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Let’s Have an Intense Debate

Jody — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:36:54 +0000

I’ve changed to a more efficient system to replace the flawed commenting practices that blogs currently employ. There are number of services that look very good, such as SezWho & Disqus. After much deliberation, I have opted to go with IntenseDebate.

Basically, IntenseDebate comments enhances and encourages conversation on my blog. With IntenseDebate I can also can give my blog readers the opportunity to better engage in my blog’s content and each other. It will also allow me to centralize my comments and create a threaded environment that is far more intuitive than the current commenting system. For more information on Intense Debate, have a look at their FAQ’s.

Intense Debate has a variety of innovative features to inspire your online commenting experience. Some of them include:

Reply By Email
Users Reputations
Widgets
Threaded Comments
Tracking and Notifications
Profiles
Comment Voting

I have decided to use it on all my comments and have imported my old comments onto this new platform.

Join the “Debate” and let me know what you think about it.

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Social Media is NOT a fad

Jody — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:06:41 +0000

Still think that social media is a fad? Erik Qualman of Socialnomics has put together a fantastic video called “Social Media Revolution”. For those of you who are still skeptical about social media and Web 2.0, this video will definitely change that…I hope! I have also included below some of his facts relating to this “revolution”.

A couple of interesting stats from Socialnomics:

#1. By 2010 Gen Y will outnumber Baby Boomers….96% of them have joined a social network.

#5. If Facebook were a country it would be the world’s 4th largest between the United States and Indonesia

#16. The 2nd largest search engine in the world is YouTube

#32. According to Jeff Bezos 35% of book sales on Amazon are for the Kindle when available

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The Media World is Changing Fast — Really Fast!

Interview on Hope Channel (Part 1)

Jody — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:57:28 +0000

About a week ago I was interviewed on the Hope Channel. The program segment is called New Media where the host, Thembi Moyo speaks about and shares the various ways of how we can engage in New Media Evangelism. I was the guest on the show and was being asked various questions on blogging, more specifically, writing for blogs. Blogging is one of the many ways one can get involved with New Media Evangelism. Because of the short time we had, I could not elaborate more on the points I mentioned. However, I did my best to try and include the most important aspects of writing on blogs.

At the time of filming this interview, I did not yet have my own domain (www.jodyfransch.com), hence the old blog address which appears on the screen at the end. The interview aired last week on the Hope Channel. Below is video clip of the actual interview.

Next week I’ll share with you part 2 which will only air this coming Friday night on the Hope Channel.

Question: What are your thoughts on writing for blogs? What works? What doesn’t?

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