Niche blogging involves creating a blog focused on a specific topic or audience. This document discusses some of the challenges of niche blogging, including people's preconceptions that niche topics are boring and the difficulty of growing readership when focused on a small audience. However, niche bloggers may develop more loyal readers since they are the main source of content on their topic. The document provides tips for niche bloggers to create original content through things like carrying notebooks and cameras, using an editorial calendar, and finding ways to relate seasonal events, popular culture, interviews, and other ideas to their niche topic.
Kelly Knight is a school librarian who uses blogging to promote reading and her school library. She discusses how blogging allows students to actively participate in their learning and share what they are reading with a wider audience. Knight provides tips for starting a blog, such as defining the mission, exploring platforms, gaining support from administrators, and teaching students blogging skills and etiquette. She describes how blogs can be used to promote reading through book reviews, online book clubs, and marketing the library. Knight shares her experiences running multiple blogs and the positive feedback she has received from readers, authors, and students. She offers resources and support for others looking to start their own blogs.
The document discusses three existing fanzines that focus on fashion revolution, coffee, and surfing respectively. The fashion fanzine contains personal articles with a friendly tone and uses facts and direct address to discuss its topic. The coffee fanzine depicts coffee as an art through bold photography and creative fonts/layouts. The surfing fanzine authentically captures the passion for surfing through large, high-quality photos and impactful quotes about the importance of surfing in people's lives. The document also outlines three initial ideas for the author's own fanzine on their artwork, family architecture business, or makeup/fashion.
This document provides information on using blogs for language teaching. It defines what a blog is and explains that blogs allow users to post regular entries including text, images, videos, and links. Blogs are interactive and allow comments. The document outlines several ways blogs can be used for language teaching, including as a source of reading material, for student writing projects, and to facilitate discussion and peer review. It also provides examples of language activities that can be done using blogs, such as having students find and share blogs on a topic in the target language.
Chapple, R. M. 2013 What a long, strange trip it’s been! Reflections on two y...Robert M Chapple
This document summarizes the author's reflections on two years of blogging. It discusses how the blog started as a way to promote the author's work during a difficult time in their archaeology career. Over two years, the blog has grown significantly and has published a variety of the author's writings as well as contributions from others. One of the most popular and controversial pieces discussed the situation at an important archaeological site called Drumclay crannog. The blog has become an important platform for discussing issues in archaeology.
This document provides humorous and satirical advice about using various forms of social media, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and online profiles in general. It suggests strategies such as posting excessive amounts, using other people's accounts without permission, harassing celebrities for attention, and using hyperbolic or misleading advertising tactics. The tone is comedic and exaggerated throughout to parody how some may inappropriately or excessively use social media.
The document discusses blogging and provides reasons for why people blog. It encourages readers to blog to read, understand life, study rules, and see the world as God's creation. It suggests blogging to write, spread ideas, document life, and express feelings. One blogger discusses blogging to write because they enjoy it, and see blogging as involving writing, reading, and social networking. Another blogger began blogging during a difficult personal time and focused on positive things, which led to publishing a successful book. Blogging can be used for personal branding, sharing ideas, and finding opportunities without actively pursuing them.
This document discusses the author's various social media identities and how they use different platforms. They use Instagram to share photography, Twitter for information sharing, Facebook to connect with friends, and Tumblr to share fandom content. They've had success creating a Tumblr blog for a celebrity that has gained over 300 followers. The author connects their different social media identities to allow content to flow between aspects of their life and gather feedback from a wider audience.
Kelly Knight is a school librarian who uses blogging to promote reading and her school library. She discusses how blogging allows students to actively participate in their learning and share what they are reading with a wider audience. Knight provides tips for starting a blog, such as defining the mission, exploring platforms, gaining support from administrators, and teaching students blogging skills and etiquette. She describes how blogs can be used to promote reading through book reviews, online book clubs, and marketing the library. Knight shares her experiences running multiple blogs and the positive feedback she has received from readers, authors, and students. She offers resources and support for others looking to start their own blogs.
The document discusses three existing fanzines that focus on fashion revolution, coffee, and surfing respectively. The fashion fanzine contains personal articles with a friendly tone and uses facts and direct address to discuss its topic. The coffee fanzine depicts coffee as an art through bold photography and creative fonts/layouts. The surfing fanzine authentically captures the passion for surfing through large, high-quality photos and impactful quotes about the importance of surfing in people's lives. The document also outlines three initial ideas for the author's own fanzine on their artwork, family architecture business, or makeup/fashion.
This document provides information on using blogs for language teaching. It defines what a blog is and explains that blogs allow users to post regular entries including text, images, videos, and links. Blogs are interactive and allow comments. The document outlines several ways blogs can be used for language teaching, including as a source of reading material, for student writing projects, and to facilitate discussion and peer review. It also provides examples of language activities that can be done using blogs, such as having students find and share blogs on a topic in the target language.
Chapple, R. M. 2013 What a long, strange trip it’s been! Reflections on two y...Robert M Chapple
This document summarizes the author's reflections on two years of blogging. It discusses how the blog started as a way to promote the author's work during a difficult time in their archaeology career. Over two years, the blog has grown significantly and has published a variety of the author's writings as well as contributions from others. One of the most popular and controversial pieces discussed the situation at an important archaeological site called Drumclay crannog. The blog has become an important platform for discussing issues in archaeology.
This document provides humorous and satirical advice about using various forms of social media, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and online profiles in general. It suggests strategies such as posting excessive amounts, using other people's accounts without permission, harassing celebrities for attention, and using hyperbolic or misleading advertising tactics. The tone is comedic and exaggerated throughout to parody how some may inappropriately or excessively use social media.
