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Findings From Liberty Mutual’s Responsibility Project


BlogHer, a growing community of woman who blog, recently wrapped up a conference in Chicago, IL. One of the convention activities included a forum for bloggers to share their opinions on “responsible blogging.” As part of Liberty Mutual’s Responsibility Project, BlogHer attendees were given a chance to sound off on several key blogging issues. Here are some of the findings : > 98 percent of surveyed bloggers believe it is acceptable to receive a free product > A majority of bloggers mentioned transparency, disclosure and honesty as key caveats to receiving free product and writing sponsored posts > 84 percent said honesty is a key trait of a responsible blogger, followed by transparency (66 percent) and reliable sources (56 percent) You can view some of the confessional here . Now let’s hear from the dudes! Do you think the above findings are in-line with what you’d expect from both sexes? Possibly Related Posts Survey: UK PR companies slowly embracing blogging Ordered List CMS Survery Results Research: One in three American bloggers writes specifically about health

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Findings From Liberty Mutual’s Responsibility Project



Twitter Gets a New Front Page


Twitter just rolled out their new front page, which was known to come. I’m a bit ambivalent about it, mainly because it seems to follow all of the design trends out there at the moment. Anyway, the new front page features search from the front as well as a selection of trending topics, which is good. The reason for this is, well, I’ll let Biz Stone tell it himself : However, demonstrating the power of Twitter as a discovery engine for what is happening right now through our Search and Trends often awakens a sense of wonder which inevitably leads to a much more compelling question, “How do I get involved?” So what’s the verdict? I think it is a good thing that focus is on search

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Gawker Hires Los Angeles Times Editor


More Gawker Media news coming across the wire, err, feed reader. Simon Owen’s Bloggsam has published an internal memo from Gabriel Snyder regarding Gawker hiring a new West Coast Editor. From the memo: Ever since Defamer was merged into Gawker earlier this year, I’ve been looking for the right person to hire in L.A., so I’m pleased to announce someone who was worth the wait: Richard Rushfield is joining Gawker as its new West Coast Editor.

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O2 Users in the UK Gets Twitter Over SMS


Twitter has announced that users of the mobile operator O2 in the UK can activate Twitter over SMS, with no extra fees or anything. Nice for them huh. Incidentally, that’s apparently a good thing for anyone trying to get in touch with a broadband carrier in the UK… Activate the whole thing in your account settings if you want to use Twitter over SMS via O2 in the UK. Possibly Related Posts Twitter enables SMS delivery for Vodafone UK customers British government issues Twitter guidelines for its departments Twitter is fastest way to get UK broadband support

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Jeremy Wright Steps Down, Elaine Kunda New CEO of b5media


Jeremy Wright is stepping down as CEO of blog network b5media, effective immediately, according to a press release . The new CEO is Elaine Kunda , presented as an “experienced entrepreneur”. “Elaine is exactly the right leader for b5media, with her strong leadership and proven ability to lead top performing teams,” said John Albright, managing partner of JLA Ventures. Kunda herself said this in the press release : “I believe there is an extraordinary opportunity to create additional value and new possibilities for our customers, partners and employees. The Company has accomplished a great deal in its relatively short history and I look forward to working together to take it to the next level. Wright will stay on the board of directors, but why do this now, and make it effective immediately? The answer is the ever so useful personal reasons explanation. Wright said: I was burned out, unhappy in the work I was doing and looking for something more to life. I’m still exploring what that is, but suffice to say it should involve playing around with projects, family time and consulting… while I figure out what makes me HAPPY. He also elaborates in a blog post about where to go from here, and what sparked this decision in the first place

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Send Translated Tweets with Twinslator


You just got to love all these nifty little Twitter services. Most of them don’t really add much, but they are fun and inventive. Like Twinslator , a translating service for Twitter that lets you type in something in your language of choice, and then translate it to another one. Naturally, you can tweet it right away, and it works well enough. I’m a bit surprised to see that @blogherald got translated to @ blog Herald , but the reason for this is of course that Twinslator relies on Google Translate for their translation services. So other than that little thing, how well did Twinslator do

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Send Translated Tweets with Twinslator




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