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Korea Selects A Second Batch Of International Bloggers For Its National Blog
The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) has selected this year’s team of ‘Worldwide Korea Bloggers’ to help spread the word on Korean culture through their own blogs and via The Korea Blog, an English-language blog run by Korea.net – the official webpage of the Republic of Korea.
The Korea Blog has announced 30 foreign bloggers who have successfully applied to become ‘Worldwide Korea Bloggers’, joining 20 bloggers from the first batch of 42 who were Continue Reading
Digital Travel Market Predictions for 2012
All things change, and online they tend to change at a faster pace than anywhere else. So where’s the world of online travel going in the next 12 months? We talked to a group of industry leaders to find out.
It’s been an eventful 2011, with more blog trips and commercial partnerships with independent travel journalists than ever before. We’ve seen the quality of both writing and site design improve, as well as an increasing number of conferences and meetups Continue Reading
The Art of Effective Self Promotion
The moment any entrepreneur comes to the realization that their “if you build it, they will come” strategy missed the target, they quickly find themselves faced with the difficult task of getting their word out in a world full of attention seeking businesses.
When it comes to self-promotion and the art of tooting your own horn, a fine line exists between building name recognition and overdoing it to the point of becoming an annoyance. Establishing your brand in the marketplace Continue Reading
New Virtual World For Travel Blogger Parties?
A new Facebook app launched last week that could give travel bloggers a virtual chance to dress up and party in venues all over the world… even if, in reality, they are stuck in a remote wind-swept hostel somewhere in the Urals, or at home!
.Friends (Dot Friends) is still in beta, but the basic ingredients are all there: an editable avatar, a clothes shop and a selection of virtual clubs and bars, including Pete Cashmore’s Mashable Beach Continue Reading
British Prime Minister to get bespoke iPad App
UK government programmers are developing a personalised app for Prime Minister, David Cameron’s iPad, so he can have the latest National Health Service waiting-list figures, crime statistics, unemployment numbers and other key public sector statistics, at his fingertips.
The app, which is being developed by a new team of programmers recently hired by the Cabinet Office, will also feed in “real-time” information from the likes of Google & Twitter, and allow him to read Civil Service documents. It is expected Continue Reading