The document discusses blogging and provides reasons for why people blog. It encourages readers to blog to read, understand life, study rules, and see the world as God's creation. It suggests blogging to write, spread ideas, document life, and express feelings. One blogger discusses blogging to write because they enjoy it, and see blogging as involving writing, reading, and social networking. Another blogger began blogging during a difficult personal time and focused on positive things, which led to publishing a successful book. Blogging can be used for personal branding, sharing ideas, and finding opportunities without actively pursuing them.
This document discusses the author's various social media identities and how they use different platforms. They use Instagram to share photography, Twitter for information sharing, Facebook to connect with friends, and Tumblr to share fandom content. They've had success creating a Tumblr blog for a celebrity that has gained over 300 followers. The author connects their different social media identities to allow content to flow between aspects of their life and gather feedback from a wider audience.
The document provides details about a marketing campaign for the Pan African Development Graduate Programme (PADGP) offered by Absa and Barclays banks. The campaign aims to position the banks as top employers for graduates in Africa by emphasizing the challenging opportunities available through the PADGP. Events targeting top students at universities will be held over 2 weeks, featuring speakers and giving out gift bags. Applications for the PADGP will close in September. The campaign concept plays on the idea that top achievers seek challenges, implying the PADGP can help graduates enter new frontiers.
Blinkist is a service that summarizes key insights and lessons from nonfiction books into short, easily digestible text summaries ("Blinks"). Blinks distill books down to their most important ideas so readers can get the knowledge from books quickly on their mobile devices. Blinkist hires experts to thoroughly read each book and work with in-house editors to craft 3-sentence Blinks that highlight the most inspiring and actionable lessons. The process from selecting a book to publishing Blinks can vary from a few days to a few weeks depending on availability of freelance experts. Blinkist aims to make the most important knowledge from hundreds of books accessible through their platform and algorithms.
CHRISTOPHER MURPHY
Have you ever had an idea for a side project, perhaps a potential business, but never quite managed to get it off the ground? Let’s turn that idea into a reality.
As a mentor to small businesses at Belfast School of Art and Tiny Books, Christopher has helped turn many an idea into a fully-fledged business. (In quite a few cases, quite big businesses.)
He’ll share some practical advice that will encourage you to stop procrastinating and make the calculated leap of faith you need to, to make your ideas real.
Christopher Murphy, Writer, Designer & Educator
A writer, speaker and designer based in Belfast, Christopher has founded a number of successful digital startups. A passionate educator and mentor to many young entrepreneurs, Christopher leads Interaction Design provision at The Belfast School of Art.
Informing his role as an educator, Christopher is a practicing designer whose work spans a variety of media, both analogue and digital. His work has featured in numerous magazines and books including Eye Magazine, widely acknowledged as one of the world’s leading design journals.
The author of numerous books – and a regular contributor to Net Magazine, Offscreen, Lagom and others – he is currently hard at work on Tiny Books, which publishes short, sharp books for creative entrepreneurs that explore the design of business and the business of design.
This document provides an overview of blogging and how to start a blog. It discusses what a blog is, who blogs, popular blogging platforms like Blogger and WordPress, attracting readers, and copyright considerations. The key steps to starting a blog are choosing a blogging platform, selecting a topic, developing content, and promoting the blog to build an audience. Blogging can be done by anyone to share opinions, experiences, and passions with others online.
The document summarizes how the author's final product differed from their initial ideas for the project. Originally, the author planned to create a book about 19th and 20th century fashion, but realized this topic would not interest younger audiences and lacked diversity. The author then decided to create a book highlighting underrepresentation of minorities in the modeling industry and how 'outsiders' are portrayed. Though the author intended 50-75 pages, the final book had 46 pages. While initially aiming for a style resembling Richard Avedon's work, feedback led the author to a style more similar to Peter Lindbergh by using more images than text. With more time, the author could have added depth, context, and worked more professionally.
How to get your work into print - Guaranteed!Glen Palmer
Writing your book, short stories or articles can be very rewarding. However, getting it traditionally published can be hard. Learn the easy techniques and strategies to getting you book into print and online.
The document outlines a pitch for a new magazine targeted at 16-25 year olds. The creator proposes a budget magazine called "Skate Life" focused on skateboarding culture. It would appeal to a working-class audience and be commercially viable through advertising. Sample articles and mockups show interviews and reviews related to skating. The creator is passionate about skating and understands the community well to produce an authentic product within ethical and legal standards.
How to Create Killer Emails that Make Readers Love YouJustin Premick
OK, so you're building your email list. Now what? How do you turn a group of people you've never met into a loyal following that will buy your products and spread your message? View this presentation to learn how to build powerful, profitable relationships with your subscribers from Day 1.
The document discusses the student's experiences with writing research papers in high school versus college. In high school, the teacher provided very specific instructions and guidelines for the research paper and students spent over a month working on it in class. The student feels this did not adequately prepare them for the independence required for research papers in college, where more time is spent working outside of class. The student received a good grade but does not feel the process was effective preparation.
Mark Palmer presented on his web presence and blog for a Pechakucha presentation. He created a basic blog as his first blog ever, keeping it simple with a green background and banner as he finds blogs impersonal. If he redid his blog, he would change it as there is nothing wrong with it, he just doesn't like it. For his website, he made it basic so it doesn't break and styled it similarly to his blog with a single color.
How to create a sci fi novel slideshareSabine Moura
The document provides tips for creating a sci-fi novel from S. Sorrel, who wrote the YA sci-fi book Incomplete. It details Sorrel's 6-year creative process for writing the book, breaking it down year-by-year. The main lessons include: seeing sci-fi as a way to discuss real-world issues through metaphor; marrying your characters by getting to know them well; knowing when a story is complete; and thoroughly reviewing and sharing your work with others. The document emphasizes writing consistently over time while balancing other responsibilities.
