Why Blogging Is Dead--And What's Next | Fast Company | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
The blog is dead.I don't say it lightly; I've been blogging since 2000, moving from an email list I started in the '90s to Blogger to TypePad to Wordpress.com to Wordpress.org.

 

...So I see that moving my blog around like this is just staving off the inevitable; we are moving to collections and curations, to mobile content, and to different authoring tools. Think for a moment about the incredible popularity of Tumblr, or of Pinterest. I believe they are early iterations of the content revolution.

 

I told my journalism students, who are just being taught by their professors that the new way is "digital first," that they have to stretch again--this time all the way to "mobile first."...

 

[Francine Hardaway's provocative Fast Company article is a MUST-READ for every current and future blogger, PR and content pro! She really captures "what's next."~ Jeff]


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