Mark’s Blog

Last week I sat down to blog about the content of a recent British Government report on renewable energy. At the time my head was full of ideas and opinion on the subject, and as I love writing in a slightly cynical and sarcastic manner I was looking forward to coming up with some critical […]

Since I don’t typically write stuff that goes down well with the Digg audience I was pretty chuffed to wake up this morning and find that I had made the front page for my EcoWorldly piece on the impending extinction of the snowman.

Ok, it took a while, and it’s not exactly a lifetime […]

I’ve recently been considering the wider and more long term impact that social media may begin to have on the blogosphere, and on the web-media business in general.
Social media will undoubtedly change things for everybody, from bloggers at the lower end of the media food chain to the global news corporations at the top. Like […]

Been a more than busy week this week, with fewer posts than usual. Nonetheless..

EcoWorldly
Permanent Link to Grumpy Climate Change Commentator - Bangkok Climate Talks - A post written under the influence of the Monday Blues.
The Spy Who Was "Plane Stupid" - Was about to write something much more boring when this great story came along.
TalkClimateChange
Tired […]

A brief summary of my posts from this week.

EcoWorldly
Titanic’s Shipyard Builds Record Tidal Generator - An interesting headline, but not a great story to be honest.
British Busses: Actually Worse Than British Trains? - a topic that I have wanted to get off my chest for a while. Received some nice feedback from it too.

TalkClimateChange
Sir […]

 A guide to systematically troubleshooting your blog’s performance by focusing on the measures that make a difference.
This post was originally published on ProBlogger.
Apparently it’s really easy to get zillions of subscribers to your blog - Just follow a few simple steps, work hard and write good stuff. I know this, because I read it […]

Have been trying out a new idea to fully exploit the green options forums:
Following the news this week about the British Government potentially starting a significant nuclear development program together with France we thought it would be interesting to have an experts debate on this subject – so we are trying out “The Live […]

This post was originally published on TalkClimateChange.
TalkClimateChange began six months ago with our Forums, which have since hosted a lively debate on all aspects of the climate discussion – a debate which has inspired the TalkClimateChange blog read by several thousand people each week.
To continue to provide you with a lively debate, we’ve become […]

I find myself increasingly fascinated by the potential for blogging and believe we are going through an exciting time right now with many possibilities over the next years.
With this in mind I recently undertook a marketing analysis of the network blog space with a view to making potential strategy recommendations.
Some examples of this […]

This post was originally published on ProBlogger.

Image by Aaron Jacobs
Blogging is often more of a lifestyle choice than a hobby or a business model, and that choice often has its cost. Time spent writing content is the easy part - the total time and energy commitment for researching, tweaking, ferreting out new stories, obsessively checking […]

This post was originally published on ProBlogger.
Creative lapses are one of the biggest blog killers out there. Every blogger spends time staring at a blank screen searching for inspiration at some point, and few niches provide a steady stream of juicy news on which a blogger can instantly provide outpourings of captivating opinion.
Over time I’ve […]