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BYU shuffles offensive line after Saturday's disaster at Virginia
The Salt Lake Tribune
Published: September 3, 2013 09:31PM
Updated: September 4, 2013 04:05PM
Brigham Young running back Jamaal Williams (21) fumbles then recovers the ball next to Virginia safety Anthony Harris (8) and Virginia linebacker Daquan Romero (13) during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, in Charlottesville, Va. Virginia defeated Brigham Young 19-16. (AP Photo/The Daily Progress, Andrew Shurtleff)
Well, that didn't take long, did it?
BYU's offensive coaches are already shuffling the offensive line, after Saturday's disastrous showing at Virginia.
"Well, we are going to do some shuffling of the line, and we are going to see how other guys respond," offensive coordinator Robert Anae told reporters after practice on Tuesday night. "We've got four guys right now who look to be holding their spots."
Perhaps the biggest surprise is that the only full-time returning starter on the o-line, sophomore Ryker Mathews, has been benched.
Sophomore Michael Yeck will take Mathews' spot at left tackle. Yeck started at right tackle vs. UVa.
Senior Manaaki Vaitai, who had the best game of any o-lineman against Virginia, has cracked the starting lineup and will be the left guard on Saturday.
Sophomore Terrrance Alletto holds onto his spot as the center.
Junior Brock Stringham will move from right guard to right tackle.
As of Tuesday, coaches aren't sure who will start at right guard. Candidates are freshman Brad Wilcox, walk-on Kyle Johnson, Mathews, junior college transfer De'Ondre Wesley or perhaps freshman Brayden Kearsley.
"As of Tuesday, we've got four starters. So we are still looking for that fifth one," Anae said. "That still remains to be earned."
Asked specifically about Kearsley, who made the trip to Virginia but did not play, Anae said: "We are hoping that Brayden will come along and do that, we certainly are. Whether he is that or not this week, remains to be seen."
What's holding the highly touted blocker back?
"Well, there is a lot going in. He's a true freshman. There's a lot of development. And, there's competition. So those things put together are at the heart of it," Anae said.
Earlier Tuesday, Mathews appeared in the interview room and acknowledged that he played poorly and was disappointed in himself in the way he played. I asked him about his health after double-hip surgery last winter, and he said he is about an eight on a scale of one to 10.
"We still don't know yet [if Mathews is fully recovered]," Anae said. "Haven't heard from the trainers, what his condition is. So I am waiting to hear. But right now our starting left tackle is Michael Yeck. Brock [Stringham] is moving over to right tackle, yes indeed."
Anae did not have an injury update on the two starters who will potentially miss the Texas game, receiver Cody Hoffman and linebacker Uani Unga.
He did say that Hoffman has not been cleared to practice yet, after missing the UVa game with hamstring issues.
As for running back Jamaal Williams, who carried the ball 33 times against the 'Hoos, Anae said he's sore.
"He carried a really big load. Obviously, he was a little on the ginger side yesterday, but he pushed through it pretty good. Today, he pushed through as well, but the other guys got the lion's share of the load today, and today was a real big work day. So I am confident in our running backs. We have a really good stable. And whoever is in there, I am confident they will run hard, and they will know what they are doing."
I will post video of Anae's chat with reporters later tonight, or tomorrow. Until then, here's more of what the offensive coordinator had to say today:
Opening statement:
"We have all challenged ourselves to put last week's game behind us. I am comfortable that all the things that needed to be said about last week have been said. We are pushing on and looking forward to this upcoming week.
We do look forward to improving ourselves in a couple of areas.
One is giving better protection to our quarterback. And No. 2, better blocking for our running back.
And we need to secure the ball. We had a couple of them on the ground. Luckily we jumped on them, so that's been our primary focus this week as developing ourselves as a group that can not only go fast, but can go hard. That's been our focus."
On what positives he can take from Virginia game:
"Well, I do believe we came away from that game with a little better understanding of who we are. Going into this week, our focus is on that: not who we aren't, but who we are. And I think we can develop into a pretty tough team, running the football. I think we can improve ourselves in the pass game, and include our focus in not just throwing, but catching the ball and protecting in the pass game. So those things I think we bring away from that challenge and our looking forward to this week."
On coach Garett Tujague and Roger French and their relationship:
"Coach French called after the game, and he reminded me of his first game here, in 1980. And it was not as disastrous as that. He said, 'you guys just stay the course.' And that's exactly what we are doing. We are going to stay the course. Nothing is changing, other than our determination to get better at what we are doing, have a much harder edge, more purpose when we do things."
On why the tight end wasn't used a lot:
"A lot of that depends on what you call the tight end. Every formation we have has one of those in it."
On why they didn't throw to the tight end as much:
"Well, maybe we didn't complete it as much. To get the ball throw to you, you are going to have to get open. And obviously, you are going to have to catch the ball when it comes to you. And not have the thing go through your hands. So all of that is implied. We would certainly like to have that at a higher level, no doubt."
On Taysom Hill's progression:
"You know, we are all involved in the pass game. It starts with the offensive line. Obviously, it starts with the snap of the ball. Then the blocking. If you are targeting right, and the protection has a nice, big pocket, and the receivers are open, I really like Taysom Hill as a quarterback. He's excellent. But very few of those things were in place, and we are looking forward to this week having a much better grip on the other 10 guys on the field and what they are doing.
You cannot really judge a quarterback unless that part gets fixed. And we are in the process of doing that. Far from a completed deal."
On the game plan last week and so many interior runs:
"We are going to be who we are. And I think this week we will have a better feel of who we are than we did last week. So tune in. That's all I can say. And I am confident that we will be a better version of who we are than we were last week."
On Taysom running eight times:
"A lot of that is determined by the defense, so when a certain play is called, I am not the one that is putting it ... you know we scheme things. Sometimes they are just called pulls, and other times they are reads, and so I try to strike a good balance and look at the health of our quarterback. Boy, he slugged it out. Tried to avoid running him, running him, running him. We put him in a position to do more throwing, because the upside there is going to be tremendous.
When it all falls into place, everybody will go, 'oh, I see. I get it.' The first game, sophomore year, I am sure there are plenty of wild conclusions.
But tune in. Like they said in the Batman thing, tune in to next week."
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Were you as excited as I was for Downton Abbey's season 3 premiere on Sunday? 7.9 million Americans tuned in and frankly, it's the only thing that some of my friends can talk about.
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Fashion blogs have exploded with posts on how to incorporate little touches from the Teens and Twenties for a retro yet forward-thinking wardrobe inspired by Lady Mary, Edith, and Sybil.
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It seems like almost every inch of Highclere Castle, where Downton Abbey is filmed, is covered in Damask wallpaper. However, in less grand settings this choice can look dowdy. Unless, of course, you pick a thoroughly modern palette; then it just looks awesome.
