The following is a guest post from Wendy Card, a hyperlocal community website builder in New Bern, NC. Wendy has found local success with a brilliant blend of old media (print) and and new media and has become a media force force in her local community. I invited Wendy to share her story here on Bloggerlens and she graciously accepted. If you are involved in building a local media presence, you will especially enjoy the [...]
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Over time, I have discovered that people better understand when I tell them I build community websites instead of explaining I am a hyperlocal blogger. I usually get that deer in the headlight look when I mention “hyperlocal”. For all of us involved in this type of media, we know exactly what the term means. However, hyperlocal is one of those catch phrases that I’m not so sure will ever catch on with the public [...] Sometimes I get traffic to my hyperlocal websites that I wish I were not getting. In my area of North Carolina, we just had the murder of Valerie Hamilton. She is the daughter of the Police Chief in Concord, NC. The murder has made national news and there is an all out man hunt for her alleged murderer, Michael Neal Harvey. I posted on the story and when I checked my stats, I had [...] Recently I had the honor of being interviewed by Esther Brown from outside.in and featured in their “Bloggers We Love” section. Esther works as the community manager for outside.in. The interview focused on my work as a hyperlocal blogger. Before we got started, I asked Esther if she would mind if I recorded our call to be used as a future podcast and she agreed. The interview lasted about 40 minutes and Esther was [...] Traffic is what we all live and breathe by. Today’s hyperlocal blogging tip may actually be just plain common sense more than a helpful tip. However, if you are not an experienced hyperlocal blogger, I think this may help you. Where do you get your news from these days? Most likely you have a wide variety of sources. I’d also bet that most of it is online. In my case, I get 90% of [...] |
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