{"id":721,"date":"2006-06-05T05:47:34","date_gmt":"2006-06-05T09:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/floyd_area_blog"},"modified":"2006-06-05T05:47:34","modified_gmt":"2006-06-05T09:47:34","slug":"floyd_area_blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=721","title":{"rendered":"Floyd  area bloggers to meet Thursday June 8th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I will be hosting another gathering of bloggers at the Cafe del Sol in Floyd, VA on Thursday morning starting at 11:00am. It is open to all bloggers and would-be bloggers and will be relatively unstructured. This is not a presentation. It is an exchange of information and a chance to meet other area bloggers.<\/p>\n<p>Bring your laptop as there is free wi-fi available at the Cafe Del Sol.<\/p>\n<p>You might enjoy reading Seth Godin&#8217;s recent ebook, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogwriteforceos.com\/blogwrite\/files\/whos_there-1.pdf\">Who&#8217;s There<\/a>. He describes three types of blogs: Cat blogs, Boss Blogs, and Viral blogs,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Cat Blogs: A cat blog is about your cat and your dating travails and your boss and whatever you feel like sharing&#8230; &quot; <\/p>\n<p>Boss Blogs: A boss blog is a way to communicate to a specific group. <\/p>\n<p>Viral Blogs: These are the blogs that are changing the face of<br \/>\nmarketing, journalism and the spread of ideas&#8230; they&#8217;re viral blogs<br \/>\nbecause the goal of the blog is to spread ideas.&quot;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>No matter what kind of blog you have you are welcome at this meeting. Incidently, &quot;What kind of blog do you have?&quot;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I will be hosting another gathering of bloggers at the Cafe del Sol in Floyd, VA on Thursday morning starting at 11:00am. It is open to all bloggers and would-be bloggers and will be relatively unstructured. This is not a presentation. It is an exchange of information and a chance to meet other area bloggers.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=721\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1831],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3R4iK-bD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}