Writing for the Web is Unique

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“Many small business owners make the common mistake of treating online marketing just like any other form of advertising. The aim of all advertising of course is to capture the attention of an audience. Compelling advertising creates a call to action and hopefully a sales conversion. Online advertising has special considerations however, especially for organic … Read more

Blogs for Writers to Read

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Here are 5 blogs about writing. All Freelance Writing: Like the name says, AFW offers just about all the freelance writing info you could use. Becoming a Writer Seriously: Tom Colvin is the very picture of the working writer — he’s written features, taught English and history, worked in the corporate world, and is working on a … Read more

Analytics to Make Sense of Twitter Links

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“As Twitter grows, with an estimated 50 million+ live twitter accounts and it’s increasingly becoming an important source of traffic for many Websites. Tweetmeme already tracks a lot of this data for the most retweeted links, which is what it uses to determine the hottest stories on Twitter. It also gets a lot of data … Read more

Bing and Microsoft updates

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Within the next year or so, Bing will become Yahoo’s search engine, giving Microsoft a larger chunk of the search market to monetize. Within the next couple months, Bing is adding both Twitter and Facebook status updates into search results, giving it a slight edge over Google (who has a deal with Twitter, but not … Read more

Bing and Microsoft updates

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Within the next year or so, Bing will become Yahoo’s search engine, giving Microsoft a larger chunk of the search market to monetize. Within the next couple months, Bing is adding both Twitter and Facebook status updates into search results, giving it a slight edge over Google (who has a deal with Twitter, but not … Read more

WEBSITES FOR WRITERS

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I’ve been asked to speak at the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA). The topic is Websites for Writers and will include what is important for writers to know about websites, what writers need to know about hiring designers and what editors want to see on writers’ websites. This event will be in April … Read more

Websites for Writers

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I’ve been asked to speak at the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA). The topic is Websites for Writers and will include what is important for writers to know about websites, what writers need to know about hiring designers and what editors want to see on writers’ websites. This event will be in April … Read more

TV Stations Soon to Broadcast Directly to Mobile Devices

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By Chris Nerney on Oct 16, 2009 05:07 PM New York Times Bits blogger Saul Hansell reports this afternoon that TV stations now can broadcast content directly to your mobile device. A group called the Open Mobile Video Coalition announced Thursday the completion of a standard that will let TV stations use a sliver of … Read more