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

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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. I have a folder in my feed reader for each of my main topics which contains a number of key blogs and news sites in that niche.

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Blogosphere Trends + Interview Tips

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Think interviews are best left to Barbara Walters, news reporters, or magazine journalists? As always, the weekly blogosphere trends have been provided by Regator.com. Study the topic and come prepared with a list of questions. Think again. Never try to wing an interview.

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Blogosphere Trends + A Challenge

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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. Tags: Pro Blogging News.

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Blogosphere Trends + Digging Deeper

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Looking deeper: Daily Intel ’s “ The Prop 8 Ruling: The Scrutiny Question, and What Will Happen Next? Looking deeper: While most blogs were awaiting official news about new judges, Pop & Hiss offered ten recommendations and the reasons for each in “ Why not hire a music critic as an ‘American Idol’ judge?

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Blogosphere Trends + Unicorns

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Unsurprisingly, the blog of news organization Reuters is written in third person in “ Dalian oil spill is all cleaned up ” and most of its other posts. Blogosphere Trends + Unicorns. Tags: Pro Blogging News. Kimberly Turner is a cofounder of Regator.com and Regator for iPhone as well as an award-winning print journalist.

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Blogosphere Trends + Guest Posting

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In this example, the guest poster has a history of writing about topics from health and science to environmental news, but this post shows a clear understanding of the tone, theme, and audience of the host blog. Share the link so the host blogger receives new visitors from your network. Blogosphere Trends + Guest Posting.

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How to Eliminate the Echo Chamber and Add New Dimensions to Your Blog

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I’m not sure I’d be quite as extreme as Chris suggests – but there’s food for thought in the list and I suspect that enacting some of his suggestions from would add new dimensions to a blog (and maybe even help a little with the echo chamber thing too): 1. Don’t live inside your news aggregator.