February 13th, 2012 § Comments Off on Blogging Trends for 2012: What You Need to Know § permalink
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It’s great to hear Technorati sees the same trends as we do 🙂
brands’ interest continues to grow in the blogosphere, more bloggers are making their living by blogging than ever, and bloggers write more than ever.
In this video I interview Shani Higgins, CEO of Technorati. Shani shares information on the business of blogging and current blogging trends. Discover how much money bloggers make and learn more about the opportunities brands now offer bloggers. Be sure to check out the takeaways below after you watch the video.
via: www.socialmediaexaminer.com
February 13th, 2012 § Comments Off on Federated, Zemanta Launch Program to Connect Bloggers with Brands § permalink
I rarely write about my company here, but i’m exceptionally proud of this one:
Federated Media Publishing and Zemanta have announced a strategic partnership that will use technology to make it easier for bloggers and companies to connect, increasing opportunities to create targeted content marketing campaigns.
via: www.contentmarketinginstitute.com
Federated Media and John Battelle have been role models for all of us for years, and it’s a privilege to work with them.
February 12th, 2012 § Comments Off on Why A Blogger Needs To Be Crazy § permalink
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I would actually expand on this point, to claim that ‘to achieve anything, one has to be crazy’. i think we should all start fighting to redefine the word ‘crazy’, clean it of it’s bad connotations, more towards the proposed meaning from this article: ‘extremely enthusiastic’.
Are you a crazy blogger (do you think I am crazing for writing this blog post)? Before we start, let me ask you some questions: What comes to your mind when you think the word crazy? Why? Take a piece of paper and write it down. Do not, I repeat, Do not scroll down to read more. Just answer the question first. Are you done?
via: weblogbetter.com
now, historically, the word crazy comes from ‘cracking pot’, something that is about to fall apart. it’s fascinating how our generation is making ‘explosions’ a good thing. instead of thinking of solid objects, nicely polished, we prefer energy, as free and intertwining as possible. we are fascinated by Emergence of higher-order patterns.
we are becoming ants.
January 29th, 2012 § § permalink
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this is by far best summary of reasons I have seen so far. all true, all tried:
I often argue that professionals should share their knowledge online via blogging. The catch is that virtually anything worthwhile in life takes time and effort, and blogging is not an exception to this statement. So before committing your energy to such an endeavor, you may rightfully stop and wonder what’s in it for you. Is blogging really worth it?
via: technicalblogging.com
… in reality, every bloggers cares about one or two of these points. for me they are (1) improve communication skills, and (3) personal repository. they were the reason I started blogging myself. and then, after a while, all other benefits creep into your life and y
ou get used to them. and people start calling you blogger. then, you should always keep in mind the ones that get you going in the first place, in order to stay true to yourself. the readers can detect when you start deceiving them and they will go away.
July 1st, 2009 § § permalink
argh! I went to write a blog post about some broken software and was forced to use notepad, because of wordpress editor lag. there is one thing that irritates me the most in moders software – text editors that lag behind my typing. hate it. and it’s frustrating, because you can’t really do anything about it. grrr
the good news is, zemanta had nothing to do with it – after I disabled it, wordpress was just as slow as before. I don’t know what they are doing in the background, but am considering switching platform now.