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The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging

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Simon and Schuster, Dec 2, 2008 - Computers - 240 pages
The editors of The Huffington Post -- the most linked-to blog on the web -- offer an A-Z guide to all things blog, with information for everyone from the tech-challenged newbie looking to get a handle on this new way of communicating to the experienced blogger looking to break through the clutter of the Internet. With an introduction by Arianna Huffington, the site's cofounder and editor in chief, this book is everything you want to know about blogging, but didn't know who to ask.

As entertaining as it is informative, The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging will show you what to do to get your blog started. You'll find tools to help you build your blog, strategies to create your community, tips on finding your voice, and entertaining anecdotes from HuffPost bloggers that will make you wonder what took you so long to blog in the first place.

The Guide also includes choice selections from HuffPost's wide-ranging mix of top-notch bloggers. Among those who have blogged on HuffPost are Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Larry David, Jane Smiley, Bill Maher, Nora Ephron, Jon Robin Baitz, Steve Martin, Lawrence O'Donnell, Ari Emanuel, Mia Farrow, Al Franken, Gary Hart, Barbara Ehrenreich, Edward Kennedy, Harry Shearer, Nancy Pelosi, Adam McKay, John Ridley, and Alec Baldwin.

  

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Good overview of blogging. - Goodreads
I wish this had more useful pointers about blogging. - Goodreads
Good advice about technology and orientation. - Goodreads
What an inspiring writer and read! - Goodreads
Nice overview for a beginner. - Goodreads
Good tips and stories. - Goodreads

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User Review  - Audrey - Goodreads

I bought this book months and months ago. I started reading a few pages but I stopped because of another book that I just bought and that is why I did not get to finish it yet. There are a lot of tips ... Read full review

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User Review  - Stacey Brough - Goodreads

So this is part ofmy must have 4 or 5 blogging books I was referring to earlier. Wouldn't want to go without it. It has a place on my reachable writing self, from my desk. Love it! Read full review

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Contents

WelCoMe To The WoRlD of Blogs
11
geTTing sTARTeD
31
geTTing noTiCeD
57
finDing YouR VoiCe
79
CReATing AnD BuilDing iT
95
A BRief hisToRY of The huffingTon PosT
115
hoW The BlogosPheRe is ReMAKing The MeDiA
149
Part iii
171
glossARY of Blogging TeRMs
185
BesT of The huffPosT Blogs
191
ACKnoWleDgMenTs
229
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About the author (2008)

The Huffington Post -- "The Internet Newspaper" -- was founded by Arianna Huffington and Kenneth Lerer in May, 2005, and quickly took the Internet by storm. The Huffington Post offers extensive coverage of politics, media, business, entertainment, living, and "green." Its 24-hours news coverage regularly publishes scoops and is well-known for its high-profile contributors, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Welsey Clark, Ari Emanuel, Nora Ephron, Mia Farrow, Al Franken, Gary Hart, Edward Kennedy, John Kerry, Bill Maher, Nancy Pelosi, John Ridley, Margaret Cho, Harry Shearer, and Alec Baldwin. The Huffington Post is a two time winner of the Webby Award for Best Political Blog. The Huffington Post is successful with an audience that is affluent, influential, educated, and tech-savvy.

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