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The Necessary Tension between Public Relations and Bloggers: A Second Look at the Conversation

writing-a-blog-postEditor's Note: Yesterday, Rob Bralow of the "Wine Post"  published a piece that was both compelling and thoughtful, discussing the merits of having a little tete-a-tete between both old and new media. As a result, we asked Rob if we could re-post his piece here, allowing wine bloggers  far and wide to contribute to the conversation. Please chime in with your perspective in comments! After the 2009 Wine Bloggers' Conference, there were many bloggers who felt that too many public relations and marketing representatives were there. Not only were they there, but they were there to watch. Megan (Wannabe Wino) wrote in her post "In the Fishbowl": "Have you ever felt like a goldfish? It's quite interesting really. I think the focus of the conference this year seemed to skew more towards wineries, PR folks, and other industry types. ...

Calling all Wine Blog Lovers!! Please Participate in this Survey!

Wine blogs under the MicroscopeAlthough wine blogging is not a new endeavor, it is one that is lacking in thorough, meticulous research. Despite the fact that several wine bloggers, including ourselves, have attempted to gather information on the wine blogging community, these surveys cannot be chalked up to thorough and objective scientific research. The surveys were our best attempt to have a rudimentary understanding of both who we are as wine bloggers and the people who read them. Tracy Rickman, a Consumer Research doctoral candidate at Auburn University is dedicating her dissertation to wine blogs as an information source. Today she comes to us with a very simple request, please fill out her survey on wine blogs to help her further her research. Her intentions are purely ...

False Truths in Print Media: The Credibility of Wine Blogs as a Publishing Tool Among the Circle of Wine Writers

465px-printer_in_1568-ceWhat if man still used stone tools from 2.6 million years ago, never advancing to the hammer or pneumatic nail gun? What if smoke signals were still used to communicate messages across long distances, instead of the digital phone or via chat? What if man still traveled solely by foot or raft rather than by car, ship, plane or spacecraft? What if Gutenberg's creation of the printing press, first launched over 500 years ago, was considered the only viable tool to share information about wine? Over the course of evolution, man has found newer, and at times, better ways of accomplishing a goal. Through logic, creativity and community, we have excelled past old ways of thinking and doing, by embracing change, growth and innovation. The printing press is a tool that was, and still is, effective for ...

Getting Traffic to your Wine Blog

Augustus Cab Franc 2004 The number one way to build traffic to your site is through building links. The internet lives by links and all sites need them to survive. Out-links, In-links, Solicited links, any links will help your site to grow and get exposure. So how do you get them? Simple. I found this article yesterday, "24 Killer Link Building Strategies for your Blog".  Some of these suggestions are pretty geeky, like building a wordpress theme, but I believe that you can still get some good info out of this article. My favorite is "Comment on much smaller blogs in the same niche". We all love comments and engaging new wine bloggers, food bloggers or any blogger can pay off big....

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