The newspaper and magazine industries are in serious trouble recently. The readership for both traditional media (TM) are falling at an alarming rate right now, no thanks to online reading. Not only are reader now consuming news online, they also consume news through blogs and other sites.

Most companies like to treat their social media campaign like some sort of a big party. They create a platform or join a platform, announce  loudly their arrival and try to look for the most ‘in’ and cool guys around and try to influence them, hoping that they will in turn spread the word for the company. The problem with this approach is that the party is already in full swing, people already have their drinks, and no one was actually waiting for you to show up.

It has been awhile since I wrote a blog post and I realized I have a backlog of about 16 posts that I plan to write that never get done. No worries since I promise myself that I will write them over the weekend. (I might have to spread over 2 weeks to complete them) :P

So, we already know that the ‘King of Pop’, Michael Jackson have died. It was first announced at 5.30am Singapore time (and I am sleeping) and I got the devastating news through my Facebook the moment I woke up. Everyone on my Facebook were talking about his death. But ever wonder how they got to know about this in the first place?

One of the biggest difference between a standard website, and a blog, is that blogging is extremely popular right now, which translates into additional opportunities to promote your home based affiliate marketing business.
If you are new to internet marketing affiliate programs you may be aware that affiliate marketers often promote their products on blogs, as well as standard websites, but you may not be clear on exactly what the difference is.

Your blog is your voice. Make your blog come alive by making it great and let your readers have fun reading it. Therefore, any blog for this matter must have the special voice. You must participate actively in the daily conversations that your blog has initiated.
In your blog, you will need to post regularly. Posts must provide good content that is both informational and value-added. Content that has high quality is often the drawing factor for readership and its retention. Expert information with the latest news in your blog will …

Technorati currently follows more than 120 million blogs worldwide. Technorati is kind of like the Google for blogs in that it is kind of like an all encompassing search engine of blog content. Technorati will not only provide you with traffic but will also provide your blog with highly marketable authority. Authority allows you to more or less rent your blog on a periodic basis and the higher your Technorati rank the more you can charge. Listing your blog with Technorati is extremely easy and is a must for any …