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1/24/2008


Evening Reading: 1/24/08

Lifehack has 7 Habits to Win in Office Politics. I'm a little bothered by the "win" in that title. How about to manage office politics? Anyway, habit number 6 - seek to understand before seeking to be understood - is also one of traits of the best negotiators. And probably the best bloggers too.

Rick Mahn says bye-bye to Facebook. You know, no matter how hard people try to make it otherwise, Facebook was, is and always will be primarily for college age kids. I really agree with Rick when he says:

While some have made a pretty good case for Facebook, it doesn't change how it's viewed by business, or how useful it is for me. I'm astounded at home much time everything takes and how limited everything is. Not to mention the data-ownership question.

Facebook, like most of the social networks, is amplified cocktail chatter- everyone talking over each other and no one really listening. Net out the advertorials and you end up with a lot of really marginal content.

Today's list: TDavid on the 8 types of blogs for 2008, with a little Newsome.Org editorial:

1) Linkblog. Only marginally interesting without added content. I can find plenty of links in my feed reader.
2) Moblog. Accretive if used in moderation.
3) Podcast. Fun to do, but does anyone really listen to them?
4) Video blog. Home movies were boring in the 70's. Videos are a plus if done well and in moderation.
5) Microblog. A graffiti wall. Fun in small doses.
6) Miniblog. I don't know much about these. Why spread your content all over the seven seas when you can consolidate it in your main blog? All this data spread can actually work against personal brand building if it's unchecked.
7) Liveblog. Seems like an awful lot of work and not much bang for your buck. As soon as the event is over, you've lost the advantage over regular blog posts.
8) Regular Blog. Here comes my main point: why can't a regular blog encompass all 7 of the others?

Now that we've managed to bring wolves back from the brink of extinction, let's start shooting them. Amazing.

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Hi Kent, thank you for the link :) Regarding #8: "why can't a regular blog encompass all 7 of the others?"

It can and sometimes does. See my description: "a collection of other types of blogging mentioned above and/or typically longer, more detailed postings ..."

In the comments area Davis Freeberg made an excellent point that there were niches within the traditional blog.

By Blogger TD, at 1/25/2008 6:24 AM  
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I don't really use Facebook much but I don't think using it as a way to market yourself or site or business is really the way to go. I use it to keep track of a couple friends from high school/college and play a few dorky games now and then. More of the social than the networking I guess.

Also, I never end up listening to podcasts more than maybe one every few months and never watch video blogs.

I'm really getting into comic blogs recently where the author posts a new comic and then has some thoughts of the day, etc in the blog post.

Liveblogs are fun to do when covering something like a sporting event. I've done them for a couple Hawkeye games in the past. I covered a bowl game a couple seasons back and actually had a few people that couldn't watch on TV that were following the game through my updating post. Pretty fun but a lot of work and I wouldn't do them frequently unless I had a ton of traffic and some kind of PPM ads on it.

By Anonymous Mike, at 1/25/2008 9:42 AM  
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Hi Kent,
Yeah, I really don't see the point in many of the social networks that have sprung up. While I've given up on Facebook, I'll leave my account there and simply let my Twitter posts automagically update my status there. Twitter is by far a much more powerful tool for the networking I am looking to accomplish.

I will admit to enjoying LinkeIn, however, and really do see much more potential for finding and building business network relationships there.

Regards,
Rick

By Anonymous Rick Mahn, at 1/28/2008 11:19 PM  
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