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My grandmother is an antiques dealer; she once owned her own shop and now she sells primarily online. From an early age she instilled in me a love of old things and a hunter's instinct for a good deal. As a little girl I often went with her to auctions and flea markets looking for inventory for her shop. Sometimes I was even designated the haggler, because who could say no to an eight year old when she's offering you a quarter for that mint condition, highly collectible vintage doll? To say I enjoyed these trips with my grandmother would be an understatement; I absolutely loved them.
Flea markets, both close to home and when I'm travelling, can still fill me with the same excitement today. Here are a few tips I've learned from my grandmother and from my own experiences that will hopefully make your next flea market trip a successful one.
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Do Your Research Beforehand
The atmosphere in a busy flea market can be frenzied and often you don't have much time to decide on purchases. It helps to do a little research beforehand. If you have your heart set on original art or local collector's pieces you can research signs of authenticity, markings etc. so you'll be able to come to a decision speedily and move on to the next booth.
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More Tourists Equals Fewer Deals
Flea markets abroad can definitely be tourist traps where you won't find the deals and quality goods you are looking for. If you can, try to find out where the locals go in order to get the best finds. Locating a market off the beaten track will also usually lead to better deals than one in the centre of a big city.
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Only Buy What You Can't Live Without
Faced with a box full of cheap and beautiful trinkets it can be tempting to just buy everything, but when you get home you might discover those precious purchases look a little bit more like junk than jewels when you can't figure out where to put them. Try to evaluate each potential purchase individually: Do you love it? Have you ever seen anything like it before? What will you use it for? These are all good questions to ask yourself to ensure that you will be satisfied with your buys long after the thrill of the hunt has worn off.
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Come Prepared
If you know you're going to be doing some serious shopping you don't want to have to take multiple trips to the car, so bring a collapsible shopping cart or some large shopping bags to carry purchases that you pick up along the way.
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The Go Early or Go Late Dilemma
First thing in the morning you are likely to get the best selection, but don't expect to score many deals. Conversely, if you go at the end of the day the selection may be narrowed but as people are starting to pack up their booths they may be willing to cut you a deal, they'd rather sell it than carry it back home.
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Haggle Respectfully
A little bit of "price negotiation" is often expected at most flea markets but depending on where you are in the world you will find that the protocol varies significantly. The best thing I can recommend is to haggle respectfully. The person selling the item you want to buy wants to make a living, and they have a good idea of what they can afford to let something go for. It never hurts to suggest a lower price or ask for a deal, just do so without being a bully.
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That's all for today's flea market guide. Have you been to any amazing flea markets around the world? Any one-of-a-kind finds? I'd love to hear where you've been and what you've found on your travels.
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My partner is King of Clutter. It can be so disheartening because while I don't like a mess, the stuff can be hard to battle as it piles up and up and up. But I am happy to say that I think I have finally won the heart and mind of the king vis-a-vis this crap, and together we waged war against it, tackling the clutter pile by pile. Several trips to Goodwill later, many hours at the shredder, this place is looking fresh!
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We started by cleaning out the closets which seems counter-intuitive. But it's a step I can't recommend highly enough if you're like us and stuff your closets with the stuff you rarely use. We set a stale-date for the closet discoveries: if it hasn't been used (and in many cases even thought about) in a year, can we really make a case for keeping it? So this is how we started the giveaway pile: toys, books, CDs, furniture, clothes, kitchen gadgets.
The next step was to get on with organizing the closets, which included putting up extra shelving so to best maximize space.
While this closet purging created waaaaay more chaos in the already chaotic apartment, it was necessary. Not only do we have more storage space in the closets, it got us in the right Get-Rid-Of-It frame of mind, which is how you want the stage set. No namby-pamby sentimentality about that TTC transfer from that "special day".
The Do-We-Need-It? Box
The next step, which we return to in a couple of weeks, was to go through the kitchen drawers, the "miscellaneous" drawers, the counter and renegade surface piles. We filed what needed to filed, returned home the articles that had a designated space. The rest we boxed and will return to in 4-6 weeks. If in that time we don't go in the box for it, then it gets tossed. Whatever we do use gets a permanent home.
Organizing The Rest With Pretty Boxes
It turns out that boxes are my best friend! (Or at least in the inanimate category.) Lidded ones and decorative ones especially. They are beautiful and functional and hide the crazy so perfectly. Greentea Design has the most amazing collection of antique storage boxes from all over Asia. I've got one that sits prettily in a display nook, hiding of all things, tools, lightbulbs, tape and batteries (hey it's out of reach of tiny curious hands, but still easy to access).
Here are some others in the showroom right now:
Tibetan chest adorned with fur
Handpainted antique storage box
Chest from Tibet adorned with leather
We stocked up on boxes of various sizes from IKEA, office supply places, etc. There seems to be no better time to find this stuff then during this Back-to-School season. Many of the things that were sitting out now have permanent homes in these boxes that are stored neatly on top of our bookcases, in closets, and the loveliest of them in plain sight.
It's been a lot of work, but well worth it. Home should be relaxing, the place to recharge, and your environment needs to reflect this. And finally ours does.
How do you control clutter?
It's Foodie Tuesday
Image via A La Mode
Chopsticks really are an icon of Asian culture. It's easy to see why when we stare down at our own place setting. Two tapered sticks to replace both fork and knife. Chopsticks seem to embody grace and exoticism for many in this neck of the woods.
It's believed that chopsticks made their appearance about 5000 years ago in China, born out of necessity in the woods, two slim twigs were broken from a tree and used to remove food from a pot cooking over an open fire. But it was when a very popular vegetarian named Confucius proclaimed that knives had no place at the dinner table, linking their use with aggression, 500 years ago that their use and place in Asian society was permanently elevated.
Image via Etsy.
In the days of yore chopsticks were often a marker of wealth, some fashioned out of precious metals including gold and silver or emblazoned with beautiful calligraphy or carvings. Emperors in China even used their silver chopsticks to test foods for poison, believing that the silver colour would tarnish in the presence of toxins.
Antique Chopstick Holders from Greentea Design.
Shape and decoration evolved by country and today there are lots of conventions, from culture to culture, that dictate good manners and proper etiquette around the table. And that evolution continues today with all sorts of modern design and expanded functionality.
Images via Toxel
Image via Anthropologie
And it's not just modern designs that have emerged. Fascination with chopsticks have led designers to use chopsticks as a building material. Here are some transformations of this ubiquitous eating utensil:
Over at Ready Made, Tina Baine posted this beautiful fruit bowl she fashioned out of chopsticks. It's striking and sculptural. It's also collapsable when not in use, for quick and easy storage. Directions to make your own can be found here.
Over at Weirdomatic I saw these Sea Urchin Lights fashioned from chopsticks by LaCor Furniture.
Image via Curbly
And finally the piece de resistance: the expanding contracting chopstick sofa-chair, called SOFA_XXXX by Yuya Ushida, made from 8000 chopsticks. Visit Freshome for a video of this sofa's transformation.
