We’re starting a new feature – BlogWorld Flickr Photo of the Week! If you have a photo and story you’d like to share, please email me with a link to the photo and your story. Don’t forget to join our BlogWorld Flickr Group too! This week’s photo is from Kevin Blalock: Social media was a … [Read more]
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Knowledge & Passion vs. Experience & Expertise in MedBlogging
By on July 29, 2010
The most common advice handed out when it comes to blogging is, “Blog about something you know and are passionate about.” That’s great advice, as your passion will continue to provide you with a wide range of topics to write about, while your knowledge in the field will give your posts the authority that readers … [Read more]
Competition, Slush Piles and Cavemen: Converting Your Novel to ePub
By on July 27, 2010
To coin a phrase from a well known US insurance company campaign, converting books to Kindle or other epub formats is so easy a caveman could do it. Well, that is once you’ve done all the hard work of laying it out in InDesign. That part’s not easy. No doubt about it, digital books are … [Read more]
Medblogging For The Busy Professional: How, Why?
By on July 26, 2010
Why would a busy doctor or other health care professional want to spend time on a blog? I mean, are we not busy enough with our “real” jobs? In 2006, I started a blog about a rather specialized field of dentistry. Would anyone care to read what I had to say? Evidently yes. You would … [Read more]
Cartoon: Opening Act
By on July 22, 2010
Rob Cottingham is a cofounder of social media strategy firm Social Signal, a blogger since 2001, and the pen behind Noise to Signal for the past three years. Find him on Twitter at @robcottingham.
So You Want To Interview A Celebrity?
By on July 22, 2010
Entertainment and the Internet.. the two go hand in hand. If it was not for the Internet and blogs we would not be blessed with sites like: Perez Hilton TMZ PopSugar …so on and so on.. Hey, I am guilty of checking them every now and then… fine…. I check them several times daily. They … [Read more]
Musicians: How To Rock Up Your Social Media Presence
By on July 20, 2010
As a struggling musician one of the cheapest and easiest ways to promote yourself is using social media. Many artists and bands have yet to fully grasp the full spectrum of platforms they can be using to really rock the internet and increase their fan base and buzz about themselves. I worked for bands and … [Read more]
Ways A Small Business Can Use Social Media
By on July 16, 2010
I hear a lot of small business owners who say things like: “I am not a huge company and cannot invest the time or money into online marketing. What can I do?” My response is you do not need to have a huge budget or invest tons of hours into social media for small business. … [Read more]
Cartoon: Plea-e enj-y o-r fr-e w-rel-ss
By on July 14, 2010
Flaky wireless connections are a fact of life for bloggers on the move. If it isn’t tortoise-slow downloads, it’s a password that never seems to “take”. If it isn’t a connection that keeps dropping, it’s a router that refuses to give you an IP address. Okay. So the connection’s too unreliable to let you post … [Read more]
Cartoon: Last RSSpects
By on July 8, 2010
It can be hard to admit, but blogs have a life cycle – and, in some cases, a best-before date that may be well in the past. Your passion for the subject matter wanes; other interests beckon; your readers and commenters, maybe sensing your faltering commitment, move on to other venues. And that’s okay. There’s … [Read more]
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