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Tips on Applying for the b5media Technology Channel
I’ve been receiving relatively more applications for the b5media tech channel from the past few weeks. Generally speaking, the application process is … well, “very general” for the most part. Potential authors always submit blog pitches and areas of specialty that have the words “technology”, “gadgets” and “computers” in the subject line for preferred niches.…
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Shai Come Home
Shai Coggins, one of the VP’s of b5media is coming home for the holidays. We are organizing a set of two meets for b5media bloggers as well as for the Filipino blogging community. The schedule for the two meet ups are as follows: The first one will be held on the 29th of November (Thursday…
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b5media Tech Channel Openings
I am looking for the following: VoIP Blogger to take over a VoIP blog that’s set for launch very soon. SEO / SEM Blogger to take over an existing b5media blog. iPhone Blogger to take over an existing blog that was recently acquired by b5media. Also, I have two slots available for blog acquisitions or…
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b5media and our Board of Advisors
A great part of the reason why I joined b5media in 2005 was to expand my horizons with well known International bloggers. A few days ago, Rick Segal announced the official listing of the b5media advisory board. Among the board members are famous “blogtoonist” Hugh MacLeod, blogging star Robert Scoble, Doc Searls, Stowe Boyd, and…
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Thesis: Blog Networks should NOT rely on Text Link Ads or Google AdSense
Aaron Brazell, our technology manager at b5media confirmed a suspicion I’ve kept to myself. A few weeks ago, Cellphone9.com dropped from a solid Google PageRank 6 to a 5 and then today, a 4. Darren Rowse’s ProBlogger also dropped from a towering 7 to a measly 4. Same goes for Brian Clark’s Copyblogger. Must be…
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b5media tech podcast – ‘Branches sold seperately’
It’s been a while since we recorded something. In this podcast for the b5media technology channel, Mike Abundo and I talk about evangelizing the farmers as well as many other things for the Emerging Earth. [display_podcast] Not that I’m preempting a regular b5media tech podcast – I don’t want to promise anything. But I do…
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Free tickets and a ‘Thank You’ to my readers!
True Faith belting it out. A glimpse of what’s in store on October 20 Some bloggers are giving away tickets for the Toblerone Thank You Day concert at the Mall of Asia. I recently wrote about how October 20 has been declared National Thank You Day, with Manila being the Thank You capital in the…
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Tuesdays with Colbert Low
I had the chance to meet Colbert Low at the Bangsar Shopping Center yesterday. Colbert is a fellow b5media writer who has been one of the cornerstones of the technology channel since 2005. Colbert and I go way back from two years and it is so surreal to have met in person only now. We…
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b5media Jobs: Sports Freak Wanted
b5media is looking for a sports freak to head the growing sports channel team. If you are interested in applying, please send a short introduction and blog URL to Christina Jones at christina at b5media dot com. This Channel Editor’s core role will be to develop our Sports Channel into a dynamic group of blogs.…
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The Secret of the Curmudgeon
My travels around the blogosphere have taken me to the most exotic places – which is where this particular blog comes to light: the past several months has kept me busy with several things b5media. But one such gem is the acquisition of a popular blog known to most writers as the Craigslist Curmudgeon. There…
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