RE: Questions about Blogs

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Pfotenhauer, Emily K - WHS (Emily.Pfotenhauer@wisconsinhistory.org)
Fri, 3 Sep 2010 10:49:52 -0500



From: "Pfotenhauer, Emily K - WHS" <Emily.Pfotenhauer@wisconsinhistory.org>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 10:49:52 -0500
Subject: RE: Questions about Blogs
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Hi Sara,

I have been using Wordpress.com for a blog for the past couple of years, an d like it quite a bit. It's free and pretty easy to use. I use it to share photos and info about my site visits and research (http://wisconsinobject.w ordpress.com) I don't get a huge number of hits, but there have been severa l interesting conversations generated in the comments.

Wordpress blogs do show up in Google and I think that's one of the main way s people have found my blog. In fact, Wordpress tracks the "search engine t erms" that brought people to the blog, which can be very interesting (and s urprising!)

Hope that helps. Emily

Emily Pfotenhauer Project Coordinator, Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database Wisconsin Historical Society 816 State Street Room 229 Madison, WI 53706 608-264-6526 emily.pfotenhauer@wisconsinhistory.org http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/decorativearts

Collecting, Preserving and Sharing Stories Since 1846
________________________________________ From: localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu [ [localhistory-request@listser ve.uwec.edu] On Behalf Of sara steele [smsteele@wisc.edu] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 2:27 PM To: localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu Subject: Questionis about Blogs

Hi

Which Historical Societies are using blogs? I have the same questions that
 Jarrod has about FaceBook but am several months behind and am just consid ering doing some informal blogging perhaps as a means of sharing some of th e photos in our photo collection and some of my views of the difference bet ween collecting photos as visual records and accepting them like other muse um items.

We currently share our photos to illustrate text in specific-topics report s which run about 50 pages and are run by a printer--often with color cover s--extemely reasonable costwise. We do not have a website.

In addition to Jarrod's questions, I'd love to have help from an individaul
 who rememers how they got a site and got started with a blog.

Indivduals or societies who use all three can be helpful in sharing compari sons in terms of roles and uses.

Another question, sort of like Jerrod's last one is how do people locate a blog? Do they show up when you google? Thank you!

History of image production On a different subject a descendent of the man who built the first house in
 Cottage Grove in 1841 has sent a photo of the man. She also has emailed m e a quick history of periods different techniques were used. If she is wil ling, would you like me to post her message? I had asked how glass plates fit chronologically with tintypes. I am not sure I understand her reply in
 that glass was used in both of the techniques before tintypes came along i n the 1850s.

Sara Steele Text Archivist Cottage Grove Area Historical Society
----- Original Message ----- From: Monroe County Local History Room<mailto:mclhr@centurytel.net> To: localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu<mailto:localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 3:49 PM Subject: Facebook: necessary evil or PR godsend?

Hello everyone.

Our museum does not currently have a Facebook presence but we’re looking into it. I know little of Facebook and have trepidation about starting up without knowing more about how effective this format has been for small his torical societies and museums for networking. I was wondering if I could a sk those of you who operate Facebook accounts for your historical organizat ion some questions?

--what do you wish you knew when you first started your Facebook page that you know now?

--what tips could you share to make an organization’s Facebook page succe ssful and worthwhile?

--what warnings would you share?

--how much time do you (should you) devote to maintaining your Facebook pag e? How often do you post stuff? I guess I’m concerned about the time com mitment.

--do you find that genealogists appreciate and use it to share/communicate info about family history? Does it work as a listserv?

Thanks!

Jarrod M. Roll

Director - County Historian

Monroe County Local History Room & Museum

200 West Main St.

Sparta, WI 54656

608-269-8680

MCLHR@centurytel.net

www.MCLHR.org



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