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Five Blogs Worth Reading

Perhaps it was my Monday exploration of Google Reader trends. Perhaps I’m inspired by (nay, copy-catting) Amber Naslund’s recent post, What I’m Reading, Vol. 1. But I want to make sure Twitter isn’t the only place I tip a cap to some good bloggers I’ve been reading of late. Consider this a bit of an extension of Follow Friday on Twitter. In the era when industry watchers are declaring blogs dead, These are five blogs I enjoy reading and why.

Louis Gray - louisgray.com | RSS Feed

Louis’s blog is billed as a, “Silicon Valley Blog for early adopters, technology geeks, RSS addicts and Mac freaks.” And it delivers on those promises. Louis is very smart and takes gadget blogging well beyond just that. He’s quickly becoming a go-to commentator on social media, technology trends and tools.

Louis’s latest posts include:

Mark Schaefer - {grow} | RSS Feed

I had the pleasure of meeting Mark in person recently and I’m glad I did. Not only is he a fellow West Virginia Mountaineer, but has some fantastic . ... read more >>

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Green Online Marketing: 5 Ways to Repurpose Content

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With the importance of content in online marketing, many businesses are hard pressed to come up with original articles, blog posts, videos, images, presentations, etc on a regular basis.  There’s a myth that once you publish something, that all who matter will see it. That’s simply not true.

Does less than 100% or even 50% market reach for marketing content mean a blog or web site should republish exact duplicates at every opportunity? Of course not. Repurposing content probably isn’t substantially “green” either, but as marketing messages are made unique for distinct audiences, content can be repurposed or customized from one format to another or be updated to deliver value to a different distribution channel.  Here are 5 of many ways companies can repurpose content for marketing purposes in ways that are efficient and meet the needs of target audiences.

1. Turn Powerpoint decks into articles/blog posts and vice versa.  Companies that leverage public speaking involving PowerPoint presentations can leverage the research and content created for the presentation as a compliment or inspiration for supporting materials.

For example, a single PowerPoint presentation can literally be ...

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US Air Force: Blogger Rules of Engagement

Just came across these US Air Force guidelines for blogger engagement via a number of sources (though I could not find it on an official USAF site).

It has such a wonderfully military approach and even terminology: Rager, Troll, Misguided, Unhappy Customer.

For a military organization, the USAF is quite advanced with their:

Two thoughts:

1- If the US military can Blog, Twitter and run a YouTube channel, why do some corporations think that these tools are too dangerous to risk?

2- Collaborative software platforms makes such eminent sense for communicating among a widespread community such as a military force that I am sure other militaries must be using these technologies. (I believe that ICQ, one of the earliest chat systems, was developed out of an Israeli military application.)

Anyone know of other examples of military usage of Social Media?


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Ad Creative Seeks Social Media Stimulus

So, this week our brand is being pitched new ad creative for 2009. It's sure to be exciting with seven different concepts and art boards galore from our new ad agency. On one hand, it's always refreshing to update the look of our brand - give it some real emotion and make it pop with eye-catching photos and bold copy. On the other hand, it's becoming increasingly boring.

I'm a journalist turned designer, turned brand and PR guy. I guess you... read more >>
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For Corporate Social Media Practitioners. By Corporate Social Media Practitioners.

Conversation Matter: Bridging the Social Media Gap Last month Michael Brito contacted me about a project he was getting ready to launch. I’d met Michael at a conference last year, he had left HP right before I started working there. He went to Yahoo and now is at Intel. Michael’s idea was to [...] read more >>
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Let’s Make a Blogger Deal

There was a bit of buzz last week about Forbes’ most recent announcement of a new (presumably) revenue share for its old (presumably) blogger network.  Then the New York Times has been weighing in with “So You Want to Be a Blogging Star” and “Why Blog: Reason #92 Book Deal.” about the $300K book advance to the guy who launched, StuffWhitePeopleLike (don't you think Christian Lander in bow tie looks a bit like a young P.J O'Ro... read more >>
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Could Social Media Save the College Application Process?

For the past twenty-four hours, I have been forced to concentrate on something other than social media…until, that is, social media reared its ugly head as a possible solution to an equally ugly conundrum. 

My son is a junior in high school in New Jersey, fortunate enough to attend a private school that has an entire staff of six people, many of them former college admissions officers, to help parents and students manage the months-long anxiet... read more >>

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The Corporate Newsletter in a Web 2.0 World

Like most people who entered the corporate workforce in the last century, I came of business age with the “company newsletter”, a compendium of all the news that the company wanted me to know, rarely useful in its own right but far more valuable as a rich source of parody.  More often than not, its four-to-eight pages, text-heavy and be-logoed, were thrown into the garbage before they could do any real harm.  Its chevalier disposal was... read more >>
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