Study Shows Blogs Increase Media Attention for Companies

Posted by Susannah Gardner on 08/31 at 12:46 PM • Blogging News -- Blogs and Business

A Cymfony/Porter Novelli study reports that “the majority of companies surveyed (76%) indicated that they have noticed an increase in media attention and/or website traffic as a result of their blog(s).”

Read more and download the report here.

 
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The Use of the Internet by America’s Newspapers

Posted by Susannah Gardner on 08/17 at 09:30 AM • Blogging News

According to a study of 100 newspapers done by the Bivings Group, “80 of the nation’s top 100 newspapers offered reporter blogs. On 63 of these blogs, readers could comment on posts written by reporters.”

Get the full report. (PDF)

Found this at the Online News Association’s CyberJournalist.net site.

 
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Why Blogs Are Better Than Email (Part 1)

Posted by Susannah Gardner on 08/10 at 10:06 AM • Blogging Tips

Instead of spamming all your friends, family, colleagues and enemies with that inspirational message, chain letter, urban myth, or warning about breast cancer you can just post it to your blog. Then we can all just skip that entry instead of having to download and then delete the email message.

 
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Airplane Seats

Posted by Susannah Gardner on 08/06 at 02:00 PM • Not About Blogs

I think airline executives should be forced to sit in well-used airplane seats bolted a set distance from their desks.

Also, I apologize profusely to the poor man sitting next to me on the flight to Vancouver Friday. Neither I nor the guy on his other side were able to sit still for more than 13 seconds at a time.

 
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