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Mon May 19, 2008 at 20:54:37 PM PDT
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Wow, who knew that it would be so difficult to invite state-level bloggers to cover the Democratic National Convention? It started out well, with the DNC deciding to credential a blog for each state and territory and grant them unprecedented convention access. That's a brilliant idea and one that I doubt anybody could complain about (except maybe the traditional media). But it looks like there wasn't enough thought put into the process. Whether this was out of a lack of foresight or something else, I'm inclined to think the former, but that doesn't mean that there weren't mistakes made and that some of the decisions made were very questionable at best.
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Sun Feb 24, 2008 at 13:47:23 PM PST
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I used to do search engine optimization (SEO) marketing for a living, and just recently started up consulting again. Not, as I always point out right up front, the URL misdirection and link spam kind. No. The kind where you create human-readable content geared towards providing the information your audience is looking for.
I got started in 2001, worked at it part-time to pay for my first couple years of undergrad, and quit in 2005 to go back to school full time. I started blogging in 2002, and at some point, I realized that all the hard-won markers of success for my clients' web sites came to me easily on my own blog, even if it wasn't getting blogger A List traffic. No one can ever tell me that there isn't value in what we do, even if few of us get paid for it.
In a way, this post has been six and a bit years in the writing. (Has it really been that long? Oh. Well.) I wasn't sure if there'd be an audience for this topic in the political blogosphere before, but considering the frustration I've been hearing from so many bloggers about what seems to be a plateau in traffic that once grew with regularity, we may have reached the limits of natural audience growth. So maybe it's time for something more.
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Fri Oct 19, 2007 at 11:57:43 AM PDT
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Announcing the first annual Florida Democratic Party Netroots Coalition's
2007 Netroots Awards
The purpose of these awards is to recognize the best of the best in the blogging and netroots activism community in Florida. The process will work like this:
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Fri Aug 24, 2007 at 11:55:42 AM PDT
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One of the key things you need to do once you've written a great story, is make sure that others read it. A well-written post (or series of posts) can inspire others to action, bring down corrupt members of the government or help people-powered candidates win elections. But only if enough people see the post. So how do you get more people to see the post than just your normal readers? One way is Buzzflash.
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Tue Aug 14, 2007 at 20:06:10 PM PDT
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From time to time, I'll do a post describing a new tool that I discovered that may be of use to bloggers. Here is the first.
What is the best way to break up the monotony of a boring-looking, text-heavy blog? Obviously a visual bit of art is needed. But if the art sucks, then it doesn't work. What about a cartoon. What about a good, professional-looking, funny cartoon? But who can afford such a thing. Why, you can. Go to Left 'Toon Lane, which is described to me thusly:
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Sun Aug 05, 2007 at 21:09:06 PM PDT
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Inspired by GusWatch and The Putnam Report and my recent adventures at YearlyKos, we're now announcing the launch of a new network of WatchBlogs for the Republicans who are attempting to destroy Florida's future.
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