Bloggers and Writers Collaborating

I'm a new member of a Medical Writing Network. I've learned new things about how to provide added value for our customers. Bloggers and writers do still think in terms of being individual freelancers. I find myself thinking that way, even though I've considered myself as an experienced networker.

It takes time to understand the importance of networking, co-creation and collaboration. We can do a much better job if we decide to work together, help each other, support, guide and advice. A global virtual network becomes a reality when we're really working together in common projects. We can learn from each other, and the most important thing is that a single person or a few freelancers can't ever cover the globe alone.

I can only master a few languages and there are so many.

• The wisdom of the crowd
• Crowdsourcing
• Collaboration
• Language skills
• National and regional market knowledge
  

Below is a copy-paste of a post I made a few minutes ago. I also consulted Lori's home page that says: "Through targeted marketing copy for patients, consumers, healthcare professionals, and others. By a professional with 26 years of writing that educates, informs, and motivates people."

Hello, Lori De Milto, I write in several languages, Finnish, Swedish and English, and use a multichannel strategy to approach potential customers. You can find more information on my home page.

It suddenly struck me that medical writers and bloggers could be quest or co-writers on blogs and this way spread the word to new contacts all over the globe.

I work with new innovative companies in niche markets and it would be valuable to have deeper contacts with people living in specific target market areas with knowledge about national and regional conditions.

My experience is that collaboration could bring added value to the writing and new insights as well.

What do you think about that?

Br
Helge

How To Blog Successfully! | Internet Marketing with James Brown

A lot has been written about blogging. I see that a new group of people is entering the blogosphere. James Brown writes about blogging. There is more about it behind the link.

How To Blog Successfully! | Internet Marketing with James Brown: "Blogging on the Internet has become more and more popular over the last several years. Blogs are popular with readers since they are usually easier and more entertaining to read than news articles. Also, people like to write blogs because they rank well on search engines. If you want to write blogs then these are the things you need to do in order to be successful.

Write Frequently

You will quickly notice that the more posts you make to your blog, the more traffic you’ll get. Plus, if you are constantly putting new content on your blog then people are going to want to check back there frequently. So be sure you write a new post at least three or four times a week or more!"

Summer time, just when the living is easy... I've not been blogging on a daily basis but have been collecting great ideas to write about. Let's see if I remember those ideas when I continue with my work.

Working with new things: social capital

The most common excuse I hear about business blogging is that entrepreneurs and CEO's don't have the time to do it.

The second most common is that they don't like to write.

How about you? Have you established a regular blogging routine? If not, what are your excuses? Are they valid?

The relationship of business communication to financial success is strong.

Many may find financial success without social media or blogging but things will change in the future.

What does Ivan Misner write about social capital?

Most entrepreneurs know the meaning of financial capital, but many may not have a clear idea of social capital.

Social capital is accumulated by an individual or a business and is used, or is available for use, in the production of wealth.

Social capital is about the accumulation of resources developed through personal and professional networks. We accumulate social capital through networking.

These resources include:

1. ideas,
   
2. knowledge,
   
3. information,
   
4. opportunities,
   
5. contacts and,
   
6. of course, referrals.
   

Just what do we need to keep in mind when thinking about building our social capital? We learn by talking and interacting with people.

According to Wayne Baker, “Success is social; all the ingredients of success that we customarily think of as individual-talent, intelligence, education, effort and luck-are intertwined with networks.”

The evolution of my channels

Moving over to Beta

I wrote this November 1, 2006. Wanted to look back, how things change over the years.

I'm in the process of transforming all my blogger blogs to beta, which is a great advantage while I can manage them all without the need to do multiple logins.

I think this will give me the opportunity to have a better control over the content on the individual blogs.

The basic idea is to have different focuses in different blogs. I've been improving. The channel strategy isn't completed but there has been progress.

