https://rji.newshare.com//api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=69.91.138.130 IVP Wiki - User contributions [en] 2026-05-01T11:19:30Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.43.0 https://rji.newshare.com//index.php?title=Jtm-pnw-session-local-blog&diff=2604 Jtm-pnw-session-local-blog 2010-01-08T22:29:40Z <p>69.91.138.130: &#039;&#039;&#039;Blog Sustainability&#039;&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;Led by Scott Schaefer, B-TownBlog.Com&#039;&#039;</p> <hr /> <div>''Below are links to my scribbles, along with full audio of the break-out session. Due to heavy background noise, the latter part of the audio is probably easiest to hear, but this is the first time using my LiveScribe pen in a venue like this...''<br /> <br /> [http://www.livescribe.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/LDApp.woa/wa/MLSOverviewPage?sid=Hd82QbTzjrGv]<br /> [http://www.livescribe.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/LDApp.woa/wa/MLSOverviewPage?sid=H8Vcg8lcP5hq]<br /> [http://www.livescribe.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/LDApp.woa/wa/MLSOverviewPage?sid=L8w096mMRt8z]<br /> <br /> ''Additionally, my 'scribbles' are transcribed below ;-) - Kris Bates''<br /> <br /> '''Blog Sustainability'''<br /> ''Led by Scott Schaefer, B-TownBlog.Com''<br /> <br /> - B-town Blog is Ad Based 4 &quot;in the Black&quot; (Word Press)<br /> - KOMO is trying to be &quot;hyper-local&quot; from their main office...<br /> - Scott tells about &quot;finding news&quot; on his drive home... (local murder), demoing his site<br /> - Susan Adler asks about comments on B-Town Blog; yes they're there...<br /> - Jim Bellinger asks about strike-through content. Scott uses it for 'transparent revisioning'.<br /> - Scott believes in transparency of stats (rarity)<br /> - Site Meter<br /> - Quant cast} stats Tools<br /> - Compete<br /> <br /> - Andrew Humphrey asks about making his first dollar<br /> - Casey Haakenson asks about CPMS (cost per 1000)<br /> - Many questions about Ad Revenue<br /> - Get an office! (Scott)<br /> <br /> - Competition: High line Times-Community Paper<br /> - Share Suzuki asks about most popular topics<br /> - SEO WP Plogiins<br /> - Nicole asks about size of staff-10 or so paid &amp; volunteer<br /> - Dennis Newman asks about other sources of revenue<br /> - Premium content?<br /> - Andrew pays for Premium content<br /> - Kathleen pays for Kindle content<br /> - Doug asks about donations-not much<br /> - Dennis mentions citizen journalism supported (by donation)<br /> - TheUptake.Org- also has half-hr radio show<br /> - Andrew relates story of Jay Leno, which he first saw on a Premium Content site<br /> - Question about limits of bias due to advertisers-Scott stays neutral<br /> - Andrew asks about &quot;partially premium&quot; content<br /> - Kris Bates mentions Macsurfer.Com (same format since 1998<br /> - Dennis asks about Google Ads<br /> - Kathleen asks about costs/overhead for Ad Sales<br /> - Scott started with high sales commission<br /> - He's reducing that 'in his favor' this year<br /> - $50 per story is what he pays<br /> - Kathleen suggests NPO model<br /> - Grant support (Knight, etc.)<br /> - Andrew asks about common themes in content<br /> - Scandals, Crime, Politics<br /> - Andrew usggests &quot;Crime stats'<br /> - Kathleen suggests ''Data Inquiries&quot;<br /> - A-La TSSN.ORG<br /> - Dennis mentions CrimeReports.Com<br /> Rich Riski mentions Chicago Crime Map<br /> -Bought by MSNBC<br /> -Data Mining<br /> - Jim Bellinger suggests google crime map<br /> - Casey Haakenson asks about Merchandising<br /> - slow margins or high overhead<br /> - Casey (long-time Web guy) is not convinced<br /> - Amazon can &quot;Kindle-ize&quot; blogs<br /> - iphone App suggested<br /> - scott has Amazon kindle blog... made no revenue on it so far, but admits he doesn't promote it much...<br /> - Casey relates experience with paid/unpaid content via iPhone/Droid Platform<br /> - Casey's company's Apps focus on RSS-based Aggregation of localized blogs<br /> - Kris asks about cost/labor for app dev.