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Lifting the Fog of the Blog: 8 Strategic Questions Before You Write 1 Word

Convince & Convert

There are more than 150 million blogs, according to Technorati’s “State of the Blogosphere&# report. Lifting the Fog of the Blog: 8 Strategic Questions Before You Write 1 Word. Answering questions? What other questions should I have recommended in this presentation? View more presentations from Jay Baer.

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Mastering the Art of Listening: A Blogger’s Guide to Success

ProBlogger

The people we tend to be drawn to in real life are people who pause in conversation to let you have a say, people who ask questions about you, people who have a genuine interest in what you’ve got to say. One of the simplest ways to create these ‘listening spaces’ on a blog is to ask questions.

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Blogosphere Trends + Interview Tips

ProBlogger

As always, the weekly blogosphere trends have been provided by Regator.com. Study the topic and come prepared with a list of questions. According to “ YouTube Users More Interested in Katy Perry Than Barack Obama ,” YouTube’s approach to interviewing Katy Perry was to actually ask YouTube users for question suggestions.

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Blogosphere Trends + A Challenge

ProBlogger

Thanks for joining me for another edition of the weekly blogosphere trends, provided by Regator.com. Example: AmericaBlog ’s “ Are Iraq combat operations really over? &# asks a question to create curiosity then delivers by answering it in full. Blogosphere Trends + A Challenge. Hi-dee-hoo, fellow bloggers!

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To blog or not to blog – that is the question

Proactive Report

Some conflicting numbers showed up this week about blogs: The State of the Blogosphere from Technorati claims 70% of businesses are blogging. According to a recent analysis of websites and blogs by Percussion only 20.5% of mid market tech companies have an active blog.

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Blogosphere Trends + Digging Deeper

ProBlogger

Looking deeper: Daily Intel ’s “ The Prop 8 Ruling: The Scrutiny Question, and What Will Happen Next? Looking deeper: As the tagline “Answers to your questions about the news” indicates, Slate ’s Explainer does a fantastic job of looking beyond the headlines and dissecting issues. “ Blogosphere Trends + Digging Deeper.

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Blogosphere Trends + Unicorns

ProBlogger

” Second person is the best choice when you’re trying to encourage interaction and, although the rest of this post is written in first and third person, most of the comments directly answer the second-person question from the headline. Blogosphere Trends + Unicorns. You can find her on Twitter @kimber_regator. Share This.