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15 ways to promote a Local Blog
A quick guide on blog promotion for local bloggers of the world: 1. Social networking sites: Facebook, Orkut...start groups like....[your locality] news group 2. Social news sites: Digg, Reddit, Mixx, Propeller...par…
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Online Journalism Handbook: How to go after big business
Mike Morgan is a blogger who likes to take on big business. A few years back, he took on US homebuilder Lennar by setting up a website to collect information on faulty workmanship in its homes. Now, Mike has taken on inv…
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How to Succeed in Local Blogging
The underlying assumption is that a local blogger does not have the back up enjoyed by a reporter belonging to a resourceful news organization. So, being tenecious and scrappy is a given. 1. Have Passion for whatever…
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Types of local Bloggers
Matt Mcgee has written a good post about various types of local bloggers. It is a nice introductin to a field that holds much promise in a post-newspapers era. 1. The Business Blogger 2. The News Blogger 3. The Social…
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