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1/26/2016 Production of the Kansas City Star, The Oregonian, Sacramento Bee and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 3 Recruiting the writers Promotional stories and ads in newspaper and on website Post information on Facebook and other social networking sites Promotional stories and ads in newspaper and on website Organize introductory session led by staff bloggers to explain concept, demonstrate best practices. Give freebie such as mouse pad.

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05/03/23

Production of the Kansas City Star, The Oregonian, Sacramento Bee and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1

Community Engagement

SOB POST

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Tapping bloggers Draw community bloggers under the

newspapers’ online site. Increases interest in our site among those

already blogging Gives bloggers a larger readership for

their writing Expands the links to outside sites

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Production of the Kansas City Star, The Oregonian, Sacramento Bee and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 3

Recruiting the writers

Promotional stories and ads in newspaper and on website

Post information on Facebook and other social networking sites

Promotional stories and ads in newspaper and on website

Organize introductory session led by staff bloggers to explain concept, demonstrate best practices. Give freebie such as mouse pad.

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Production of the Kansas City Star, The Oregonian, Sacramento Bee and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 4

Visual page on site Photo of community bloggers Who am I? Bio Link to actual blog Blogger’s favorite links

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Creating the page Staff artist or page designer Intern or Consultant or professor

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Generating ad revenue Light fire under ad department Or Beg and grovel for attention from ad

department Local content is prime spot for local

businesses

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Assessment

Measure traffic to main blog page Monitor requests to join the page Track letters to the editor and other

feedback Monitor ad growth

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Search Me

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Optimizing keyword searches By paying more attention to

keyword use, we hope to get more attention from search engines, drawing traffic and expanding our influence.

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Tricks of the trade Learn what keywords are and where

to use them Train staff to use them in writing

online heads and copy Search for synonyms for the word

sex

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Doing it Write snappier keyword heads on

editorials, letters, opinion columns and blogs

Do it regularly until doing so becomes automatic, routine

Assign one staff member to handle this task

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How’d we do? Check Omniture for baseline Monitor hits regularly Produce monthly report to show

changes

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Neighborhood connections

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Got a problem in your neighborhood? Chances are, neighborhoods in

other cities have it too. Neighborhood Connections, a network of newspaper opinion web sites, can put you in touch with informed community leaders around the country.

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Call to action Post a description of your problem

in this space along with your email contact information.

Information will be disseminated to our network of neighborhood leaders in ?? cities across the country.

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Why do this? Establishes connections among various

news web sites Extends those connections to

neighborhood leaders Makes our sites a valuable contact point

for users Expands traditional role as community

forum

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Value Ad revenue prospects aren’t clear

but this continues a long-established tradition of public service