<br /> - 6-8 months development, 1 or so hour of templatized implementation<br /> - Free apps make more than paid for Casey<br /> - 'iSlate' could be a game changer<br /> - iTunes might have to change its name...<br /> - Kathleen talks about the new &quot;Location&quot;<br /> - Scott talks about Social Networking<br /> - Andrew suggests cross-pollination of advertising<br /> - Hyper-local small communities<br /> - Kathleen: &quot;'low hanging fruit&quot;<br /> - Scott: need a business person to help organize writers bloggers, etc.<br /> - Casey: Hyper-Local Blog Aggregators/Networks?<br /> -Cites Instivate (Capital Hill...) as example<br /> - Smaller Conversations Ensue... (break-outs from the break-out...) See Livescribe/Audio for details...<br /> <br /> '''Misc Notes From Conversations (See Livescribe/Audio -Links @ the top - for details...)'''<br /> <br /> - Holovaty - Data Mining - MSNBC<br /> <br /> - Gabriel Dance-Deep Web<br /> <br /> - Nate Silver-FiveThirtyEight.Com-Political Data-mining<br /> <br /> - IRE.org (B-2-B)<br /> <br /> - Freakonomios<br /> <br /> - politifact<br /> <br /> - Computer assisted reporting (Minn. or WI)<br /> <br /> - CAR.Org</div> 69.91.138.130 https://rji.newshare.com//index.php?title=Jtm-pnw-session-local-blog&diff=2603 Jtm-pnw-session-local-blog 2010-01-08T22:28:53Z <p>69.91.138.130: </p> <hr /> <div>''Below are links to my scribbles, along with full audio of the break-out session. Due to heavy background noise, the latter part of the audio is probably easiest to hear, but this is the first time using my LiveScribe pen in a venue like this...''<br /> <br /> [http://www.livescribe.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/LDApp.woa/wa/MLSOverviewPage?sid=Hd82QbTzjrGv]<br /> [http://www.livescribe.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/LDApp.woa/wa/MLSOverviewPage?sid=H8Vcg8lcP5hq]<br /> [http://www.livescribe.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/LDApp.woa/wa/MLSOverviewPage?sid=L8w096mMRt8z]<br /> <br /> ''Additionally, my 'scribbles' are transcribed below ;-) - Kris Bates''<br /> <br /> '''Blog Sustainability'''<br /> ''Led by Scott Schaefer, B-TownBlog.Com''<br /> <br /> - B-town Blog is Ad Based 4 &quot;in the Black&quot; (Word Press)<br /> - KOMO is trying to be &quot;hyper-local&quot; from their main office...<br /> - Scott tells about &quot;finding news&quot; on his drive home... (local murder), demoing his site<br /> - Susan Adler asks about comments on B-Town Blog; yes they're there...<br /> - Jim Bellinger asks about strike-through content. Scott uses it for 'transparent revisioning'.<br /> - Scott believes in transparency of stats (rarity)<br /> - Site Meter<br /> - Quant cast} stats Tools<br /> - Compete<br /> <br /> - Andrew Humphrey asks about making his first dollar<br /> - Casey Haakenson asks about CPMS (cost per 1000)<br /> - Many questions about Ad Revenue<br /> - Get an office! (Scott)<br /> <br /> - Competition: High line Times-Community Paper<br /> - Share Suzuki asks about most popular topics<br /> - SEO WP Plogiins<br /> - Nicole asks about size of staff-10 or so paid &amp; volunteer<br /> - Dennis Newman asks about other sources of revenue<br /> - Premium content?<br /> - Andrew pays for Premium content<br /> - Kathleen pays for Kindle content<br /> - Doug asks about donations-not much<br /> - Dennis mentions citizen journalism supported (by donation)<br /> - TheUptake.Org- also has half-hr radio show<br /> - Andrew relates story of Jay Leno, which he first saw on a Premium Content site<br /> - Question about limits of bias due to advertisers-Scott stays neutral<br /> - Andrew asks about &quot;partially premium&quot; content<br /> - Kris Bates mentions Macsurfer.Com (same format since 1998<br /> - Dennis asks about Google Ads<br /> - Kathleen asks about costs/overhead for Ad Sales<br /> - Scott started with high sales commission<br /> - He's reducing that 'in his favor' this year<br /> - $50 per story is what he pays<br /> - Kathleen suggests NPO model<br /> - Grant support (Knight, etc.)