If you're among the many here who haven't quite mastered the use of chopsticks, perhaps one of these projects is for you. Put those takeout chopsticks taking up all that room in your drawer to good use!
A Love of All Things Asian: The Freer Gallery's Peacock Room
I tend to think of the influence of Asian art on Western design as being a recent trend but in fact it has had a significant impact for over 150 years.
Katsushika Hokusai, South Wind, Clear Sky (1830-1833)
Photo: The British Museum
In the 1860's, Japan opened up to international trade, which provided Europe with greater access to the Ukiyo-e woodblock prints that were gaining popularity in France. The style of artists like Katsushika Hokusai was completely different from the realism found in traditional European painting at the time.
Mary Cassatt, Maternal Caress (1891)
Photo: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artists of the Impressionist and later movements emulated the clean lines and bold colours of the Japanese masters, as well as the scenes of everyday life and landscapes.
Vincent Van Gogh (after Eisen), La Courtisane (1887)
Photo: Hokusai Online
People in Paris and London went crazy for all things Japanese, including ceramics, bronzes, and clothing items like kimonos and fans. As interest in the East grew, so too did an interest in the art of other cultures, like China.
19th Century Dress Made from a Kimono
Photo: The Dreamtress
Perhaps the greatest example of this fascination with incorporating elements of Asian culture in 19th century design is The Peacock Room. Originally created for British shipping magnate Frederick Leyland to showcase his Chinese porcelain collection, it was redecorated in blue and gold by James McNeill Whistler in the 1870's to reflect the patterns of Leyland's ceramics. Whistler even installed one of his Japanisme paintings, The Princess from the Land of Porcelain, above the mantle.
The Peacock Room
Photo: Picturing AmericaMIAC
In 1908, Charles Lang Freer purchased the room and it shipped to America and installed in his house in Detroit. Like Leyland, he used the space to display his collection of Asian and Islamic ceramics.
The Peacock Room
Photo: The Freer Gallery
The room has once again been transported, this time to the Freer Gallery in Washington, D.C., complete with its ceramics just as it stood in Detroit. I recently visited the Freer to view its collection of Islamic art but ended up spending almost an hour in this room. I was mesmerized by the rich gold and bluish-green colour scheme; it was both overwhelming and comforting and if I didn't have a train to catch, I could have spent the rest of the day there taking in the many wondrous details.
The Peacock Room
Photo: Smithsonian Studio Art Blog
Since then, I have found myself a little obsessed with this space, wondering if a modernized version might be possible. Peacock blue has been a popular paint colour in recent years, and that would be the easiest fix, with added touches of gold and a few Asian accessories.
Photo: House of Turquoise via Vignette Design
If you want to go really bold, you could use vintage-style wallpaper, like this damask print.
Photo: Kaboodle
I think the Victorian horror vacui wallpaper/painting is a little much (and who can afford to have someone like Whistler come and paint their living room?) but a screen with a peacock design would help to evoke its spirit.
Photo: Whitehaven Interiors
Perhaps the easiest way to replicate the Japanisme décor of the original room is with groupings of Asian ceramics or other collectables.
Photo: Greentea Design
These don't need to be precious antiques and in fact I think it would be far more interesting to use modern items, perhaps set on gold lacquered shelves against a bold blue background.
Photo: Greentea Design
If you are in Washington, I urge you to visit The Peacock Room at the Freer Gallery. If you can't, you can at least take a virtual tour online. But what I would really like to see is your interpretation of this Western take on Eastern style. Have you mixed East and West in your décor?


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Missed or Irregular Periods - Home Treatment
There is no home treatment for missed or irregular periods. But the following information may help you find the cause of your missed or irregular periods:
- Eat a balanced diet. Being underweight or overweight can cause missed and irregular periods. For more information, see the topics Healthy Eating and Weight Management.
- If you are an endurance athlete, you may have to cut back on your training. Be sure to talk with your doctor about hormone and calcium supplements to protect against bone loss if you are missing periods. For more information, see the topic Fitness.
If you think you might be pregnant
Do a home pregnancy test if you had sex since your last period. If the result is positive, practice the following good health habits until you see your doctor:
- Eat a balanced diet.
- Do not smoke or use other tobacco products.
- Do not use alcohol or drugs.
- Avoid caffeine, or limit your intake to about 1 cup of coffee or tea each day.
- Do not clean a cat litter box, to avoid the risk of toxoplasmosis.
- Avoid people who are ill.
- Take a vitamin supplement that contains folic acid or a prenatal vitamin.
If the home pregnancy test is negative but you continue to have pregnancy symptoms, it is a good idea to see your doctor to confirm the results. Practice good health habits until you see your doctor.
Symptoms to watch for during home treatment
Call your doctor if any of the following occur during home treatment:
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I have no idea.
But, I'm too concerned to say I'm happy. I'm not. I'm scared shitless for both Mia and Sadie, and I hardly know them.
It makes me feel guilty for not getting to know people and for being all shy and shit. Does that make sense? I feel stupid.
I don't even know how I feel. Or how I'm supposed to feel. I'm just hoping that everything'll be okay.
But, seriously, on a lighter note, I like emails. From people. (take the hint, please) I love to help people, so, seriously, email me. I probably sound like such a creeper D:


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RIDGELAND, MS (WLBT) – The grills were fired up in Ridgeland Saturday for Hamstock 2010.
The barbeque and music festival was held in Ridgeland's Jackson Street District.
It offered ten hours of cooked pork, live bands and family fun.
Fourteen teams competed, putting their top secret recipes to the test.
The MBN sanctioned barbeque cook off for pros and amateurs offers more than $4,000.00 in cash prizes.
One team, the Red Hot Smokers, is from Olive Branch.
"We all compete. Everybody cooks a hog shoulder or rib. Today we just did shoulders and ribs and your goal is to get to finals. So we made finals in shoulders today, and then we made finals in ribs today. We had a good day," said Wayne Booth of the Red Hot Smokers.
The event was free and all proceeds benefit Adams Project Incorporated.
Eight year old Adam Malone of Ridgeland suffers from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and efforts are underway to build an all access playground at Ridgeland's park.
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Our program's mission is to help students who are failing academically and socially to develop the identity and values they need to be successful in life. To better accommodate each student's individual needs, we approach therapy and treatment in a variety of ways:
In addition to our in-school services, we provide an eight-week summer program for at-risk students. This summer program is open to students from Little Rock, North Little Rock and the surrounding areas. In a positive, structured environment students learn about:
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Last month, Yahoo! and Google launched a couple of contests (separately), and this week both are announcing the finalists.
First up, Yahoo! is looking for a new Yodel, and they received 21,000 entries. They've narrowed it down to three contestants each for the US, UK and India. Click on the links below to view the finalists' entries and cast your vote:
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Meanwhile, Google launched a contest to see where the new Street View vehicle, Google Trike would go. They received 25,000 suggestions, 44% of which were college campuses. Below are the finalists for the various categories. You can cast your vote at Google.com/trike.
