Found an Error in Buzz Marketing with Blogs for Dummies?

Posted by Susannah Gardner on 02/25 at 08:49 AM • About the Book(s)

I heard from my publisher yesterday that they are going to be doing a reprint of ”Buzz Marketing with Blogs for Dummies” and that I have a chance to fix any errors, typos, and other problems that are in the current book. This isn’t a new edition, so there won’t be new chapters or anything, but I can fix URLs that are wrong and similar problems.

So, if you have found any, this is the moment to let me know! Leave me a comment or drop me an .

Thanks!

 
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I’m Too Sexy for My Blog

Posted by Susannah Gardner on 02/21 at 12:59 PM • A Little Design -- Blogging Events

imageOK, I’m not really too sexy for my blog, but that was the name of the talk I gave at Northern Voice on February 11th. My talk was about blog design, with a bit of a focus on what you can do without being a professional web designer yourself. I promised to post my slides, so here they are!

And, here are the URLs of the blogs I shows as examples during the talk:

And, finally, courtesty of Bruce Sharp, here’s a link to the audio (which is even edited!). Thanks, Bruce, and everyone at Northern Voice for the opportunity.

Photo taken by Kris Krug

UPDATE: Ha, ha, it helps if you actually put in the link to the slides when you say you’re going to!

 
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Blog Law & Blogging for Lawyers Conference

Posted by Susannah Gardner on 02/14 at 04:53 PM • Blogging Events -- Law and Ethics

If you’re blawging (blogging about the law) and interested in how the law affects bloggers, check on this ”First Comprehensive Conference on Blog Law & Blogging for Lawyers.”

What You Will Learn

- Legal gray areas arising from the proliferation of Web logs - The future of blogging—a passing fad or here to stay? - The extent to which bloggers qualify for the First Amendment protections afforded to journalists - Content ownership and syndication issues - Employment issues arising from blogging within corporations - The latest in blogging technology, including audio and video feeds - How to set up a blog for your law firm or make your current blog more effective - How blogs differ from regular Web sites in generating traffic—and business—for your firm - Ethics questions surrounding the blog as a law firm marketing tool - PLUS an on-the-ground report from several law firm bloggers

The conference is being held April 20-21, 2006, in San Francisco.

 
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Only So Much Creative Energy in One Week

Posted by Susannah Gardner on 02/08 at 04:29 PM • Blogging Events

I’m excited to be speaking at the Northern Voice blogging conference this weekend, and have been working on my presentation this week. If the conference is anything like last year’s event, it should be good fun, with a mix of bloggers from the professional to the crafter to the technologist. Sad to say, if you haven’t already registered, the event is sold out.

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I realized in the middle of the day today that it wasn’t going to look too great if I stand up to talk about blogging and haven’t updated my own blog recently. And this isn’t the first time I set out to do a talk and discovered that I’ve neglected my blog for a few days. I’ve decided that I’ve got a certain amount of creative energy to use, and if I use it up on creating a new talk, or have a week full of design work for my Web site clients, it’s not too surprising that the blog suffers. After all, blogging is a creative medium! (Perhaps that’s why so many bloggers have other work in creative fields, and why blogging has proven to be so popular among knitters!)

I’ll post my presentation from Northern Voice after I give it, so you can get the benefit of that creativity this week, albeit a bit delayed!

 
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I Comment, Therefore I Am

Posted by Susannah Gardner on 02/01 at 11:55 AM • Blogs

Need a smile on hump day? Check out by Lore Sjöberg’s hysterical commentary about online conversations ”No Opinions? No Problem” on Wired:

While you’re wasting time considering context and relevant factors, lesser minds are beating you to the Submit button. This simple guide to posting on message boards requires no more contemplation than is necessary to microwave popcorn.

 
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