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| filed under: Chris Abraham, Blog, Chris Abraham Blog, Chris Abraham News, NewsThe Blogroll and Blogrolling
A blogroll is a collection of links to other blogs. Blogrolls are found on most blogs. Blogrolling is the original and most-respected service, although any link list is commonly referred to as a “blogroll."
When in Rome Do As the Romans Do
Engaging in online conversation as a member of an online community requires your language, delivery, humor, and tone to mirror that of the community.
Social Bookmarking Strategy
Making sure that your sites are "bookmarked" and "dugg" on the top social bookmarking sites can really help with site promotion and publicity.
Blog Messaging and Counter-Messaging
Blog search engines such as Technorati, Ask.com, Feedster, and BlogPulse only care about the last word. If you can reply to a negative, hurtful brand hit, then you can dominate the conversation and win the debate in most cases.
Reciprocal Linking and Google PageRank
Blogrolling sites that you want to be connected to can lead to reciprocal linking. The nature of the blogosphere lends itself to linking. The process of exchanging links with other websites is called Reciprocal Linking.
Blogger Outreach is About the Permanent Record
At the end of the day, this is all about getting into permanent record. Second Life may be cool, and so may be IM, but these are all ephemeral — the web and the blogosphere is indexed and exists much longer and to greater effect the longer and deeper the penetration a site has into Google’s, Technorati’s, and Ask.com’s site indices.
Blog Community Outreach
A powerful technique for building community on blogs is to find a compelling item about your industry, products, and services, then search for blogs that are already talking about it on Technorati.
Advice on Starting and Growing an SNS
The main reason why SNS’s are so appealing is not because people are exhibitionists but because people crave connection and community. Too many folks who are jumping onto the Social Network Services bandwagon lost site of what an SNS actually is, including the real motivations for joining them as a registered member.
Training Services
Part of what we do at Abraham PR is teach. We can do and teach. Really. From teaching blogging courses at the Writer's Center to on-site academic lectures, one of our primary goals is mindshare.
Online Publicity Services
Traditionally, a publicist is a person whose job is to generate and manage publicity for a public figure, especially a celebrity, or for a work such as a book or movie. Publicists usually work at large companies handling multiple clients.
Social Network Profiles are Not Fancy Personal Home Pages
Creating a space for your members to “show off” or “express themselves” is less important than giving members to interact. They crave connection and will pursue any perceived connection such as shared interests, hometowns, movies, orientation, or schools.
The Blogroll
A blogroll is a collection of links to other blogs. Blogrolls are found on most blogs. Blogrolling is the original and most-respected service, although any link list is commonly referred to as a “blogroll”.
People are Already Talking About You
The Internet is neither a place nor a destination. One cannot broadcast to the Internet and there is very little correlation between throwing money at online advertising and building brand equity online.
Consulting Services
The following menu may look expansive, but it isn't. We're a new media marketing and new media PR firm -- with well over a decade of experience in web strategy and emergent technology.
Online Reputation Management and Crisis Response
You can’t control online conversation unless you participate. You’ll never be able to control what's being said about you online like you can with Main Stream Media (the press, TV, magazine, etc). Don’t even try.
About Abraham Harrison LLC
Traditional advertising, public relations, and marketing agencies are spending a lot of money and poaching a lot of talent to convince you they get how to reach folks online, but they don't. They're putting lipstick on a pig. Madison Avenue doesn't get it, 50-year-old firms don't get it, and your local PR shop doesn't get it either.
A Spirited Loop of Central Park is 7.22 Miles of Running
I just got back from a 7.22 mile run around Central Park.
Attending a Wedding with Wendy Gottlieb
A photo from August 19, 2006, of Wendy Gottlieb and me attending some wedding or another
Encrypting your emails is a stupid idea for privacy freaks
If you think that saying "bomb" in your email is a bad idea, try passing an encrypted message.
Lucy Kellaway is an Examplar Bicycle Commuter
Brava, Ms. Kellaway, for doing a much better job of evangelizing pedal bike commuting.
I Commuted to Work on My Bike this Morning
The weather was ideal, the road conditions swift, and the en-suite shower at Edelman DC amazingly convenient.
Smart new book teaches teens that sex is not an obligation
Most young men and women (boys and girls) have sex because they feel developmentally obligated to, not because they're ready.
Search engine optimization (SEO) works like a champ
I collected all of my personal blog articles to-date on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and have been handing them out to folks who still believe that SEO is snake oil and I thought I would share them with you, too, since most of you students of blogging actually want your words, your passion, and your voice to be heard.
David Gelles Infected by the Purple Prose
David Gelles used to be such a brilliant writer. Sadly, past tense.
Beautiful Night for a Ride and a Walk
What a gorgeous night it was for a reckless ride through the city streets of washington, DC.
Beautiful Night for a Ride and a Walk
What a gorgeous night it was for a reckless ride through the city streets of washington, DC.
Starting with Edelman on Monday
Today is my last day as Technology Strategist at New Media Strategies.
Washington is Revenge of the Nerds
Washington men are only interested in possessing the women who spurned them in high school and college.
Juggling glass balls and rubber balls
I love to hear Phil Lader talk about the work-life balance in terms of juggling rubber balls and glass balls, glass balls being family, health, friends and spirit, and irreplaceable.
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