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How to write like a blogger – Seth Godin
u can improve your writing (your business writing, your ad writing, your thank you notes and your essays) if you start thinking like a blogger: Use headlines. I use them all the time now. Not just boring ones that announce your purpose (like the one on this post) but interesting or puzzling or engaging headlines. Headlines are perfect for engaging busy readers. Realize that people have choices. With 80 million other blogs to choose from, I know you could leave…
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Q&A with Clay Shirky on Twitter and Iran
at do you make of what's going on in Iran right now. I'm always a little reticent to draw lessons from things still unfolding, but it seems pretty clear that ... this is it. The big one. This is the first revolution that has been catapulted onto a global stage and transformed by social media. I've been thinking a lot about the Chicago demonstrations of 1968 where they chanted "the whole world is watching." Really, that wasn't true then. But…
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How we read online:
really get your attention, I should write like this: Bulleted list Occasional use of bold to prevent skimming Short sentence fragments Explanatory subheads No puns Did I mention lists? via slate.com Great article. Read the whole thing for a full explanation. Join over 320,000 readers. Get a free weekly update via email here. Related posts: New Neuroscience Reveals 4 Rituals That Will Make You Happy New Harvard Research Reveals A Fun Way To Be More Successful How To Get People To…
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Andreas Weigend, former Chief Scientist for Amazon, explains how platform interfaces for Twitter can be more user-friendly
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A Checklist to Choose Which Internet Marketing Channel is Right for Your Business
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Charles Leadbeater at TED discussing the rise of the amateur professional
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“Us Now” – Multi-part documentary on how Web 2.0 may change government
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The Machine is Us/ing Us
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