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/.