Erucall independent publishing… bridging the digital divide…
Dear readers,
I will like to extend my apologies for delays in updating the site. I am working on the formalities of establishing an NGO in Kenya which is consuming the better part of my time.
As things slow down I will resume daily publishing of Erucall.
Below is a summary of what the NGO is all about.
Thank you for the support and confidence.
Editor
Jeff Makana
Continue reading ‘REVIVE COMMUNITY AFRICA-MindFreedom Kenya’
For a professional look to your work as an independent online publisher, various tools are used to facilitate independent publishing. Some of the tools such as publishing platforms or Aggregators are available as open source softwares or for a fee.
Below is information from one of the leading authorities in News aggregation, Mysyndicaat which allows Independent online publishers “news/content” collection pipeline from various sources and the ability to publish directly to your site.
Continue reading ‘Independent Publishing Platforms and Aggregators’
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The major obstacle currently is lack of cost effective broadband Internet connection in rural
Rural villages can transform themselves by finding solutions to their village problems… By being empowered by technology or tools that create opportunities for jobs for the youth and also old alike… Community folks are tied of people in
Continue reading ‘Village Journalism: Independent Publishing and Blog Monetization’
Ads Optimization:
I use the Google diagrams below to illustrate how to optimize your search engines, In “Sharewood”… You will find many tools to help you analyze different stats based on the content you write about and the traffic you get? Can you really get good page ranking with just writing good content and good ad page positioning… do you have to stick to google diagrams? The answer is No, Try the untried and see what works… take a good tracking of what you try and over time you find a few that work… SEO Code Calibrations…
Continue reading ‘Ads Positioning on your Blog, Website: Smart Monetization’
The “key pads” are catching fire with independent publishers, bloggers and on social networks voicing support for independent publishing regarding the sinister nature of statements leaked… veiled… behind a brewing confrontation of the titans “Corporate Journalism versus Citizen Journalism.”
The Irony of it all, is that even writers who have been on strike are opting to join the “Bandwagon” destination independent publishing…. Who will be next? The answer is “anybody” Anyone can choose to be a producer versus a consumer of content information as long as a connection to the world wide web exists…. Everyday someone realizes that you don’t have to conform to the mainstream agenda and/or of glorifying “things” “IT” tried many times before and have failed to advocating social justice and creating checks and balances needed in social responsibility.
Continue reading ‘Independent Publishing to be “Regulated”: Citizen Journalism’
People across the divides have the opportunity to make “a living” or “a contribution to a living” by partnering with many advertising… movers and shakers of the ever growing Adsense explosion. What makes Google unique is the opportunity it offers to say… For instance someone in the Amazons Brazil can sell merchandise online and blog about products sold, or services.
There are more opportunities on both ends of the divides to be gained if more and more people can access information and monetize without censorship… and by making technology available and affordable in the third world(cost effective)… encouraging more open source platforms to enable the less fortunate… access to web2.0 education tools and information… and opportunities to empower more entrepreneurs and B2B partners connected and conducting business online.
Below are my comments to a discussion on adsense and blog monetization.
What are the challenges of managing Virtual teams? Why do some succeed than others? Where are we headed with new virtual teams web2.0 technologies or web-native tools such as socialtext?
Last night I posted a comment on web worker daily in response to a discussion going on, Are companies scaling back from Virtual teams? I share below those remarks.
Continue reading ‘Virtual Teams: Or call it the “web workplace”’
In the coming days Erucall News Media will be launching. It has been an interesting road learning about Independent online publishing and web2.0 technologies under the wings of Robin Good, the Chief Editor of Master New Media Networks.
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