Inspiration show 'n' tell for Ignite Ubellykatskii
1. The document discusses various sources of inspiration for the author, including her parents who taught her skills and supported her dreams, disliking her job but finding inspiration to change careers, and finding inspiration from nature, feedback, and seeing others' passion.
2. The author also finds inspiration from memes, procrastiworking on side projects, and recognizing that people find inspiration from different things and inspiration comes from paying attention to details.
3. Inspiration is subjective and changing, but the overall message is to keep seeking out what inspires you and find ways to turn inspiration into action.
This document provides advice and commentary on blogging from Krish Ashok. It is presented in two parts, with the first part focusing on unuseful advice. Some of the key points made include: blogging was originally started to get feedback to correct ignorance; focusing content on nothing in particular can avoid trolls; and passions and opinions will evolve based on audience feedback. The document advocates being intellectually honest and not taking blogging too seriously while still being passionate. It concludes by emphasizing the document contains bad advice and to instead listen to an entrepreneur who has built a career from blogging.
This document provides information for patients receiving Bleomycin, Etoposide and Cisplatin (BEP) chemotherapy treatment for cancer. It outlines the treatment plan, including that BEP can be given over 3 or 5 days in cycles lasting 21 days. It describes the most common side effects which may include nausea, vomiting, hair loss, tiredness, mouth ulcers, diarrhea and low blood cell counts. It emphasizes contacting the oncology helpline if any serious side effects occur such as fever, bleeding, or shortness of breath. The document provides guidance on managing side effects and lists which side effects require contacting the medical team.
This document contains recipes for several Indian dishes, including daal puri, various eggplant dishes, and jali kabab. Daal puri is a popular snack in Bangladesh and parts of India made with lentils and fried. The document provides a recipe for daal puri involving mixing lentils and spices, boiling, and then combining with flour dough and frying. It also shares recipes for five eggplant dishes: beguni, eggplant potato fry, mashed eggplant, eggplant fry, and eggplant with yogurt. Finally, it gives the ingredients and instructions for making jali kabab, a type of minced meat patty coated in egg and fried.
1) Uma representação eleitoral foi movida contra um candidato a prefeito, sua coligação e uma empresa de pesquisas por divulgação de pesquisa eleitoral irregular.
2) O juiz concedeu liminar suspendendo a divulgação da pesquisa questionada e determinou a veiculação de mensagem informando sobre a decisão.
3) Os representados foram notificados para responder no prazo de 48 horas e o processo foi remetido ao Ministério Público Eleitoral para parecer.
This document appears to be the transcript of a game show or quiz competition. It consists of multiple choice or fill in the blank questions on a variety of topics including sports, history, geography, science and technology. Each correct answer earns points and passing a question also earns points while audience answers are not allowed.
El documento describe las funciones y potestad tributaria de los municipios en Venezuela. Explica que los municipios tienen el poder de crear, modificar y suprimir tributos a nivel local de acuerdo a la constitución. Detalla los principales tributos municipales como el impuesto sobre inmuebles urbanos, vehículos, actividades económicas, espectáculos públicos y propaganda. Asimismo, explica que la aplicación de los impuestos depende del principio de territorialidad y la noción de establecimiento permanente.
The document provides details about a marketing campaign for the Pan African Development Graduate Programme (PADGP) offered by Absa and Barclays banks. The campaign aims to position the banks as top employers for graduates in Africa by emphasizing the challenging opportunities available through the PADGP. Events targeting top students at universities will be held over 2 weeks, featuring speakers and giving out gift bags. Applications for the PADGP will close in September. The campaign concept plays on the idea that top achievers seek challenges, implying the PADGP can help graduates enter new frontiers.
Blinkist is a service that summarizes key insights and lessons from nonfiction books into short, easily digestible text summaries ("Blinks"). Blinks distill books down to their most important ideas so readers can get the knowledge from books quickly on their mobile devices. Blinkist hires experts to thoroughly read each book and work with in-house editors to craft 3-sentence Blinks that highlight the most inspiring and actionable lessons. The process from selecting a book to publishing Blinks can vary from a few days to a few weeks depending on availability of freelance experts. Blinkist aims to make the most important knowledge from hundreds of books accessible through their platform and algorithms.
CHRISTOPHER MURPHY
Have you ever had an idea for a side project, perhaps a potential business, but never quite managed to get it off the ground? Let’s turn that idea into a reality.
As a mentor to small businesses at Belfast School of Art and Tiny Books, Christopher has helped turn many an idea into a fully-fledged business. (In quite a few cases, quite big businesses.)
He’ll share some practical advice that will encourage you to stop procrastinating and make the calculated leap of faith you need to, to make your ideas real.
Christopher Murphy, Writer, Designer & Educator
A writer, speaker and designer based in Belfast, Christopher has founded a number of successful digital startups. A passionate educator and mentor to many young entrepreneurs, Christopher leads Interaction Design provision at The Belfast School of Art.
Informing his role as an educator, Christopher is a practicing designer whose work spans a variety of media, both analogue and digital. His work has featured in numerous magazines and books including Eye Magazine, widely acknowledged as one of the world’s leading design journals.
The author of numerous books – and a regular contributor to Net Magazine, Offscreen, Lagom and others – he is currently hard at work on Tiny Books, which publishes short, sharp books for creative entrepreneurs that explore the design of business and the business of design.
This document provides an overview of blogging and how to start a blog. It discusses what a blog is, who blogs, popular blogging platforms like Blogger and WordPress, attracting readers, and copyright considerations. The key steps to starting a blog are choosing a blogging platform, selecting a topic, developing content, and promoting the blog to build an audience. Blogging can be done by anyone to share opinions, experiences, and passions with others online.
