I recently took a tour of the 100 Minnesota based blogs that make up the Newsbobber 100 to get a feel for what people are writing about in this state, and came away with a few observations regarding media relations. If you’d like to see more of your ideas reach a larger audience, this post [...]
I’ve never encountered this form of blog comment spam before: The lower of the two comments comes from a real Amanda. The upper comment took Amanda’s comment, added two more sentences, changed Amanda’s commenter URL, then reposted the comment under Amanda’s name. That’s some sneaky stuff. The commenter and comment look familiar, which may cause [...]
Bob Ingrassia’s new Minnesota blog directory and ranking system, Newsbobber, has received some buzz on Twitter today. This seems like the start of something useful for people interested in finding local bloggers who’re passionate about various topics. One thing that’s cool about the directory is reading Newsbobber’s take on what they perceive each site to [...]
Why the heck do you read this stuff? Seriously, don’t you have anything better to do? My assumption is that, at times, you do not. Or, more likely, you need a break from something you’d rather not be doing so you check to see if there is something new on The Deets that will give [...]
John Battelle is a busy man, and he makes sure to get that across with occasional posts on why he hasn’t been posting regularly on his blog. Here are my top-5 funniest posts from John from the past two months: 5. Back, Sort Of 4. Traveling . . . 3. Still Traveling . . . [...]
The roundup. On the web, this takes the form of a blog post where the author links out to a batch of stories – generally on other sites – with quick summaries of why they’re worth reading. They’re powerful posts when put together by people with good taste. Here are three that are done well, [...]
As of today, this is my best advice on how to get started with a business blog where the focus will be on a local audience. First, what so I mean by a business blog with a local focus? I’m talking about businesses that work with people who live in close proximity to themselves, such [...]
Jason DeRusha Bloginar-ing Secrets, originally uploaded by edkohler. WCCO’S Jason DeRusha is breaking down how many blogs he has (7), why he’s so slow at doing Good Question (MNSpeak & Twitter), how many Good Question emails he receives (60-80/ day), and why his wife doesn’t listen to him anymore (married for 10 years). Thanks to [...]
I’ve found explaining blogging to non-bloggers to be a difficult task from time to time and have been trying to figure out why. My reasoning at this point is that people confuse the various ways the term “blog” is used. 1. Blog – the software used for publishing information. As in, “I use Blogger for [...]
Should you host your own blog? If so (or not) what are your options and why should you choose one over another? These are common questions from people who are considering getting into blogging for business or something beyond blogging on their MySpace or LiveJournal account. Based on my experience, here is how I’d help [...]
