As you start your final projects, you should be analyzing the blogs and other online presences of major brands or organizations. For many of you, your blogs have been about issues or subjects closely aligned with corporate interests or products, so you may be finding sites or social networking profiles useful to your own work.
For your post this week, look for a blog or online resource driven by a brand, company, media outlet or government agency that covers topics similar to your blog. How is this site different than your blog? Is it more or less credible? Is it transparent about who is producing content? How well does the blog engage its targeted community. Share your evaluation of this blog and let your readers know whether you think it’s worth visiting.
Lindsay Nyce
DC Doggie
“Purina Dishes Out Dog Advice”
http://dcdoggie.com/2011/12/04/purina-dishes-out-dog-advice/
This week I take a gander at SB Nation. It’s like 100 plus Beth’s writing for the one mega blog. OK, they’re way hipper and cooler and I think you should read my blog and theirs =) Read more at: http://wp.me/p1Pric-2Z
AllThingsD, by contrast, is a fusion of different media styles, different topics, different formats and different sources.
Ihuoma Ukoh
Take An Intermission
“Blog Highlight: The Fashion Bomb Daily!!”
This week I look at Nana’s, a clothing store & brand in my neighborhood, and compare their blog to DC Walks:
Jessica Weaver
Maricela Huerta
It is important to try an attract readers from many angles. Not everyone likes the same scene, therefore they do not all seek the same information.
Eric Schulman
“Moving the Chains”
Home Field Advantage
This week I compare my own personal blog to one of the best in the world of sports, ESPN’s NFL Nation.
Alexandra Fischer
New Around Town
“Visitor? All the Resources You Need”
http://afischtank.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/visitor-all-the-resources-you-need/
Luis Gonzalez
This week I do the impossible and compare my blog to Mashable. Not much of a comparison eh? If not much else there are tons on interesting links like the quitting of Ben Parr (Pete Cashmore’s less attractive right hand man – I figured the women in the class would be wondering) and the Facebook acquisition of Gowalla.
http://www.luisogonzalez.com/mashable/
The Flying Yenta:
Comparing to the Big Guns: Mark Morford, a lifestyle columnist in San Francisco and with syndication on The Huffington Post
http://flyingyenta.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/comparing-to-the-big-guns-mark-morford/
Therese Quiao
Dior & Debauchery
Compared site to Sephora’s video blog, Sephora TV:
http://dioranddebauchery.com/2011/12/06/brands-i-love-and-the-blogs-they-own/
Nike Women: Leading the Way
Kim Coyle
This week I spoke about Vh1’s blog in comparison to mine.
Enjoy !
http://gritsandgrains.wordpress.com/
This week I compared Campbell’s Kitchen to my blog!
Afua Anokwa
Life With Flair
Compared site to Alice + Olivia.
http://lifewithflair.wordpress.com/
Kimberly Woolf
foodtruckdiva
Food Truck Fiesta
Lynn Adams – the Burger Blog
Sheehan Trippel
It is time to decorate and Home Seasons is your answer!
http://spaghettikissesandcantaloupeboats.wordpress.com/
Attempting to compare my blog to Wegmans… Interesting right?
theWRIGHTentertainment: Wegmans and Me
Darienne Gutierrez
My First Time Flying Southwest