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From Where?
The origin of the Polynesian branch of the human family is nebulous. Analogies have been traced to Egypt, India, Persia, and South America, but no evidence has been uncovered to lend conclusive credence to these theories. Affinities with the Egyptians and Indonesians give weight to the belief that the Polynesians may have had their beginnings in Egypt, so journed in Indonesia for a time, and then made their way east into the Pacific. As to anthropological characteristics, they are probably a composite of the main divisions of the human race but do not constitute a race in their own right.
In his An Account of the Polynesian Race, Abraham Fornander summarizes the migrations of the Polynesians as follows:
"At the close of the first and during the second century of the present era the Polynesians left the Asiatic Archipelago and entered the Pacific, establishing themselves on the Fiji group, and thence spreading to the Samoa, Tonga and other groups eastward and northward.
"During the fifth century A. D., Polynesians settled on the Hawaiian Islands, and remained there, comparatively unknown, until:
"The eleventh century A. D., when several parties of fresh emigrants from the Marquesas, Society and Samoan groups arrived at the Hawaiian Islands, and, for the space of five or six generations, revived and maintained an active intercourse with the first named groups; and
"From the close of the above migratory era, which may be roughly fixed . . . about twenty-one generations ago, Hawaiian history runs isolated from the other Polynesian groups, until their rediscovery by Captain Cook in 1778."
Fornander's assertions are based on exhaustive research into Polynesian legends and traditions and reasonable confirmation with established historical events.
The conquest of the Pacific by the Europeans began with Magellan, who discovered a western passage to the east in 1520. Sailing under the Spanish flag, he set the course for subsequent discoveries and explorations by the Spanish, French, Dutch, and English. Mendana, Torres, Schouten, Bougainville, Tasman, La Perouse, and Cookthese are some of the discoverers who brought the beginning of the end to centuries of myth and legend and conjecture. A sense of duty to save souls from purgatory, lures of fabulous wealth, colonial expansion, and searches for new trade routes and sources were the motivating factors behind these explorations.
Most illustrious among the many explorers of the Pacific was Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy. Born in 1728, he went to sea early in his youth and quickly established a reputation as an outstanding astronomer and mariner. He made three voyages into the Pacific between 1768 and 1779, discovering many new lands and changing many geographical concepts. The new knowledge that he gave to the world made him immortal.
The third and last of Cook's voyages resulted in his discovery of the Hawaiian Islands on January 18, 1778. Of this momentous feat he recorded a simple entry in his journal: "An island appeared, bearing north east-by east. Not long after, more land was seen, which bore north, and was totally detached from the former."
Oahu, Kauai, and Niihau are the islands which Cook and his men had seen. They were unaware of the existence of the other islands in the archipelago. After provisioning his ships, Cook sailed into the North Pacific in search of the legendary Northwest Passage. In February 1779 he returned to Hawaii and discovered the other islands in the group.
Cook had a fondness for the Hawaiians, writing of them: "We met with less reserve and suspicion in our intercourse with the people of this island than we had ever experienced among any tribe of savages. The inhabitants of Tahiti have not that confidence in our integrity. Whence it may be inferred that those of Hawaii are more faithful in their dealings with others than the Tahitians."
It is an irony of fate that these hospitable people, of whom he thought so much, brought the end to his brilliant career in 1779. In a skirmish precipitated over the loss of one of his ship's small boats, Cook was stabbed to death at Kealakekua Bay. By this time, the path had been prepared for the traders, missionaries, and whalers who were to follow.
The Hawaiian Islands were consolidated into a kingdom by Kamehameha I, who abolished the ancient system of government by district chieftains and appointed governors over the principal islands. The Hawaiian monarchy lasted until the reign of Queen Liliuokalani, whose government was overthrown in 1893. The Republic of Hawaii succeeded the provisional government established after the deposal of Liliuokalani, and in 1898 the islands were annexed by the United States. Two years later, Congress passed the organic act establishing a territorial form of government for Hawaii.
The influences that the white man brought to Hawaii were many, but none was more penetrating than that of the missionaries, who arrived in 1820. Along with converting the Hawaiians to Christianity, they taught them the three R's and crafts and founded for them a written language. Eventually the missionaries branched out into the kingdom's affairs of state, and through their influence a constitutional form of government was established in 1840.
The Hawaiian mythological characters are many, among them the goddess of volcanoesPelewho is all at once a beautiful maiden and an unsightly hag, a mighty builder and a devastating destroyer. Although Pele ranks as a minor deity in Hawaiian mythology, the legends which have been handed down through the generations about her are numerous. Not even the simplest of them makes mention of the place from which the goddess began. A wanderer, she went from land to land in a large canoe prepared for her by her oldest brother, the god of sharks, until at last she landed on the Island of Niihau, in the Hawaiian Archipelago.
Niihau did not hold sufficient attraction for her and after a time she left for Kauai where she met her future husband in a dream. Pele was restless on this island, too, and left to look for a place to build a permanent home for herself and all who belonged to her.
Pele struck into the earth with her magic paoa (spade) and made a fire pit on Kauai, but the water from the ocean drowned the fires she kindled. She went from island to island digging fire pits with her magic spade, but all of them were extinguished by the sea. At last, she found Kilauea, on the Island of Hawaii, where she built an enduring palace of fire, Halemaumau.
The ancient Hawaiians were apparently sufficiently good geologists to recognize the age succession of the islands, for the Pele tradition sustains remarkably the geological concepts regarding the progression of volcanic activity from Niihau to Kauai to Oahu to Molokai to Maui to Hawaii. To the Hawaiians of old and to some of the present day who cling to the traditions of their forefathers, the home of Pele was and is hallowed ground, for it was there that they humbled themselves before the mighty goddess to seek her favor and appease her wrath, which took the form of volcanic eruptions that destroyed their lands and villages.
The High Chiefess Kapiolani challenged the existence of the goddess in 1824 by coming to Pele's ground and eating the sacred ohelo berries growing in Kilauea Crater without first offering some to the deity and intoning the first Christian prayer said there by an Hawaiian. This historic act of defiance was immortalized by Alfred Lord Tennyson in his poem "Kapiolani" with these lines:
Kapiolani's defiance of Pele followed by five years the abolition of the ancient idolatrous system and its many restrictions and prohibitions by which the common people were oppressed.
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Household Energy
From our community engagement exercise we realised that "energy" or more accuratly "household energy" was a topic that the community wanted to take action on. Again the motivations are complex ranging from the need to address climate change to saving money on heating our homes.
Riversmeet developed a three phase strategy to take action in this area.Firstly to put a toe in the water with an Eco Team project to gauge the level of community interest. This proved to be high and 35 people followed the six month Eco Team programme.
The second approach was to have a practical demonstration of what can be done to insulate existing buildings.This is being done at n.2, Market Place in Partnership with Groundwork NE and will be completed in April. Ian Headford is project managing this on our behalf.
