100 Blog Topics (http://chrisbrogan.com)

Hebdomadally, I will set a topic as a center of interest for each update for that week.  The major topics will include seven of the following each week.  Thank you for your interest, and I hope you have a great day!


1 How I Use Facebook
2 Ways I Embrace My Audience
3 Should My Town Use Social Media?
4 A Community I Love
5 Technology That Empowers Me
6 How Flickr Did it Right
7 How Best to Comment on a Corporate Blog
8 Ways to Save a Bad Time at a Conference
9 How I Find Blogging Ideas
10 Somebody Has to Say It
11 My Children Will Do it Differently
12 How Schools Could Use Social Media
13 The Best Parts of Marketing
14 Presentation Skills for a New Conversation
15 How I Find Time to Make Media
16 Empower Your Best Customers
17 After the Event- Carrying the Conversation Forward
18 Just Jump Into Podcasting- Heres How
19 My Community and How You Can Engage It
20 Twitter Jaiku Pownce Facebook- And Then What
21 Making a Miniseries
22 If I Were an Advertiser Today
23 My Mother is On Facebook
24 Does a Big Brand Need You
25 Books I Want to Write
26 Serving the Deep Niches- How I Do It
27 How Women Use Social Media
28 A Hard Look at My Media Habits
29 If I Were a Television Producer
30 Social Media Marketing vs Traditional Marketing
31 Elements of a Marketing Campaign
32 Social Media Campaigns are NOT Traditional Campaigns
33 Idea Making and How I Make Something
34 What I Spend Money On
35 Do Rock Stars Need Social Media Strategies
36 How I Use My Website
37 Book Shopping- Buy These Books
38 MTV Changed the World in the 80s- Here is What Comes Next
39 How I Process Blogs and What I Do With All That Info
40 Ten Guilty Pleasures
41 The Internet Application I Havent Seen
42 If I Worked for a Venture Capital Firm
43 My Day Job Versus My Passion
44 The Difference Between Fark and Truemors
45 Fixing Conferences
46 Making Marketplaces for Media Makers
47 When I Feel Frustrated
48 Branding Strategies I Use
49 Your Ideas And My Ideas- How We Play Together
50 Friends I Cant Wait to Meet
51 The Art of Chaos
52 Telling My Boss About Social Media
53 Could I Quit My Day Job
54 When to Cut Back on Web Habits
55 Breaking Down My Favorite Blog
56 Explaining Social Media to Your Chamber of Commerce
57 Non-Internet Equivalents to Internet Tools I Use
58 Considering Media for the Rest of the Globe
59 Twitter is Too Simple- Twitter is Just Right
60 The Future of Podcasting
61 Video Made Simple
62 Facebook Applications I Love
63 You Are Here
64 Blogging Tactics- How to Keep it Fresh
65 I Want to Brag A Minute
66 Who Says What About Your Brand
67 Tools for Blogging
68 Wordpress Plugins I Use And Why
69 Media Topics That Need More Coverage
70 Comments versus Blog Posts
71 How I Drive Traffic to My Site
72 News- Is it Useful and How I Might Fix It
73 Which TV Network Gets Videoblogging and PodCasting
74 Franchising My Media
75 Handling Critics
76 My Audio Tricks
77 Ning Sites I Like and Why
78 Controlling My Brand
79 Sharing and Contributing
80 How Twitter Improved My Blog
81 Email After Twitter
82 Facebook Video Improved My Social Network
83 Letting Go
84 Downtime- What I Do Offline to Recharge
85 How I Went From Very Shy to Less Shy
86 The RIGHT Number to Track for Podcasting
87 PodCamp Has to Change
88 Shaking Things Up
89 Joining A Network- Things to Consider
90 Newspapers and How I Would Change Them
91 Interview With a Veteran
92 The Countries of My Social Media World
93 Giving it Away
94 Consulting Strategies for Social Media Experts
95 Turning Media into a Business Card
96 Podcasting on a Budget
97 For Every Excuse a New Strategy
98 Just When I Think I Am Done
99 Buying Gear- My Shopping Tips for Podcasters
100 When is Free Better- When Not

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

Q. Are famous people treated unfairly by the media? Should they be given more privacy, or is the price of their fame an invasion into their private lives?


A. I believe that the famous are consistently prodded by the media. Ever since I was a little girl, I had always wondered why so many people would try and obsess over the famous men and women. Then I realized, many of these famous men and women actually put themselves out on "stage" and attempt to sell themselves-which in turn makes them money.  The simple rule of being famous? 

                     More publicity= More money. 

This rule allows for the invasion of their personal lives, as to obtain more income by selling who they are and what they do. For an unhealthy example; weight-loss magazines describe the journeys many famous women go through to make themselves super-skinny, which is usually in an unhealthy manner. Despite this, there are still other famous men and women that like to keep their privacy. 

The men and women that value their privacy feel prodded by the media, as their personal lives are put into books, online, or in magazines; sometimes skewering the truth to make the articles sound better. In actuality, many of the famous don't want their personal lives tossed about and used for economical gain, so they hide their secrets. Eventually, those secrets that aren't well-protected leak out, causing the famous person mayhem. 

All-in-all, those that need their privacy should get it, while those that want their lives on display should get that, too. When will the media figure this out? When will the drama ensue? 

You decide.

Devoid Education of American Students

         Have you ever noticed that the students of today spend more time at the mall than hitting the books? Well, I have, too. Students of today aren't fufilling their education requirements, nor are they attempting to learn anything. Me, being a student myself, actually try to work on my education. I have great goals in life, and for me to accomplish those would be everything to me. 
      First of all, you should know that ever since school existed there were students not completing school, whether it be due to lack of funds, transportation, or other factor. But now, instead of getting highschool dropouts, we have highschool dunderheads who don't know what the square root of 100 is. Now, I'm not saying that all students don't know anything, though I am saying that the parents of these students should buckle down and teach their children to love education and pursue it.   I believe that the majority of students who fail any courses in freshman year of high school will not make it very far (heck, some might not even graduate!), but there are always those hopefuls.
      Secondly, I'm a student whom has large goals. I would love to graduate at the age of 16. To do this, I would need some online courses and summer school, all of which I can incorporate into my schedule. I also have large goals for colleges. Stanford would be my first choice. Secondly would be Harvard, and third would be another Ivy League school. After graduation, I will go to medical school, and study to become a neurosurgeon, in which case a job may be available, due to the lackingness of people in the medical field at the moment. Challenging myself is one thing I know and love. I love learning new things, but can only do this by working hard at everything I do. You know, there is only one thing that I don't get top-notch grades in... History. I understand kids who fail history. I've never gotten an A in any history class, though I've got a logical, sequential mind. I've never been entertained by the past. I'll always look to the future. Sometimes I wish that people would teach their kids to enjoy life and the education that they receive, because in some places, people can't afford education.
            In conclusion, I hope that anyone reading this will be more inclined to hit the books, or at least inform others to do the same, otherwise, we'll all eventually become like the people in the movie "Idiocracy". So please, if you are a parent, teach your child to look at their education more seriously, otherwise we might as well kiss this world goodbye.

Welcome One and All!

Hello everyone who visits this blog! I'm new to blogging, but decided it'd be great if I put my ideas down in the open. Now, maybe people think that blogs are all about ranting about one's personal problems... I think it is quite the opposite. I'm going to make mine about the world's issues... Maybe I'll get people thinking about the world around them. Remember that whatever I say is my opinion, and that you in no way have to follow what I say religiously. Well, have fun, and be sure to send me things to talk about; I'll be sure to cover it!
Stephanie H. :D