How far can knowledge travel? Faculty Affiliates January 26, 2010
What is a blog? (from Ian Hsu, Director of Internet Media Outreach)
Margot Gerritsen
So….What is a blog?
Easy way to publish content to the Web…... in reverse chronological order ENTER OPTIONAL TEXT HERE
Why do blogs matter?
ENTER OPTIONAL TEXT HERE With the rise of niche online audiences, blogs have become the go-to news/analysis sources for influentials. With a blog, anyone can build a direct, ongoing communications channel with an audience.
News Sites 100M (US Monthly uniques) Data: ComScore Blogs 77M (US Monthly uniques)
9 of the top 27 Online news sources for the 2008 election were blogs Data: Hitwise
Nytimes.com 12.2M US Monthly uniques (est) Data: Quantcast Huffingtonpost.com 10.5M US Monthly uniques
Politico.com 4M US Monthly uniques (est) Data: Quantcast Washingtonpost.com 10.5M US Monthly uniques
BTW loves blogs
Blogging best practices? 1.Regularly post outstanding content 2.Be generous, be social 3.Promote your (and our) blog 4.Promote blog subscriptions
Clayman Institute Gender Stanford 1.Regularly post outstanding content Featured articles every two weeks Other updates as they are provided/ identified
Clayman Institute Gender Stanford 2. Be generous, be social Twitter Repost articles from other Stanford sites and aligned organizations
Clayman Institute Gender Stanford 2. Promote our blog Twitter Stanford News Service Stanford Report NCRW Anita Borg _____________?
Clayman Institute Gender Stanford 4. Promote blog subscriptions RSS FaceBook (pending)
Clayman Institute Gender Stanford The travels of one news story……. 11/2211/24Dec1/9
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Clayman Institute Gender Stanford You can be part of Gender News! Send updates Provide content Offer to be interviewed in video Let us know what is coming up Help us with distribution