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Blogosphere Trends + The Art of Live Blogging

ProBlogger

Live-blogging—writing about an event as it happens rather than after the fact—can be a valuable resource for your readers, providing them with up-to-the-minute information about important events and making your blog the go-to destination for information on a developing story. Here are ten tips to make live-blogging work for you.

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Blogosphere Trends + Effective Calls to Action

ProBlogger

Even if you’re not selling anything (yet), you still want your audience to take action by commenting, interacting, sharing, Facebook “liking” your post, watching your videos, attending your events, etc. Example: Mashable ’s “ Join Mashable for Two Days of Events at SXSWi ”. These things all grow your blog and your community.

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What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

It’s like going to an open bar event, the newcomer will ask people to buy them drinks. Also interesting is the “digital nomad&# trend – increasingly mobile computing, from laptops to cell phones and beyond. That’s the one thing I believe separates them from novices and newcomers to social media marketing.