feed, contributes to positive exposure. Michael Gorman is an expert blogger in London. Post by Michael Gorman. Email marketing. Feel free to contact him on his Facebook page.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

If you want to become a regular blogger, you’ve got to develop the habit of blogging. Not an easy task, I’ll admit, but thousands of bloggers have done it, and so can you. There should be a trigger for the habit … stress can trigger smoking, for example. Read other blogs. Â […]. Well worth the read.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 26, 2013

Although many bloggers write their title after writing their post, it’s a good idea to come up with a “nearly-there” title before starting on your post. One key aspect of writing that many bloggers struggle with (or don’t understand the importance of) is structure. Three Fool-Proof Post Formulas (Plus Examples).

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Also, some bloggers (including Ari Herzog and Valeria Maltoni ) don’t favor including tweets as comments, since they are not true “comments.&# See an example at the bottom of this post (the little squares that animate when you put your cursor over them). (I’m working on a Fan Page that will be launching next month).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

As an example, if you’re a business who predominantly focuses on IT infrastructure solutions but recently was involved in a tremendous Thanksgiving initiative through your local food bank, you certainly are within your right (and should) tell people about it. Let me use a good example that’s relevant to me: Facebook.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

It also happens to us Z-list bloggers as well. The problem has been growing for about 20 years as more and more products and services have become commoditized–and Google is the ultimate example with free search. Since some people don’t mind Creative Commons licenses, that means everyone should!

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