During our January Blog Workshop, rather than using a Power Point presentation, we will be surfing sites that follow the outline handout.
Anatomy of a Blog
1.0 What is a Blog?
http://www.wd40.com/Brands/wd40.cfm
http://emillerphoto.blogspot.com/
http://www.hawkeyecast.com/
http://www.womma.org/wombat/blog/2006/01/podcast_wommas.html
http://bethestory.com/
2.0 Who Blogs?
http://loveraindownonme.blogspot.com/
http://www.thegookins.net/
http://iowaculturalcoalition.org/
http://www.edgebusinessjournal.blogspot.com/
http://www.dwebware.com/blog/
http://rescuebugblog.typepad.com/rescue_bugblog/
3.0 How is a Blog Different?
http://muchadoaboutwhatever.blogspot.com/
http://www.isleoferiska.com/http://markoos.blogspot.com/2006/01/remind-me-again.html
Purpose of a Blog
1.0 Blog or Brochure
http://www.brandcentralstation.com/
http://www.lisahaneberg.comhttp://sccv3.stonecreekcoffee.com/blog.cfm
http://www.aldocoffee.com/http://exacttarget.typepad.com/chrisbaggott/
http://blog.captainjack.com/
2.0 Types of Blogs
3.0 Find Your Niche
http://cmdr-scott.blogspot.com/
http://brand.blogs.com/mantra/2005/09/reinvention.html
http://zane.typepad.com/ccuceo/2006/01/its_cool_manim_.htmlhttp://bloombergmarketing.blogs.com/bloomberg_marketing/2006/01/a_joke_compleme.html
http://texturadesign.com/2006/01/put_on_a_pair_of_pants.htm
Strategy of Blogging
1.0 Finding Time to Blog
http://redcouch.typepad.com/weblog/2005/09/story_telling_v.html
http://www.rightconversation.com/2006/01/conversations_c.htmlhttp://falkow.blogsite.com/public/blog/81701
http://www.clickz.com/experts/crm/actionable_analysis/article.php/3504241http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2005/10/30/finding-time-to-blog/
http://www.danieldrezner.com/archives/002218.html
2.0 Finding Content
http://www.topix.net/search/?q=des+moines
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=%22new+business%22+iowa
http://technorati.com/tags/
http://flickr.com/http://evelynrodriguez.typepad.com/crossroads_dispatches/
http://davidco.com/blogs/david/
http://blog.lifebeyondcode.com/blog/Distinguishyourselfhttp://getgood.typepad.com/getgood_strategic_marketi/2006/01/alist_bloggers_.html#comments
http://www.socialcustomer.com/2005/10/whos_listens_to.html
3.0 Finding Readers
http://blogs.icerocket.com/search?q=asthma+iowa
http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&q=zoomalbum&scoring=dhttp://www.copywritingwatch.com/copywriting_watch_blog/2006/01/compusa_they_do.html
Tools of Blogging
1.0 Blog Software
http://www.sixapart.com/
http://wordpress.com/ & http://wordpress.org/
http://www.blogger.com/start
http://blogharbor.com/
http://drupal.org/
http://blogsite.com/http://mybloglog.com/
http://www.sitemeter.com/
http://www.blogbeat.net/
2.0 Syndicated Content (Feeds)
http://www.bradsoft.com/feeddemon (Windows)
http://ranchero.com/netnewswire/ (MAC)
http://bloglines.com/ (Web)http://www.feedburner.com/
http://feedforall.com/
http://rssapplied.com/
http://www.dwebfeeds.com/
3.0 Social Software
http://technorati.com/
http://del.icio.us/
http://gada.be/http://pingoat.com/
http://pingomatic.com/http://www.talkdigger.com/
http://digg.com/
http://blogpulse.com/
http://tagcloud.com/
http://www.egmstrategy.com/ice/tag-generator.cfm