The document summarizes how the author's final product differed from their initial ideas for the project. Originally, the author planned to create a book about 19th and 20th century fashion, but realized this topic would not interest younger audiences and lacked diversity. The author then decided to create a book highlighting underrepresentation of minorities in the modeling industry and how 'outsiders' are portrayed. Though the author intended 50-75 pages, the final book had 46 pages. While initially aiming for a style resembling Richard Avedon's work, feedback led the author to a style more similar to Peter Lindbergh by using more images than text. With more time, the author could have added depth, context, and worked more professionally.
How to get your work into print - Guaranteed!Glen Palmer
Writing your book, short stories or articles can be very rewarding. However, getting it traditionally published can be hard. Learn the easy techniques and strategies to getting you book into print and online.
The document outlines a pitch for a new magazine targeted at 16-25 year olds. The creator proposes a budget magazine called "Skate Life" focused on skateboarding culture. It would appeal to a working-class audience and be commercially viable through advertising. Sample articles and mockups show interviews and reviews related to skating. The creator is passionate about skating and understands the community well to produce an authentic product within ethical and legal standards.
How to Create Killer Emails that Make Readers Love YouJustin Premick
OK, so you're building your email list. Now what? How do you turn a group of people you've never met into a loyal following that will buy your products and spread your message? View this presentation to learn how to build powerful, profitable relationships with your subscribers from Day 1.
The document discusses the student's experiences with writing research papers in high school versus college. In high school, the teacher provided very specific instructions and guidelines for the research paper and students spent over a month working on it in class. The student feels this did not adequately prepare them for the independence required for research papers in college, where more time is spent working outside of class. The student received a good grade but does not feel the process was effective preparation.
Mark Palmer presented on his web presence and blog for a Pechakucha presentation. He created a basic blog as his first blog ever, keeping it simple with a green background and banner as he finds blogs impersonal. If he redid his blog, he would change it as there is nothing wrong with it, he just doesn't like it. For his website, he made it basic so it doesn't break and styled it similarly to his blog with a single color.
How to create a sci fi novel slideshareSabine Moura
The document provides tips for creating a sci-fi novel from S. Sorrel, who wrote the YA sci-fi book Incomplete. It details Sorrel's 6-year creative process for writing the book, breaking it down year-by-year. The main lessons include: seeing sci-fi as a way to discuss real-world issues through metaphor; marrying your characters by getting to know them well; knowing when a story is complete; and thoroughly reviewing and sharing your work with others. The document emphasizes writing consistently over time while balancing other responsibilities.
Inspiration show 'n' tell for Ignite Ubellykatskii
1. The document discusses various sources of inspiration for the author, including her parents who taught her skills and supported her dreams, disliking her job but finding inspiration to change careers, and finding inspiration from nature, feedback, and seeing others' passion.
2. The author also finds inspiration from memes, procrastiworking on side projects, and recognizing that people find inspiration from different things and inspiration comes from paying attention to details.
3. Inspiration is subjective and changing, but the overall message is to keep seeking out what inspires you and find ways to turn inspiration into action.
This document provides advice and commentary on blogging from Krish Ashok. It is presented in two parts, with the first part focusing on unuseful advice. Some of the key points made include: blogging was originally started to get feedback to correct ignorance; focusing content on nothing in particular can avoid trolls; and passions and opinions will evolve based on audience feedback. The document advocates being intellectually honest and not taking blogging too seriously while still being passionate. It concludes by emphasizing the document contains bad advice and to instead listen to an entrepreneur who has built a career from blogging.
This document provides information for patients receiving Bleomycin, Etoposide and Cisplatin (BEP) chemotherapy treatment for cancer. It outlines the treatment plan, including that BEP can be given over 3 or 5 days in cycles lasting 21 days. It describes the most common side effects which may include nausea, vomiting, hair loss, tiredness, mouth ulcers, diarrhea and low blood cell counts. It emphasizes contacting the oncology helpline if any serious side effects occur such as fever, bleeding, or shortness of breath. The document provides guidance on managing side effects and lists which side effects require contacting the medical team.
This document contains recipes for several Indian dishes, including daal puri, various eggplant dishes, and jali kabab. Daal puri is a popular snack in Bangladesh and parts of India made with lentils and fried. The document provides a recipe for daal puri involving mixing lentils and spices, boiling, and then combining with flour dough and frying. It also shares recipes for five eggplant dishes: beguni, eggplant potato fry, mashed eggplant, eggplant fry, and eggplant with yogurt. Finally, it gives the ingredients and instructions for making jali kabab, a type of minced meat patty coated in egg and fried.
1) Uma representação eleitoral foi movida contra um candidato a prefeito, sua coligação e uma empresa de pesquisas por divulgação de pesquisa eleitoral irregular.
2) O juiz concedeu liminar suspendendo a divulgação da pesquisa questionada e determinou a veiculação de mensagem informando sobre a decisão.
3) Os representados foram notificados para responder no prazo de 48 horas e o processo foi remetido ao Ministério Público Eleitoral para parecer.
This document appears to be the transcript of a game show or quiz competition. It consists of multiple choice or fill in the blank questions on a variety of topics including sports, history, geography, science and technology. Each correct answer earns points and passing a question also earns points while audience answers are not allowed.
El documento describe las funciones y potestad tributaria de los municipios en Venezuela. Explica que los municipios tienen el poder de crear, modificar y suprimir tributos a nivel local de acuerdo a la constitución. Detalla los principales tributos municipales como el impuesto sobre inmuebles urbanos, vehículos, actividades económicas, espectáculos públicos y propaganda. Asimismo, explica que la aplicación de los impuestos depende del principio de territorialidad y la noción de establecimiento permanente.
El documento describe brevemente la evolución del Estado y las finanzas públicas a través de la historia. En la antigüedad y edad media, el Estado tenía un papel limitado y se centraba principalmente en asuntos militares. A partir del Renacimiento surgió el Estado moderno y la necesidad de recaudar fondos para financiar instituciones como el ejército y la burocracia. Finalmente, tras la Primera Guerra Mundial el Estado adoptó un rol más intervencionista en la economía.
