Comments on: Podcast: Ryan Sholin on getting the most out of Ning http://beatblogging.org/2009/01/02/podcast-ryan-sholin-on-getting-the-most-out-of-ning/ Pushing the practice of beat reporting Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:26:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: How journalists can use ‘niche’ social networks « Save the Media http://beatblogging.org/2009/01/02/podcast-ryan-sholin-on-getting-the-most-out-of-ning/comment-page-1/#comment-3156 How journalists can use ‘niche’ social networks « Save the Media Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:01:11 +0000 http://beatblogging.org/?p=1451#comment-3156 [...] Ning.com: Anybody can start their own social network for free on ning.com, and they do. First step, plug in a keyword of your beat (education, firefighters, environmentalists.) Then check out sites. You may need to try out a few. If one doesn’t yield results, try another one. You can even start your own site if that will serve your readers by helping them connect in one place. (If you’re considering setting up your own site, here are some ideas at Beat Blogging to help y...) [...] [...] Ning.com: Anybody can start their own social network for free on ning.com, and they do. First step, plug in a keyword of your beat (education, firefighters, environmentalists.) Then check out sites. You may need to try out a few. If one doesn’t yield results, try another one. You can even start your own site if that will serve your readers by helping them connect in one place. (If you’re considering setting up your own site, here are some ideas at Beat Blogging to help y…) [...]

]]> By: james geiger http://beatblogging.org/2009/01/02/podcast-ryan-sholin-on-getting-the-most-out-of-ning/comment-page-1/#comment-2151 james geiger Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:49:48 +0000 http://beatblogging.org/?p=1451#comment-2151 Greetings of Wellness. FYI: registering your NING blog I am a medical doctor, an anesthesiologist using aromatherapy (essential oil of ginger) in the operating room to prevent and treat nausea after surgery. I got so into this wellness stuff that I wrote a book and started blogging. http://www.thesweetsmellofsuccessbook.com/ My NING site http://oilsandjuices.ning.com/ has content from my book but was denied registration on the social blog catalog. http://www.blogcatalog.com/ They did not give a reason but I suspect it is because it is NING based. FYI If you do put tons of work effort into you NING Blog and expect to use registries to increase traffic, it may not qualify. James "Tad Geiger MD the oilMD www.oilMD.com Greetings of Wellness.

FYI: registering your NING blog

I am a medical doctor, an anesthesiologist using aromatherapy (essential oil of ginger) in the operating room to prevent and treat nausea after surgery. I got so into this wellness stuff that I wrote a book and started blogging.

http://www.thesweetsmellofsuccessbook.com/

My NING site http://oilsandjuices.ning.com/
has content from my book but was denied registration on the social blog catalog.

http://www.blogcatalog.com/

They did not give a reason but I suspect it is because it is NING based.

FYI

If you do put tons of work effort into you NING Blog and expect to use registries to increase traffic, it may not qualify.

James “Tad Geiger MD
the oilMD

http://www.oilMD.com

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