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Blogging 119: Managing Multiple Blog Contributors
For many people, blogging is a solo effort; an exercise in self-expression. But if you’re considering blogging for a business or organization (like our Mayo Clinic News Blog or Podcast Blog, or a global university like SMUG ) you probably don’t want to have the entire responsibility resting on one person. You’ll want to get [...]
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Welcoming an Associate Professor
It’s been rewarding over the last several months to see the number of “students” at Social Media University, Global climb to more than 150, and to have so many countries represented, literally putting the “Global” in SMUG. Another goal has been to get more “faculty” members, and to have “associate professors” with experience in different [...]
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Blogging 107: Typepad Pros and Cons
Chancellor’s Note: This post was written by Associate Professor Jan Husdal, the newest addition to the SMUG Faculty. Please join me in thanking him for this contribution, and also check out his excellent Typepad vs. WordPress blog. For someone setting out to become a blogger, choosing the right platform is important. Once chosen, it is [...]
WordPress Growth Rocks
TechCrunch calls the growth of the WordPress blogging platform, as announced today at WordCamp, “Awesome.” It doesn’t surprise me at all that U.S. unique visitors to WordPress.com have roughly tripled in the last year to 20.9 million per month, while Typepad.com has only increased about 20 percent to 7.2 million. The two platforms were roughly [...]
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Avoiding Social Media Indecision