What the experts have to say about content, PR and sales

Blogs are an excellent source of information. Below are some links to blog posts that you may want to check out.

Nine Questions About the Yahoo/Newspaper DealIt took 18 on-again, off-again months of negotiation, but give credit to the “Seven Amigos”, those emerging mid-tier newspaper companies now starting to flex their muscles as the industry’s long-time Big 3 break apart. The companies — MediaNews, Hearst, Scripps,…

West Bronx’ Online Paper Reveals the Real Promise of the WebYou can see how these tools are set up for success. Calendars. Links. Local news. Local photos. In English and Spanish. It’s about a place, and that’s ultimately what new media pioneers in West Bronx and Westport are trying to reclaim.

Mercury News Staffers Await the Dreaded CallWhere’s Bob Dylan when you need him? In his 115th Dream, we heard: “this foot came through the line.” Monday night, as many as 41 Mercury News newsroom staffers will get the literal meaning of that line. The Merc’s been…

Two Birds of The Same Feather Don?t Always Fly TogetherThis is a story of two pigeons. Both were born in the same nest and had the same schooling (heck, they were twins!).Despite their external looks, they were very different birds.Skip was determined to experience life to its fullest by making his home the place where he landed each night.Pete planned to build a nest […]

Five Things You Should?nt Know About Me (I?ve Been Tagged!)Remember running around on the playground as kids and tagging your friends?Well, a virtual version of this game is going down online.Dianna Huff has tagged me.So, now I need to tell you five things you never wanted to know about me:My first business was selling worms to locals in Wisconsin (lasted about 2 weeks)My first […]

Do You Spend $10,000 a Month on Pay Per Click Ads?If so, you can participate in an analytics experiment that might just bring you a ton of exposure that won?t cost you by the click.Eric of Stone Temple Consulting and Jonah of Alchimist Media are seeking additional participants for their Comparative Analytics Study. Basically these guys are trying to determine which website metric analysis […]

A successful blogger takes a look at mind mappingI’ve been a long time proponent of mind-mapping as a technique to get your creative juices flowing. I have found over quite a few years now that once I have the chapters and sub-section written down for my information product I can sit down and mind map each section and essentially get the guts […]

The Secrets to Price-SettingBusinessWeek has an interesting article on the issue of price-setting, going for the angle that many are pricing their products and services too low.This is a topical issue for information entrepreneurs because on the one hand many are cynical with the current pricing “standards” out there (think: $47, $67, $97) and then there are […]