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Blog Business Summit
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The Blog Business Summit will be hosted this year in Seattle, WA - according to the official event website.
According to the site the event will host "hundreds of the world’s top corporate, entrepreneurial, small business, and marketing-oriented bloggers" at the Bell Harbor Conference Center.
Although not all event and session details have been determined, some of the topics listed for discussion are:
Corporate Blogging Policy Blogger Engagement: Getting Past “Pitching” Blogosphere/Buzz Monitoring Tools and Trends: What’s Next for Bloggers? Generating Traffic and Links Video Blogging SEO Strategies for Bloggers Audience Measurement: Quantifying and Qualifying
According to the site the event will host "hundreds of the world’s top corporate, entrepreneurial, small business, and marketing-oriented bloggers" at the Bell Harbor Conference Center.
Although not all event and session details have been determined, some of the topics listed for discussion are:
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Blookify Your Blog for Submision to the LuLu Blooker Awards!
From the official LuLu announcement email:
"The 2007 Lulu Blooker Prize is open and accepting entries!
The big change for this year is that the prize for the Overall Winner has been increased to US $10,000. Additionally, the remaining two category winners will now receive US $2,500 each!
Another exciting change this year is a larger international panel of judges:
.Paul Jones, director of ibiblio.org, returns to the Blooker, and this time as Chair of the Judges.
.Arianna Huffington--author, nationally syndicated columnist, and editor of the HuffingtonPost.com.
.Julie Powell--author of Julie & Julia, Overall Winner of the 2006 Lulu Blooker Prize.
.Rohit Gupta--Bombay-based blogger, journalist, author and "sidewalk philosopher."
.Nick Cohen--London-based author, blogger, and columnist for The Observer and The New Statesman.
The entry deadline for the 2007 Blooker is Monday, January 15, 2007--so you have plenty of time to submit your blook, or to "blookify" your blog or website if you haven't done so.
To enter, visit www.lulublookerprize.com and fill out the online entry form. Send a printed copy of the form and one copy of your blook to:
Lulu Blooker Prize
860 Aviation Parkway
Suite 300
Morrisville, NC 27560"
Any one of our illustrious bloggers planning on submitting? Let us know about it!
"The 2007 Lulu Blooker Prize is open and accepting entries!
The big change for this year is that the prize for the Overall Winner has been increased to US $10,000. Additionally, the remaining two category winners will now receive US $2,500 each!
Another exciting change this year is a larger international panel of judges:
.Paul Jones, director of ibiblio.org, returns to the Blooker, and this time as Chair of the Judges.
.Arianna Huffington--author, nationally syndicated columnist, and editor of the HuffingtonPost.com.
.Julie Powell--author of Julie & Julia, Overall Winner of the 2006 Lulu Blooker Prize.
.Rohit Gupta--Bombay-based blogger, journalist, author and "sidewalk philosopher."
.Nick Cohen--London-based author, blogger, and columnist for The Observer and The New Statesman.
The entry deadline for the 2007 Blooker is Monday, January 15, 2007--so you have plenty of time to submit your blook, or to "blookify" your blog or website if you haven't done so.
To enter, visit www.lulublookerprize.com and fill out the online entry form. Send a printed copy of the form and one copy of your blook to:
Lulu Blooker Prize
860 Aviation Parkway
Suite 300
Morrisville, NC 27560"
Any one of our illustrious bloggers planning on submitting? Let us know about it!
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BlogOrlando
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Blogging News
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Events-Conferences
If you know of an upcoming event or conference for bloggers, let us know about it - we'll be happy to publish the information right here, in the Bloggapedia Blog!
Upcoming:
What: BlogOrlando (an unconference)
When: September 22-24, 2006
Where: Orlando, Florida
Cost: Free!
The conference includes session topics such as:
Corporate Blogging (from site:)
"Can a corporation blog? Each day more corporations are entereing the blogosphere, some get it right, others get it way wrong. As users/consumers/bloggers what do you want to hear from corporations?"
Hyperlocal (from site:)
"Can bloggers cover communities more effectively than traditional media?"
Legal Issues (from site:)
"Libel, slander.....what are the legal issues facing bloggers?"
Off the Record (from site:)
"This session will be an experiment. We'll turn off our laptops and other recording devices and talk off the record about things we can't blog about."
Women Blogging (from site:)
"Silent minority or vocal majority? Blogs have empowered women to connect and speak about issues in powreful new way."
For more general information, to find out who will be there, or to register for the 'unconference' click here.
Upcoming:
What: BlogOrlando (an unconference)
When: September 22-24, 2006
Where: Orlando, Florida
Cost: Free!
