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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. So, can we just apply the same tenets of journalism to blogging? Is speculation okay? Is it useful?

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25 Types of Pages that Every Blogger Should Consider

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The post 25 Types of Pages that Every Blogger Should Consider appeared first on ProBlogger. Contact Page I’m amazed how many bloggers don’t have any way of contacting them on their blog. This is what I did in my Blogger Collaboration Series. Read more on adding an about page to your blog.

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What does it take to start a career in professional blogging?

SocMed Sean

As more content is created and published online, opportunities to earn money as a content creator are growing rapidly. Have you ever wondered whether you could quit your job and make a living as a professional blogger? First, what does it mean to be a professional blogger? How hard is it to become a blogger? Photographer.

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Citizen Journalism: Who is a Journalist Today?

Proactive Report

Citizen journalism doesn’t only apply to major political events or disasters. Citizen journalism is one of the hottest buzzwords in the news business right now. Many newsrooms are implementing some sort of citizen-journalism initiative. Almost every news release they crafted specifically for these sites was published.

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Journalism and Wikipedia – Wanky Balls

Laurel Papworth

We think you lot should now see this as a challenge to add horsepiss facts to Wikipedia pages before a prominent event is due to receive coverage, to see if you can get them published. No wonder newspapers hate us (by us I mean “readers&# , otherwise known as wikipedians, bloggers, social media creators/distributors).

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The New(ish) Trend Of Publishing Within Publishing

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What made it most unique, was that they were going to publish it solely on Facebook. Not just a random bunch off "b-side" type of articles that weren't fit for publishing on Business Insider. The thing about this publishing thing. . Writers used to write for publishers. Publishers were the gatekeepers to an audience.

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5 Media Relations Strategies that Help Get Your Brand Story Published

Proactive Report

While this is not good news for the media, it has opened many new opportunities for businesses and organizations: brands can become a content resource for the media (earned media), publish their own news, (owned media/brand journalism) and buy space for branded content on news and social sites (paid media).