> For example... if someone 'subscribes' to a blog how are they > notified of new posts? >The blog software sends an E-Mail telling the subscriber that there is a >new post and includes the URL of the new page Yes, this is one way, and there are some widgets that will do this. HOWEVER: many people who surf blogs looking for information also use RSS readers--such as Newsgator, Bloglines, etc. (Google, I believe, has one, as well as Yahoo.) Your blog needs to have a "feed" to be picked up by the reader. It's pretty easy to "burn" a feed using Feedburner--if your blogging platform doesn't give you a feed off the bat. A blog with its own unique url will allow you more access into the search engines--depending on the amount of content you post and a few other things that help to make the blog search-engine friendly. You can cross-link your blog to your website, thus allowing whomever reads your blog to get to your website as well as those who find your website to go in and read the most up-to-date info about your business on your blog. For some kinds of businesses, newsletters work well for keeping their communities/customers informed*(your customers *are* your community) For others, blogs work. Much of the decision-making depends on the time/money you have to put into either effort. Blogs and newsletter--along with podcasts, wikis, webinars, etc-- are forms of social media and a desire to interact with others (not just throw more static content out on the 'net) is what makes them effective parts of a marketing strategy. Tish Grier blogger/online journalist/consultant the Constant Observer and other places in the blogosphere 413-265-1500 Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote: ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee. ** You too can help the group ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. ** If you did, we all thank you. At Wed, 03 Jan 2007 10:47:27 -0500 "DAVID F. FARKAS" wrote: > > ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee. > ** You too can help the group > ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > Hi folks... > > What are the pros, cons and mechanics of Blogs vs. Newsletters / > Lists. I understand how a newsletter run from an autoresponder works. > I'm new to the Blogoshpere. > > For example... if someone 'subscribes' to a blog how are they > notified of new posts? The blog software sends an E-Mail telling the subscriber that there is a new post and includes the URL of the new page. That is, the blog software maintains a mailing list just like the newsletter system. The difference is that the newsletter system sends the whole newsletter to the subscriber and the blog posts the news on a web site and sends a short message with the URL to the subscribers. The latter has the advantage that non-subscribers can access the blog and Goggle, et. al., will spider the blog and add it to their search engines -- this gives you a wider audience and greater access to new subscribers. The down side is that subscribers have to actually go out on the web to read the news instead of it being delivered to the E-Mail inbox. > > Thanx. > David > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Linux Installation and Administration http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Web Hosting, with CGI and Database heller at deepsoft.com -- Contract Programming: C/C++, Tcl/Tk _______________________________________________ Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members page on the Hidden Tech Web site. http://www.hidden-tech.net/members __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20070103/e437b2d6/attachment-0005.html