1. Visualradio - Mobile Technology, Big Screens, Signage and Internet
2. Digital Villages - Information technology and EU cooperation (before IST Helsinki 2006)
   
3. Cuvia - Visual things, visual assets and contents management (now in Finnish)
   
4. Smart Roads - Road Information Systems (this has changed to biotechnology today)
   
5. KK-Net - Innovation and Technology, Business Management, Global Operations
6. Valtatie FIN Road Information (discontinued and replaced by "energiatehokkuus")
   
7. Tietotie FIN I guess somehow related to Travel and Research
8. Nylands - I'm not yet sure. It could be bioenergy and process management
9. Niemi Product - is quite clear (evolution but 3 languages is confusing)
   
10. CraftDesign - The Frö collection (evolution but 3 languages as well)
    
11. Tahti - Tähtitaajamat is a pretty localized activity in Finnish (building)
    

KK-Net will be about Business Planning, New Ventures Financing and things related to "How to get your products to the global faster and with highest cost-efficiency".

Be a better blogger!

THE WOMEN'S DISH with Diane & Friends: Be a better blogger: "Be a better blogger

Blogging has exploded as a communication tool and is a great way to increase your online presence and credibility. If you're not using a blog to promote your business or yourself, then now is a good time to start doing so.

If you can write, you can blog. You don't have to be a technical person to blog. Being a good blogger means following the principals of good writing, but it also means following some special online protocols.

My ten tips for better blogging are:"

Blogs are a global revolution

Guess what, I blogged about this Monday, June 27, 2005. That's nearly three years ago. The Finnish printed media is writing more articles about social media, blogging and citizen journalism. This is a small country and we represent a small language group. Finland has about 14 000 bloggers.

Blogs are a global revolution with a previously undreamt of audience reach. The popularity of blogs, or web diaries, has boomed in the past year. About a quarter of US internet users say they read them.

Helge 20.3.2008: Finnish blogs aren't reaching big audiences. I do blog in English and Swedish as well but that means I'll be splitting my readerships.

To put that into perspective, the number of people who read blogs is almost half the size of the entire US talk-radio audience and about a quarter the number of those who ready daily papers. And that's just the US.

Helge 20.3.2008: I've no idea about the total readership for Finnish blogs.

During the Iraq war, many people around the world who were tuning in to updates from reporters on the frontlines were also reading daily blogs from a local calling himself Salaam Pax, writing during the assault on Baghdad.

• These blogs by the Iraqi architecture student provided an insider's account into what was happening on the ground, and an interesting counterpoint to the official dispatches.
  
  
• At its best, a blog is a form of personal journalism that opens the public up to a whole new role in the news business

Humans crave community, the sense of belonging that comes from associating with others. Online blogs and podcasting have allowed people to create and belong to communities around the world. But the development also raises the interesting question of who has a right to the microphone of public opinion.

Helge 20.3.2008: Social Media, Blogs, Jaiku and IRC made an impact during the Jokela School shooting. It looks like bad news and catastrophe information is traveling faster in the new media.

Blog audiences are wide and diverse, interested in everything from rock music to religion. Blogs tend to consist of short entries posted on a whim, and recently they have have been joined by those created using a mobile phone (moblogs), and those with video (vlogs) and audio (podcasting).

Helge 20.3.2008: The Finnish blogging audience is covering fashion, knitting, gossip and individual storytelling. The future of blogging in a small country is not so much in "how many readers" a blog has but how well the bloggers are networking and how they are using the blogs and microblogs as interconnectivity toolset.

The ageless project

the ageless project: "We're sending the message that the personal, creative side of the web is diverse and ageless. If you have a personal, non-commercial website (that's original) and don't mind sharing your date of birth, you might help us prove the point.

Please submit your site for consideration. If it's a personal website or weblog that's non-commercial, it might be accepted (see the note below, please)."

