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HOWTO: 149 Surprising Ways to Turbocharge Your Blog With Credibility!
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- John Gruber (DaringFireball.net) and Merlin Mann (43Folders.com) discuss the current state of blogging as a medium for creative expression, weighing the opportunities and challenges of building a thoughtful online presence in a world where everybody owns a printing press. They'll consider the ascendance of Digg-friendly "problogs" and debate the subtler pleasures of careful writing that reaches smaller, but potentially less "profitable" audiences.
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- Has the old-school blog been replaced by Twitter, Tumblr, and Facebook?
- What really works for building the blog that accomplishes what *you* want to say?
- Are fast traffic and credibility mutually exclusive?
- Does anybody really care about weblogs anymore?
- Is CPM advertising a corrupting influence?
- Which advice is right for you and for the kind and quality of audience that you hope to attract?
- How do you stand out in a crowded field?
- Whose brand are you building when you blog?
- Is it inevitable that "pro" blogging will come down to chasing lowest common denominator traffic?
- Whatever happened to *writing*?
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- Advanced
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- Content
- Type:
- Dual
- Event:
- SXSW Interactive 2009
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