The document lists several font websites where users can download free fonts for personal or commercial use. It also provides a tip to use multipicture images to bundle multiple pictures together in one image, which is useful for roundups or features with multiple images like "Friday Fives".
La Potestad tributaria es un tema de interés para la materia tributaria debido a que por medio de ella se crean los tributos que contribuirán al financiamiento del gasto público y formaran parte del presupuesto nacional.
El documento habla sobre la quiebra. Define la quiebra como un proceso legal mediante el cual un deudor declara su incapacidad para pagar sus deudas. Explica que la quiebra pretende anular la obligación del pago de las deudas y permite al deudor reorganizar sus finanzas para pagar después. Detalla algunas condiciones como que el deudor sea comerciante y haya cesado los pagos, así como las clases de quiebra fortuita, fraudulenta y culpable.
O documento discute as funções, qualificações e campo de atuação de cuidadores de idosos. Ele descreve que cuidadores auxiliam idosos nas atividades diárias, monitoram sua saúde e bem-estar, e devem promover a auto-suficiência sempre que possível. Cuidadores podem atuar em instituições ou domicílios e precisam seguir valores como respeito, honestidade e responsabilidade.
Potestad y competencia tributaria yoxmary tovaryoxmarytovar
1) El documento discute la potestad tributaria, que es la autoridad del Estado para establecer impuestos. 2) La potestad tributaria emana de la constitución y pertenece al poder legislativo, pero es ejercida por el poder ejecutivo de acuerdo con la ley. 3) A nivel nacional, la potestad tributaria le pertenece a la Asamblea Nacional, mientras que la competencia tributaria, o la facultad de recaudar impuestos, le corresponde al poder ejecutivo nacional.
Este documento presenta una introducción al derecho financiero venezolano. Explica que el derecho financiero regula la recaudación y distribución de los recursos económicos del estado. Se define al derecho financiero como la rama del derecho público que organiza los ingresos y gastos públicos previstos en el presupuesto general del estado. También establece las relaciones entre el derecho financiero y otras disciplinas como el derecho administrativo, constitucional, internacional, penal y la economía. Finalmente, analiza los conceptos de ingresos y gastos dentro del
Este documento presenta un informe de investigación sobre el sistema concursal peruano, analizando su legislación vigente y procedimientos. Inicialmente, define el sistema concursal y explica su importancia, finalidad y objetivos. Luego, revisa la legislación concursal peruana, los principios establecidos en la Ley General del Sistema Concursal y los procedimientos concursales ordinarios y especiales. Finalmente, detalla los métodos, resultados y discusión de la investigación, la cual concluye que si bien la ley ha logrado establecer un marco normativo básico
This document provides instructions for cooking various recipes over an open fire while camping or living in the outdoors. It begins with a legal disclaimer about not replacing medical advice and includes recipes for bannok bread, salmon, roasted rabbit, porcupine, fish, deer steak, and bacon wrapped ptarmigan. For each recipe, the ingredients and directions are listed. The overall document aims to share bush recipes and encourage enjoying cooking and living in the outdoors.
Analisis timbres fiscales. estados cojedes yaracuy - delta amacura y amazon...arotino
Las leyes de timbres fiscales de los estados Cojedes, Yaracuy, Amazonas y Delta Amacuro establecen tributos sobre documentos y servicios. Todas regulan la creación, organización, recaudación, control y administración de los ramos de papel sellado y estampillas. Cada ley considera las principales actividades económicas de su estado y grava documentos relacionados a sectores como agricultura, ganadería, industria, minería y petróleo.
Este documento define el derecho financiero como aquel derecho que regula las actividades relacionadas con las finanzas y presupuestación del Estado. Explica que el derecho financiero forma parte del derecho público y abarca dos bloques principales: ingresos públicos y gastos públicos. También describe las tres ramas principales de los ingresos públicos - derecho tributario, derecho de crédito público y derecho patrimonial público - y su relación con otras ramas del derecho como el constitucional, administrativo y penal.
Guardian Masterclass - My Blogging StoryMark Jenkins
Mark Jenkins has been blogging for 7 years and now runs two blogs - Friedmylittlebrain about electronic and hip hop music with 4 writers and 2000+ Facebook fans, and UK Street Art about street art and graffiti with 3 writers and 70,000+ Facebook fans. He started blogging in 2007 out of a desire for a new challenge and has learned that consistency, social media engagement, and embracing new platforms are key to building and maintaining an audience over many years of blogging. While he has made some money from blogging, his primary motivation has always been his passion for the topics.
Blogging is a way to enhance business or personal growth. The tips in the article include choosing interesting topics that intrigue readers rather than everyday chores. Create unique content that stands out and addresses issues others haven't. Write concisely without overly complicated prose. Allow occasional guest posts to develop relationships and favors in the future. Let readers comment to bond with them and encourage return visits. Always look for new information to include in the blog to keep succeeding.
This document provides guidance for using blogs in elementary classrooms and libraries. It discusses why blogs are useful educational tools that allow students to actively participate in their learning. It offers tips for setting up a blog, including defining the purpose and intended audience. Safety considerations for student blogs are outlined. Ideas are provided for using blogs to promote reading, such as creating book reviews and discussion groups. The document also discusses strategies for publicizing and maintaining an active blog community.
This document summarizes information about blogging based on research from various sources. It defines blogging, describes different types of blogs, and discusses what makes a good blog. It provides blogging basics and etiquette tips for beginners. Statistics are presented on demographics of bloggers, how many earn income from blogging, topics that are most popular to blog about, and platforms used. Reasons why people blog are outlined, such as to network, advertise, connect with others, promote themselves, help others, stay in touch, satisfy creativity, create a record, and gain knowledge. In conclusion, the author learned about blogging through research and writing blogs, finding it a creative outlet that brings people together in various ways.
