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Bloggers aren’t journalists – they’re bloggers!

Many months ago I entered the new media industry with a lot of assumptions about blogging and journalism. Having been in both sides of the fence, the blogging industry and the media are two sides of the same coin, yet have really not been tossed into the fire — this was back in 2007. One year does a lot to people.

Now that I run a blog advertising network I can lay several assumptions to rest as I’m learning so much about the blogging industry. We’re learning so much because we’re actually making things happen with the BlogBank. I’ll probably post a few of these learnings soon. They are, actually, very surprising.

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We are Contemporary Historians

Are photos your deceit or your truth?

In the last iBlog 3 summit, Anton Diaz of Our Awesome Planet talked about how his photoblog chronicles the Philippines in circa 2000, with a focus on the beautiful places to explore. Last night I guested with Lourd, Gang, Rem, Grace and Tammy to talk about photography on air.

It was discussed also, rather briefly, how photography and blogging become tools to chronicle history in this decade. Perhaps, in about a hundred years, our descendants will look back at our blogs – read our entries and look at our photos – and define for themselves the state of the nation during that circa using blogs as a microcosm of our country’s dreams and impediments during that time.

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I guess by reassessing the content of our blogs with this “contemporary historian” mindset, it will help us further develop and understand our niches, passions and expertise. Above is a shot of the pondering Lourd de Veyra. More photos and show notes on the link above to Rock Ed Radio.

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Why Twitter is More Interesting Than Your Blog: The Steve Rubel PR Nightmare

When a new service like Twitter is launched, it doesn’t take a long time before we start seeing a lot of controversies with real world relationships. The traditional blogging medium (I can’t believe I just called blogging “traditional”) allows you to organize yourself into one coherent thought bubble and post what you have to say, filtered of all the things that you wanted to say but didn’t.

The case may be different with Twitter, which by nature lets you send thoughts in “packets” which means that you are more spontaneous in your thoughts, and thus reduces the chance of being prudent. Twitter, undeniably takes a more laid back approach to blogging, that I have no qualms of calling it the new personal blog platform.

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Which Really Pays More: Magazines or Blogs?

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Back at iBlog 3 I talked about how different the pay scale is between blogging professionally and being a contributing writer for a print publication. I want to elaborate more on this.

Although it may be true that blogging pays more steadily and regularly, let us assume that both types of writing gigs required you to write everyday. This would put a spotlight on writing articles for the broadsheet or magazines as the usual trend would be one to three articles a month if you’re quite settled in with your contacts.

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2BU: Philippine Blog Awards Call for Testimonials

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It’s been several days since the Philippine Blog Awards. I’d really love to see what the winners did with their trophies 🙂 I was happily shocked too with the media coverage that came to the event. RPN 9, Inquirer.net and D-Tour as well as some guests from the commercial publishing industry came by to witness this event and interview bloggers.

In this regard, I’m gathering testimonials from bloggers who came, saw, and blogged about the event. The best (most creative) answers will be posted on the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s 2BU section. Special thanks to Pam Pastor for supporting this.

All you need to do is answer this question by leaving a comment. Don’t forget to leave your name and blog address:

If there is one thing that I can let the world know because of my blog, (it would be) __________________ . “

Easy as pie right? What you get in return is a permanent physical world link to your blog in the dailies. This is called MEO or Media Engine Optimization, a phenomenon that utilizes mainstream media or “real world connectivity” to drive traffic to your site. Yeah right, I just made that up now!

MEO can also mean Macalua Engine Optimization, but that’s another story.

Deadline for this will be on April 11 2007.