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Blogging Archives

Wrong way to advertise in a feed December 6, 2005
Advertising in feeds is tricky. Do it wrong like Hack-a-Day did and you’ll alienate readers.

Notes from Blogging and the Law December 8, 2004
Charles’ presentation on Blogging and the Law last night at EBIG was fantastic. He covered...

Blogging and the Law November 30, 2004
EBIG is hosting a discussion of business blogs and the law.

Jazz Blog November 25, 2004
Even my grandfather has a blog.

Gnomedex Blogging panel audio now online October 11, 2004
The audio streams from the Gnomedex blogging panel are now online.

At Gnomedex October 2, 2004
A quick report from Gnomedex in Lake Tahoe.

Joining Pheedo September 28, 2004
A consultant no longer, I’m now the CTO of Pheedo.

More on syndication August 5, 2004
Here’s what syndication means to a blogger.

Why Small Businesses should blog August 3, 2004
Six reasons your small business should have a blog.

Meme propagation tracking August 1, 2004
Using the Technorati API to track the spread of a meme.

Testing Meme Propagation In Blogspace: Add Your Blog! August 1, 2004
A collaborative test of meme propogation.

RSS Scaling session July 29, 2004
For a session like this, it seems that a collaborative workspace would be a natural fit.

Why's it called Syndication? June 17, 2004
When people collect content from multiple sources, it’s not really syndication, it’s aggregation. A reader asks why this is and what he should call it.

How To Blog May 17, 2004
Pheedo and I are helping businesses understand blogging with a new series.

Ebig Slides May 4, 2004
The slides from my ebig presentation are now online.

RSS Strategies April 13, 2004
Are you publishing in RSS? Have you received any benefits from it?

How to Capitalize on Blogging February 5, 2004
Slides and thoughts from my presentation at Fastlane’s How to Capitalize on Blogging workshop.

Yahoo RSS first thoughts January 22, 2004
After using the Yahoo RSS reader for five minutes, I offer some hasty thoughts.

Yahoo Re-aggregator January 22, 2004
After a false start earlier this month, My Yahoo now includes an RSS aggregator.

Weblogs for Capitalists January 19, 2004
I’m speaking at "How to Capitalize on Blogging," on Feb 5, 2004.

Management by Baseball January 17, 2004
A former baseball reporter and current management consultant takes lessons learned from baseball news and applies them to business management.

Spider-Man marketing by Blog January 1, 2004
Sony Pictures is getting free marketing on blogs with the creation of Spider-Man 2 blog template sets.

Keyword confusion June 18, 2003
Some of my document metadata was misinterpreted by a reader. Should I be doing something differently?

Build your brand June 16, 2003
Consultants who blog report that their blogs don’t earn them clients. So why should they keep on blogging? It builds their brand.

ActiveWords June 16, 2003
If you are a Windows user, you need to try ActiveWords. If you are a marketer, you need to try marketing by blog like Buzz does.

Be interesting or be quiet June 13, 2003
Don’t fill your blog with inane banter just because you can’t think of anything to say. Your audience won’t appreciate it.

What is a weblog? May 21, 2003
Need to describe blogging to your boss? Blogs are the push-button publishing that everyone hyped in the early days of the web. Blogging software makes it easy for anyone to publish.

SourceForge RSS May 6, 2003
SourceForge is now providing RSS feeds with information about the open source projects they host. Your company can use weblogs and RSS to track project status internally or with customers.

Comment responsibility May 6, 2003
EBay’s win in a recent lawsuit might have an impact on comments made on your weblog.

The agenda of Professional blogs April 29, 2003
Why do professionals create weblogs? It’s all about marketing.

Webogs in Business Conference April 23, 2003
ClickZ is organizing a conference on blogging in business.

Microsoft blogs April 19, 2003
Many Microsoft employees have their own blogs. In addition to some great insight into the company, this provides a lesson to your own company.

Opinion tracking April 19, 2003
If you want to know what people think about your products, don’t ask them to tell you. Listen to what they tell others.

New subject: Business Blogging April 5, 2003
Want to know more about business uses for weblogs? Keep an eye on this space.

Weblogs in Business April 4, 2003
How can a blog help your business? You can improve marketing. knowledge sharing, collaboration, and team communication, all without knowing a thing about Web publishling.