Category Archives: Blogs

Guest post: plan the end of your blog with the same care that you plan its beginning

Posted on April 20, 2010 by John Welsh

It’s not the beginning of a blog you need to worry about, argues guest blogger Peter Moore, it’s how to end one that matters. And just relax about closing it down. It may well give life to another, more vibrant … Continue reading →

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The top ten posts of 2009 from These Digital Times

Posted on January 11, 2010 by John Welsh

Here are the top ten posts of 2009 from These Digital Times. Twitter and social media dominate – not at all surprising for a blog in this area. Six types of Tweets if you Twitter every day The ten questions … Continue reading →

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A strategy for These Digital Times

Posted on January 4, 2010 by John Welsh

First some apologies. An apology to that colleague who recently said he had signed up to my blog. I did not have the heart to say that it had ground to a halt. Another apology to those reading Jeremy Porter‘s … Continue reading →

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Guest post: how cult YouTube directors can interest a young demographic in the issue of climate change

Posted on October 14, 2009 by John Welsh

Who better to write this blog post on Blog Action Day 2009 than my sister Cheryl Campbell? Cheryl is the executive director of tve, a charity that has been making films and documentaries about the environment for 25 years. Here she … Continue reading →

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These Digital Times is one year old today!

Posted on June 22, 2009 by John Welsh
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The Knowledge-time Continuum

Posted on June 2, 2009 by John Welsh

When I kicked off this blog almost a year ago, I found it really easy to think of topics about which to write. I was new to social media and what I discovered, I wrote about, as I learnt, I explained … Continue reading →

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On Being John Welsh: why you need to change your social media identity to remain authentic

Posted on May 13, 2009 by John Welsh

I’ve done it. I’ve changed the design of my blog. Out has gone the masthead that has loyally followed me for the first tempestuous 11 months in the blogosphere. And in comes a new one by Claudia Moeller (who Tweets … Continue reading →

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Guest post: ask your readers – what are the key five principles of blogging?

Posted on March 4, 2009 by John Welsh

Phil Clark started  the blog Zerochampion in February 2007 and focuses on one one particular community – that of sustainability. He also cultivates a Twitter following with his sometimes ironic Tweets  (disclosure: and is a colleague).  Here he has asked his readers to answer the … Continue reading →

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What you should do if you think your blog post has been reproduced without adequate credit or links

Posted on February 27, 2009 by John Welsh

It was a Tweet that alerted me. A post from this blog appeared to have been reproduced on another blog without adequate credit or links. Within 24 hours, I had resolved the issue but, in the process, reassessed some of my core values. So … Continue reading →

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The 10 questions I ask myself before I publish any blog post

Posted on February 23, 2009 by John Welsh

I used to publish my blog posts immediately after writing them. Now I write, save, reconsider, save, rewrite, save, sleep, wake…oh, and then publish. The more time I build in before publishing a post, the more visitors I get to this blog. … Continue reading →

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