The conference includes session topics such as:
Corporate Blogging (from site:)
"Can a corporation blog? Each day more corporations are entereing the blogosphere, some get it right, others get it way wrong. As users/consumers/bloggers what do you want to hear from corporations?"
Hyperlocal (from site:)
"Can bloggers cover communities more effectively than traditional media?"
Legal Issues (from site:)
"Libel, slander.....what are the legal issues facing bloggers?"
Off the Record (from site:)
"This session will be an experiment. We'll turn off our laptops and other recording devices and talk off the record about things we can't blog about."
Women Blogging (from site:)
"Silent minority or vocal majority? Blogs have empowered women to connect and speak about issues in powreful new way."
For more general information, to find out who will be there, or to register for the 'unconference' click here.
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Recent Study on Bloggers Released by Pew
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Blogging News
If you've ever wondered how you fit among other bloggers here's your chance to find out.
Pew Internet has just released the results of a study on bloggers which asked 23 pages worth of questions in order to gather a clear picture of what's going on in the blogosphere.
From the original report:
Pdf's of the original phone survey and the results are available here.
Pew Internet has just released the results of a study on bloggers which asked 23 pages worth of questions in order to gather a clear picture of what's going on in the blogosphere.
From the original report:
Pdf's of the original phone survey and the results are available here.
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Pay Per Post?
The newest addition to ways bloggers can make money comes from a website with the same name.
PayPerPost explains that bloggers can make money by selecting advertising topics from a list - topics include assignments - assigments include detailed instructions for bloggers who will then post in their blog a shiny rendition of what would otherwise appear to be spontaneous advertising.
30 days later a blogger gets paid for their post.
There are clearly a number of problems with this system - not the least of which is: bloggers are generally regarded as trustworthy and valuable for their individuality, their expression of personal opinions - and often readerships will rely on one blogger's ideas or recommendations after the blogger has developed and maintained a reputation.
What happens to credibility in the blogosphere when reputation is marketed?
Naturally, advertising has always selected 'stars' in any field or industry to promote products - but is there an inherent difference in the blogosphere?
Does Pay Per Post (as a now active concept) cross the boundaries or just blur them a little?
The site recommends to bloggers that they pass on the deal if they 'don't own the product' or if the 'Opportunity doesn't feel right' but what's to stop them from saying so one way or the other in order to get paid?
What do you think?
Is anyone a part of the program - what are your thoughts?
PayPerPost explains that bloggers can make money by selecting advertising topics from a list - topics include assignments - assigments include detailed instructions for bloggers who will then post in their blog a shiny rendition of what would otherwise appear to be spontaneous advertising.
30 days later a blogger gets paid for their post.
There are clearly a number of problems with this system - not the least of which is: bloggers are generally regarded as trustworthy and valuable for their individuality, their expression of personal opinions - and often readerships will rely on one blogger's ideas or recommendations after the blogger has developed and maintained a reputation.
What happens to credibility in the blogosphere when reputation is marketed?
Naturally, advertising has always selected 'stars' in any field or industry to promote products - but is there an inherent difference in the blogosphere?
Does Pay Per Post (as a now active concept) cross the boundaries or just blur them a little?
The site recommends to bloggers that they pass on the deal if they 'don't own the product' or if the 'Opportunity doesn't feel right' but what's to stop them from saying so one way or the other in order to get paid?
What do you think?
Is anyone a part of the program - what are your thoughts?
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Blog Censorship in India Now Too??
Well, well, well.....seems India's government has joined the ranks of those blocking or banning blogs via ISP's.
In an article from BoingBoing:
"...the Indian government has decided to censor blogs and refused to explain why. This morning Shivam Vij managed to talk to Dr Gulshan Rai, director of CERT-IN, the only body authorised to issue directives to ISPs. His response: 'Somebody must have asked for some sites to be blocked. What is your problem?'"
Bloggers interested in joining the growing collective to stop this ban from growing (as not only blogspot blogs, but Geocities blogs are now filtered - what's next?) are encouraged to click here.
Anyone being affected by the blog ban, which started Friday, and for no apparent reason feel free to comment.
In an article from BoingBoing:
"...the Indian government has decided to censor blogs and refused to explain why. This morning Shivam Vij managed to talk to Dr Gulshan Rai, director of CERT-IN, the only body authorised to issue directives to ISPs. His response: 'Somebody must have asked for some sites to be blocked. What is your problem?'"
Bloggers interested in joining the growing collective to stop this ban from growing (as not only blogspot blogs, but Geocities blogs are now filtered - what's next?) are encouraged to click here.
Anyone being affected by the blog ban, which started Friday, and for no apparent reason feel free to comment.
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