Get your blog on!

Hola AIM rock stars.

Turns out blogging is not that hard. You just type stuff, and people can read it. Not to shabby.

What a world.

Kirk

What I learned about blogging

In Saturday’s class I learned that blogging is not for the faint of heart.

So..., when you come home from an all day class to find your dog hasn’t been feeling well and has crapped all over your 9 year old daughter’s room and you spend an hour scooping the poop, scrubbing the rug, and throwing open the windows, and you then head off to your daughter’s buddy’s house to pick her up but you agree to a much needed shot of Tequilla instead -- even though you never drink Tequilla -- with that buddy’s mom and another mom soon joins the two of you so you don’t make it home with your daughter till after 10pm at which point you discover you’ve completely forgotten about that new piano teacher you scheduled and there’s a lovely note asking if everything’s okay and you then open the door to discover the dog still isn’t feeling well and has crapped a second time all over that very same rug you just cleaned…

you have a place to share it all. :)
Or not.

Is that blogging?
Or oversharing?
Or both?

With apologies to Joe, Mike, Ben, and all of my classmates --

Lisa

For your enjoyment and entertainment later on...

Joe, I promise this is class-realted!


http://www.slideshare.net/mobileyouth/industrial-or-social-what-type-of-marketer-are-you-presentation

Blogging was not difficult

Blogging seems not so difficult and seems fun. We are having fun and enjoying this blogging with Joe.

Advanced Interactive Marketing Class (Day 3) : Blogs

We got a nice overview of Blogging by a very enthusiastic instructor, Joe Barnes. Some of the interesting aspects of the class were examples where blogs had created very effective marketing campaigns.

It was also interesting to see how a company can jump out of its natural image to make itself appear more interesting. "Turbo Tax" rap video was a great example here.

Looking forward to getting involved more with blogging ...

Blogging from 30,000 feet with Joe

Today, we spent a few hours with Joe Barnes at 30,000 feet talking about blogs and their many useful attributes for personal and business purposes. Honesty and ethics is key.

Since this is my first blog posting, I'm Steve Macatee from Seattle and this post is part of a Certificate Program at the University of Washington in Advanced Interactive Marketing.

Adios.

Blogging 101

In today's class we discussed the components of successful blogs.

My key takeaways were:
- Disclose your identity
- Write from an honest perspective
- Engage in dialogue with commenters
- Incorporate visuals

This is a good example: http://www.dooce.com/.

Blogging + interesting YouTube.com video

Today I learned that blogging can be a very powerful tool. But there are also a lot of key things one must consider when creating a blog.

It is important to make the blog interesting and worthwhile.The blog should also be positive in nature, unique and show ones personality!

Throw in videos, pictures etc and this can attract people to your website.

For instance, I thought the following video from YouTube.com was rather interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsOUH_1uAh0

Blogs are cool.

I learned that my mother reads blogs. :)

Blogging is a unique form of marketing that allows you to see how influential the written word can be. A brands image can be shaped via blogs and can have a lasting effect on the company. It's also interesting to view a blog as a job given the fact that Heather makes her living off her blog as a mother.

Blogs give you freedom to express yourself and provide an outlet for opinions and ideas.

Blog is powerful.

Blogging is powerful, just like the double edges of a sword. Surely pay attention to the code of ethics as we learned at the University Washington AIM class today. Post anything that as if you're OK to sent it by a postcard; i.e. people can see it for a long time, if they like to do so.

Blog is also surely a cool things to do, to share with candid, to the point type of comments.
The blog mentioned today was a good surprise to learned such as the site of dooce, dellhell,
fiskateen, etc.

Go see the blogs, enjoy it.
Thanks,
Peter

My re-introduction to blogging

I joined the blogging world around 4 years ago by starting a food blog. It was quite addictive and I would post everyday till others parts of my life took over and blogging was not such a priority .

I plan to get back to my blog and make it a priority again because I have tonnes of recipes piled up. They are calling out to me to be posted .

Iam posting today as part of our Marketing class.Thanks Joe for getting the class acquainted to blogging ethics.

What I learned 'bout blogging...

Joe Barnes, a Girlscout, came to class today to tell us all about blogging. What's going on in the blogging world, what works, what doesn't, being ethical, and what to tell a young girl's family who is planning to blog about jeans (in return for clothing their young daughter).

Needless to say, we all had a great time...

Blog Lesson

I can see there's an opportunity for anyone to make money & a reputation for themselves or their companies through blogging. Liked the Dooce lady and will definitely check her out later.

Want to think hard about how to use blogging for our client. The idea of helping with SEO sounds worth exploring.

Am also wary of the time you have to invest to monitor a blog and keep it updated with new posts. 

First blog post about blogging

The big take-away for me from today's class with Joe Barnes was about ethics in blogging. It's really easy to think you're doing your company a service by posting about your product, service or internal company workings without realising that every blog post is in effect a press release.

Blogging is inviting the world into your mind

Today we learned blogging basics from Joe Barnes, including the ethics code promoted by the Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA) and case studies in how blogs have been used successfully and unsuccessfully by marketers. I find it hard to believe that lots of people want to spend hours reading about the mundane details of the blogger's life or watching crappy home video of a scrapbooking conference. To each his own! But I do believe the successful blogs add value by building community and giving people a chance to express themselves authentically.

Blogging 101

Blogging has a formal oversight association - who knew? "Word of Mouth Marketing Association" - WOMMA - makes me think of "yo mamma" which is probably not what they intended. As blogging and social networking become more and more used as marketing tools, one question is how to maintain the integrity of blogs i.e. many blogs are sponsored by the organization being blogged about - so is that really "free thought" - do blogs ultimately run the risk of becoming irrelevant because they no longer have an edge?