Archives for January 2007
Notes From The Digital Frontier: Self-Promoting Grad Students Getting It Done
A few friends of mine at Ball State (Betsy, Rafael, Jason) are taking part in a new BSU/Media Post newsletter/blog. They are all writing excellent stuff and promoting BSU in an excellent light. I am truly lucky to know these folks. This is how they describe themselves:
Welcome to Notes From The Digital Frontier, a […]
31 January 2007 | Mark Bell, self-promotion, blogs | Comments Off
Self-Promotion in Graduate School Part 2: Have a take, don’t suck, or you’re gonna get run
Jim Rome is a sports jock. Whether you think his abrasive radio persona is entertaining or not he does have a very important lesson to teach us.
Have a take.
To me, a “take” is a stance on a certain topic. This is not a piece of dogma but just a unique perspective on an issue.
Why should […]
31 January 2007 | Mark Bell, self-promotion, blogs | Comments Off
Excellent Ways to Find New Blog Readers
To have a digital-ethos, you need to have a good blog. Darren “Problogger” Rowse has an excellent list of 23 Ideas for Finding New Readers for Your Blog on his blog today. Some of my favorites include:
3. Write Effective Post Titles - Aziz writes - “Simple and to the point. The title should create an […]
31 January 2007 | Mark Bell, self-promotion, blogs | Comments Off
LinkedIn: Taking a Chance, Making Connections
Next to public speaking, approaching people we don’t know is one of the greatest fears people list when admitting what makes them nervous or apprehensive. It seems that the internet is helping us all get over that. All one need do is make a MySpace account to see just how brazen strangers can be. This […]
28 January 2007 | Intellagirl, networking | 2 Comments
We are famous…well not me, but other people are
A good week here at digital-ethos. Our very own Intellagirl made the cover of Intake Magazine with a story centering on her Second Life class. Jim Walker wrote an excellent article covering SL and the put Intellagirl and her avatar on the cover. The inside story has a whole section on education in […]
26 January 2007 | Intellagirl, Ryan Hupfer, Mitch Maxson | Comments Off
Tracking your blog readers
It’s not enough just to blog. Posting is the beginning of the conversation but then your readers have to take over. Some will leave comments (which you certainly read and respond to) but others will talk about your blog on their own blog. So how are you to know who is talking about you? Well […]
23 January 2007 | Intellagirl, self-promotion | Comments Off
Self-Promotion in Graduate School Part 1: I Love it When a Plan Comes Together
I stated earlier that to promote yourself in the academic arena you needed to have a plan. Before you think I am going to launch into 300 page book on how to plan things in detail this is a much simpler plan.
Get a goal
List the […]
15 January 2007 | Mark Bell, academia, Planning | 1 Comment
Leveraging Your Digital Ethos to get Real World Results
Man, I don’t know about all of you, but I love the Internet. I’m not sure when the love affair officially began, but I tell you what - it’s the real deal. The fact that I just left an AIM chat session with a girl from New Jersey whom I met on family vacation in […]
14 January 2007 | Ryan Hupfer, ethos | Comments Off
Self-Promotion in Graduate School or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Started a Blog
The idea of self-promotion in academia may sound foreign, but it this day and age it is essential. This is the hard reality. In grad school, your job is to find a job where you can do what you like to do. This can be in or out of academia but either end-point requires some […]
12 January 2007 | Mark Bell, academia, self-promotion | 2 Comments
New Phone and Mobile Networking
As you know if you’ve read my blog, I’m all about meeting new people. I’m endlessly interested in what other people are working on in SL and out. I believe in the great good of the collective mind. The more people communicate, the more people work together, the better the world will be for all […]
10 January 2007 | Intellagirl, mobile, networking | 3 Comments
