| Quick Links | | | | | |  | | Weblogs | | | Our MyST Blogsite generates highly qualified leads compared to other venues of online lead generation. One of the primary reasons is we have a trust factor, which we built (and continue to build) by providing dependable and accurate information through the blogsite. As a result, actions are more meaningful for business and the customer." |
|  | | Recommended Books to Help Your Business Reap the Benefits of Weblogs, RSS, and Blog Sites | Here are some very good books (and e-books) about weblogging and content syndication for business objectives.
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| The Unleash the Marketing & Publishing Power of RSS e-book will give you all the knowledge and expertise you need to successfully start using RSS, whether you are a small business marketer or a large publisher. You will discover what RSS is and how it is affecting your business as we speak, and what you need to make the most out of it. Also includes two graphic tutorials on how to become an RSS user yourself. But there is more to RSS than just a simple content delivery channel. It is changing the way people use the Web. Find out how and how you can profit from these new developments. And don't forget about the different ways of publishing content using RSS. Content summaries or full-text? Which is better for you? How about delivering audio and video content using RSS? |
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| If you need a meaty introduction to business blogging, order the ROI of Business Blogging report described on this page.
You get case studies, software recommendations and a screenshot demo of what it means to "blog." We show you exactly how easy it is to add an entry to a blog and to publish instantly to the Web. |
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| This book celebrates political blogging in America. It approaches blogging as a multi-faceted phenomenon that encompasses journalism and media, political discourse and commentary, rhetoric and debate. It explains what blogging is and how blogs are already impacting politics and journalism. This book also presents a beginner's guide to the Blogosphere and provides samples of blogging from across the political spectrum. These samples represent the work of some of the web's most illustrious bloggers, including Andrew Sullivan, Markas Zuniga, Kim du Toit, Billmon, Stephen Green, TBogg, and Emperor Misha I of the Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler. |
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| Turn your home page into a microportal with fresh content that will keep readers coming back. The first hands-on book on building blogs, this is an excellent tutorial for new bloggers, and includes many advanced techniques for veteran bloggers. Simply put, web logging, known as blogging, is an easy way of updating a web page via a browser without the hassle of launching an FTP client or HTML editor. With all the templates, add-ons, and extra features associated with building this microportal, the blog is a new take on the home page. The blog brings the voice of its creator to the surface, builds it into the design, and keeps the content fresh and meaningful. This book features hands-on tutorials for building a blog, adding a user based commenting system, adding team members, syndicating with JavaScript, adding searches to a site, and much more. This is the book for creative web-enthusiasts looking for the "next thing" and it's the first book of new ideas and advanced tutorials for bloggers already numbering in the hundreds of thousands. |
Essential Blogging
by Shelley Powers, Cory Doctorow, J. Scott Johnson, Mena G. Trott, Benjamin Trott, Rael Dornfest |
| Anyone can run a blog (an online journal). From personal diaries to political commentary and technology observations, bloggers are making their voices heard around the world. Essential Blogging helps you select the right blogging software for your needs and show how to get your blog up and running. You'll learn the ingredients of a successful blog, and then get detailed installation, configuration and operation instructions for the leading blogging software: Blogger, Radio Userland, Movable Type, and Blosxom. After showing you how to acquire, set-up, and run these leading software packages, Essential Blogging takes you through the more advanced features, so that by the time you finish, you'll be up and blogging with the best of them. |
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| "Blog" is short for "Web log"—an online site with time-dated postings, maintained by one or more posters, that features links and commentary. But that is like saying a car is a means of transportation featuring four wheels. Millions are changing their habits when it comes to information acquisition, and the blogosphere has appeared so suddenly as to surprise even the most sophisticated of analysts. In Blog, best-selling author Hugh Hewitt helps you catch up with and get ahead of this phenomenon. |
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| Weblogs--frequently updated, independently produced, and curiously addictive--have become some of the most popular sites on the Web today. The Weblog Handbook is the first book to explain how weblogs work and explore their impact on the media landscape. There is no formula for creating a superb weblog—but there are lessons to be drawn from maintaining one. In The Weblog Handbook, Rebecca Blood draws on her experience as an early participant in the weblog community to share what she has learned in three years of "living online." |
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| Weblogs -- or blogs -- are taking the Internet by storm! Now you can expand your site using message boards, mailing lists, and numerous other features to maintain and promote community with help from this easy-to-understand guide. Includes practical tips for making tweaks and improvements with HTML, Flash, Web images, and much more. Explains how to set up a web site that is designed to be updated with items in a linear, time-based fashion. The author compares several of the weblog packages available, describes how to choose an ISP for the weblog, and walks through the process of uploading and configuring three weblog packages: Greymatter, Movable Type, and pMachine. |
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| Instantaneous and raw, unedited and uncensored, Weblogs are self-publishing at its best and its worst--occasionally brilliant but often pretentious, sometimes shocking but always fascinating. We've Got Blog is the first book to explore this phenomenon, which has been quickly rising from obscure web pages to national attention in the Wall Street Journal and USA Today. Weblogs are free, searchable journals of opinions and links updated daily by an individual or a group and they have become some of the hottest Websites. We've Got Blog has pulled together some of the best writing explaining their history, the mavericks who created them, and how they are changing the way we use the Internet. |
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| Weblogs offer an exciting new way to voice your opinions, share ideas with others, and help your business grow. Written by a team of weblog pioneers-the people who helped create Blogger and the MetaFilter community blog-this book shows you how to build, evolve and automate weblogs for personal and business use. We Blog begins with a complete overview of blog history, the different kinds of weblogs that exist today, and more. It further explains how to create, expand, and promote your own blog, from getting the most out of a variety of blogging tools and services to building a blog for business and expanding your audience through syndication. packed with insider advice, practical exercises, and illuminating interviews, We Blog is your indispensable guide to the world of weblogs. |
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| 70-interviews with successful bloggers for you to learn from 220 page guide, 315 pages of interviews, 700+ links, over 100 illustrations and resources. |
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