Lola provides tips for travel bloggers to find their unique voice and avoid generic content. She recommends bloggers focus on their own interests rather than trying to please everyone, eliminate cliches and excessive adjectives, take creative risks by incorporating personal hobbies or skills, have confidence in their authentic voice, and be patient as their style develops over time. The goal is for bloggers to stand out from the thousands of others and engage readers by sharing experiences in their own genuine way.
The document discusses what makes a good anime/manga blog based on feedback from bloggers. Key points include:
- Blogs should have an engaging template with colors and images to attract readers visually. Long blocks of text without images are less likely to be read.
- Consistent updates and avoiding long inactive periods keeps readers engaged.
- Including subscription options like RSS and email makes it easy for readers to follow the blog.
- Blogs should have a unique viewpoint rather than just following trends. Complaints about lack of readers or topics are off-putting to some.
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Here’s what you’ll learn in this session:
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Session Description:
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About Oneika Raymond:
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1) Newsletters are an effective way to communicate directly with an audience and strengthen a brand. They are fast to create, help develop the brand, and allow direct communication with subscribers.
2) Newsletters can be used to build authority and brand by sharing expertise, tracking results, and encouraging actions from subscribers. They can also have a viral effect by getting subscribers to share content.
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Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
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In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
Communications Mining Series - Zero to Hero - Session 1DianaGray10
This session provides introduction to UiPath Communication Mining, importance and platform overview. You will acquire a good understand of the phases in Communication Mining as we go over the platform with you. Topics covered:
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In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
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Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
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HCL Notes and Domino License Cost Reduction in the World of DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-and-domino-license-cost-reduction-in-the-world-of-dlau/
The introduction of DLAU and the CCB & CCX licensing model caused quite a stir in the HCL community. As a Notes and Domino customer, you may have faced challenges with unexpected user counts and license costs. You probably have questions on how this new licensing approach works and how to benefit from it. Most importantly, you likely have budget constraints and want to save money where possible. Don’t worry, we can help with all of this!
We’ll show you how to fix common misconfigurations that cause higher-than-expected user counts, and how to identify accounts which you can deactivate to save money. There are also frequent patterns that can cause unnecessary cost, like using a person document instead of a mail-in for shared mailboxes. We’ll provide examples and solutions for those as well. And naturally we’ll explain the new licensing model.
Join HCL Ambassador Marc Thomas in this webinar with a special guest appearance from Franz Walder. It will give you the tools and know-how to stay on top of what is going on with Domino licensing. You will be able lower your cost through an optimized configuration and keep it low going forward.
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2. What is Niche Blogging?
Before we talk about niche blogging, we should start by defining what niche
blogging is. We had a bit of a discussion about this on Facebook. Wikipedia
defines niche blogging as “the act of creating a blog with the intent of using it
to market to a particular niche market”. Going by that definition, we could
argue that every blog is, in some form, a niche blog aimed at a specific
audience, whether it's a design, food or travel blog. So we need another
criteria.
Some blog genres are unarguably more popular than others, both in terms of
people who write and people who like to read them. For our purposes, then,
we decided that a niche blog was aimed at a specific audience AND only had
few competitors, i.e. there weren't that many other people blogging about the
same topic. And then of course you can have a niche within a more popular
topic, e.g. a general travel blog may not be considered niche by our definition,
but a travel blog aimed just at women or just focused on Africa would be.
So then someone asked, where do we draw the line? Let's take the example
of museums. You might have a travel blog that covers all kinds of things you
can see and do worldwide on your travels, including visiting museums. But
we wouldn't really consider that a niche. Then you might have a blog that
covers things you can see and do worldwide, but it only focuses on
museums. That's a niche, right? But what about a blog that focuses on
museums, but only museums in London. Which one is the niche blog now?
5. The Challenges of Niche Blogging
I was asked to talk a bit about the challenges of niche blogging. Obviously I
can only speak from my own experience as a Museum Blogger, so these may
vary depending on what topic you specifically blog about.
Preconceptions
One of the biggest challenges are the preconceptions people have.
Would you ask a fashion blogger if they ever get bored of fashion and
clothes? How about a food blogger, would you ask them if they ever get
bored of food and recipes. Probably not. But if someone blogs about
museums it somehow seems okay to ask that question.
I guess it stems from the assumption that museums are boring to visit, and so
by extension they must be boring to blog about. Obviously, I disagree. I love
museums. I wouldn't waste my time visiting them and writing about them if I
didn't. One of the best pieces of advice you'll be given over and over again as
a blogger, is to write what you are passionate about. If you don't feel it, don't
blog it! Vice versa, don't let yourself be put off blogging about your passion by
people who think your topic is boring and feel the need to comment about it.
6. So no, I'm not bored of them yet – you can see why if you look at the
selection of topics I've blogged about:
And besides visiting lots of really cool museums, I also get to eat lots of cake
and watch lots of movies. But more on that in a moment.
Growing your readership
Of course, it's not people thinking your topic is boring to write about that's the
problem, it's people thinking your topic is boring to read about or just not
relevant to them. Because how are you then going to grow your readership?
Obviously, your main readership is going to be the niche market you share an
interest with, so for me that would be museum lovers. Someone who hates
museums is never going to read my blog. But what about all those people in
the middle? Those who may not classify themselves as museum lovers but
are generally interested in art or culture, or enjoy visiting museums on their
holidays.
7. You have to accept that your blog is never going to appeal to everyone, but
wouldn't it be nice if some of those semi-interested people could be swayed
to read your blog? Which takes us back to relevance and preconceptions.
