Archive for September, 2008
Mack Collier, a well-known social media expert, wrote an article called “How to Launch a Blogger Program in One Day.”
In this article he gave step-by-step directions for launching a program beginning at 9 a.m. I decided to follow his instructions and see how it would work. I used a national non-profit organization on hearing loss as [...]
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Tags: blogging program, Google Blog Search, Mack Collier, Technorati
When to blog
Just read a great article about how fast a business should enter social media and how to do so. Here’s just a piece from “Which Comes First, the Policy or the Blog?:
Social media—tools like blogging, podcasting, tags, wikis, and online networks that defy marketing tradition and rely on immediacy, authenticity, and community—cannot be delegated to [...]
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Tags: Christine B. Whittemore
Introducing Turbo-Blog
It’s my fourth day of blogging. On one hand there is more information out there on how to blog and use social media than one could ever imagine.
On the other hand, it continues to be really confusing.
And it suddenly occurs to me what I want — how about TurboBlog? You know TurboTax? Suddenly, even if you don’t [...]
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My feelings are officially hurt.
Today is day 4 of my blogging. I’m blogging about what bloggers should care most about — blogging.
I’ve identified the blog and social media experts. I’ve linked to them. I’ve sited them. I’ve even praised them.
Still nothing.
If you guys are such experts on blogging, why don’t you care that I’m desperately [...]
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The frustration has intensified. Some of WordPress is a cinch and takes only seconds; other parts of it are unexplicably confusing. Fortunately, I came across Chris Abraham’s 45 minute video walking you through the basics of setting up a blog and adding your first entries. I highly recommend it for anyone trying to begin using [...]
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Tags: Chris Abraham, WordPress, You Tube
The big picture of social media
A few days into learning all I can about social media. I’m learning a bit about lots of tools to use, but I don’t think I understand the big picture. I really wish I could have someone how me understand the best way to breakdown social media. I’ve seen some talk about it as 1) listening, 2) [...]
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Tags: baby boomers, Facebook, SEO, social media
Today’s been a frustrating day. Last night I created my first blog. I used WordPress to create it and in no time it was live. That’s the good news. The bad news is I found it pretty confusing. Here are just some of the things that confuse me:
I created a domain name that I then [...]
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Tags: FeedBurner, linking, RSS, sharing, WordPress
My 1st step into social media…
So, here goes. I have been involved in public policy and public relations for my entire professional life. Here in Washington, I’ve worked for Porter-Novelli, the first social marketing firm; for Burson-Marsteller, a leading international public relations firm; for the Food and Drug Administrations; and for other organizations involved in issues typically related to public [...]
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