Friday, December 31, 2004

10 Things We Learned About Blogs

Historians may well date the golden age of the blog from 2004—when Merriam-Webster.com's most searched-for definition was blog. How long can it last? Who knows? Here's what Time magazine discovered about the new medium this year.

Blogs: New Medium, Old Politics

Internet blogs are providing a new and unregulated medium for politically motivated attacks. With the same First Amendment protections as newspapers, blogs are increasingly gaining influence.

Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Have Blog, Will Market

Corporate America climbs on the blogging bandwagon. Slowly.

Blogs And Blogging: Advantages And Disadvantages

The advantages/disadvantages of blogs from an organizational perspective include the following:

10 Steps To Marketing With Business Weblogs

Business weblogs are not rocket science, but like any other communication medium; their effectiveness depends upon quality of content and execution.

What Are Blogs?

Having heard the term previously but not having paid much attention most are just to afraid to show their ignorance and ask the question, what is a blog?

Blogging With The Boss's Blessing

More companies are helping employees to speak freely -- and bond with customers.

Big-Time Blogging

Blogs and content aggregators are lead players in a new generation of tools that promise greater ability to create, distribute, and access Web content.

Tuesday, December 28, 2004

The 6 Top Reasons Marketers Should Blog

Here are 6 mouth-watering reasons why every marketer should be blogging.

How To Build Traffic To Your Blog

If you need to promote your website in order to build traffic to it, you need to promote your blog as well.

Here are some ways you can become a well-read and influential blogger.

What is it going to take for (corporate) blogging to become a job skill?

I know many of us are blogging as part of our jobs. But what will it take for blogging is recognized as a skill in and of itself? How long before you see “blogging” as an experience or skill requirement in a job description? Read about it here.

A Successful Blog

Another list of pointers to creating a successful blog via Asterisk.

Companies that offer free blog hosting

If you're just starting to begin your own blog site, here are some blog hosting sites to check out:

Blog-city
Blogit
eBloggy
LiveJournal
Xanga

The Top Ten Mistakes to Avoid When Blogging

Here are some mistakes to avoid blogging courtesy of Blogarama.