Helge: This is a very interesting list. The Internet generation seems to consist of people of all ages. This is a great crowd.

supporting.members@ageless | Thanks to the following members who support the ageless project by linking to it continuously from prominent places on their own sites:

1. 95 years old blogger – Mariaamelia, born 1911
2. Don To Earth – Donald Crowdis, born 1913
3. Incendiary Granny – Incendiary Granny, born 1920
4. oma's epiloog – Maria Griepink, born 1922
5. Last Quarter - Game of Life – Ralph Leonard, born 1925
6. My Mom's Blog – Mildred Garfield, born 1925
7. Not Dead Yet! – Judith Taylor, born 1927
8. Grandma's Musings – Maryellen Jones, born 1928
9. me and the cat – Lorraine, born 1930
10. Milts Muse – Milton Rebmann, born 1931
11. A Little Red Hen – Naomi Dagen Bloom, born 1933
12. Seventy and rising... – Septuagent, born 1933
13. Along The Way – Joared, born 1935
14. Light Sweet Crud – Rey Barry, born 1937
15. justaskjudy – Judy, born 1940
16. TimeGoesBy – Ronni Bennett, born 1941
17. kdip's – K, born 1941
18. Day Tripper....Georgette – Mage, born 1941
19. The CooknTcher Mom – Princess T. Parungao, born 1942
20. TimeLog – Bill Murray, born 1942
21. Retirement with Spirit – Ann McNeal, born 1942
22. organized chaos – Sharron, born 1944
23. Blogging in Paris – Claude, born 1944
24. womenvision – Loretta Donovan, born 1944
25. turningsixty – Delores Barkley, born 1945
26. edge city – Bill Anderson, born 1945
27. Life After NEXCOM – Mary Lou, born 1946
28. Journey to a New Life – Suzan Murray, born 1946
29. A Changing Life – S.A., born 1947
30. Las Vegas 115 – Kit Hubert, born 1947
31. peripatetic – Suzanne Shaw, born 1947
32. Ample Sanity – Anne Mathewson, born 1947
33. awaiting buddha – Grammie (Laurie), born 1948
34. Cloud Hidden – Sherry Stewart, born 1949
35. In and Out of Confidence – Tamar Jacobson, born 1949
36. The Grammacello Years – Jo-Anne Goyder, born 1949
37. The Purple Moose Gazette – Barbara Waters, born 1950
38. Remembering Matters – Judith Shapiro, born 1950
39. The Incurable Insomniac – S.K. Waller, born 1951
40. Marian's Blog – Marian Douglas, born 1951
41. Lucid Confusion – Jeff Clark, born 1952
42. Out of Focus - Sharpening the Lens – Susan, born 1953
43. Cosmicrayola – Karen Murray, born 1953
44. Friday's Child – Friday, born 1953
45. fatshadow – Tish, born 1953
46. Ken's Brain Drain – Ken Laster, born 1953
47. Ramblings from a Blue Dot – Robbie, born 1954
48. Bev's Crazy World – Beverly, born 1954
49. rashbre2 – Edward Rashbrooke, born 1954
50. Regular Jo – Jo, born 1955
51. KPK goes on – KPK, born 1955
52. The Bloggy Pulpit – Lindsy Stephenson Jr., born 1956
53. Reflective Ramblings – Cheryl Huling-King, born 1956
54. My Mundane Mid-Life – Michael Lans, born 1957
55. Live Beyond 80 – John Sivyer, born 1957
56. Art is Artis – Jenny de Groot, born 1959
57. scribblingwoman – Miriam Jones, born 1959
58. Changing Aging Blog by Dr. Bill Thomas – Bill Thomas, born 1959
59. Makanani – Beverly, born 1959
60. Thoughts Made Bald – Thom, born 1959
61. Thoughts from a Rabbi – 1rabbi, born 1960
62. A Crazy Quilt Life – Cynthia, born 1960
63. Bacon, Cheese and Oatcakes – Lynn, born 1961
64. A Blogspate – Juliet Pain, born 1961
65. Depthmarker – Ann, born 1961
66. The Drive-by Blogger – TDB, born 1961
67. John Keyes – John Keyes, born 1961
68. Weasle3's blog – Susan S., born 1963
69. The Meandering Mind of Mad Mitch – Mitch Sprague, born 1964
