Category: General

Up and coming blog network BlogLogic is doubling their offerings to ten blogs. Great news, Paul!

But lawyers see possible legal pitfalls for companies looking to join the blogging phenomenon. What, for instance, would happen if someone at a publicly traded company unwittingly divulged confidential financial information or a trademark secret on one of these Web diaries? Isn’t that why we have non-disclosure agreements? Do companies really not trust their employees […]

MyPodcasts.Net has launched a new podcast and video podcast hosting service. Hosting plans start as low as $2.00 per month and a free 30 day trial is available. Every account comes with an embedded flash streaming audio/video player that plays your mp3 or flash video content through your index page to allow visitors to listen […]

Summary: Blog readers gravitate to bloggers that speak in their language. Duncan over at Blog Herald writes: The geek bloggers are in decline and there is very little they can do about it. But before the flames start let me explain further because I’ve been tossing up the title of this post for about 24 […]

Robert Macmillan from The Washington Post rants on the hype: It’s pathetic — as well as amusing — to watch representatives of multimillion-dollar corporations shell out their hard-earned cash to buy what amounts to bottles of freshly packaged air. The concepts behind blogging are not difficult to understand, nor is it difficult to throw one […]

(thnx, Lewis!) Blogs can help ease a shopper’s fears when considering a purchase from an unknown retailer. The postings and responses from other customers give the prospective customer a glimpse of the retailer’s practices and customer satisfaction.

Tony Marino and friends over at Podcast Radio Show present a twelve-step model for effective web copywriting basics. Get attention Identify the problem Provide the solution Present your credentials Show the benefits Give social proof Make your offer Inject scarcity Give a guarantee Call to action Give a warning Close with a reminder Full details […]

(posting this late since it was in the newsletter but I hadn’t finished the server move yet) 31 Days to a Better Blog: Darren’s got a stellar 31-day run of tips and tricks for bloggers of all stripes! Here’s a few quick tips: Use press releases Choose a tight niche Make list of news sources […]

The big news from the weekend is that the free open-source blog tool WordPress is going to compete directly with TypePad by offering hosted blogs over at WordPress.com Other companies have done similar offerings but this is an effort direct from the developers of WordPress. I’m curious to see how things pan out since WordPress […]

So happy! Just finished the changeover of the Easy Bake Weblogs blog over to here at AndyWibbels.com – which is either a move of savvy branding or unmitigated ego. Recommendation: always free up an entire day for a move like this because you never know what might go wrong. Plus I upgraded from WordPress 1.2 […]