Tune in (free) to BlogOn 2004
Still curious about RSS and blogging for business… and what it might mean to you? Tune in free tomorrow, via Webcast, to BlogOn 2004, a conference on business Weblogs at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business – July 22 -…
Reader interaction with a blog
Comments are out. Trackbacks are in. Here’s what I mean: a lot of bloggers have “turned off” the Comments link on their blogs. It was a nifty way to interact with your readers. But spammers quickly caught on. Unless the comments function is configured in such a way that a…
read moreIcy waters
I won’t be posting much for the next two weeks. I’m heading up to the icy waters off the coast of Maine. We don’t have electricity. So I’ll be happily unplugged… see ya soon.
read moreThis is Worthwhile
Just stumbled across Worthwhile, a sleek-looking new online magazine “for readers who seek to make a difference while making a living.” It’s really a group blog by 8 authors who are terrific writers. It reminds me that good blogging is really about good writing. Co-founders are Anita Sharpe…
read moreGorge yourself on marketing links
I’m a sucker for this kind of resource page. Check out the dozens of well-organized links to marketing resources at MarketingTerms. Caveat: the section on business blogs is a bit sparse and needs to be updated. Thanks to this week’s issue of SoftwareCEO e-newsletter for the pointer.
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E-newsletters aren’t dead yet
In fact, I just published the latest issue of WordBiz Report. You can read it here. Or jump right to the lead article, a case study on why the Air Conditioning Contractors of America’s blog is NOT, er, cool… My colleague Nick Usborne has been writing about e-newsletters…
read moreUseful FAQs on RSS and newsreaders
Here’s a great FAQ page from FeedBurner as well as links to other resources explaining RSS on CNN, Wired Magazine and Forbes.
Daily circ stats for your blog
I’ve been touting the advantages of “subscribing” to blogs via newsreading software. No email is involved so you sidestep the problem of spam filters and undelivered e-newsletters. I use and recommend NewsGator as a newsreader (aka news aggregator) for its simple interface. But the truth is there hasn’t been…
read moreDon’t be “Joe Blog”
A recent issue of TIME magazine invites you to meet Joe Blog: “Why are more and more people getting their news from amateur websites called blogs? Because they’re fast, funny and totally biased.” Author Lev Grossman describes blogs as “amateur websites…
Seth Godin live… and interrupted
Picture Seth Godin’s warehouse loft about 30 miles north of New York City. It’s a cool space in the unlikely location of commuter town Dobbs Ferry, NY. The building sits a stone’s throw from the busy MetroNorth commuter railway and only a few yards more from the scenic Hudson…
read moreBlog post paralyzed
Have you ever been… paralyzed about posting an entry in your blog? I’ve been noodling over a post to describe Seth Godin’s seminar this week in his warehouse loft in Dobbs Ferry, NY. He was terrific. About 30 folks there, including…
RSS further unraveled…
Just ran across an informative interview with Greg Reinacker, president of NewsGator, in therssweblog. Greg talks about “our online habits” (like reading RSS feeds on a mobile phone or PDA) and how that’s “changing” our lives. I really like NewsGator’s tagline: “The content you want. Any time. Any…
read moreNew! Audio/Web version of The Uncool Blogging Seminar
By popular demand, WordBiz is offering an Audio/Web version of The Uncool Blogging Seminar. This is a highly-practical (er, uncool) session that will give you a blueprint for how to launch and maintain a business blog and how to integrate…
Blogging is here to stay…
That’s according to 63.8% of WordBiz readers surveyed recently. Read today’s press release about the survey in Yahoo News. Notable: Only 8.5% of those surveyed think blogging is a passing trend. 51.6% admit that the time and resources involved in publishing an e-newsletter were their most formidable obstacles in…
read moreGet $162 worth of extras when you register for The Uncool Blogging Seminar
Tomorrow is the last day to save $50 on an early-bird ticket to this highly-practical seminar on blogging. Learn how a blog can save you time and money, complement an e-newsletter, enable anyone on your staff to publish instantly to the Web…
What content is appropriate for a blog vs. an e-newsletter?
I answered that question in a mini column in today’s issue of BtoB E-mail Marketer Insight.
read moreThe Google Doodle Guy
Feeling stupidly giddy cuz I’ve just opened a gmail account. Noticed a recent entry on Google’s blog from their “doodle” guy, Dennis Hwang. Here are Google holiday logos going back to 1999. I love them, don’t you? More later on gmail…
read moreNewsGator is sponsoring The Uncool Blogging Seminar
I’m delighted to announce that NewsGator, one of the most popular and user-friendly newsreaders for RSS feeds, is sponsoring www.TheUncoolBloggingSeminar.com. This is a highly-practical, half-day seminar in Washington DC on June 30, 2004 led by yours truly. It’s for non-techies…
Tom Peters blogs his home page
When business management guru Tom Peters (author of the classic In Search of Excellence) turns the home page of his Web site into a blog… well, you kinda wonder if blogs aren’t going mainstream. Or at least corporate. The latest issue of Peters’ e-newsletter had this to say…
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