Het geheim van een effectief blog [infographic]

Weblogs. Je hebt ze in allerlei soorten en maten. Fashion, culinair, DIY, fotografie en marketing bijvoorbeeld. Bloggen is een effectieve manier om online je kennis te delen met je doelgroep. Maar ‘zomaar’ een stukje schrijven is nog niet effectief bloggen. Daar komt meer bij kijken. In deze editie van de serie Infographic Day noem ik zes elementen die belangrijk […]

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Social media bij het MKB: liken & bloggen populair [infographic]

Tweeten, liken en pinnen is niet alleen weggelegd voor grote merken of organisaties. Ook voor de kleine ondernemer bieden social media mogelijkheden. Sommige ondernemers zijn afhankelijk van deze gratis toepassingen, doordat budgeten voor (media)campagnes ontbreken. Vandaag bekijken we in de serie Infographic Day de rol die social media spelen voor de kleine ondernemer. Ruim de […]

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Ev Williams: Medium Wants To Help Build A Sustainable Economic Model For Journalism

2118601809_4fb4b88e70_z1At the Launch Conference in San Francisco today, Twitter co-founder Ev Williams took the stage to talk to conference founder Jason Calacanis about everything from his experience at Twitter and the rise of Vine to sharing his take on Google and Facebook as well as the latest from Medium, his latest effort to shape the future of digital publishing.

For those unfamiliar, a serial entrepreneur, Williams has played a key role in helping to shape the way we create and share content on the Web, as the co-founder of Pyra Labs, which produced Blogger — and was bought by Google in 2003. In doing so, Williams is often credited with coining the term “blogger” and helping to popularize both the term “blog” and the medium itself. After leaving Google, Williams went on to co-found Odeo and “idea incubator” Obvious, which produced both Twitter and, most recently, Medium (among others).

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TumblPad: Tumblr Finally Releases Its Native iPad App, Sporting Enhanced Navigation & Markdown Support

Screen shot 2012-12-19 at 7.10.40 PMNow that Tumblr’s blackouts are behind it, the company is back to focusing on its product, particularly its mobile one. Days after adding support for Android tablets, the company has announced that it updated its iOS app, adding compatibility for both the iPad and iPad mini.

Tumblr’s mobile channel is growing and, by the way, has recently helped to propel the blogging platform to more than 20 billion monthly pageviews. The company last updated its iOS app in November to improve user experience, speed, and engagement on the iPhone by making the app “native” — i.e. integrating it more deeply into the iOS experience.

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After Going Dark For The Second Time In Two Weeks, Tumblr Is Gradually Coming Back Online

tWe reported earlier this evening that popular blogging engine, Tumblr, was suffering from another outage, as users across the country were reporting slow loading, intermittent errors on pages and total Tumblr darkness. The company almost immediately confirmed the issue, reporting via Twitter that it had “taken the site down in order to resolve a network issue.”

While Tumblr didn’t offer any reasons as to why it was forced to take the site down, it finally offered an update, saying that dashboards were on their way back up and that other features would be rolling out incrementally. As of now, while still a little slow, Tumblr is officially back up and operational (at least for TechCrunchers).

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After Last Week’s Worm, Tumblr Goes Dark Again; Company Says Outage Is Intentional To Resolve “Network Issue”

6013940675_4d647d5011_zAs you may have heard by now, this afternoon, many users have reported being unable to access their favorite mixed media blogging platform, Tumblr. The company confirmed this afternoon that this is not in fact one of the first signs of the Mayan prophesy, tweeting that the site is “currently experiencing slow loading or intermittent errors on certain pages.”

While comforting to receive this confirmation, Tumblr didn’t offer any explanation as to the cause behind the slow loading and outages. We’ve since learned from a Tumblr spokesperson that the company has “taken the site down in order to resolve a network issue,” and that it will be updating as soon as it knows more.

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