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Should You Blog? (yes, and here’s how …)

Both Sides of the Table

I recently wrote a piece for Mashable on how to create a company blog. Since it’s already written (and since I promised not to republish on my blog other than a summary) if you’re interested please have a read over there. Summary notes and then I’ll extend: Should you blog? What should you blog about?

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Startup Thought Leaders With The Most Authentic Twitter Followers

InfoChachkie

Although I do not know all of these folks personally, I am sure they are all men of honor (I tried to find women to add to this list - if you are aware of great startup blogs authored by a women, please reference them in the comments). Reality Checking. Share and Enjoy.

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Why Startups Need to Blog (and what to talk about …)

Both Sides of the Table

By definition, you read blogs. If you care about accessing customers, reaching an audience, communicating your vision, influencing people in your industry, marketing your services or just plain engaging in a dialog with others in your industry a blog is a great way to achieve this. People often ask me why I started blogging.

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How This Startup Turned An April Fools Joke Into Customers

InfoChachkie

Geo was a lightly veiled reference to Geocities, a Web 1.0 As Michael notes, "While we wrote a blog post about the theme, it went viral thanks largely to the tweet button front and center on GitHub. site that allowed users to create hideously cheesy sites, using a variety of garish templates, buttons and animated images.

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Olympic Lessons for Startup Life

InfoChachkie

I learned how fast you can go from being an international hero to being a reference in a joke on a late night talk show.”. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. And what kind of willpower does it take to make it happen?

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6 Steps To Raising Venture Capital – Hint: Preparation Matters More Than Your Pitch

InfoChachkie

Subscribe to their blog. Based on your research from Step 1, you should be able to communicate meaningful and insightful comments regarding the partners’ tweets, blog content, etc. In particular, references from senior executives at the investor’s portfolio companies are especially effective. The keyword here is authentic.

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How brain-amputated developers created the social media plague

SoCal Delicious

Shortcut: sebastian-x.com Blog About Blogroll Links How brain-amputated developers created the social media plague Posted on 12 January, 2010 The bot playground commonly refered to as “social media&# is responsible for shitloads of absurd cretinism. My husband referred me to your blog. Sad but true. I am always.