Talking about sharing, I have learnt that very few have actually share information about fellow bloggers or micro-bloggers. This might have been the case in the beginning of the blogging age, but today, few are the rookies succeeding in making their place and many decide to call it quits. When saying great minds are often less than capable communicators, it also means a potentially great loss for the virtual community.
Wasn’t Web2.0 about collaboration and helping each other out? Why not organize mentoring, coaching and webinars for new bloggers? Are there any headhunters looking around for the talented writer eager to get some readership?
Several efforts have been undertaken such as Bloggersbase, an Israeli venture presented at LeWeb. Its model is based on a contest where the quality of the posts provides you with a status. The higher your status, the more visibility you get - same as everywhere else. However, there are organized timeslots where bloggers compete. Those elected as the best can, in time, join the elite. In other words, if the system works well, everyone has a fair chance to get his share of the spotlight. It works like an international football (soccer) tournament: you start with qualifying pools and the winners continue until the finals. Then you start again, with the former winner maintaining a small head start.
As I stated before, social media is a form of bartering, and thus we at ZackBrandit have decided to start with our own hopefully not too futile small initiative. We have noticed that there’s no bloggers listing for members on LinkedIn, and as a network of professionals there are surely plenty of interesting ones. We have created a list using Deli.cio.us, which can be found here. This list is updated daily with LinkedIn members who have asked us to add their blog, and each blog is forwarded to my Friendfeed account. In this way, we wish to provide a helping hand and create increased visibility to fellow bloggers, while at the same time perhaps finding some great content (yep, not everybody is on Tweeter yet).
Should you wish to be added to this list, please send an email to
following details:
1. LinkedIn profile URL
2. Name of Blog
3. Blog URL
4. RSS Feed
5. Is your blog professional, semi-pro or hobby?
6. 3 tags
7. Language of blog
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You can check every blog one by one or make a search using the cloud, but most importantly, each blog is connected to a LinkedIn profile giving you more information about the author.
Please be assured that this list is not used for other purposes than for the listing.
Also, do not hesitate to send us suggestions to improve this list.
