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Should Brands Monitor the Social Networks?

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  • Posted on June 24th, 2009 by Deb Ng

Yesterday at dinner with “the girls”, the discussion turned to social networks. Some didn’t quite get the appeal of Facebook and Twitter and an interesting discussion ensued. It took an even more interesting turn when one of my friends, who works for a major national brand, felt businesses really don’t want to monitor the social [...]

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Does Your Blog Have Balls? Join Us In New York City!

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  • Posted on June 10th, 2009 by User ImageJim

I am headed to New York City on Friday, June 12, 2009 to participate in a very cool blogging conference in New York City at Stout New York.  The event is scheduled all day on June 13, 2009.  The have lots of panelists and cool topics. Of most interest to me is the “Why We [...]

Speaking Submissions Deadline Came and Went - Now The Hard Part - Choosing

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  • Posted on June 9th, 2009 by User ImageJim

Now the real work for me begins.  I am getting inundated with questions from everyone that has submitted speaking submissions as to whether their submission was chosen.  To be frank, I am not done reading the more than, enter large number here, submissions that were submitted and I have yet to complete the tracks that [...]

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Ashton Kutcher Threatens to Stop Tweeting - Do We Care?

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  • Posted on May 27th, 2009 by Deb Ng

Dear Ashton Kutcher,
I have news for you. There was a Twittersphere long before you went on national television begging for followers, and there will be a Twitter long after.
Your threatening to stop Tweeting if Twitter turns into a reality television show is akin to the many Twitterers who threatened to stop Tweeting if celebrities (that [...]

Bloggers Have Mad Skills - Pay them Accordingly!

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  • Posted on May 20th, 2009 by Deb Ng

I have a bone to pick. Something’s sticking in my craw and I need to get it out. Lately I’m coming across ad after ad for bloggers - yet no one is willing to pay for the work. Instead they’re offering “exposure” and “internships.” Hello? I’m exposed every time I walk out my front door, [...]

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Learning Wordpress

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  • Posted on April 26th, 2009 by User ImageJim

This is my third try at writing this post as I have lost my draft three times.  Isn’t that just the way when you want to talk about a technology?  I am writing this in the dashboard of Wordpress.  There are many choices when wanting to use a blogging platform, like Blogger, Moveable Type, Squarespace [...]

Rappin At SXSW? How About Blog World Expo “I Wanna Be A Rock Star?”

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  • Posted on April 1st, 2009 by User ImageJim

This has gone around the blogosphere out on Twitter and a number of other places.  Rebecca Corliss did an awesome job of putting together this recap of SXSW in Austin, Texas.  Some of the rock stars in blogging, podcasting and conference attendees are in the video.

What I would like to see now is a video [...]

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Bloggers Blog Because. . . Well, Because!

Why in the world would someone like me want to go to Blog World Expo, or any other blogging conference?  Would would someone like me NEED to go?
Aren’t bloggers twenty and thirty-somethings?  Don’t they write about diapers and projectile vomit and daycare and breastfeeding at the workplace?  Bloggers are also techies, right?  Bloggers are always [...]

Blog World Expo Wants to See You At Web 2.0 Expo

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  • Posted on March 20th, 2009 by User ImageJim

We are giving away a free badge to a special Blog World and New Media Expo blog reader, radio listener or other friends.
You can win a badge to Web 2.0 Expo very simply. Here is how.
Just tell us you want to go to Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco coming up on March 31, 2009 [...]

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Blog World Expo Radio - Episode 1 From SXSW in Austin Texas

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  • Posted on March 20th, 2009 by User ImageJim

Our show comes to you live from last Saturday at SXSW Interactive at the Techset Blogger Lounge presented by Windows Mobile.
Our guests on this show live from SXSW Interactive in Austin, Texas:
Ewan Spence and his Twitter is @ewanspence
Wendy Piersall and her Twitter is @emom
Justin Levy and his Twitter is @justinlevy
Patti Serrano a caller and her [...]

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