Tumblr will be rolling out Fan Mail to all users over the next few days, opening up a new channel of communication via interblog messaging.
Tumblr Rolls Out Fan Mail, A New Interblog Messaging Service
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Mediabistro Events
Launch a social media campaign that will build your brand and deliver results in our online Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting June 7. Speakers include Abigail Cusick (Bravo Digital), Gregory Galant (Sawhorse Media), Alex Leo (Thomson Reuters Digital), Jim Tobin (Ignite Social Media), and many more. Read the reviews.
Use Social Media to Market Your Business
Launch a social media campaign that will build your brand and deliver results in our online Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting June 7. Speakers include Abigail Cusick (Bravo Digital), Gregory Galant (Sawhorse Media), Alex Leo (Thomson Reuters Digital), Jim Tobin (Ignite Social Media), and many more. Read the reviews. 5 Tumblr Tips For Microblogging Success
We’ve put together a list of five Tumblr tips to help you plan, set up and run your Tumblr blog for maximum success.
Tumblr Tops Blogging Service Downtime With 42 Hours Down In 2011
Tumblr has shown a decrease in downtime in 2011, but it still tops the charts for blogging service downtime in 2011, clocking in at 42.1 hours down between January 1 and November 30 of this year.
Report the News — Not On The News — Says Time, Inc. Panelist
Moderator of the Medill Club Ethics Panel 2012, Professor Jack Doppelt with alums Joyce Hanson and Sally Fryberger
Brian Moylan, an editor at Gawker Media (and self-proclaimed “Gawker shit talker” on Twitter), remembers a recent spate of 20 minutes that seemed like the longest ever. He couldn’t click the refresh button on enough browsers fast enough. Having just spotted a Tweet on Billy Crystal’s feed announcing the nine-time Oscars host would be emceeing the Academy Awards yet again in 2012, he posted the news.
Moylan then realized the Academy had not yet confirmed the information—and anxiously awaited confirmation hoping the post would not have to be taken down (or crossed out and amended).
Social Media Adoption and Fortune 500 Companies — Have They Reached their Peak?
Fortune Magazine annually tracks America’s largest corporations due to their influence in the business world. For this study, Academics from Center For Marketing Research Dartmouth examined the social media activity, specifically blogging, of various organizations, concluding that the biggest companies have slowed down their social media efforts and appear to be hitting a plateau. More after the jump.
The Evolution Of The Blogger: Which Type Of Blogger Are You? [Infographic]
Blogging has come a long way since its beginnings in the ‘90s, with over 156 million public blogs in existence as of February 2011. Everyone is blogging, from moms to techies to artists and politicians, and a fun infographic from Flowtown examines the blogging ecosystem.
7 Important Questions To Ask Yourself Before You Start A Blog
Thinking about starting a blog? Before you even think about sitting down to set up your blog and write your first post there are several questions you need to ask yourself. These seven important questions can help you determine whether you’re on the right track, how you should proceed and whether you should even be starting a blog at all.
Google Releases Blogger App For iOS
Blogger is one of the first successful blogging platforms that for many people provided their first introduction to blogs. Blogger was also one of Google’s first acquisitions, when the search engine company bought Pyra Labs back in 2003. Google hasn’t done a tremendous amount with Blogger and it took them a while to develop an Android app for the service, and even longer developing an iOS app, which they just announced today.
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Tumblr for Android 2.0 Manages Multiple Blogs with New Interface
Android users should be ecstatic to hear that the Tumblr Android app just went through a major overhaul. What an overhaul it is! It almost seems like a brand new app with a totally new UI.
7 Tips for Marketing Your Content
I’m knee-deep in launching a new blog. This will be my tenth (non-personal) blog launch/re-launch in six years. Each time I do it, I seem to forget (and re-learn) the pain that’s involved. Getting a blog off the ground is far from easy, and keeping it alive is even harder. Of the 10, five are alive and well, if in different hands, two are dead and two should be if they aren’t. For the tenth, it’s still too early to tell, but everything looks better than it has with my other launches.
