Interesting Posts (Week of April 28, ‘09)

I make it a point every week to have one post that just talks about other articles written by local bloggers in the Philippines. It’s a way of giving “link love” as well as providing my readers with quality content about New Media from a different perspective other than this writer. For this week, I chanced upon very insightful, practical, and helpful posts from several bloggers that talk about community blogging, the politics of blogging, and protecting your blog brand.

1. Baratillo blogs his reaction to the entry Blog for your Community, not for Everyone: Interesting read, but I don’t agree with that statement that “everyone who reads your post is automatically considered part of the community”. Yes, they maybe readers, but if they don’t relate to and understand what you’re writing about then there is clearly no connection. There are a gazillion definitions of “Community” and this is tackled in detail in Wikipedia. When I use the term though it refers mostly to a group of people who are bound by a common belief or value. It is not necessarily group think, in fact communities should agree to disagree.

2. Sonnie’s Personal Branding Blog talks about how to Synergize your Social Media Accounts: Here he discusses the importance of being consistent and active across all of your Social Media accounts (Friendster, Facebook, etc.).

3. Janette Toral, in her latest post, discusses the Politics of Blogging: This is a very insightful article that basically shows the dirty but true reality of the local blogosphere. There is no known utopia yet in the world. The moment people converge and interact, conflict and polarization is bound to happen. With the rapid growth of the industry, we’ll see more issues and problems arise in the coming months and years. Personally what I believe is that, as a blogger, what’s important is that you stay true to yourself, your blog, and your community. Critics and nay-sayers will always be there. It is up to you if you will get affected or not.

4. Lastly, Rob writes about Your Brand and Social Media: how to use social media as a tool to communicate, interact, and get feedback from your consumers. It’s so easy, there’s no red tape, and everything can be exchanged in a click of a button.

Hope you guys visit their blogs and read the posts I linked above. They are filled with good insights that you can definitely use to better your blog and business.

You might be interested with my previous posts

• November 15, 2009 -- Even Clark Kent needs to manage his Social Media accounts
• May 20, 2009 -- Job Offers at LinkedIn
• April 24, 2009 -- Personal Blogging and Branding Feature: Diwa De Leon
• April 23, 2009 -- Personal Branding and Blogger Feature: Kel Fabie
• April 22, 2009 -- Personal Branding Case Studies
• January 29, 2010 -- Challenges of Celebrity Tweeting
• December 3, 2009 -- Bloggers talk about the New Friendster
• November 26, 2009 -- Why you should invest in Social Media
• November 24, 2009 -- Friendster coming up with major changes soon
• November 6, 2009 -- Personal Branding: You are Media