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Writing for the web is different than writing for books or magazines. A study by John Morkes and Jakob Nielsen found that Web surfers “do not actually read: instead, they scan the text.”

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If you still don’t have a grip on the Twitter phenomenon,there is a very long and detailed business analysis of Twitter and Facebook on the PBS website Mediashift, which basically confirms how hot both of these platforms are, while also cautioning that their reign at the top of the social media heap will be fleeting, as people tend to herd from one platform to another as the next big thing appears.

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While the idea of owning ones own dot com sounds fun, it is not an arena for the casual user or the technophopic.

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Think about the blogs you bookmark, the ones you read everyday. Are they part of a larger community? If so, how do they network? Have those relationships helped build their readership? How did they build those relationships?

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Photobucket “has been licensed as the Official 2009 U.S. Presidential Inaugural Book.” Anyone can participate. People attending the inagruation, or hosting events in their hometowns are invited to upload their photos to the Official Inaugural Book Project.

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Miss Apps just received a nice e-mail from Gloria Feldt.   Gloria is one of my “SHE-RO’s”.   She is someone we can all learn a great deal from as we work to improve our Social Media Skills and build our own niche markets.  Gloria is a writer, activist, and public speaker with a long history of [...]

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Posting images to your blog is an important aspect to creating an attractive and dynamic site.  But all too often bloggers’ grab images or written words from other sites and re-post them without proper attribution.  While an in depth understanding of copyright law may be out of the realm of study for most of us [...]

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January 9, 2009

in Social Media

Does your blog have a topic?  It should.  Blogging willy-nilly about subjects this and that is a common mistake for beginning  bloggers’. Be that as it may, Miss Applesassy understands your desire to spread your wings and avoid being caged or defined by a single subject;  but please take a moment to view the concept [...]

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In order to blog effectively, Miss Applesassy offers three basic tips:

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If you are interested in better blogging, please allow Miss Apps to introduce the charming Mr. Chris Brogan. Chris knows all about blogging, and dedicates himself to sharing his knowledge with others.

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