<br /> - Andrew asks about common themes in content<br /> - Scandals, Crime, Politics<br /> - Andrew usggests &quot;Crime stats'<br /> - Kathleen suggests ''Data Inquiries&quot;<br /> - A-La TSSN.ORG<br /> - Dennis mentions CrimeReports.Com<br /> Rich Riski mentions Chicago Crime Map<br /> -Bought by MSNBC<br /> -Data Mining<br /> - Jim Bellinger suggests google crime map<br /> - Casey Haakenson asks about Merchandising<br /> - slow margins or high overhead<br /> - Casey (long-time Web guy) is not convinced<br /> - Amazon can &quot;Kindle-ize&quot; blogs<br /> - iphone App suggested<br /> - scott has Amazon kindle blog... made no revenue on it so far, but admits he doesn't promote it much...<br /> - Casey relates experience with paid/unpaid content via iPhone/Droid Platform<br /> - Casey's company's Apps focus on RSS-based Aggregation of localized blogs<br /> - Kris asks about cost/labor for app dev.<br /> - 6-8 months development, 1 or so hour of templatized implementation<br /> - Free apps make more than paid for Casey<br /> - 'iSlate' could be a game changer<br /> - iTunes might have to change its name...<br /> - Kathleen talks about the new &quot;Location&quot;<br /> - Scott talks about Social Networking<br /> - Andrew suggests cross-pollination of advertising<br /> - Hyper-local small communities<br /> - Kathleen: &quot;'low hanging fruit&quot;<br /> - Scott: need a business person to help organize writers bloggers, etc.<br /> - Casey: Hyper-Local Blog Aggregators/Networks?<br /> -Cites Instivate (Capital Hill...) as example<br /> - Smaller Conversations Ensue... (break-outs from the break-out...) See Livescribe/Audio for details...<br /> <br /> '''Misc Notes From Conversations (See Livescribe/Audio for details...)'''<br /> <br /> - Holovaty - Data Mining - MSNBC<br /> <br /> - Gabriel Dance-Deep Web<br /> <br /> - Nate Silver-FiveThirtyEight.Com-Political Data-mining<br /> <br /> - IRE.org (B-2-B)<br /> <br /> - Freakonomios<br /> <br /> - politifact<br /> <br /> - Computer assisted reporting (Minn. or WI)<br /> <br /> - CAR.Org</div> 69.91.138.130 https://rji.newshare.com//index.php?title=Jtm-pnw-session-local-blog&diff=2602 Jtm-pnw-session-local-blog 2010-01-08T22:28:06Z <p>69.91.138.130: </p> <hr /> <div>''Below are links to my scribbles, along with full audio of the break-out session. Due to heavy background noise, the latter part of the audio is probably easiest to hear, but this is the first time using my LiveScribe pen in a venue like this...''<br /> <br /> [http://www.livescribe.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/LDApp.woa/wa/MLSOverviewPage?sid=Hd82QbTzjrGv]<br /> [http://www.livescribe.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/LDApp.woa/wa/MLSOverviewPage?sid=H8Vcg8lcP5hq]<br /> [http://www.livescribe.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/LDApp.woa/wa/MLSOverviewPage?sid=L8w096mMRt8z]<br /> <br /> ''Additionally, my 'scribbles' are transcribed below ;-) - Kris Bates''<br /> <br /> '''Blog Sustainability'''<br /> ''Led by Scott Schaefer, B-TownBlog.Com''<br /> <br /> - B-town Blog is Ad Based 4 &quot;in the Black&quot; (Word Press)<br /> - KOMO is trying to be &quot;hyper-local&quot; from their main office...<br /> - Scott tells about &quot;finding news&quot; on his drive home... (local murder), demoing his site<br /> - Susan Adler asks about comments on B-Town Blog; yes they're there...<br /> - Jim Bellinger asks about strike-through content. Scott uses it for 'transparent revisioning'.<br /> - Scott believes in transparency of stats (rarity)<br /> - Site Meter<br /> - Quant cast} stats Tools<br /> - Compete<br /> <br /> - Andrew Humphrey asks about making his first dollar<br /> - Casey Haakenson asks about CPMS (cost per 1000)<br /> - Many questions about Ad Revenue<br /> - Get an office! (Scott)<br /> <br /> - Competition: High line Times-Community Paper<br /> - Share Suzuki asks about most popular topics<br /> - SEO WP Plogiins<br /> - Nicole asks about size of staff-10 or so paid &amp; volunteer<br /> - Dennis Newman asks about other sources of revenue<br /> - Premium content?