Blogs: What are they (and why should you care!?)

Blogs: What are they? And more importantly – why you should care!

A weblog, or "blog", is a personal journal on the Web. Weblogs cover as many different topics, and express as many opinions, as there are people writing them. Some blogs are highly influential and have enormous readership, while others are mainly intended for a close circle of family and friends. Source: http://technorati.com/help/blogging101.html patmcgraw @ www.mcgrawmarketing.com

A few thoughts about public opinion So many men, so many opinions. - Terence Too often we . . . enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. - John F. Kennedy I know where there is more wisdom than is found in Napoleon, Voltaire, or all the ministers present and to come - in public opinion. - Talleyrand patmcgraw @ www.mcgrawmarketing.com

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSV1nHiuwSU patmcgraw @ www.mcgrawmarketing.com

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So, you wanna start a blog?! Does anyone here own a boat?

THE DREAM THE REALITY patmcgraw @ www.mcgrawmarketing.com

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Helpful Hint: Create a ‘Throwaway Blog’ patmcgraw @ www.mcgrawmarketing.com

Step 2: Decide on a name patmcgraw @ www.mcgrawmarketing.com

Step 3: Decide on a home User Hosted Developer Hosted Proprietary Open Source patmcgraw @ www.mcgrawmarketing.com

Step 4: Sign up for an account patmcgraw @ www.mcgrawmarketing.com

Step 5: Start Posting (aka “Welcome to writer’s block!”) patmcgraw @ www.mcgrawmarketing.com

How to Attract Readers patmcgraw @ www.mcgrawmarketing.com

What’s this? patmcgraw @ www.mcgrawmarketing.com

Looking at ‘Successful Blogs’ patmcgraw @ www.mcgrawmarketing.com

Dell2Direct http://en.community.dell.com/blogs/direct2dell/ patmcgraw @ www.mcgrawmarketing.com

Lenovo http://lenovoblogs.com/ patmcgraw @ www.mcgrawmarketing.com

Marriott http://www.blogs.marriott.com/ patmcgraw @ www.mcgrawmarketing.com

Capella University http://www.capellacommons.com/ patmcgraw @ www.mcgrawmarketing.com

Kaplan University www.rethinkinghighereducation.com patmcgraw @ www.mcgrawmarketing.com

The University of Chicago http://news.uchicago.edu/more/blogs.php patmcgraw @ www.mcgrawmarketing.com

Mount Holyoke http://www.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu/blogs/blog/mount-holyoke-alumnae-quarterly patmcgraw @ www.mcgrawmarketing.com

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