The third leg of the strategy is to do a full blown community project. We are starting to secure funds to complete a feasibility for Cockermouth and develop this approach.
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The Best Jewish Children's Books of 2013
From Jews in space to Bigfoot on the loose, this year's selections take kids of all ages into new territory
No kid wants underpants as a Hanukkah gift, and no one wants virtuous, boring books, either. So, this year's quirky list of the best children's books is focused on fun and engaging reads rather than good-for-you literature. Here are the top 18 (chai!) for 2013.
Hanukkah: A Counting Book, by Emily Sper is bright, bold, and graphic, with die-cut holes in the shapes of candles for little fingers to poke through. Count candles, jelly doughnuts, latkes, dreidels, and more in Yiddish and Hebrew (in Hebrew letters and transliteration)—the penultimate page offers an explanation of the holiday. Cute and simple. (Baby to Pre-K)
Your first stop should be three books I wrote about earlier this year: the top-notch biographies The Boy Who Loved Math, by Deborah Heiligman, illustrated by LeUyen Pham; On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein, by Jennifer Berne, illustrated by Vladimir Radunsky; and (my very fave picture book of the year) Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909, by Michelle Markel, illustrated by Melissa Sweet. Check out, too, the lushly illustrated, heavy-paper fold-out Noah story The Enduring Ark and the 25th-anniversary edition of Patricia Polacco's The Keeping Quilt and its new companion volume, The Blessing Cup.
Among books I haven't already raved about, try Hanukkah Bear, by Eric A. Kimmel, illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka … but only if you're willing to growl in an ursine, uninhibited fashion. Bubba Brayna (whose sight and hearing aren't what they used to be) invites the rabbi for latkes, but her visitor doesn't turn out to be who she expects. Kids will find Bubba Brayna's perky cluelessness hilarious, and the ending is very satisfying. The oversized hardcover feels substantial and gift-y, and the acrylic paintings that illustrate this version (a revamp of The Chanukkah Guest, which Kimmel first published in 1990) are cuddly and cheery. The guest in question looks a lot like a brown version of Baloo in Disney's The Jungle Book. (Pre-K to 3)
Rifka Takes a Bow, by Betty Rosenberg Perlov, illustrated by Cosei Kawa, is a zippy look at the turn-of-the-century Yiddish theater scene. Little Rifka, the daughter of actors, introduces us to her parents' world—she visits the prop room, watches her daddy apply his makeup, peeks through the curtain at the expectant audience. The illustrations are sophisticated, trippy, and detailed—they hit that rare sweet spot of appealing equally to design-savvy grownups and color-and-teensy-detail-happy children. On the last page we learn that the book is autobiographical, and the author was a child star in her dad's weekly Yiddish radio soap opera. Standing ovation for Betty Perlov, 96-year-old debut picture book author! (Pre-K to 3)
The Longest Night: A Passover Story, by Laurel Snyder, illustrated by Catia Chien, tells the story of the plagues and the Exodus from Egypt from the perspective of a young slave girl. The acrylic illustrations are majestic without feeling too formal (the colors and backgrounds are sweeping and painterly, but the characters' faces are cartoonishly endearing), and the rhyming couplet structure—with a few stand-alone or repeated lines to emphasize dramatic moments—will make it a good read-aloud choice at Seder time. Sometimes the trochaic structure gets wearying and the couplets don't scan as well as they could (That night I had dreams of claws/ Matted fur and hungry jaws), but sometimes the simplicity and rhythms are lovely (Packed our bread in haste and flew,/ Running from, but also to.)
Is this the first modern Jewish-inflected book for just-starting-out chapter-book readers? Sam and Charlie (and Sam Too!), by Leslie Kimmelman (author of The Little Red Hen and the Passover Matzah), illustrated by Stefano Tambellini, consists of five short stories linked by the theme "Love your neighbor as yourself" (Leviticus 19:18). Each story about new neighbors and pals Charlie (girl), Sam (boy), and other Sam (girl) is about being kind—letting a friend pick up the last ring from the bottom of the pool at camp, bringing a friend chicken soup when she's sick, apologizing to a friend on Yom Kippur (aka "I'm Sorry Day"). But what kind of friend wants the last prune hamentaschen? Gross. (Grade 1 to 3)
I don't grade Holocaust books on a good-intentions curve. Odette's Secrets, by Maryann MacDonald, a first-person verse novel (based closely on a true story) about a little Jewish Parisian girl sent to hide from the Nazis in the French countryside, is a great book, not a great Holocaust book. It's exciting, moving, and gorgeously written. (Paris seems only a faraway word,/ light as a goose feather.) Odette's reactions to anti-Semitism in her hometown, her terror at being sent away, her joy when her mother joins her, her guilt about forgetting her father's face and voice are all depicted poetically. Odette finds solace in Catholicism, to her mother's dismay, and discovers that the world is a lot more nuanced than she'd ever thought. The book is scary but manageable (both parents survive), making this a good choice for younger readers. In an afterword, MacDonald explains that she wanted to tell a story about why 84 percent of French Jewish children survived the Holocaust, a greater percentage than in any other European country. She wrote the book with input from the real Odette's son, and the text is dotted with family photos. (Grade 4 to 10)
Erica S. Perl is the queen of funny, contemporary Jewish chapter books. Aces Wild is the sequel to When Life Gives You OJ (which you may recall from my 2011 best books list), but it can be read as a stand-alone. In it, Zelly Fried has at long last gotten a dog. She names it Ace, in honor of her zayde, also named Ace, who has announced that he's no longer going to go by Ace, except that he keeps going by Ace, and the mix-ups between the two Aces lead to comic mishegas. Ace-the-dog is wild, in that he can't seem to stop peeing and pooping hither and yon. Ace-the-grandpa is wild, in that he seems to have forgotten his late wife Bubbles and is going out with all kinds of lady friends. Can Zellie get both Aces in hand? As with the first book, the story provides tons of giggles but also packs a sneaky emotional wallop. (Grade 3 to 7)
Wait, there's more than one delightful contemporary funny Jewish middle-grade novel this year? Why, yes! In The Sasquatch Escape, by Suzanne Selfors (with illustrations by the superb Dan Santat), 10-year-old Beverly Hills kid Ben Silverman is banished for the summer to his Yiddish-speaking, Catskills-rhythm-y grandfather in the dull boonies of Buttonville. (His grandfather's suggestion for a fun activity is Pudding Night at the senior center.) But when the cat drags in something that looks an awful lot like a wounded baby dragon, Ben and his new pal Pearl talk their way into Dr. Woo's Worm Hospital, a mysterious veterinary practice in the town's boarded-up old button factory that turns out to serve imaginary (but real!) animals. When Ben accidentally unleashes Bigfoot, he and Pearl have to recapture the creature before the rest of the world discovers that magical beings exist. There are charming story and art prompts for kids at the end, plus a pudding recipe. (There's a sequel, The Lonely Lake Monster, told from Pearl's point of view, involving a Nessie-like beast, a leprechaun, and an assignment to clip the sasquatch's toenails, but it has less Grandpa Abe, so it's less Jewy. A third book is due in January.) (Grade 3 to 5)
You Love Latkes. You Love Brisket. For Hanukkah, Put Your Two Loves Together.