<br /> - Andrew pays for Premium content<br /> - Kathleen pays for Kindle content<br /> - Doug asks about donations-not much<br /> - Dennis mentions citizen journalism supported (by donation)<br /> - TheUptake.Org- also has half-hr radio show<br /> - Andrew relates story of Jay Leno, which he first saw on a Premium Content site<br /> - Question about limits of bias due to advertisers-Scott stays neutral<br /> - Andrew asks about &quot;partially premium&quot; content<br /> - Kris Bates mentions Macsurfer.Com (same format since 1998<br /> - Dennis asks about Google Ads<br /> - Kathleen asks about costs/overhead for Ad Sales<br /> - Scott started with high sales commission<br /> - He's reducing that 'in his favor' this year<br /> - $50 per story is what he pays<br /> - Kathleen suggests NPO model<br /> - Grant support (Knight, etc.)<br /> - Andrew asks about common themes in content<br /> - Scandals, Crime, Politics<br /> - Andrew usggests &quot;Crime stats'<br /> - Kathleen suggests ''Data Inquiries&quot;<br /> - A-La TSSN.ORG<br /> - Dennis mentions CrimeReports.Com<br /> Rich Riski mentions Chicago Crime Map<br /> -Bought by MSNBC<br /> -Data Mining<br /> - Jim Bellinger suggests google crime map<br /> - Casey Haakenson asks about Merchandising<br /> - slow margins or high overhead<br /> - Casey (long-time Web guy) is not convinced<br /> - Amazon can &quot;Kindle-ize&quot; blogs<br /> - iphone App suggested<br /> - scott has Amazon kindle blog... made no revenue on it so far, but admits he doesn't promote it much...<br /> - Casey relates experience with paid/unpaid content via iPhone/Droid Platform<br /> - Casey's company's Apps focus on RSS-based Aggregation of localized blogs<br /> - Kris asks about cost/labor for app dev.<br /> - 6-8 months development, 1 or so hour of templatized implementation<br /> - Free apps make more than paid for Casey<br /> - 'iSlate' could be a game changer<br /> - iTunes might have to change its name...<br /> - Kathleen talks about the new &quot;Location&quot;<br /> - Scott talks about Social Networking<br /> - Andrew suggests cross-pollination of advertising<br /> - Hyper-local small communities<br /> - Kathleen: &quot;'low hanging fruit&quot;<br /> - Scott: need a business person to help organize writers bloggers, etc.<br /> - Casey: Hyper-Local Blog Aggregators/Networks?<br /> -Cites Instivate (Capital Hill...) as example<br /> - Smaller Conversations Ensue... (break-outs from the break-out...) See Livescribe/Audio for details...<br /> <br /> '''Misc Notes From Conversations (See Livescribe/Audio for details...)'''<br /> <br /> - Holovaty - Data Mining - MSNBC<br /> - Gabriel Dance-Deep Web<br /> - Nate Silver-FiveThirtyEight.Com-Political Data-mining<br /> - IRE.org (B-2-B)<br /> - Freakonomios<br /> - politifact<br /> - Computer assisted reporting (Minn. or WI)<br /> - CAR.Org</div> 69.91.138.130 https://rji.newshare.com//index.php?title=Jtm-pnw-session-local-blog&diff=2601 Jtm-pnw-session-local-blog 2010-01-08T22:27:05Z <p>69.91.138.130: &#039;&#039;&#039;Blog Sustainability&#039;&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;Led by Scott Schaefer, B-TownBlog.Com&#039;&#039;</p> <hr /> <div>''Below are links to my scribbles, along with full audio of the break-out session. Due to heavy background noise, the latter part of the audio is probably easiest to hear, but this is the first time using my LiveScribe pen in a venue like this...''<br /> <br /> [http://www.livescribe.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/LDApp.woa/wa/MLSOverviewPage?sid=Hd82QbTzjrGv]<br /> [http://www.livescribe.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/LDApp.woa/wa/MLSOverviewPage?sid=H8Vcg8lcP5hq]<br /> [http://www.livescribe.