Practical Blogging

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Update: Cheryl posted the pdf today so I’m linking to it below.
Today I was one of the three presenters at a session at BlogHer on Videoblogging. Gena Hasket presented the storyboard part, Cheryl Colan presented a lighting on the cheap segment and I did the hands-on editing portion.
Since BlogHer members seemed [...]

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Now, I’ll apologize first for putting that song in your head, but when I read this comment over on a guest post by Trent Hamm at Darren’s blog, I couldn’t think of any better title.

4. Immerse yourself in a social bookmarking site
Many people have a hard time getting their foot in the door with social [...]

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When did CartoonNetwork.com start offering a video podcast? And, why is their podcast page so much smarter than any other one I’ve ever seen? It’s clean, it’s ad-supported, it offers only a few subscribe options and it plays the latest episode directly on the page.

I suppose we should all try to design any [...]

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Steve Garfield, a terrific video blogger, has implemented a custom Amazon ad at the end of a video for a client, Nina Simonds of Spices of Life (excellent video by the way).
I think it is a great way to work a different method of monetization into video. The book certainly matches her [...]

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Miami’s event is already shaping up to be a winner. Here’s the info on Ze Frank from the AS newsletter:
Ze Frank (pronounced “Zay”), the keynote speaker for Affiliate Summit 2007 East, provides a truly entertaining and yet insightful look at how technology and creativity intersect, especially in web design, marketing and new forms of [...]

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I read that the Gawker account, UnderTheRadar, was removed by YouTube because they were posting, among other things, clips of shows including the Colbert Report, Good Morning America, etc. Lockhart Steele, whose name makes me think of some black and white detective show, says they aren’t going to change their policies. What really [...]

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Josh Wolf, 24-year old blogger/video blogger sits in jail tonight. Yesterday Wolf started his 169th day in jail, which gave him the dubious distinction of being the longest journalist, in the USA, to be incarcerated for Contempt of Court charges (ie not handing over sources or source materiel when it is demanded by [...]

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This morning, Feb 1, Barcamp USA tix went on sale. Here’s the deets:
Early registration special if you register before May 1
$20 for 1 day pass
$10 for each additional day
Total cost is $50 for all 4 days
There will be an option to sleep inside some of the session tents at no cost. These tents will [...]

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I’m still in California meeting with the Intel Software Network and even though we’ve been pretty busy thus far, I convinced Jeremiah Owyang to give me a tour of his new digs at PodTech. I’ve known Jeremiah for a long time, first as a fellow member of the Podcast Roundtable and now as a [...]

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