JANUARY 11, 2005
VOL 5, ISSUE 1
 
To help Tsunami survivors
ISSN 1550-1787    
FRE*E "Beginner's Guide to Business Blogging"
Winner of Seth Godin's "Free Prize Inside"
Pub Note: coming up in 2005

Download PDF here

As of today, my "Beginner's Guide to Business Blogging" is available as a fre*e download from Seth Godin's ChangeThis site.

But it's only gratis for 15 days... until Jan. 25, 2005. So don't wait if you want a copy!

Poke around on ChangeThis while you're at it. This is an intriguing site which describes itself as "a new kind of media... calm and thoughtful and direct and transparent." It's also an "archive and an info center."


Note: If you already picked up a complimentary copy over the holidays you may want to download it again. ChangeThis re-designed it in their distinctive PDF manifesto format.



Winner of Seth Godin's "Free Prize Inside" collector's copy

And the winner of a copy of Godin's book packaged inside a cereal box is... Jean Baker, Web Marketing Manager of eSignal.com in Lombard, Illinois. Congrats, Jean!

Jean was one of close to 500 subscribers who took a "1-Minute RSS Survey" to enter the book giveaway.

72 percent of those responding said they are "familiar" with the term RSS. But only 39 percent have downloaded an RSS newsreader. Even fewer - 31 percent - subscribe to blogs via RSS.

More survey results here and here.

Or read about the survey and the recent Pew report on blogs in BlogWriteForCEOs.



 
Publish an e-newsletter AND a blog

My New Year's resolutions range from controlling the time I spend on email to doing more yoga to... creating an integrated program for publishing an e-newsletter AND a blog.

My business goals are clear:

- spend less time on the nitty gritty of publishing an e-newsletter and managing an email list (yes, it can be very time consuming)

- pump up the ROI of publishing free content, whether it's in this e-newsletter or in a blog.

Lots more tips to come on how to manage an e-newsletter AND a blog. And why you should consider publishing both.

Meet me in D.C. or Atlanta... or book me for a speaking engagement or workshop on blogs & RSS

I'm speaking to Washington Women in Public Relations on Jan. 13, 2005.

I'll be in Atlanta on Jan. 20, 2005 to present a workshop on blogging & RSS to the Atlanta Business Marketing Association.

Warm regards,


President/Publisher, WordBiz.com, Inc.
MonaLisaOfBlogging.com
Blog Coaching for CEOs
direct: +1 202.364.5705
wordbiz @ gmail dot com


P.S.
Need a dynamite speaker or consultant on the what, why and how of adding a blog to your online marketing strategy? Call me at 202.364.5705 or email wordbiz@gmail.com.




 


Gratis download of Blogging Guide from ChangeThis!

My "Beginner's Guide to Business Blogging" is a fre*e manifesto on the ChangeThis site... until Jan. 25, 2005.



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To Help Tsunami Survivors...

One of the best resource lists I've seen to help Tsunami survivors is on Microsoft's site. Go here for a list of charities you can contribute to.

Any word on Ngapali Beach in Burma?
My husband and I were fortunate enough to visit Myanmar (Burma's) beautiful Ngapali beach (on the Bay of Bengal) last April. I have no information about how that region fared. Has anyone heard? Please email me at wordbiz @ gmail dot com [close up spaces] if you know. Thanks - d.



 

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