I ran into Andrew Mason at his booth for The Point in the sponsor section of the Netroots Nation conference. I remember he caught my interest with a statement that began,
“If mankind and the internet were conceived today at the same time by God, we would not be pursuing change in the way we do today…”
He continued to explain that instead of complaining about certain companies or organizations, we should leverage our powers as consumers and cooperate as a group. He believes that the internet is the best way to mobilize that power.
Andrew Mason is the founder of The Point which uses the web to organize group actions. You can see a funny and instructive video about how it works here and read the latest on the company’s blog makesomethinghappen.net. In this video, Andrew talks about how to empower your readers and build community around your blog.
Blog Tip: How To Build Community – Call For Action!
Spread the word! See3 is building a community of bloggers who support good causes and are receptive to sharing worthwhile messages with their readers. Be the first to hear about new campaigns from organizations like the Sierra Club and receive resources specific to your blog’s area of interest. If you’d like to join the See3 Blogger Network, shoot me an email at Dorothee@see3.net with a short description of your blog or website. I’m sure your inboxes are as full as mine so I promise to only send things that are relevant to your interests!
I met comedian Lee Camp on the bus on my way to the Netroots Nation convention in Austin. And yes, he was very funny. I got a chance to talk with him later in the weekend about the easiest ways to make a video (or any online content) go viral.
Lee Camp is a comedian, blogger and activist who has performed standup comedy around the country and in various videos online. He writes for The Huffington Post, 236.com and performs with LaughingLiberally. He is most famous for punking Fox news as a guest on their show (you can see all his videos at YouTube.com/LeeCamp). In this fourth part of our blog tips series, Lee talks about why comedy is so effective online.
Blog Tip: How to Go Viral – Be Funny
Here’s the “Permission” video Lee mentions as an irreverent and clever take on the gay marriage issue:
Lee also mentions that it’s important to be topical if you want your videos to go viral. Shortly after the Larry Craig bathroom scandal broke, he wrote up a quick video sketch that was soon so popular, CNN was airing it in their coverage.
Blog Tip: How to Go Viral – Be Topical
Spread the word! See3 is building a community of bloggers who support good causes and are receptive to sharing worthwhile messages with their readers. Be the first to hear about new campaigns from organizations like the Sierra Club and receive resources specific to your blog’s area of interest. If you’d like to join the See3 Blogger Network, shoot me an email at Dorothee@see3.net with a short description of your blog or website. I’m sure your inboxes are as full as mine so I promise to only send things that are relevant to your interests!
Last week at the Netroots Nation convention in Austin, I got a chance to sit down with famous blogger OPOL who posts as One-Pissed-Off-Liberal on DailyKos. As the third in our series of blog tips, OPOL offers some advice for new bloggers. He talks about how to engage an audience with passionate writing and lots of multimedia. He notes that readers on the web aren’t looking for long, dense paragraphs of text and recommends colorful photos, videos and interactive elements to get readers engaged.
Blog Tip: How to Engage Readers – Be Passionate and Use Multimedia
Spread the word! See3 is building a community of bloggers who support good causes and are receptive to sharing worthwhile messages with their readers. Be the first to hear about new campaigns from organizations like the Sierra Club and receive resources specific to your blog’s area of interest. If you’d like to join the See3 Blogger Network, shoot me an email at Dorothee@see3.net with a short description of your blog or website. I’m sure your inboxes are as full as mine so I promise to only send things that are relevant to your interests!
As I mentioned in the previous post, last weekend I attended the Netroots Nation Convention in Austin, Texas. This is the second on a series of interviews I did at the event with prominent bloggers who share their tips for writing and networking online.
Here’s a tip from Gregg who blogs as Red Wind on The Seminal and capitoilette. He is also the author of Guy2K. In this video, Gregg shares his tips for making your blog stand out among the multitudes:
Blog Tip: How to Stand Out – Become an Expert
And as a bonus, here’s Gregg talking about the importance of social-networking sites (although he personally prefers to stick with email):
Blog Tip: How to Spread the Word – Join Social Networking Sites
Spread the word! See3 is building a community of bloggers who support good causes and are receptive to sharing worthwhile messages with their readers. Be the first to hear about new campaigns from organizations like the Sierra Club and receive resources specific to your blog’s area of interest. If you’d like to join the See3 Blogger Network, send an email to Dorothee@see3.net with a short description of your blog or website. I’m sure your inboxes are as full as mine so I promise to only send things that are relevant to your interests!
This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending the Netroots Nation Convention in Austin, Texas. Formerly known as YearlyKos, Netroots Nation was a whirlwind of over two thousand bloggers meeting, eating and twittering their way through panels and events (check out Garrett M. Graff’s great post about the event on the Capital Comment blog). This week, we’re posting a series of interviews with prominent bloggers who share their tips for writing and networking online.
To start us off, here’s a tip from Jill Richardson who led the panel, “The Recipe for Change in America’s Food System” at Netroots and blogs as OrangeClouds115 on DailyKos. She also founded recipeforamerica.org and recently started lavidalocavore.org. In this video, she shares her unique strategy for getting people to read about issues like the farm bill.
Blog Tip: How to Increase Your Readership – Gimmicks!
Spread the word! See3 is building a community of bloggers who support good causes and are receptive to sharing worthwhile messages with their readers. Be the first to hear about new campaigns from organizations like the Sierra Club and receive resources specific to your blog’s area of interest. If you’d like to join the See3 Blogger Network, send an email to Dorothee@see3.net with a short description of your blog or website. I’m sure your inboxes are as full as mine so I promise to only send things that are relevant to your interests!
What is this video? It’s a story. A dramatic story. And it’s told using only words, almost. No pictures. You will pay attention because you won’t want to miss something. Now, sit down and write the story of your cause this way. What way? Draw a straight line from your tactics to the huge potential impact you can have if successful. Bring someone along from the very small — one person — to the very big — changing the whole world.
