It's been awhile since my last post and honestly, I’m not sure if anyone is even reading it, but that’s fine. For anyone who is reading, thanks!
Anyway, in my last post (and really the whole point of this entire blog) I talked about how blogs are used today vs. their original purpose and asked the question, how long will blogs last?
After working for a over a month for a company based at home (Rochester, NY) and doing web marketing and design, I have come across many different articles and blogs about everything from sports, to marketing tips, to random people’s vacations. What I am finding more often though, are blogs being used by reporters. Traditional reporting would have someone research a topic, submit a report and hope that it was worthy of making the news that day. If not, it would be lost in the clutter and never seen by anyone. Today though, reporters can post their reports in a blog and it costs nothing to put it online. This allows more people to write more articles and gives everyone and every thing the opportunity to become the next big hit.
But with more and more people being able to post things online through YouTube, Blogger, iReport and countless others, and the release of the new iPhone (which I fully intend to purchase) and other smart phones and mobile devices, I wondering about Mobile Blogging. Not just taking your laptop with you on a business trip, but really getting your phone out and blogging about something as it happens. More phones are coming out with full keyboards, making it easier to type long messages and with cameras in everything now, people can take a picture or even video and post it in a blog in literally seconds. This could be done anywhere, from floods in Iowa, to a concert in NYC, to the Olympic Games in China.
Is Mobile Blogging next? If so, how will businesses respond? Most people who blog for business do so from 9-5 at their office, not in the middle of the street or half way round the world. This could limit business and possibly put a little uniqueness back into blogging itself. And who are these potential Mobile Bloggers? Are they the same group of people who started the original blogs?
Again, I do not have the answers to any of these questions, but I intend to find out. Please leave a comment if you feel inclined to do so and I’ll be back soon with more thoughts.
Anyway, in my last post (and really the whole point of this entire blog) I talked about how blogs are used today vs. their original purpose and asked the question, how long will blogs last?
After working for a over a month for a company based at home (Rochester, NY) and doing web marketing and design, I have come across many different articles and blogs about everything from sports, to marketing tips, to random people’s vacations. What I am finding more often though, are blogs being used by reporters. Traditional reporting would have someone research a topic, submit a report and hope that it was worthy of making the news that day. If not, it would be lost in the clutter and never seen by anyone. Today though, reporters can post their reports in a blog and it costs nothing to put it online. This allows more people to write more articles and gives everyone and every thing the opportunity to become the next big hit.
But with more and more people being able to post things online through YouTube, Blogger, iReport and countless others, and the release of the new iPhone (which I fully intend to purchase) and other smart phones and mobile devices, I wondering about Mobile Blogging. Not just taking your laptop with you on a business trip, but really getting your phone out and blogging about something as it happens. More phones are coming out with full keyboards, making it easier to type long messages and with cameras in everything now, people can take a picture or even video and post it in a blog in literally seconds. This could be done anywhere, from floods in Iowa, to a concert in NYC, to the Olympic Games in China.
Is Mobile Blogging next? If so, how will businesses respond? Most people who blog for business do so from 9-5 at their office, not in the middle of the street or half way round the world. This could limit business and possibly put a little uniqueness back into blogging itself. And who are these potential Mobile Bloggers? Are they the same group of people who started the original blogs?
Again, I do not have the answers to any of these questions, but I intend to find out. Please leave a comment if you feel inclined to do so and I’ll be back soon with more thoughts.
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