Tag: blogging
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Peter Enns “6 Helpful Hints for Blog Commenters So You Can Avoid Looking Criminally Insane”
Peter Enns: 6 Helpful Hints for Blog Commenters So You Can Avoid Looking Criminally Insane Enns writes: I’ve been blogging for a couple of years now, and most of the comments I get are engaging–whether pro or con–and it’s been great fun and I’ve learned much from many of you. But over the past year,…
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Saturday Links
Here are the links for this week. 1. Ever thought about starting your own blog? Michael Hyatt has some advice: My Advice to Beginning Bloggers 2. Is gender inclusive language taking hold? Good News, You Guys Everyone! English Is Becoming More Inclusive 3. How New Yorkers Adjusted to Sudden Smartphone Withdrawal 4. Paying for What…
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The Definitive-ish Guide for Using Social Media in the Church – Book Review
How can my Church effectively use social media? Which social media services should my Church use? Aren’t we opening our congregation to abuse if we venture into social media? I’ve been blogging for seven years, and because of that, I frequently get questions like these from pastors and congregation leaders. I can offer some help,…
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Buzz in the Blogosphere: Millions More Bloggers and Blog Readers
Nielsonwire: Buzz in the Blogosphere: Millions More Bloggers and Blog Readers Blogs are sometimes overlooked as a significant source of online buzz in comparison to social networking sites, yet consumer interest in blogs keeps growing. By the end of 2011, NM Incite, a Nielsen/McKinsey company, tracked over 181 million blogs around the world, up from…
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Not Many of You Should Presume to Be Bloggers
Christianity Today: Not Many of You Should Presume to Be Bloggers … James warned us, "Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly" (James 3:1, NIV1984). James goes on to graphically portray the incredible power that our tongues have both…
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Blogs Wane as the Young Drift to Sites Like Twitter
New York Times: Blogs Wane as the Young Drift to Sites Like Twitter … Blogs were once the outlet of choice for people who wanted to express themselves online. But with the rise of sites like Facebook and Twitter, they are losing their allure for many people — particularly the younger generation. The Internet and…
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Got a blog that makes no money? The city wants $300, thank you very much.
Philadelphia City Paper: Got a blog that makes no money? The city wants $300, thank you very much For the past three years, Marilyn Bess has operated MS Philly Organic, a small, low-traffic blog that features occasional posts about green living, out of her Manayunk home. Between her blog and infrequent contributions to ehow.com, over…
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Social Networks/Blogs Now Account for One in Every Four and a Half Minutes Online
Nielson Wire: Social Networks/Blogs Now Account for One in Every Four and a Half Minutes Online The popularity of social media is undeniable – three of the world’s most popular brands online are social-media related (Facebook, YouTube and Wikipedia) and the world now spends over 110 billion minutes on social networks and blog sites. This…
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Social Networking Rises, Especially Among Younger Set
Marketing Charts: Social Networking Rises, Especially Among Younger Set Social networking has risen among all age groups in the past few years, particularly among teens and younger adults, according to research from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Pew research indicates that in 2009, 73% of online teens used social networking sites in 2009,…
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Pope to priests: Go forth and blog
USA Today: Pope to priests: Go forth and blog VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI has a new commandment for priests struggling to get their message across: Go forth and blog. The pope, whose own presence on the Web has heavily grown in recent years, urged priests on Saturday to use all multimedia tools…