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  • Technorati: State of the blogosphere 2011

    by Matthijs van den Broek on November 16, 2011in the categories Social WebNo Comments

    Before Twitter and Facebook were the talk of the town in the world of internet, there was something like blogs, or weblogs. If you didn’t blog, you were a nobody. That was 2005. The way I see it, blogs are still the talk of the town, but their role in the internet ecosystem is probably somehow changing. They can and will be fast, but Twitter is faster. They are and can be personal, but Facebook’s there for your friends. But… in an internet experience that is very “now”, blogs serve as a solid foundation for content and spreading ideas in more then 140 characters. How many times did you tweet a blogpost in your life? At Technorati, they’ve monitored the blogosphere for years. In the beginning of this month, they’ve published the State of the Blogospere 2011. A must read, we think.

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  • My 7 golden rules of blogging

    by Editorial team on September 13, 2011in the categories Conversations, Social Web3 Comments

    A while ago Matthijs (Insites Consulting’s Conversation Manager) wrote a short article about 7 reasons why blogs fail. Although these reasons are completely true I’m more interested in the reasons why some blogs succeed where most of them fail. As a blogging enthusiast for a while I’ll give you my 7 golden rules of blogging for all those who want to start an own blog. I don’t claim it’s the only way to succeed with blogging but I do know from my own experience these rules work.

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  • Why blogs fail: 7 reasons

    by Matthijs van den Broek on July 25, 2011in the categories Conversations6 Comments

    “Most blogs don’t get the traffic or the attention they desire.” At SocialMediaExaminer they’ve come up with a nice checklist or ‘fail-list’  for everyone who’s involved in blogging. Of course, there are a lot of blogging tips out there like this one, to improve your own blogging skills or to increase traffic. Blogs are great tools to drive conversations, to discuss and to spread or sharpen your ideas. But you can also make a lot of (basic) mistakes. Below you’ll find seven (in the SocialMediaExaminer post you’ll find what you can do about it):

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