Joe Think: Recent Reads

The Future of Local Newspapers: Product vs Platform

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:13:17 -0000

Jonathan Biddle - Web Developer in the Rochester area working for GateHouse Media

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The 6 Levels of Engagement in Online Conversations

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:59:58 -0000

Activity is not productivity - we all know that. But why do we keep engaging in activities that are not productive? One answer: Simply because it is easy to engage in activities that are not productive. This is true especially when it comes to activities that are geared towards building engagement with the other person. Sometimes, it is easy to think you are engaged when you are not even on the other person's radar. Here is the basic rule: When you are engaging with your network (online or offline) who you are AND the nature and level of conversations you have will influence your level of your engagement with the other person. The diagram above shows ONE framework that explains this relationship. As you can see, the need for creativity goes up significantly when you need higher levels of engagement Here are the levels: A. Mindless Chatter: This is basically saying whatever comes to your mind and sometimes you might get a reply (the other person may also be bored, right?) and you might think there is engagement. B. Inconsequential Topics: These are like ice-breakers. After you break the ice, you have to move on but many people are happy to continue those conversations forever and think they are engaged. C. Genuine, Caring and Thoughtful Conversations: You are genuine, caring and thoughtful about those topics you are discussing. That comes across and this is like the entry point to getting the other person engaged at a higher level. When I say this is an entry ticket, it means there is more work to be done. It's not over. D. Immediate Relevance: From here on, you always include the previous section starting from C (Genuine, Caring and Thoughtful) as a given. You talk about things that are of immediate relevance to the other person. So you become a positive possibility for the other person right NOW. E. Future Relevance: You start engaging in conversations that are of immediate and future relevance to the other person. You show that you are a positive possibility for the other person now and in the future. F. Who Yo

Tags: online communication graphic

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When it comes to print and online, 'be a leader, not just a manager'

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:59:00 -0000

Tags: management articl online print newspapers

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Newspaper columnists ought to be the perfect bloggers. So why aren't more doing it well?

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:57:41 -0000

Tags: columnists newspaper howto tips community

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[Online News Archives] The Internet Age that vanished

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:25:33 -0000

Tags: online news archives 1990s upgrading

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Is scientific publishing about to be disrupted (in the ways that newspapers have)?

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:21:44 -0000

Tags: newspapers online blogs context future

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Microsoft's Steve Ballmer: Traditional media will not bounce back

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:19:11 -0000

Global advertising economy has been permanently 'reset' at a lower level, says Microsoft chief executive. By Mark Sweney

Tags: future media predictions newspaper money

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Thinking Beyond the Online Banner: Up-and-coming sites eschew traditional online ad standards and create their own

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:45:26 -0000

Up-and-coming sites eschew traditional online ad standards and create their own

Tags: ads online advertising ideas

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[How much of] your [homepage is] a needy child?

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:42:15 -0000

Tags: homepage design usability content

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1. Solve journalism’s data problem. 2. Kill the AP. 3. Invest in the next market. « BuzzMachine

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:55:42 -0000

Tags: AP oh_really news journalism ideas

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No solution to newspaper problems? Hah!

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:47:26 -0000

Tags: @steveouting ideas online journalism newspapers

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David v Goliath in the newsroom, and why we need new wrappers for journalism

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:48:50 -0000

Tags: ads online journalism newsroom

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A tale of two audiences (and beatblogging and topics pages)

Tue, 19 May 2009 05:18:07 -0000

Everybody is different from everybody else, and there are lots of ways to group people. But when looking at the audience of a newspaper website, there's one way that I continue to find compelling -- and troubling. When we group users by frequency, we get

Tags: storytelling online news

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MediaNews Group's Interactive Strategy: 'Multi-Prong Approach'

Mon, 18 May 2009 06:30:16 -0000

Lodovic said the company isn't expecting a windfall from charging for some online content; rather it's about providing a safe harbor for print. "The whole idea is to stop the erosion from print to online and encourage people to become print subscribers."

MediaNews plans to borrow the pricing strategy currently used by the cable industry by offering varied subscription packages. Explained Lodovic: "Say you are a Sunday-only subscriber, you can add on an electronic version and online components for a few bucks a year. If you don't want to be a print subscriber, we will still give you breaking news and abbreviated stories. We don't want to lose the traffic we have. We might look at micropayments or a registration model. If you pay one dollar a month you can avoid the micropayments. It's going to be a combination of all the above."

Tags: medianewsgroup online paywall strategy

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When Bad News Follows You [the complications that publishing news archives create]

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:10:20 -0000

Tags: archives newspaper information

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Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:09:55 -0000

Tags: pulitzer list wikipedia

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Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:27:28 -0000

Tags: no_tag

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Boston Globe Signs on With Yahoo Newspaper Consortium

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:11:48 -0000

Tags: Corporation - Yahoo! NY Times

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Y Combinator: Summer 2009 Funding Application for startups

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:01:10 -0000

This piece outlines some of the successful attributes and attitudes internet startups have. Man, I haven't written the phrase "internet startup" in a really long time.

Tags: Online - Startups

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The luddite McLuhan

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:33:54 -0000

Tags: no_tag

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