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Blogosphere Trends + Interview Tips

ProBlogger

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. Bits has a regular audio component that features a combination of interviews, news, and tips (“ Tech Talk Podcast: Net Neutrality ”). Think again. Share This.

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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. Your challenge: If you don’t make regular use of videos, give it a try this week in at least two posts. Read more about: Effectively using videos. It can be any format (Q&A, video, podcast, etc.) Facebook Places.

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

ProBlogger

Let me explore a few ways that a blogger should consider ‘listening’: Listen to the culture of the blogosphere This is one for those yet to start blogging (and it should also be applied to those getting into new social media tools like Twitter, Facebook etc).

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Blogosphere Trends + Digging Deeper

ProBlogger

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? Blogosphere Trends + Digging Deeper. Tags: Pro Blogging News. American Idol. Looking deeper: Gawker.tv

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Blogosphere Trends + Handling High Word Counts

ProBlogger

Consumer Reports – At 909 words, Mashable ’s “ What Apple Must Do to Stop the Bleeding ” uses many of the aforementioned techniques, including colored links, photos, and short paragraphs but also adds video within the post and oversized subheads with light grey lines around them to further divide the text. Tags: Pro Blogging News.

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A Blog is a Better Social Media Hub Than Twitter

Socialized

Major news outlets like CNN, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. They are most often using Twitter as a super-news-feed, and as a way to drive people back to their blog, web site, etc. You can embed images, audio and video on your blog. Who do you see most often retweeted? Guy Kawasaki. Robert Scoble.

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The 5 Best Ways to Get Instagram Followers for Your Business

agora pulse

Peruse the blogosphere or YouTube, and you’ll uncover common tips like: Use hashtags like #f4f (follow for follow) or #followme in comments of popular users. In all the articles, videos, apps, and paid programs I’ve described, you’ll never see a mention of gaining TARGETED followers. Let me explain.