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Monthly Archives: March 2006

Kill the official web site? Hmm…

March 8, 2006 – 7:11 pm

Here’s a challenging statement, from blogger Julien Smith: “Why not even, in the long term, eliminate the concept of the ‘official website!’ No one takes that seriously anyway!â€?

…He’s got a point about credibility vs. officialdom….

By Amy Gahran | Posted in Content Style & Business | Comments (0)

Do you believe in your content?

March 7, 2006 – 1:24 pm

Every blogger loves to spark conversation –n especially via comments, and via related and linked postings in other blogs. How can bloggers make more of their postings generate more conversation? (And hence, more visibility)…

By Amy Gahran | Posted in Content Style & Business, Conversations | Comments (1)

BWB (Blogging While Busy)

March 7, 2006 – 1:19 pm

There’s no getting around it: Following and participating in conversational media, especially blogging, takes time. For many folks, that’s a huge hurdle. Occasionally my own time crunch lands me in a blogging bind.

It strikes me that I can leverage my comments on other blogs constructively to both create postings when I’m really busy, and to expand the excellent conversations I’ve already joined. Here’s what I have in mind…

By Amy Gahran | Posted in Content Style & Business | Comments (0)

Making the most of Sunshine Week online

March 1, 2006 – 6:50 pm

I like my government to be accountable to me, since I’m paying for it, and since they’ve got all the big guns. So every year, I look forward to “Sunshine Week” – a campaign spearheaded by the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) that encourages news organizations to highlight current threats to open government. This year, Sunshine Week is March 12-18.

ASNE has published a fairly extensive Bright Ideas booklet showcasing various news organizations’ Sunshine Week efforts from years past. While that booklet offers some guidance for mainstream media web sites (mainly focused on “special web pages“), much more can be done with Sunshine Week online.

Here are a few ideas for putting the new tools of social and conversational media to use for this project….

By Amy Gahran | Posted in Media Musings, Net Effects on Society | Comments (2)