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Personal Life Media showcases Living Green with Meredith Medland of 3outcomes.com

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livinggreen.jpgPersonal Life Media, publisher of lifestyle content in the form of 15 weekly audio programs, podcasts and blogs for people on the leading edge of culture, announced that it is showcasing a special series on “Living Green: Effortless Ecology for Everyday People” an advertising and sponsorship-supported free podcast. Hosted by Meredith Medland, founder of 3outcomes.com and environmental blogger, Meredith confabs with professionals in the ecology and sustainable-living arena who have special requests for Americans who want to move to a more green way of life.

“Americans have varying levels of interest in the green movement and through my interviews and relationships with some of today’s foremost experts on how to live a sustainable lifestyle, we believe if we ‘challenge’ American citizens by providing simple ways they can incorporate living green into their busy lives, we would see a shift in thinking that no matter how small or seemingly insignificant a change is, it will make a difference,” Meredith Medland said.

Each week, Meredith’s guests provide one “small change” that American consumers can use to begin creating a healthier planet. [Read more…]

Originally posted on June 25, 2007 @ 2:30 pm

coComment announces low barrier for users wanting to ‘comment’

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cocomment.jpgcoComment, a platform for discovering conversations online, announced a new white-labeled service that provides online publishers with a better tool for managing and monitoring user-generated comments. This service enables online publishers to outsource user-generated comments in a seamless and branded way, directly from their site. Publishers gain the benefit of an easy to manage solution that provides their readers with a quick way to post comments. The coComment solution removes the need for new user-registrations on sites where users wish to contribute their comments and conversations relating to publishers’ content.

“Providing users with an instantly accessible way to submit comments on your site is one of the strongest things you can do to develop your online readership and brand,” stated Matt Colebourne, CEO for coComment. “We’re enabling companies to enhance their editorial through the voices of their readers.”

Originally posted on June 24, 2007 @ 10:11 pm

Podango’s P2 Platform now on beta

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podango.jpgPodango, a new media hosting, publishing and advertising platform, announced that a beta version of its P2 Platform is now available. The P2 Platform is designed to enable audio, video and blog publishers to deliver a fully integrated experience to their audience, in addition it makes it easy to embed media across sites, seamlessly add advertising and measure performance metrics. Publishers can start using the beta platform by creating their site at www.podango.com/p2.

Podango is providing podcasters (audio and video) with the most flexible and rich publishing platform. The platform’s rich feature set includes a complete set of tools for content creators including publishing tools for audio, video, and blogging, metric monitoring tools, search engine optimization (SEO), integrated advertising and the ability to embed the player in other sites. The streamlined end-user experience includes easy subscription, elegant presentation, and rich feedback mechanisms.

“With the launch of P2 beta, Podango is providing a single, complete, integrated platform for new media publishers,” said Lee Gibbons, CEO, Podango. “From hosting to monetizing to finding premiere content, the new media tools that are now available through Podango streamline the entire audio, video, and blog audience experience and publishing process.”

Originally posted on June 22, 2007 @ 4:50 am

BlogHer brings conference to Second Life

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blogher-sl.jpgBlogHer, a blogger community of women who write about various topics, announced today a virtual presence for its upcoming conference July 27-29 in Chicago. The chosen medium for this virtual extension? Second Life.

BlogHer plans to use the Second Life platform as a way to offer up the conference to those who cannot make it in person. It will be complete with general sessions, audio feeds, and a virtual cocktail party. BlogHer hopes the Second Life experience will provide “an interactive format designed to inspire discussion.”

The host of the BlogHer Second Life event will be BlogHer Contributing editor Erin Kotecki Vest of the Queen of Spain blog. Vest writes for the Huffington Post as well as covering politics and news for BlogHer.

“BlogHer is committed to providing leadership to women online about exciting new technologies that give us the power to connect with people and issues we care about,” said Lisa Stone, BlogHer Co-founder. “When Erin approached us about bringing BlogHer ’07 to Second Life, we saw the opportunity as one more way to serve our mission of creating opportunities for women who blog to gain additional exposure, education and community.”

Originally posted on June 20, 2007 @ 5:36 pm

Performancing releases WP theme for photobloggers

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photopress.jpgPerformancing announced the launch of its latest WordPress theme, Photopress.

Designed for photobloggers, Photopress is a one-column minimalist theme crafted for photobloggers to showcase their shots. Here is a preview of how the theme looks like and a download should you want to give it a try.

Editor’s Note: Performancing is owned by Splashpress Media, publisher of 901am.com

Originally posted on June 16, 2007 @ 9:25 am