socialmedian: Making Your Blogging Much More than Just "You"

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Making Your Blogging Much More than Just "You"

Source: louisgray.com

Oct 20, 2008

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On Sunday, Chris Brogan asked an important question: "How Often Do You Promote Others?", asking how often many of us are highlighting lesser-known people, sharing their items, or promoting their work, to expand awareness. One of the people Chris gave credit to was Robert Scoble, who Chris said "points me to new stuff all the time".

It's no secret a lot of my own online activity is the result of having watched watching Scoble's efforts. It was his pushing toward Google Reader, creating a link blog, and linking out to people big and small that has guided some of my own behavior. So, as I mentioned on Chris' stream in FriendFeed, here's what I'm trying to do:

Highlight new services when they debut, to help give entrepreneurs a running start.
Highlighting five new bloggers each month who I believe are undervalued.
Adding new guest posts to the blog to showcase talent.
Sharing dozens of sites on Google Reader each day.
Interacting with many new people on Social Median and FriendFeed.

It's true I could always do more. I know I haven't been doing my part to make as many co ...Read the full article

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