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@lotay @mikeprasad, @andrewseely @thekillerpitch @darknight42 - great to see you here! Would you mind if we got a testimonial? |
Tito Jackson is @blankspaces right now |
..now...it's ASAHI time!!! |
...showing our vids. |
Francisco says just a couple of hrs/wk. But his blog has a different objective |
Zach (LAist) says he's on there ALL day: 7am-6pm |
LAist: making money on blogs is SUPER hard. 1-2 million true pageviews before real ads; otherwise, affiliate ads, etc. |
Francisco: don't worry about pro[fessional] production. Use a webcam/cel phone and get content up there.IF you get traffic, then edit down |
Top 3 do's, and top 3 do NOTs: just start and you'll figure it out; be as useful as possible; don't be afraid to write your voice. |
All: unlock your twitter so ANYONE can read it. |
A: doesn't matter. People will read what they want to read. Perhaps mix it up. |
Q&A: "How do you differentiate between different feeds, ie., RSS, vs. cel phones, vs. laptop, etc.?" |
All: go to events, network, docstoc.com, techzulu.com (right hand side) |
Check out our Ustream live casting: http://tinyurl.com/5bcdm8 How to be a better blogger! |
panelists: name your blog pictures with real names - this will be good for SEO and for Google searches, etc.! |
panelists: if you want to blog--> Write well, write often, be consistent, keep it short, look for the hot stories of the day, |
All bloggers say WordPress is da bomb. |
Ophelia (KCET.org) says never never never use white type on dark bkgd. |
Zach (LAist) says Google is awesome. So as simple as naming the photo file is really important for getting on searches. |
Francisco/Shira: you can definitely get PAID to blog. But having been published builds more cred! |
