Janette Toral shares the fun and challenges in doing search engine and social media marketing in the Philippines
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Comics Growing Through Blogs
Since iBlog started, Jonas Diego (head of Robo Monkey Pixel Fighters) is one active volunteer and many of us have witnessed how his webcomics evolved through his blog.
Blog comics otherwise known as webcomics are created by independent creators. This, according to Jonas, allows us to get a wider variety of content tackling an equally wide variety of subjects that we don't normally encounter in traditional mainstream media.
"Of course, we also get more bad comics as well as the good. Another good thing about webcomics is that it provides an avenue for instantaneous feedback via comments and e-mail. It also give the comic book creator access to a potential audience of millions globally and a chance to monetize their work via online ads such as Google Adsense. Best of all, publishing one's comics via the web is cheap as compared to print."
Last year, Jonas announced his mission of making webcomics through blogs a reasonable profitable venture to inspire other publishers to do the same. One interesting thing that happened since is that he will be publishing a monthly comic magazine based on his webcomics. "The investors gained interest in the venture on the strength of my webcomics."
To date, the number blogs promoting webcomics is increasing. One blog that has caught Jonas' attention recently is that of Carolyn Dy's Draw Write Play webcomics. "In my opinion, it's one of the best produced webcomics being made today. She publishes it using a comicpress theme, a modified wordpress theme, which is a popular blogging platform."
There is currently a rise in the number of local comic book talents bringing their work to the web. It seems Jonas' campaign for the adoption of webcomics as an alternative to print publishing by local creators is steadily gaining ground.
In the recent iBlog4, Jonas gave an update on his blog and webcomics project that he started last year. Here's his talk.
Blogging from the countryside
In the forthcoming iBlog4: The 4th Philippine Blogging Summit, we'll be having one speaker from Davao City and talk about the Mindanao blogging community. She is Ria Jose.
Ria started out as a personal/emo blogger at LiveJournal around January 2004. "It was mostly about my rants and raves about my life, tv shows, movies, and other things. Sometimes, I would blog about politics and current events. My cousin, Andrew Dela Serna, then prodded me to start my own politics blog under his Alleba.com domain. That was my first niche blog."
Ria's blogging adventure grew from there where she now maintains at least eleven niche blogs and a personal blog. "I think I have improved a lot in terms of writing skills. Moreover, blogging has expanded my interests, paved way for new jobs and careers, and increased my circle of friends."
Last year, the Philippine blogosphere felt the strong presence of the Mindanao blogging community as they organized a get-together party and summit later that year. Ria believes that the Mindanao blogging community has the lofty task of uplifting the Mindanao image. "We can do that by providing positive content about the island while blogging truthfully about the realities we face. I think this common goal has made us one as a community. We are all working hard online and offline to encourage more Mindanaoans to blog so that Mindanao may be viewed in a more truthful and balanced light."
Blogging has its own advantages, disadvantages, and challenges. Ria believes that being based in a place "considered as a province" are not that much different from those faced by bloggers based in Metro Manila. "I believe that the internet, blogs particularly, acts as an equalizer. It gives same opportunities and has the same limitations wherever you are. I guess the only difference is we don't get invited to the offline blog events in Metro Manila. But we have our events here such as the Mindanao Bloggers Summit and the Davao Food Tour that they don't get to attend too, so there's really not much difference."
At iBlog4, Ria achieved her goal of letting people know more about Mindanao bloggers, how active and diverse the community is.
Ria started out as a personal/emo blogger at LiveJournal around January 2004. "It was mostly about my rants and raves about my life, tv shows, movies, and other things. Sometimes, I would blog about politics and current events. My cousin, Andrew Dela Serna, then prodded me to start my own politics blog under his Alleba.com domain. That was my first niche blog."
Ria's blogging adventure grew from there where she now maintains at least eleven niche blogs and a personal blog. "I think I have improved a lot in terms of writing skills. Moreover, blogging has expanded my interests, paved way for new jobs and careers, and increased my circle of friends."
Last year, the Philippine blogosphere felt the strong presence of the Mindanao blogging community as they organized a get-together party and summit later that year. Ria believes that the Mindanao blogging community has the lofty task of uplifting the Mindanao image. "We can do that by providing positive content about the island while blogging truthfully about the realities we face. I think this common goal has made us one as a community. We are all working hard online and offline to encourage more Mindanaoans to blog so that Mindanao may be viewed in a more truthful and balanced light."
Blogging has its own advantages, disadvantages, and challenges. Ria believes that being based in a place "considered as a province" are not that much different from those faced by bloggers based in Metro Manila. "I believe that the internet, blogs particularly, acts as an equalizer. It gives same opportunities and has the same limitations wherever you are. I guess the only difference is we don't get invited to the offline blog events in Metro Manila. But we have our events here such as the Mindanao Bloggers Summit and the Davao Food Tour that they don't get to attend too, so there's really not much difference."
At iBlog4, Ria achieved her goal of letting people know more about Mindanao bloggers, how active and diverse the community is.
Blog reviews #1
I just reviewed the following blogs in Ximmy today.