70. Howling Point – Chuck Hartley, born 1964
71. VirusHead Random Musings – Heidi, born 1964
72. Rossi Rant – Rossi, born 1964
73. Gilbertson's Web-Studio – Åsa Gilbertson, born 1964
74. Busy Mom Blog – Elizabeth, born 1964
75. Autoblography – Annie, born 1965
76. More a way of life.... – Jon, born 1965
77. Total Chaos – Sharon Miller, born 1965
78. Bluetealeaf – Simon, born 1966
79. Phidoux – Jeffrey Lynch, born 1966
80. screamingmeemies.com – Andi, born 1966
81. Confessions of a Bibliophile – Becca Elise Marjolet, born 1967
82. Zengrrl – Michelle Snow, born 1967
83. life - listed chronologically – Gregory Blake, born 1968
84. Adventures of a Sassy Blonde Girl – Sarah, born 1968
85. So groovy now! – Christy, born 1969
86. Leah's Life – Leah, born 1969
87. Geek Grrls Rule – Pam, born 1970
88. Recipes – Stephie, born 1971
89. Bob's Thoughts – Robert Stringer, born 1971
90. Ex Oris Canis – Patrick, born 1971
91. Ash Tree – Henry Baum, born 1972
92. random wanderings – Gabrielle, born 1972
93. Ursine Calamity – The Ursine Calamity, born 1972
94. mrmule – Mrmule, born 1973
95. Easily Amused – Pamela, born 1973
96. STUFF.to Experience – Jason Watts, born 1973
97. Less Than Useless – Zombie, born 1973
98. The Bean Blog – Christine, born 1974
99. Four Nerds – Rob Patey, born 1974
100. Stuff and Stuff – David Kleeman, born 1974
101. Quantum Tea – Alison Hawke, born 1975
102. Hashed Critic – Hashed Critic, born 1975
103. Galactichero.net – Stephanie Sweitzer, born 1976
104. perso.fraise.net – A. Stevenson, born 1976
105. PhotoByte – Gustav Jensen, born 1976
106. Muppetlord's Wanderings... – Andrew, born 1976
107. Hans Castorp – Hans Castorp, born 1977
108. incurable hippie's musings and rants – Pippa, born 1977
109. starving artist [the journal] – Britt, born 1977
110. Esoteric Renaissance – JL, born 1977
111. blogity – Megan, born 1977
112. pieces of eirrann – Chris Clough, born 1978
113. RD1701's Blog – Emma Rouse-Deane, born 1979
114. pinktaffy – Kelly, born 1980
115. Jeremy Brendan--My Life as a Reptile – Jeremy Brendan, born 1980
116. Search for love in Karachi – Jalaluddin Ahmed Khan, born 1980
117. Graffiti Mess – Ann, born 1980
118. As Far As I Have Gone – Ran Kailie, born 1981
119. Ree rambles on – Ree, born 1981
120. Así no son las cosas – Jeremias, born 1981
121. Tunnel Vision: A Journal – Otenkiyachan, born 1982
122. Another Whole Box of Pandoras – Avital, born 1982
123. Dracil's BlogJournal – Yeh Fang, born 1982
124. Verbatim et literatim – Juliet, born 1983
125. ramblinations – Gemmalynn, born 1983
126. dashofmilk.co.uk – Vanina, born 1984
127. yomcat.geek.nz – Michael Welsh, born 1986

Good Advice for Bloggers from Cory Doctorow of BoingBoing | Digital Inspiration Technology Guide

Helge: Learning the craft about writing compelling headlines and first sentences. I've experienced the Doctorow doctrine in my own practice.

Good Advice for Bloggers from Cory Doctorow of BoingBoing | Digital Inspiration Technology Guide:

Good Advice for Bloggers from Cory Doctorow of BoingBoing Cory Doctorow says that the headline and first sentence of a blog post should explain all things that a reader would need to know in order to skip the article.

Readers will forgive you for writing things that do not interest them if you make it easy for them to skip stuff they don’t care about.

Cory’s second advice for bloggers is not to split long articles into multiple pages.