Putting Your Best Foot Forward. Considering that artists are visual people, I'm shocked that so many don't realize how important photography is. Everyone wants to think that their work will speak for itself, but here's the thing: jurors can't pick up your work to look closer, turn it over, see the detail, or move it to see how it catches the light. We have only the image you give us and we have hundreds to look at so you don't get much time to impress us. You owe it to yourself to make that image the best you can. PLEASE, do not send images that are out of focus. This is the image I first used for my magnets: Not bad, right? What a difference! When it comes to photography, this is NOT the place to pinch pennies. I'll talk more about jurying soon. PeerPong Asks for Expert Advice on Twitter. PeerPong, a new Q&A site with an adorable name, has launched a public beta.
The company’s premise is to bring users’ questions to qualified experts given their history that are talking about that topic online — right now, on Twitter. Yes, it’s yet another Q&A company looking to build up page views for its portal, in the vein of Yahoo Answers and competing with startups like Quora and Stack Overflow as well as the pre-launch Facebook Questions product. PeerPong was incubated by the VC firm Partech International and was originally called Muchobene. CEO Ro Choy, who was formerly chief revenue officer at RockYou, joined this January. The company has raised $2.8 million from DCM, First Round Capital, Charles River Ventures and Partech International. Out of the more than 100 million Twitter users, only about 3 million of them have demonstrated “real knowledge,” said Choy in a recent interview. Related content from GigaOM Pro (sub req’d): Social Advertising Models Go Back to the Future. HOW TO: Use Social Media for Travel Research.
Whether you're traveling to another city, state, or continent, putting in a few hours to do your homework can mean the difference between a great vacation and a week full of headaches. Finding great local restaurants, comfortable sleeping accomodations, and hidden gems should be on the top of your travel list, no matter if it's a one day business trip or a permanent move to Thailand. In the past, this type of information was exclusive to travel agents and generic travel books. However, with the rise of social media and stronger interconnectivity, you can get the real story, avoid the tourist traps, and meet real locals. This guide provides an overview of tips and tools for using social media as a travel research tool. Step 1. A wealth of information and tips are available in blogs, user comments, and wiki articles.
Step 2. Picking out the best restaurants is tough, so let others do the work for you. The most common user review website for travelers are Yelp, and Tripadvisor. Step 3. Five more online skills you must master BEFORE you start a blog. Earlier this week, I launched the first of my two part campaign to encourage people to master five online skills before they start a blog. I promised five more online skills. So here they are.
Once again, I make suggestions for both journalists who already write for websites but also for people who do not have access to a website. Research In the previous post, I encouraged you to identify a community. You still need to find out all you can about that it through research. You might find that your chosen community is overwhelmed with good blogs. If you are a journalist, a few questions on your website is one way to collect information. If you do not have a website, why not use a social network? You don’t need a blog to do research. Categories One of the key questions in the research of your community for your blog might be “what information do you need?”. Once you have the results, you could write a list of subjects in which your community is interested.
Whooa! RSS feeds Sign up to Google Reader. Five online skills you must master BEFORE you start a blog « The. When did people mistake blogging as a platform from which to mouth off their opinions? As a result of being asked to read one too many this week, I am launching a new two-part campaign. Five online skills you must master BEFORE you start a blog – community, commenting, connectivity, collaboration and content. The second part – Five more online skills you must master BEFORE you start a blog – will be published next. Make sure you’ve mastered the Five Cs before you start a blog. When you do at last set up that blog, it will be so much better for the effort.
(I should know. If you are a journalist, you can use your website for practice. If you aren’t a journalist and don’t have access to a website, I’ve added simple alternatives. Don’t let me down. 1 Community Have you identified a community for which to write? Go further still. Write for the commercial property sector and few of them will know your blog is for them (one post out of 10 might be of interest). 2 Commenting 3 Connectivity 5 Content.