Make a moist brisket, then shred it and add it to your potato pancakes. It's not what my grandmother used to make. It's better.


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With the launch of Content Strategy Hub I had the honor of asking some very smart people a few questions. The topic of discussion for today: businesses and publishing.
Marketing is an essential part of any business. But I wonder: has publishing become an essential part of any business as well?
I decided to go and ask some experts. These are definitely worth going through…and when you're done, I'd love to hear your comments!
"I've always aligned with the idea that all businesses are in the business of marketing. Are most businesses now in the business of publishing?"
David Meerman Scott Best-selling author, speaker and coach. Find him at DavidMeermanScott.com.
Yes. But it is not just all businesses. It is all people, nonprofits, rock bands, churches, schools, politicians. On the web, you are what you publish. If you publish nothing, then on the web you are nothing.
Mark Schaefer Author, consultant and college educator who blogs at {grow}.
One of my favorite Peter Drucker quotes is "a company is all about marketing and innovation — everything else is just overhead." Now that might seem extreme, but the point Dr. Drucker was trying to make is that we need to be focused on serving our customers and innovating in a very customer-centered way. That can come in many forms. Perhaps a new WAY to sell. Perhaps a new PLACE to sell. Or it might involve social media content marketing. That is simply a subset of marketing. Every customer needs marketing. They may or may not need content marketing.
Joe Pulizzi Author, speaker and founder of Content Marketing Institute.
Today, publishing is marketing and marketing is publishing. In order to attract and retain customers in this messy word of marketing messages, brands need to develop stories that are relevant and compelling to their customers and prospects. They need to think and act like publishers, and even think of their customers as if they were subscribers.
Content marketing has been going on for hundreds of years. The difference today is that the barriers to entry into the publishing space are gone (technology, access to talent, etc.) and that the consumer is in complete control, with literally hundreds of options to gather information. Although traditional marketing will never die (think megaphone), thoughtful stories that truly help our customers with their lives and careers are a must for today's brands.
Robert Rose Author, speaker and "Chief Troublemaker" at Big Blue Moose.
I would, as you suspect – agree with both. I think I'd enhance that just a bit to say that businesses are now in the business of creating subscribers. This isn't a new idea – certainly. Guy Kawasaki says "enchantment" and Seth Godin calls them your "tribes" etc.. But as Joe Pulizzi and I describe in our book – content is becoming as – or in some cases more – important to the business than the product or service itself. So, beyond "publishing" – businesses are now "story tellers". Beyond just publishing "data" to serve the master of long-tail search optimization or providing for yet MORE information on a well-covered topic – businesses need to differentiate by producing content that engages and continues to keep their consumer engaged well beyond the initial "buy" decision. I call this creating a brand "subscriber".
Ann Handley Chief Content Officer at MarketingProfs and Co-Author of Content Rules.
Absolutely. Any business with a web site is, in fact, already in the business of publishing, whether they realize it or not. The challenge, of course, is really grokking what that means. While a lot of businesses are nodding their heads like car dashboard doggies when they hear that mantra "Everyone is a publisher," the truth is that many aren't truly embracing it, and most aren't doing it particularly well.
Drew McLellan Author, marketing veteran and blogger at Drew's Marketing Minute.
Most smart businesses are now in the business of demonstrating and sharing their expertise, which of course is not new. Newsletters and sales sheets have been around forever. What is new are all the digital platforms that companies can take advantage of to share their content. But the fact that you are putting something on the web is not the sole criteria. I wouldn't call every utterance of a person/company to be publishing. Is a 140 character tweet publishing?
Publishing in my mind implies a frequency and consistency, as well as enough meat on the bone to be of real value to the consumer. Tweeting out your specials is advertising. Publishing a blog with how to articles and other useful information is publishing.
So with those boundaries in mind, I would say that quite a few companies are using content marketing tactics but far fewer are actually publishing.
Danny Brown Author of The Parables of Business, multiple award-winning marketer and blogger at DannyBrown.me.
I think all businesses have always been in the business of publishing, if they've ever run any ads; or created a media pack; or sent out a press release, etc., then essentially they're publishers. It's something we tend to miss, or forget about, in our rush to declare social media as the instigator of content marketing – after all, email marketing has been around a long time prior to what we class as social media today. However, I do think that the web version of content marketing – and how many "competitors" businesses are up against – makes it even more important to have not just great content, but great strategy.
Francisco Rosales Coach, consultant and blogger at Social Mouths.
All companies and organizations from enterprises to micro business have the potential to become their own media company. If they're not, they're missing on a great marketing opportunity.
We are all self-publishing every time we publish a post, an ebook or even post a tweet. This is not limited to personal brands. What some businesses need to realize is that this is not done with the purpose of having an online presence but as part of an inbound marketing strategy.
Dino Dogan Co-founder of, and marketing genius behind, Triberr.
Not only are all companies in the business of publishing, but I would go as far as saying that all people are now in the business of publishing.
There are 7 Billion people on this planet. 2 Billion of them are already online. A doubling is expected to occur within one to two years. Within 10 years, the whole planet will be online.
We are all in the business of publishing. When my mom updates her Facebook page she is publishing content. Businesses have to go a step further however, and become content presenters. There is nothing new under the sun, and the only difference between you and countless others is how well you're presenting the same content everyone else is presenting.
To present well, you have to be compelling, lead with emotional intelligence, be funny, shocking, more informative than the next guy, be unique, and most importantly, do something nice for this world.
Marcus Sheridan Speaker, coach and inbound marketing specialist. Find him at TheSalesLion.com.
As most folks know, I used to be a 'pool guy'. In fact, I've owned my swimming pool company for 10 years now. But the biggest problem with our success (or lack thereof) for the first 7 years of the business was the fact that we saw ourselves as just that—Pool Guys. In 2009, when we started with the process of content marketing, we had a general epiphany in our business model—We realized we were actually a marketing company that happened to be installing swimming pools. See the difference? In our case, this shift of thought made all the difference, and has lead to a mountain of success.
So to answer your question, YES, we're clearly a publishing company. Content is the soul of our entire business. It drives everything.
Gordon Plutsky Chief Marketing Officer of King Fish Media.
Yes, that is true. Every company is now a media company in the sense that they need to produce credible, original content to attract new customers and retain current ones. Content is now being used as a vital customer relationship management tool in many venues: on company web sites to enhance SEO, through social media channels and via mobile apps and web sites. To build a true interactive relationship with a customer, content is far superior to traditional advertising. Content allows a company to build a relationship of affinity and trust with customers, and is actionable.
Danny Iny Author, strategist, serial-entrepreneur and co-founder of Firepole Marketing.