One of my biggest problems initially was peopleʼs preconceptions that my
blog was aimed at peers, i.e. other museums professionals. Sure, they are
part of my main readership because they love museums, but it's not a blog
that deals with topical museums issues. Itʼs aimed at a more general
audience interested in culture and travel. Since Museum Diary started I've
blogged about museums in 16 different countries!
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8. But how to get that message out there if people aren't even giving it a first
look? Here are some of the strategies that have worked for me:
* Blog Directories – list your blog in a popular directory like Bloglovin'. There
may not be a category that fits your niche topic, but try to avoid sticking it in
'other' and see which category comes closest, e.g. I've listed Museum Diary
in Bloglovin' under Travel.
* Social Media Profiles – find the social media channels that work for you.
My main channel is Twitter. Because it's an open platform I find it much
easier to connect with people interested in my niche, e.g. through hashtags
or if a museum I've blogged about is on Twitter I'll mention it in my tweet and
they'll often re-tweet it to their followers.
* Twitter Chats – on the subject of Twitter, I also regularly try to take part in
Twitter chats that relate to blogging (e.g. #blogst), museums (e.g.
#whyilovemuseums) or travel (e.g. the German travel talk #RN8).
* Special Interest Networks – if you blog about a niche subject, it's likely
there's a special interest network to go with it where you can put word out
about your blog. Some have their own websites, others are organised
through Facebook groups. Just do a little bit of research.
* Photography – Iʼd say over 90% of the images I use on my site are taken
by myself, so I like to make them work double time for me. I pin them to
Pinterest and post them to Flickr, and always include a link to the relevant
blog posts under each photograph.
9. * Workshops & Courses – taking part in blogging workshops and courses is
a great way to tap in to the wider blogging community, perhaps you'll even
meet some other people blogging about the same niche topic. I've actually
taught social media and blogging workshops myself, as part of my day job,
but I've still found it worthwhile taking part in others because it's a valuable
networking opportunity for me and I've gained new and loyal readers
through it.
* Guest Contributor – as someone who blogs about a special interest topic
you can stand out from the crowd, which is often what people are looking for
in a guest contributor, so seek out opportunities to collaborate and draw
attention to your niche. I'm not recommending you work for free, which I
know is a controversial topic, but as a niche blogger the exposure I've
received e.g. for taking part in The Hive has been more valuable to me than
any speaker's fee could have been. I've also contributed to sisterMag
several times.
The Double Edged Sword
At the end of the day, despite your best efforts in trying to grow your
readership, if you're blogging about a niche subject for a niche audience, your
potential number of readers may always be quite limited. But don't be
10. disheartened by comparing yourself to others, because it cuts both ways. As
a niche blogger you may have fewer readers, but because the content of your
blog is so much more specific – you may even be the only person blogging
about it – your readers may be more loyal and it's easier to build a long
lasting relationship with your audience than if you are one of many other
blogs writing about the same subject.
In our discussion on Facebook, Juliane, who blogs about her work as a doll
maker, made an interesting observation: “...as a blogger with a special topic
you do not only fill a niche, you can also create a niche...the majority of my
followers usually is not into dolls...but there seems to be something that
appeals to them. Sometimes I think that the fact that we blog about a special
topic in itself might be the reason for people to read what we write because a
niche blog requires qualities such as a good portion of staying power and
endurance.”
The Onus is on YOU
Another challenge of being a niche blogger, is continuously finding new
content. Of course, all bloggers are faced with that challenge, but the smaller
your niche, the more likely that there is no other content out there to draw on
or inspire you, or fellow bloggers to bounce ideas off or create link parties
with. Often YOU are the 'go to' blog for your subject. So there is much more
onus on producing original content. And what do you do if, for example, you
blog about museums and there just aren't any near you? (though thatʼs
unlikely to happen as long as I am in Berlin). You have to start thinking
outside the box.
11. Creating Original Content
So, I wanted to finish by sharing how I go about creating my original content.
Most of it isn't new, a lot of it is fairly common sense, but we all like a good
check list, right? And whatever topic it is you blog about, I hope it will inspire
you to go away and create lots of good, original content of your own.
First, some practical tips:
Always carry a notebook! Whether it's a notebook app on your smartphone,
or the old fashioned paper and pen variety, as a creator of original content the
notebook is your constant companion! Sometimes I'm not specifically on a
content hunting mission, but I might see or hear or think of something that
relates to museums and I'll write it down. Perhaps it will become a blog post
at a later point. I always have a notebook in my bag. Or next to me when I'm
reading a book or watching television, just in case museums get a mention.
Always carry a camera! Again, this can be a swanky DSRL, a good old
point-and-shoot, or simply your smartphone. But as a creator of original
content, original photographs are key. For me, I have the issue that many
museums don't allow photography, so I'll photograph exhibition posters, or the
12. architecture of the buildings, or get creative in other ways. But I always have
some kind of camera with me and I'll take photos of anything that seems
relevant, whether I have a specific blog post in mind or not.
Remember there's audio too. Last year I was in Armenia and a choir gave a
surprise short concert for us in the ruins of an historic cathedral I was visiting.
So I recorded a clip of them singing with my smartphone, and added that to
the blog post I later wrote (Note: check with whoever youʼre recording that itʼs
okay to do so, so that youʼre not breaking any copyright!)
Use an editorial calendar. It doesn't have to be anything fancy. I just use a
paper based diary and some post-it notes so I can move things around. As a
niche blogger, I find I have to be a lot more organised in thinking ahead. I also
have another personal blog, where I post whatever comes to mind as it's not
got such a specific subject, but for Museum Diary I find that planning is key.
Keep to your schedule. For example, if I've just been on holiday and visited
lots of museums in a short space of time, there's the temptation to get all the
new content out there quickly. But instead I'll stick to my schedule, post
anything time sensitive first (e.g. I wouldn't want to be posting about
something Easter related in July), and keep the rest for later. Then if my kid
gets sick, or work takes over, or I just can't get to another museum any time
soon, I'm glad to have some reserves to fall back on.
