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Marketing With Blogs - Part 1 (from: Priya Shah)

Sunday, May 22nd, 2005

http://www.blogbrandz.com/2005/05/marketing-with-blogs-part-1.htm
Copyright © 2005 Priya Shah

Marketers have found that blogs are excellent tools for communicating with their audience. Anyone who has something to sell or an idea to promote can benefit from using blogs.

Corporates like Nike are using blogs to build branding. Microsoft and Sun are using them to communicate with the developer community.

Blogs have a […]

Many Niche Blogs Or One Collective One? (from: Priya Shah)

Saturday, April 23rd, 2005

http://www.blogbrandz.com/2005/04/many-niche-blogs-or-one-collective-one.htm
This is a question I’ve been pondering for a while now.

As a professional SEO, I’ve always known that tightly-themed niche sites get better rankings than more generic sites. They also tend to build up a more loyal base of readers with a greater interest in that niche topic.

But I publish close to 10 blogs […]

Tracking Blog Conversations with Blogpulse (from: Priya Shah)

Friday, April 1st, 2005

http://www.blogbrandz.com/2005/03/tracking-blog-conversations-with.htm

As usual, Steve Rubel has the neatest tricks for bloggers.

His latest post shows you how you can track the spread of a meme through the blogosphere using a tool from Blogpulse.

Using the Conversation Tracker, you can enter in any blog post URL and get a snapshot for how the meme is spreading through […]

How To Avoid Blog Burnout (from: Priya Shah)

Friday, April 1st, 2005

http://www.blogbrandz.com/2005/03/how-to-avoid-blog-burnout.htm
Steve Rubel commented on WebProNews about bloggers throwing in the towel with some of their blogs.

One of them includes Robert Scoble, whose Linkblog (where he blogged me, incidentally, about eight times) is the latest casualty of blog burnout. Scoble says he spent 3 to 8 hours a day on it. Wow! That’s more than I spend […]

Interview with Priya Shah (from: Jeffrey Hill)

Sunday, March 20th, 2005

http://jeffreyhill.typepad.com/voiceblog/2005/03/interview_with__3.html

Priya Shah is an electronic publisher and serial blogger with no fewer than 7 blogs to her name. Priya lives in Navi Mumbai, a suburb of India’s financial capital, Mumbai. I spoke to Priya over a rather crackly phone line at 2 a.m. her time. Don’t bloggers ever sleep?

JH        How did you get […]

Build Blog Traffic Through Articles (from: Priya Shah)

Saturday, March 19th, 2005

http://www.blogbrandz.com/2005/03/build-blog-traffic-through-articles.htm
Chris Knight, editor and owner of my favourite article directory EzineArticles.com, has written an excellent article on how bloggers can use articles to build traffic to their blogs.Its a tactic Is superlative editorial guidelines. They cover not just grammar and punctuation but also have some excellent tips on article optimization. I recommend that anyone who […]

My Business Blogging Interview (from: Priya Shah)

Tuesday, March 15th, 2005

http://www.blogbrandz.com/2005/03/my-business-blogging-interview.htm
I was interviewed by Jeffrey Hill, who writes a very good blog and is working on business blogging as a topic for his Ph.D oops sorry, MBA (good luck with that, Jeffrey). He and we had a nice chat.You can read the transcript of my interview on blogs and business blogging here.
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My Business Blogging Interview (from: Priya Shah)

Friday, March 11th, 2005

http://www.blogbrandz.com/2005/03/my-business-blogging-interview.htm
I was interviewed by Jeffrey Hill, who writes a very good blog and is working on business blogging as a topic for his Ph.D (good luck with that, Jeffrey). He and we had a nice chat.You can read the transcript of my interview on blogs and business blogging here.
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Does Blogging Make You Smarter? (from: Priya Shah)

Saturday, March 5th, 2005

http://www.blogbrandz.com/2005/03/does-blogging-make-you-smarter.htm
Thanks to Kimberley for pointing out this excellent article on the Brain of a Blogger.

It analyses the effect that blogging may have on our brains and the role it may play in promoting critical and analytical thinking.

If that were found to be so then I would ardently support any curriculum that promoted blogging as […]

Questions To Ask Yourself BEFORE Staring A Business Blog (from: Priya Shah)

Wednesday, February 16th, 2005

http://www.blogbrandz.com/2005/01/questions-to-ask-yourself-before.htm

This article came about because I felt it was time someone seriously questioned the tendency of blogging evangelists to try to convert even those not keen on blogging.

I’m something of a blogging evangelist myself, but I really don’t feel that starting a business blog is for everyone.

For those planning on starting their own blog, I […]