Getting involved in the blogosphere involves both publishing a blog, and promoting your opinions on other blogs. An effective blog outreach strategy might include the following tasks:
- First, know where the conversations are taking place. We monitor blogs using a couple of free and easy tools including Technorati and Bloglines. Click here for a more complete list.
- Join the conversations. You should be contributing to online conversations in your field. This might involve commenting on relevant blogs when/where appropriate – for example if a notable blog is making false assumptions about an issue. Remember to check the USITW messaging points to frame your responses on blogs.
- Promote your organization’s work and opinion on related blogs – for example if a blogger is talking about an issue you’ve just written a report on, write a comment linking to the report.
Here is an example of some search results we found on the search term "Food Crisis"
From Technorati (which returned 33,381 posts)
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Food crisis spurs research spending. Can crowdsourcing help in Agriculture research?
http://www.onemoreidea.org/ food-crisis-spurs-research-spending-can-crowdsourcin…
19 minutes ago in Brij’s One More Idea · Authority: 16Any takers for data consolidation project to better guide agriculture research - “Beintema’s ASTI initiative is involved in a project with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to explore the potential for greater agricultural research collaborations between developing nations.
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Amid mounting food crisis, governments fear revolution of the hungry http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 04/ 30/ amid-mounting-food-crisis-gov…
7 minutes ago by DandelionSalad in Dandelion Salad · Authority: 640Dandelion Salad by Bill Van Auken Global Research, April 30, 2008 wsws ... and Canada—made virtually no mention of the global food crisis, referring in only one brief reference ...
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NRCC - ICYMI: Pelosi's Congress: "Incompetent and Irresponsible" http://www.nhinsider.com/ press-releases/ 2008/ 4/ 30/ nrcc-icymi-pelosis-congre…
1 minute ago in NH INSIDER- Your Source for NH Politics - Press Releases · Authority: 45“We've said it before, but we'll say it again: This Congress is possibly the most irresponsible in ... “Americans who are worried about the direction of their country, including runaway energy and food ... , lambasting lawmakers for fiddling while the energy crisis burns.
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We’re seeding a trend here… http://www.ethicurean.com/ 2008/ 04/ 30/ victory-gardens-update/
20 minutes ago by DairyQueen in The Ethicurean: Chew the right thing. · Authority: 473Maybe a collective spring fever is making its way around the Internet, ... step of planting a garden and raising their own food. Pollan’s comments echoed a couple of recent ...
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16 Stories to Read http://quinnell.us/ sspb/ ?p=1645
40 minutes ago in Florida Progressive Coalition Blog · Authority: 102This is our regular feature where every day I do a quick post with the top posts/stories that I ... that I’ve still got a week ’til payday, and due to crazy insane prices on food and gas, I’ve only got ... about the current budget crisis and the state’s archaic tax/funding system.
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Going green: So, is biofuel actually in our best interests? http://www.crunchgear.com/ 2008/ 04/ 30/ going-green-so-is-biofuel-actually-in-o…
36 minutes ago by crunchgear in CrunchGear · Authority: 3,744[ biofueeeeeel] Using excess or leftover corn as a fuel source sure sounded like a good idea, ... covering some sort of food crisis. The Readers Digest version of the crisis is, as a result rising oil ...
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More Republicans Back Democrats' Housing Rescue http://www.truthout.org/ docs_2006/ 043008O.shtml
41 minutes ago in t r u t h o u t | News Politics · Authority: 2,581Back Democrats' Housing Rescue Former Pastor's Latest Comments "Outrage" Obama White House Undermines EPA on Cancer Risks Iraq Jumps Into US-Iran Tussle Cheney Lawyer Claims Congress Has No Authority Over Vice President UN Taskforce to Tackle Global Food
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Global Food Crisis Presents Mounting Challenges for Aid Groups http://philanthropy.com/ news/ philanthropytoday/ 4541/ global-food-crisis-prese…
21 minutes ago in Philanthropy Today - Philanthropy.com · Authority: 222The sudden increase in food prices around the world is challenging aid groups, ... and the quickness with which it’s arisen has kind of swamped us.” Ms. Anderson says the food crisis ...
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What Does the Increase of Food Prices Imply for the World? http://english.safe-democracy.org/ 2008/ 04/ 30/ what-does-the-increase-of-food-…
1 hour ago by SafeDemocracy in Safe Democracy Foundation · Authority: 21What Does the Increase of Food Prices Imply for the World? Keys for confronting a global crisis ... that makes the poorest even poorer By Ricardo Israel Zipper, 30th April 2008 rizhambre.jpg Food
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Biofuels Backlash: Asian Palm-Oil Producers Shut Plants http://blogs.wsj.com/ environmentalcapital/ 2008/ 04/ 30/ biofuels-backlash-asia…
1 hour ago in Environmental Capital - WSJ.com · Authority: 117U.S. and European biofuel producers are singing the blues these days. But that’s nothing compared to the tsunami overwhelming Asian biofuel makers. The good news? There may actually be a silver lining to it all.
From Bloglines (which returned 112,200 posts)
Jeff Madrick: Bush on the Economy: Too Bitter, Too Late
And food and fuel prices keep rising with frightening speed. ... What else? Something to stem the severity of the housing crisis.
Story link: Afghans face looming food crisis...
The Price of Rice
The International Rice Research Institute lists a far more complex series of causes for the current crisis: bad weather, drop in yield...
We’re seeding a trend here…
Extolling the benefits of producing food at home in the face of a national or international crisis is hardly new (though Kat’s tongue-in...
Fuel for Thought [A Few Things Ill Considered]
...but
he has a particularily well done essay up on Gristmill about some of
the deeper implications and causes of the current global food crisis.
UN food supremo warns against 'knee-jerk' response to biofuels
A senior UN official who will lead a top international task force on the global food price crisis warned Wednesday against a hasty response to the
Going green: So, is biofuel actually in our best interests?
...have noticed an uptick in the number of stories covering some sort of food crisis. The Readers Digest version of the crisis is, as a result...
Joe Lauria: What Exactly is Rev. Wright Saying?
There is a feeling of impending crisis in the air: energy and food shortages, a new war with Iran. Now is the time to speak out.
Corporate Vultures Lurk Behind the World Food Crisis
Global Food Crisis Presents Mounting Challenges for Aid Groups
Ms. Anderson says the food crisis has affected other programs as well. “You can’t talk to someone about economic-development programs when...
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