And finally, tune in to your niche. Once you stop actively going out to look
for your topic but instead let it become second nature, you'll automatically
start viewing everything through the lens of your particular 'obsession'. You'll
start seeing everything as it relates to your niche.
13. The Content
So finally, what do I post about? Well, of course there are reviews of the
museums I visit, which form the majority of my content. But I like to mix it up a
bit by blogging about other things that are relevant to the topic of museums. I
generally tend to keep these additional posts to no more than one per week
and the individual features themselves to no more than once a month,
because I don't want to loose sight of my main content. Obviously it's up to
you how you want to schedule it, if you want to go down that route at all. I
hope these ideas will inspire you to think up posts for your own blogs.
Seasonal Dates
Let's start with something easy: Valentines Day, Easter, Halloween,
Christmas...most niche blogs will find at least some seasonal dates they can
relate to their topic. For example, a gardening blog I read posts about
seasonal flower arrangements, and one of my favourite niche blogs about
names had some special posts about Christmas inspired names. Here are
some seasonal examples from Museum Diary:
Annual Events
Another good source are events that take place over the year, whether they
are recurring events such as the Olympic Games, Fashion Week or
14. Movember, or one off events such as a Royal Wedding. Seek out what's
happening locally, nationally and internationally and see if you can in any way
relate it to your niche topic. (Though obviously, you don't want it to seem like
you've shoe horned it in.)
Popular Culture
If you blog about a niche subject, then popular culture is your friend. People
love special interest lists relating to music, film, literature, whether it's songs
about historical events, famous dogs from TV and cinema, or a list of fictional
automobiles. This has actually led to two regular features on Museum Diary
relating to music and film.
The first started when I blogged about songs featuring museums, with an
“Ultimate Museum Playlist” to listen to on Spotify. A spin off from this has
been “Music To Visit Museums By”, which are shorter playlists inspired by
museums. I use the site http://8tracks.com to create them, which also lets you
embed them in to your blog. If you want to give it a try yourself, the music
blog of the British Guardian newspaper has a great resource called “Readers
Recommend”, with lists of songs about almost any topic. http://
www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog+series/readersrecommend
15. My other recurring popular culture feature is called “Museums and the
Movies”, where I introduce movies that feature museums, both as a
prominent part of the storyline – such as Audrey Hepburn's “How to Steal a
Million”, the Sesame Street classic “Please Don't Eat the Pictures”, and of
course “Night at the Museum”, as well as movies that feature a museum in
just one or two key scenes, such as Alfred Hitchcock's “Blackmail” or the
Hollywood classic “Bringing Up Baby”. If you're thinking of doing something
like this for your special topic, then the Internet Movie Database is a good
starting point, or searching on Amazon e.g. for “films about dogs”.
16. Interviews
Interviews are another thing that work really well for niche blogs, because
special subjects usually mean there's some kind of specialist you can
interview, whether it's the author of a book about your topic, or someone who
is somehow related to your topic either through their work or through their
hobby. So, I've just started a new feature where I interview people about
things they collect, because I find private collections fascinating and it's
related to my topic of museums. By the way, if anyone here collects
something interesting or unusual or unique, please come and see me ;)
Gift Guides
Gift Guides are really fun to do. I just do them at Christmas, because it's not a
main part of my blog, but once in a while it's fun to sit down and basically
create a great big wish list of gifts for museum lovers. You could do the same
for doll or car or cat lovers, depending what you blog about.
17. How-Tos
'How to' guides are also really fun to do, though they don't work with every
topic. If you have a niche blog about knitting or gardening, you're more likely
to have a chance to include them than if you e.g. blog about history or
names. But I've included 'How Tos' once or twice:
Recipes & Craft Ideas
Recipes and craft ideas are really tempting to do because they are so
popular, and I think you have to be careful not to include them in your blog
just for the sake of it. Again, it won't work with all topics, but if you can make it
fit naturally, why not make it an occasional feature.
18. Last year there was a day-long Twitter chat dedicated to Museum Cafes, and
as a spin off from that I started a feature on my blog called “My Museum
Cafe” where I introduce cake recipes that you might find at a museum cafe.
My regular “Museum Craft Corner” feature evolved from introducing craft
ideas I had come across in museums I had visited and reviewed. After that it
seemed like a natural progression to actively seek them out. Last year there
was a travelling national exhibition about DIY in Germany and they did a DIY
Advent Calendar at Christmas and asked me to contribute a post from my
blog, which was a great opportunity to get word about my blog out there and
attract new readers.
19. App Reviews
Depending on what you blog about, there may be some apps out there
relating to your topic that you could review, e.g. lots of museums have apps
and I've written about a couple. Or if you produce most of your own
photographs, you could blog about your favourite photography apps.
20. Videos
And finally, consider including videos in your blog. I recently took part in Kat
Conte's video portrait workshop, and made a video about my favourite
museum which I've now integrated in to my blog. It was a really great way to
get my passion for my niche topic across. I'd like to finish by sharing the video
with you: http://youtu.be/HKCr1unrY78
Jenni Fuchs
museumdiary.com
May 2013
Further Reading: My Top 3 Favourite Museum Blogs
If you enjoy Museum Diary, you may also enjoy these other museum blogs:
This Belongs in a Museum - http://thisbelongsinamuseum.com/ - “dedicated
to the small, random museums and weird attractions of the world”
Jack's Adventures in Museumland - http://
jacksadventuresinmuseumland.wordpress.com/ - Jack chronicles his visits to
museums, galleries and other cultural places and, like me, has a “particular
soft spot for the odder kinds of museums”
The Exhibition List - http://www.theexhibitionlist.com/ - a collaborative blog
where anyone can “share [their] experiences of museums, galleries and
historic places with the world”