In the first post in this series I wrote out a list of all the hardware and software I use with links to all of them. In this post I’m going to address what I do with all that. There are any number of ways to blog and everyone will develop their own style and processes. A lot depends on what you’re trying to accomplish. For example, on several of our blogs like AgWired, I’m posting as a reporter and often on location from an event. If all you’re trying to do is an infrequent post about your company you may not need to use many of my techniques. So take what you will from this and email me if you’ve got questions or suggestions.
So let’s get started:
To begin with I normally post while I’m online. Some people may compose their posts offline and save them until they get online. I see no need to wait most of the time and am ready to publish my posts as soon as I compose them. With my computer online I then open up my blog admin panel (WordPress). Then I’ll open up Outlook, Photoshop, Ipswitch FTP_Pro and Windows Explorer. I’ll usually have several windows of Internet Explorer open too. This let’s me search for websites to link to and check my post quickly to make sure I didn’t mess anything up. (more…)
For those of you who are thinking about how you get into the blogging mode I’ve decided to write a couple posts on this subject. This is part one of a 2 parter. Expect part 2 sometime in the next week. I’m going to start by describing the tools, things like software and hardware that I use. They I’m going to go over my technique and how I approach a post.
So let’s take a look at the tools:
Blogging Software: It’s WordPress and that’s all you need to know if you want to be serious about blogging. If you have any other questions about this call me. With their new Widgets and all the plug-ins, this software does it all. (more…)
While a lot of people are sitting around wondering if this podcasting things is going anywhere and if anyone is listening, one company is doing research to find out. Podtrac, which claims to have the largest database of demographic information on the people who listen to podcasts just released the results of their quarterly survey. Here’s some interesting findings:
According to their survey, over half (56%) of the podcast audience is listening and viewing podcasts on their computers, 46% on a portable device, and the vast majority (88%) listen or view the entire podcast episode. The survey also found that podcast awareness continues to grow as 41% of U.S. online adults were aware of term “podcasting” at the end of Q1 2006 versus 32% at the end of Q4 2005.
I don’t think anyone can discount the marketing mania that Apple has generated with their product. I just posted an example of this on one of our news blogs. Now’s the time to get your message and information out “there” which of course means in your customer’s and member’s iPods.
via Podcasting News