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/

http://www.homedepot.com/
http://www.intuitive.com/blog/

   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/

http://www.copywritingwatch.com

http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_blogging_data.pdf

   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

http://copywritingwatch.com

http://www.syndicatorblog.com/
http://www.kbcafe.com/rss/

http://www.simplebits.com/

Purpose of a Blog

   1.0 Blog or Brochure

http://www.brandcentralstation.com/
http://www.lisahaneberg.com

http://sccv3.stonecreekcoffee.com/blog.cfm
http://www.aldocoffee.com/

http://exacttarget.typepad.com/chrisbaggott/
http://blog.captainjack.com/

   2.0 Types of Blogs

http://www.boeing.com/randy/

http://www.taylormadeblogs.com/category/products

http://askdavetaylor.com/

http://blog.pacesettermortgage.com/michigan_real_estate/

   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_.html

http://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.html

http://falkow.blogsite.com/public/blog/81701
http://www.clickz.com/experts/crm/actionable_analysis/article.php/3504241

http://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/Distinguishyourself

http://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=d

http://www.copywritingwatch.com/copywriting_watch_blog/2006/01/compusa_they_do.html

http://www.stephenlabuda.com/

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

http://techcrunch.com/
http://micropersuasion.com/

http://www.iowablogs.net