Blog Copywriting an Essential Skill
December 30, 2006, 4:58 PM
In the offline marketing world, copywriters are a hallowed lot, at least the good ones. Not so much online. I recall a few years back reading about the different types of Internet-related jobs in terms of salaries paid, and copywriting ...

Pay Per Post Requires Disclosure
December 18, 2006, 10:10 AM
Maybe their conscience got the best of them, or maybe the FTC's ruling did it, but controversial PayPerPost.com is now requiring disclosure . In case you've not been following this issue, PayPerPost.com is a site that gets bloggers to write ...

Bloglines Looking for New Direction and New Director
December 12, 2006, 6:10 AM
I use Bloglines as my RSS reader of choice. When I logged into my account the other day, I saw an ad touting the headline "Come work for Bloglines." Seems they are looking for a business director, someone to give ...

Blogs Push Surge in Social Media Marketing
December 11, 2006, 6:55 AM
Toby Bloomberg used to be a blogging consultant. Now, she's a social media marketing consultant. So is B L Ochman , as are others I know. I mention that to say these ladies know which way the wind is ...

Big Changes at the Blog Herald
December 09, 2006, 6:26 AM
This falls under the "what doesn't get reported the same day it happens is old news" category, but I wanted to bring you up to speed on some changes happening with the Blog Herald . Blog Herald is one of ...

More on Blogkits
December 08, 2006, 12:53 PM
Yesterday, I introduced you to Blogkits, an advertising service which promotes itself as a viable alternative to Google Adsense. Blogkits creator, Jim Kukral, sent me the following information in an email, and I decided to pass it along to you ...

Blog Prognostications for 2007
December 08, 2006, 6:10 AM
Some of the Fellows over at the Society for New Communications Research (SNCR) have made predictions about blogging in the year ahead . (BTW, I use the term "Fellows" as a proper noun, because it's some of SNCR's Research Fellows ...

Entrepreneur Jim Kukral Launches BlogKits
December 07, 2006, 12:33 PM
Tired of making a paltry sum each month using Google Adsense? If so, you may want to try a new service, Blogkits , the "world's first true performance marketing network built just for bloggers." My good friend and serial entrepreneur, ...

Disclosure in the Blogosphere...More on the Pay Per Post Debate
December 07, 2006, 6:47 AM
I promise I won't keep harping on this, but I have to get it out of my system, so bear with me. And forgive the fact that I'm just now jumping on this bandwagon. PayPerPost.com ...yes, them again, has created ...

Blogging is the Last Form of Honest Advertising...at Least It Used to Be
December 06, 2006, 6:09 AM
This whole pay per post phenomenon has gotten me really intrigued. It seems PPP companies are coming out of the woodwork. Let's see, there's PayPerPost.com , CreamAid.com , ReviewMe.com , and coming soon to the blogosphere near you, LoudLaunch.com .