Yes, all businesses have to do marketing – that's what gets their leads in the door (or on their site), and works the wheel of turning them into hot prospects that are ready to make a purchase. Whether or not most businesses now are in the business of publishing… that really depends. I mean, yes, of course, businesses need something to represent them, whether it is a website, a brochure, business cards, some kind of informational giveaway, or whatever – but that isn't new… that's been true forever. When we talk about publishing, what we really mean is producing content on a regular basis, as part of a marketing strategy (a "content strategy") – in that case, it really depends on the business' strategy. Is content a good strategy? Yes, in many cases it is, because it is effective, affordable, and creates stable results over time, which leads to stability and security for the business. But is it the only way? No. Is it the best way? That has to be answered on a case-by-case basis for each business.
Joe Chernov Vice President of Content Marketing at Eloqua.
No. I would say that a rising number of companies *think* they are publishers, and, to be fair, some are. But turning marketing collateral into a blog post isn't publishing. It is, however, a step in that direction. It shows that the marketer is trying to learn a new skill, but has to kick a little more dust off the old machine. Being a publisher is a major shift — operationally, tactically and, most of all, culturally. I think we're seeing more companies becoming aware of the need to change. They are just struggling to learn a language in which their product isn't the most commonly used word.
Peter Vogopoulos Business and marketing coach, guerrilla marketing specialist, and co-founder of Firepole Marketing.
All businesses are in the business of marketing. You are not just in the advertising/consulting/renovation/insurance/whatever business — you are also in the business of marketing your advertising/consulting/renovation/insurance/whatever business. The faster business owners embrace this, the better off they will be.
I've always looked at marketing with its broadest definition — it encompasses all the activities that you do that create and maintain a customer relationship. Under this definition, sales, customer service, and of course, publishing all fall under "marketing". Not to diminish the growing importance of content and publishing in our day and age, but they are only a piece of an overall marketing machine that must work in concert to create great results. For example, you can have great publishing (blogging, websites, articles, podcasts, books, white papers, you name it), but it will be for nothing if your order-takers/closers are poorly-trained. I can't resist this gag-inducing cliche, but it works: the sum of a business' marketing activities are like an orchestra and the boss is the conductor. Swing the baton to the right rhythm and you'll make beautiful music. Swing it without purpose and everyone will cover their ears and head to the exits.
Rahel Anne Bailie Principal of Intentional Design and Senior Content Strategist for the City of Vancouver.
Most organizations are definitely in the publishing business, one way or another. In the days of bricks and mortar, there may have been less publishing, because people came into the store or office and might have been handed a brochure to supplement a person-to-person conversation. Today, it's a web page-to-person conversation, and because organizations don't know exactly how the conversations will progress, they write the scripts for many conversations, and publish that material on their websites. It may not seem like publishing to some people, and in those cases it shows, but make no mistake, the act of putting information on a website is publishing. Keep in mind, of course, that corporate publishing is just the means to an end. It's publishing as an activity in the course of marketing.
Scott Abel Content management strategist and blogger at TheContentWrangler.com.
All businesses, whether they make soda or space shuttles, are publishers. And, all content, is irrelevant if it is not marketed to its intended audience. The field of content marketing is focused on helping organizations get the right content to the right people at the right time in the right format and language increasingly on the device of the consumers choice.
Adam Helweh CEO of Secret Sushi Creative.
Well publishing in this case is still marketing right? The root of it all is to create a connection (grab their attention) and nurture that connection by being a valuable resource (keep them coming back).
It is definitely true that the shift in marketing is towards companies and brands becoming more like publishers, but whether it's publishing, hosting an event, or engaging with folks on Twitter… it's all marketing.
I would also add that I don't think businesses are "in the business of marketing". They should be in the business of serving their customers and understanding that every touch point they have with their customers is marketing whether intentional or not. Consider them opportunities and take advantage of them.
Paul Wolfe Teaches people how to play bass and blogger at One Spoon at a Time.
Few businesses understand the power of content creation and how easy it is to publish optimized and useful content that will attract people to your business. So the answer to your question is No – but it would be yes if more people understood how powerful a well thought out and well executed content strategy is. What this means is that if you DO understand how powerful this is, and are executing it, that you are creating a market advantage over your competitors that due to the effects of compound interest will be hard for them to claw back.
Robert Dempsey Direct response and social media marketing expert. Founder of Dempsey Marketing.
Absolutely. There are three things a business today must do:
1. Have people say they are the authority on their topic
2. Show that they are the authority – through content (text, audio, video) and other means such as publishing a book
3. Be able to deliver on that reputation
The way to do this today is to create a massive amount of content and syndicate it as far and wide as possible. Thankfully we have the Internet to do that.
But it's not as simple as it may seem. People are inundated with information today so to cut through the crap, and there's a lot of total crap out there, you have to stand out. How you do that is different for everyone but a great way to do is through the continuous publishing of multimedia content covering every aspect of your industry, products and services.
Of course publishing without being able to capture leads is a huge fail, so having lead capture and nurture systems in place is an absolute must.
Jon Buscall Head of Jontus Media, a full service online marketing and communications agency.
I don't think every business has to be a publisher now, but it certainly helps many businesses. A restaurant or café doesn't really need to invest masses in online content marketing. Sure, recipes, customer reviews, stories from the business, photos, etc might generate some interest but I don't see it as essential. Twitter can help, say, if you're tweeting out specials or offers, but I don't really see that as publishing.
For many businesses though it is important to think like a publisher because content is an important way of building trust and sharing knowledge. Many customers like this. For example, if you manufacture a video recorder it's in your interest to put a couple of How Tos up on your site. No one reads instruction manuals. If something doesn't work, you get online and look for the video or quick tips.
Brendan Schneider Social media, inbound marketing, and branding specialist for independent schools. Blogger at SchneiderB.
Yes – the successful businesses are! An integral part of content marketing is creating great content and if a business hopes to be successful in this current climate they need to adopt content marketing principles. As a result, they will begin to publishing more and more.
Steve Scott Affiliate marketing expert and blogger at SteveScottSite.
I'd say any business who wants an online presence is in the business of publishing. Even if you're a small company who wants to gain attention through social media (ie: Facebook or Twitter.)
You build a brand by doing things that are extraordinary. Unfortunately most marketing isn't able to do this. That's because marketing usually comes across as marketing.
Publishing is about knowing what your audience wants and giving to them for free!
As an example, let's say you want to gain attention for your local surf shop. Your goal is to find people in the area and get them interested in your brand. You do this by publishing helpful information and content that engages an audience. This doesn't happen by aggressively trying to get people to buy stuff!
Murray Lunn Entrepreneur, freelance writer and founder of PLR Articles Now.
Although I would like to believe so – I can't say this is for certain. Why? Well, look at how businesses have progressed over the years. In the 90's, everyone knew they needed a website but businesses are still having trouble getting themselves online. Just recently, businesses were told to get on board with social media but they're still being resistant. I think, no matter what platform, most businesses will have trouble adapting but what we're seeing is a great push toward content marketing as a whole because many big online businesses are showing it to be extremely effective.
