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Blog Watch: The Best of the Meta Bloggers

by Sheryl Sisk

It’s Wednesday and you know what that means! Time to pick the best of the best in our weekly Blog Watch metablogging roundup! So circle the wagons and light the campfires, cowboys and cowgirls - let’s git bloggin’! (OK, that was way too far, even for me . . . )

Put Me In, Coach. . .

Better Blogging With Michael Martine: Learn to Blog Better, Faster, and with Fewer Mistakes - Michael, as I think I might have mentioned before, is one of the meta-bloggers who really gets it - whatever “it” really is - when it comes to blogging. His recent entry into the consulting business hasn’t seemed to negatively impact his own blogging productivity one whit. This post explains why you should think about hiring a blog coach. (As a blog coach myself, I have to say this is a pretty great explanation of what we do - or what I do, anyway - and how we can help you get better at blogging, no matter what purpose your blog serves for you.)

It’s Easier To Ask Permission After All . . .

Lorelle VanFossen at Blog Herald: Newsletter to Blog: Quoting, Referencing, Citing and Not Copyright Violating - Lorelle’s breadth of expertise is just amazing to me. I don’t know how she does it - but “do it” she does. This post, covering the process of transforming a newsletter to a blog format and specifically, how to avoid unwittingly plagiarizing your newsletter’s content when you publish it in blog form on the World Wide Web.

Object Lessons

Binary Moon: Top 10 Tips for driving traffic AWAY from your website - I’m not sure I agree with all of these entries, honestly. For one, I couldn’t care less if you put Digg or deli.cio.us buttons in your feed, and I’m not sure why he does. (Then again, I don’t get why some folks don’t think you should “digg” yourself - I’m not allowed to like my own writing? But reasonable minds differ, so I don’t press the point too much. And I won’t here, either.) However, the post is very helpful especially to new bloggers and points out the value in thinking critically about your blog as a whole and as an experience in itself.

One Stumble You WANT To Take

DoshDosh: StumbleUpon Networking: How to Easily Share Content and Build Relationships - Maki gives us an incredibly detailed and content-rich primer on StumbleUpon - what it is, how to use it, and why you should. I learned a lot I didn’t know from this post, and I was already familiar with SU. There’s really nothing more to say about this post - it speaks for itself and you should read it, period.

That’s it for this week, folks - enjoy the best of the meta-bloggers!


Posted in Blog Watch on September 19th, 2007

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4 Responses to “Blog Watch: The Best of the Meta Bloggers”

  1. Michael Martine Says:
    September 19th, 2007 at 6:50 pm

    Thanks for the link, Sheryl. I like headings and shorter paragraphs for this one — much easier to scan and read! Keep rockin’.

  2. Sheryl Sisk Says:
    September 19th, 2007 at 9:51 pm

    Thanks, Michael! Yeah, this one’s much more “best of the web” whereas BNW’s roundup is/was more of a carnival listing. I agree - I personally enjoy this style much more but it works for this approach, whereas the “link list” format seems more appropriate for a news-based blog. I’m still playing with that one, though. Nothing’s ‘writ in stone’ as it were! Keep up the good work.

  3. Coreen Says:
    September 20th, 2007 at 3:04 am

    great post! it’s really helpful to have info like this available!

    Thanks!

  4. Lorelle Says:
    September 20th, 2007 at 4:59 pm

    Thanks for the link and the kind words. And the great recommendations. I’m digging into them now!

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