NPR - Not So Social Media

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Fast Company may have jumped aboard the Social Media bandwagon but National Public Radio (NPR) is still very much an old media company.

My Dad forwarded me a link to a funny song about blogging that he thought I’d enjoy.

Dad’s a wise man. He trained me as a kid to appreciate Mark Russell and his humor. We about wore out some of his old LP’s back in the day.

Dad sent me an email with a link to point me in the right direction. Here’s what he said.

Stumbled over this and thought you might get a chuckle:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6697451

Check out the link to The Life of a Blogger.

Hard to Share Content

He had to tell me where to go on the page to find the link to the content he was interested in sharing. It’s on that page on the link that says, “Listen: The Life of a Blogger”.

It is kind of a funny song. Go take a listen.

But how much better would it be, how much more would folks become aware of NPR and what great content they offer if they just made it a little easier to share the relevant content directly?

Make your content easy to share and more people will be exposed to your content.

A Little SOBCon Levity

You may not know Susan Reynolds. But I’m guessing you probably should. She bills herself as a new media consultant. And she is very active in Web 2.0 stuff like Twitter and Second Life.

But don’t let that fool you. Susan also has a remarkable creative streak. You may recall from my birthday last month, it was Susan who created my very own Chris Cree postage stamp to help me celebrate.

Well Susan’s been at it again, exercising her creativity. This time she’s stepping over into video.

Susan posted some Spicy Buzz Hits of the Blogosphere featuring Yours Truly partnered with Liz Strauss strutting our collective stuff in a little salsa dancing.

I’ve been out of the loop for a bit and didn’t realize that Susan has turned this bit of silliness into a regular feature over at her place. It caught me totally off guard. Be sure to check her blog on the weekends and find out who her next victims will be.

Just one note of caution before you click play on this little video piece Susan cooked up: DO NOT take a sip of coffee before clicking the play button. If you do it just might end up all over your screen and keyboard. (I was laughing so loud when I saw it Gorgeous demanded to see it too. And yes, she thought it was hysterical too.)

Thank you Susan. I really needed that laugh last night.

Enjoy!