I love Wired Magazine, and their August issue is jam-packed with cool tips for everything from making ice cream with dry ice to getting fired properly. In fact, there are probably a month's worth of blogging and life ideas in this issue alone.
One of the most pertinent for this forum, though, are Wired tips for getting ahead in the Blogosphere.
So here goes:
1. Be first. Don't be late to the conversation. If you have hot news, post it up!
2. Be a smart-ass. "Being a smart-ass will get you further than being smart," says Slashdot founder Rob Malda (Capt. Taco).
3. Clever turn of phrase. Who invented the term Blogosphere, anyway? Wired is also partial to references to the Simpsons or Idiocracy.(I am thinking there are even better wits here on Active Rain....)
4. Witty Innuendo? Absolutely. Peurility? No. Wired says, "Digg and Slashdot readers fancy themselves more sophisticated than the meatheads who tormented them in high school." (They likely are...:_)
5. Understand the Audience! Active Rain has a different focus than, say, Slashdot, where you trash a MAC, Linux or Nintendo wii at your own peril. Digg readers, says Wired, don't want to hear attacks on medical marijuana or praise for the Republican party. (You get my drift...)
6. Provide vital information. Offer links to your source. Also, sez Wired, don't be afraid to kick sand in the face of mainstream media..."like how they're always reducing complicated issues to short, bullet-pointed lists."
Uh oh....
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