Thanks for visiting New Media Bytes. If you like what you see, subscribe to my RSS feed.Shine your shoes and update your resumes, Forbes ranks journalist as one of the “worst jobs for the 21st Century.”
The magazine reports that “the number of reporting positions is expected to grow by just 5 percent in the coming […]
Facebook is great, if I’m not looking to bring visitors to my site. I can share, interact and spend hours upon hours of time updating my status and commenting on photos. But I can hardly convince my Facebook friends to visit my blogs and read through what I write.
That’s what I’ve discovered after checking out […]
Tired of scrapping for bylines? Does having your mug in the newspaper fall short completely satisfying? For some, bylines next to established news orgs mean little, when compared to a writer’s personal brand.
That’s how it works in the “new new journalism,” notes the New York Observer. Writers’ who can create successful personal brands are […]
Are you a fiend for Google Page Rank? Check your toolbars, because a re-ordering is under way.
The Search Engine community is abuzz with news that Google has dropped the page ranking for a number of highly-reputable sites, including the Washington Post online, the San Francisco Gate and popular blogs. Both the Post and the Gate […]
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