- http://delfindjmontano.blogspot.com
- http://www.visitsagada.com
- http://www.filipinovoices.com
- http://missingcarlo.filblogs.com
- http://marroxas2010.blogspot.com
- http://www.yougottech.com
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Thank you for supporting iBlog4
I just finished the iBlog4 afterglow report. My sincerest thanks to everyone who supported the activity such as:
Live blogging at the event:
- UP-ISP with JJ Disini (proponent), John Fajardo (superman project lead), Emerson Banez (iBlog website), Lemuel Arenas (for that Digital magazine issue on blogging), Elson Manahan (for the Internet access).
- Sponsors for making this project feasible.
- Speakers who shared time and knowledge (presentations).
- The volunteers who helped out.
- Participants who made this event worthwhile.
- My writing project, The Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs 2008, is now ongoing.
- Check out Reynz project about the Tierra Maria UK Scam Hoax.
- Volunteers are needed for Pinoyblogopedia.
- The Philippine Issues Writing Project encourages participation from local bloggers.
- Hope you can also join - Important Issues on Philippines 2010 Elections.
Live blogging at the event:
- iBlog4 early morning stuff
- Liveblogging iBlog4
- Brian Gorrell's Advice to Bloggers
- Liveblogging iBlog4 - Part 2
- iBlog4, AM Session
- Why bloggers must blog about the election - Luz Rimban
- Manuel "Manolo" Quezon III's talk (iBlog4)
- Liveblogging iBlog4 - Part 3
- How can bloggers participate more effectively in the 2010 elections by Janette Toral
- Q & A Panel - Blogging about the 2010 Elections (iBlog4)
- 2 Immediate Legal Issues in Blogging and Q&A (by JJ Disini)
- Baklang AJ @ iBlog4
- On Site: iBlog4
- iBlog4 Forums
- Az video blog: iblog4 Philippine blogging summit coverage (YouTube)
- Lessons Learned from iBlog4
- iBlog4 Playlist for presentations that are more than 10 minutes
- iBlog4 Playlist for Presentation that are less than 10 minutes
- iblog4: 4th Philippine Blogging Summit 2008 @ UP Diliman
- iBlog4 to 88db.com
- Jerome Quinto's iBlog4 Photos
- Azrael Coladilla's iBlog4 photos
- iBlog4: The 4th Philippine Blogging Summit at UP Diliman
- websaytko iBlog4 and 88db
- Dexter Panganiban pics @ iblog4 2008
- iBlog4 @ UP Diliman
- iBlog4 Portraits (full set)
- iBlog4: The 4th Philippine Blogging Summit
- iBlog4 ramblings
- Snippets from the iBlog4 and 88db.com Bloggers Party
- Lost Money But Was Happy
- Being Offline is Fun
- iBlog4 and Morphxchange
- Avi Siwa at iBlog4
- iBlog4 experience
- Morph at iBlog4
- iBlog4 Summit
- iBlog4 Summit bloggers party with 88db.com
- iblog4 Summit
- iblog4 Blogging Summit and Meet Up
- Anger always come from frustrated expectations
- Umleo23.com at iBlog4 Summit???
- Unofficial Philippine Blogger Day
- So wassup?
- iBlog4, Altar Boyz Mosh Pit Party, Nick Weekend Carnival, & 88DB Bloggers Party
- iBlog4
- FilipinaImages.com in iBlog4 Summit
- iblog4 (old friends, new friends)
- Jester-in-Exile Goes to iBlog 4 and the 88DB.com Bloggers' Party (or, the floppy hat has gone out of style boohoohoo)
- iBlog 4 and The 88db.com Blogger’s Night: Because I Felt The Need To Embarass Myself More
- iblog4 Philippine Blogging Summit
- Of a very long week
- iblog4: the day after
- iBlog4 Summit
- Chickens invade iBlog4
- iBlog4 summit and 88db.com party
- Blog events
- The 4th Philippine Blogging Summit iBlog4
- Lost at iBlog4
- Rectal Discombobulation
- iblog4 Summit
- iblog 4 The Philippine Blogging Summit
- iBlog4 Part 1
- Resistance and Blogging
- Star Struck
- iBlog4 Summit @ UP
- 10 Things I Learned / Discovered at Iblog4
- Realizations from iBlog4 (part 1 of 2)
- iBlog4 Experience
- iBlog4 & 88DB.com Bloggers Night
- iBlog4
- iBlog4
- After iBlog4
- Episode 35: Counting CokskiBlue Cars. Meh. AKA The iBlog4 and Afterparty Vlog
- Web 2.0 at iblog 4 sa News on Q
- iBlog4 Summit 2008
- iBlog4 and 88DB Bloggers Party
- Version 11 and iBlog4
- iBlog 4 Roundup
- And Now, Thoughts Just Come Rushing In... RE: I-Blog 4
- I hate iBlog 4
- Ang Blog at ang Potensyal nito sa Bayan
- iBlog4
- The Coffee Table Report
- First time at iBlog4 Summit
- iBlogged
- My First Blogging Summit and the After Party
- Notes about iBlog4
- Gone Crazy at I Blog 4
- iBlog4 and the Bloggers Summer Party
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