I think, in time, you will see a lot more businesses with a content department along side a social media department or perhaps both of them will be integrated in some way so that you will simply have a "content marketing" department.
I know, for a fact, that content marketing is extremely effective for online business. I happen to have worked at a company that "gets it" and gave me the flexibility to write blog posts, participate in social media and create Youtube videos. The result? Our sales began to climb like madness because people weren't just getting hammered with a marketing message – they were receiving information that the competition was too afraid to talk about.
So, I guess, yes, we'll see a lot more businesses become publishers because they're not just creating products – they're creating a unique experience and the best way to do that would be through a new vehicle they may not be on board with (just yet) which is content marketing.
Marlee Ward Entrepreneur, marketing expert, business coach and speaker. Find her at MarleeWard.com.
This is a really interesting question. I think the answer is something like: Businesses are not in the business of publishing. They are still in the business of marketing. But now, they need to think like a publisher when they market their business.
Amy Harrison Professional copywriter for entrepreneurs and coaches. Find her at HarrisonAmy.com.
I guess it depends on your definition of publishing, but publishing content is one of the easiest entry points to market your business. Even before the Internet, businesses were doing content marketing with leaflets, direct mail and adverts, but they were (and still are) quite expensive to do. I think most businesses that place an importance on their online presence recognise that publishing content is an incredibly valuable strategy in terms of getting the attention of the right customers, so more people are leaning towards publishing content. It's still marketing, it's just the execution is slightly different to what we expect as "marketing".
Samir Balwani Digital communications, online marketing and new media PR expert. Find him at SamirBalwani.com.
I think that businesses still should focus on marketing. Publishing just happens to be a marketing tool that businesses can turn to. Not all businesses need to publish content, especially if they don't have the resources to maintain a blog or publish online.
Nate Riggs Entrepreneur, consultant and professional speaker. Find Nate at NateRiggs.com
I believe yes, and to couple that, I'd argue that they are also in the business of "programming". In new marketing and especially when using more social internet channels, frequency and consistency are critical factors to successfully staying top of mind with your customers. Publishing comes into play in a big way when you are looking at how to offer additional value to your customers without braking your bank on discounting strategies. Programming, on the other hand, is more aligned with consistency and being able to set expectations in the minds of your customers so that they know when to come back to your online properties to get the next episode, download, video, etc. Television and radio has built an entire industry that survives on the programming model. Now that businesses can essentially build their own communication channels on a Facebook page, the same rules can apply.
Pawan Deshpande CEO of HiveFire, Inc and Founder of Curata.
It is true that marketing through original content is on the rise, especially in the B2B sector. In fact, a recent survey that my company conducted found that twice as many marketers now implement content marketing as they do print, TV or radio advertising. Why? It's likely because there is a major void in the market. Publishers simply cannot develop and circulate content on every niche topic out there. This is why businesses have stepped up to fill the void that exists and write about the subjects on which they are experts. This kind of publishing—or as we call it, content marketing—is successful because decision makers need this kind of relevant information and have no other source from which to get it.
The challenge this creates, however, is that there is a great deal of clutter on the web which can lead to information overload. Now more than ever it is important for brands to help their customers and prospects navigate through the noise. Of course this is why I saw an opportunity in a product like Curata, which I created for marketers to utilize in finding, organizing and sharing the best, most timely content that exists on the web from trusted sources, augmented with original, published content.
Corbett Barr Founder of ThinkTraffic and Traffic School.
In a sense yes, businesses now are all in the business of publishing. Any communications you have with your customers, any advertising you do, any press you seek, all of it can be considered publishing because that content can live forever online. The better your business becomes at solving problems or addressing the needs of your customers through content (publishing), the more effective your marketing will be.
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So there you have it.
26 29 brilliant people sharing their thoughts. What do you think? Are all businesses in the business of publishing? Or should they be? Leave your thoughts below. Let's discuss! And don't forget to sign up for updates :)…
I think businesses *should* be in the business of publishing, but right now a lot of them don't see the value in it.
It's like Murray Lunn wrote -many businesses today are resistant to change and adapting to new paradigms. Sometime trying to get these people to see the light is an uphill battle, and you have to assess whether or not it's worth fighting.
Marketing is something businesses can all understand, but publishing has so many connotations that oftentimes it can be taken to mean almost anything. As such this confuses people, I think.
Every single business should have a blog and some content of their own to offer to the web. Content strategy are enforced because of search engines, but with the explosion of social media it's quite necessary to keep our Social streams updated with fresh (and old) information.
Eugene, I'm really honored to be included in such austere company, and I'm really impressed with the range and quality of feedback that you gathered on this question. Thanks for including me in this, buddy!
Eugene, thank you for including me on such a great list. Lot's of truly great professionals here. Wishing you success with the launch of your new blog.
Great job Eugene! I'm happy to be part of it and can't wait for the second installment.
Thanks buddy!
Congrats on getting the new site up an running. A great collection of replies you have here. It was an honor to be included in this august company.
I can't wait for the next installment.
Interesting concept and collection of thoughts, mate (great to see Marlee on here as well as so many other smart women).
Look forward to the other answers.
You're too kind, Danny. I'm privileged to be included with you and the many other content marketing experts featured here.
Hi Eugene!
Congrats on your launch. You're off to a great start. I love the varying perspectives here, but I think it's clear that everyone here recognizes the power and importance of content marketing. I really enjoyed this compilation. Great job!
Great stuff Eugene…really interesting take on this. It should be noted that businesses (non-media companies) have been publishing for a long, long time. Heck, John Deere published a magazine for farmers way back in 1895. Before that, there were cave paintings.
Even though content marketing has been around almost forever, the combination of social, search and lead gen has given it primary attention. And should. To many companies today, content is the new advertising. It can be the ultimate soft-sell.
More and more brands are structuring around this concept today…so the pain is just about to start. Should be an interesting ride.
Thanks again. Nice work.
With all humility, I'll challenge David Meerman Scott on one point. He states, "If you publish nothing, then on the web you are nothing." For big brands this is not true. Your customers and potential customers are very likely discussing your brand online – and influencing the perception of it. If you publish nothing, you give up the opportunity to influence those discussions and perceptions of your brand.
Thanks for sharing this post! It's always good to meet the great leaders of today. Keep it up and good job! The people you've shared indeed are amazing.
Well-put by all. I'd think there's something of a false dichotomy between publishing and marketing, since publishing in the age of Google is exactly that – marketing using one of the biggest guerrilla marketing tools available to spread your message (not to mention social media channels, press, video…).
Publish nothing, be nothing.
All businesses can be publishers and should have a story to tell that makes them, their products/services, or industry unique. This story from the POV of the owners, customers, employees, manufacturers, and industry influencers create the foundation for engaging content.
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