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/LDApp.woa/wa/MLSOverviewPage?sid=L8w096mMRt8z]<br /> <br /> ''Additionally, my 'scribbles' are transcribed below ;-) - Kris Bates''<br /> <br /> '''Blog Sustainability'''<br /> ''Led by Scott Schaefer, B-TownBlog.Com''<br /> <br /> - B-town Blog is Ad Based 4 &quot;in the Black&quot; (Word Press)<br /> - KOMO is trying to be &quot;hyper-local&quot; from their main office...<br /> - Scott tells about &quot;finding news&quot; on his drive home... (local murder), demoing his site<br /> - Susan Adler asks about comments on B-Town Blog; yes they're there...<br /> - Jim Bellinger asks about strike-through content. Scott uses it for 'transparent revisioning'.<br /> - Scott believes in transparency of stats (rarity)<br /> - Site Meter<br /> - Quant cast} stats Tools<br /> - Compete<br /> <br /> - Andrew Humphrey asks about making his first dollar<br /> - Casey Haakenson asks about CPMS (cost per 1000)<br /> - Many questions about Ad Revenue<br /> - Get an office! (Scott)<br /> <br /> - Competition: High line Times-Community Paper<br /> - Share Suzuki asks about most popular topics<br /> - SEO WP Plogiins<br /> - Nicole asks about size of staff-10 or so paid &amp; volunteer<br /> - Dennis Newman asks about other sources of revenue<br /> - Premium content?<br /> - Andrew pays for Premium content<br /> - Kathleen pays for Kindle content<br /> - Doug asks about donations-not much<br /> - Dennis mentions citizen journalism supported (by donation)<br /> - TheUptake.Org- also has half-hr radio show<br /> - Andrew relates story of Jay Leno, which he first saw on a Premium Content site<br /> - Question about limits of bias due to advertisers-Scott stays neutral<br /> - Andrew asks about &quot;partially premium&quot; content<br /> - Kris Bates mentions Macsurfer.Com (same format since 1998<br /> - Dennis asks about Google Ads<br /> - Kathleen asks about costs/overhead for Ad Sales<br /> - Scott started with high sales commission<br /> - He's reducing that 'in his favor' this year<br /> - $50 per story is what he pays<br /> - Kathleen suggests NPO model<br /> - Grant support (Knight, etc.)<br /> - Andrew asks about common themes in content<br /> - Scandals, Crime, Politics<br /> - Andrew usggests &quot;Crime stats'<br /> - Kathleen suggests ''Data Inquiries&quot;<br /> - A-La TSSN.ORG<br /> - Dennis mentions CrimeReports.Com<br /> Rich Riski mentions Chicago Crime Map<br /> -Bought by MSNBC<br /> -Data Mining<br /> - Jim Bellinger suggests google crime map<br /> - Casey Haakenson asks about Merchandising<br /> - slow margins or high overhead<br /> - Casey (long-time Web guy) is not convinced<br /> - Amazon can &quot;Kindle-ize&quot; blogs<br /> - iphone App suggested<br /> - scott has Amazon kindle blog... made no revenue on it so far, but admits he doesn't promote it much...<br /> - Casey relates experience with paid/unpaid content via iPhone/Droid Platform<br /> - Casey's company's Apps focus on RSS-based Aggregation of localized blogs<br /> - Kris asks about cost/labor for app dev.<br /> - 6-8 months development, 1 or so hour of templatized implementation<br /> - Free apps make more than paid for Casey<br /> - 'iSlate' could be a game changer<br /> - iTunes might have to change its name...<br /> - Kathleen talks about the new &quot;Location&quot;<br /> - Scott talks about Social Networking<br /> - Andrew suggests cross-pollination of advertising<br /> - Hyper-local small communities<br /> - Kathleen: &quot;'low hanging fruit&quot;<br /> - Scott: need a business person to help organize writers bloggers, etc.<br /> - Casey: Hyper-Local Blog Aggregators/Networks?<br /> -Cites Instivate (Capital Hill...) as example<br /> - Smaller Conversations Ensue... (break-outs from the break-out...) See Livescribe/Audio for details...<br /> <br /> '''Misc Notes From Conversations (See Livescribe/Audio for details...)'''<br /> - Holovaty - Data Mining - MSNBC<br /> - Gabriel Dance-Deep Web<br /> - Nate Silver-FiveThirtyEight.Com-Political Data-mining<br /> - IRE.org (B-2-B)<br /> - Freakonomios<br /> - politifact<br /> - Computer assisted reporting (Minn. or WI)<br /> - CAR.Org</div> 69.91.138.130