4 Steps for Live Blogging a Conference Successfully

4 Steps for Live Blogging a Conference Successfully Live blogs are widely used for everything from breaking news events such as terror attacks or fast-changing situations in world affairs, to sports games and election results. They are a great tool for publishers and news outlets to engage their audience through feeds of short, summarized, postsContinue reading “4 Steps for Live Blogging a Conference Successfully”

34 Live Blog Friendly Events to Increase Your Traffic this Summer

34 Live Blog Friendly Events to Increase Your Traffic this Summer Summer is just around the corner and with it a plethora of festivals, conferences, championships, and elections. These events provide a great opportunity to grow your traffic by live blogging updates, key events, and on-site nuances that other news outlets might miss. To helpContinue reading “34 Live Blog Friendly Events to Increase Your Traffic this Summer”

How to Automate Social Media in your Live Blog

How to Automate Social Media in your Live Blog Live Blogging  Your local football team scores in the 89th minute, a nail-biting election is unfolding, an alert for severe weather has been issued for the public.  You are there covering everything minute-by-minute for your readers, providing them with the very latest update on what’s happeningContinue reading “How to Automate Social Media in your Live Blog”

Add GIFs and Emojis to your live blog

Add GIFs and Emojis to your live blog Live blogs are by their nature less formal, more straightforward, and generally contains less text than articles and full-length pieces. As a format for covering conferences, provide live sport commentary, or publish election updates live news feeds often make use of social media, videos, and pictures toContinue reading “Add GIFs and Emojis to your live blog”

7 live blog examples and what you can learn from them

7 live blog examples and what you can learn from them When it comes to reading about a live event today, most readers are not interested in lengthy, multi-page stories. They want to know the instant headlines, key steps, and the truly-compelling attention point of a story. The competition of online breaking news reporting isContinue reading “7 live blog examples and what you can learn from them”

Nettavisen covers elections with Live Center

Nettavisen covers elections with Live Center Norway’s first online newspaper, Nettavisen has had a digital presence since 1997 and has since set the tone and direction for online news in Norway.   When looking for a more flexible live blogging solution, they choose Live Center which allowed them more customization and design control for their upcoming Continue reading “Nettavisen covers elections with Live Center”

How Live Center helps Archant Media Increase Traffic and Engagement

How Live Center helps Archant Media Increase Traffic and Engagement The election was not just an event that engaged the UK population, both rest of the EU and the world were keen to follow the election from the ground in the UK. NY Times For publishers that wish to cover an election and capture itsContinue reading “How Live Center helps Archant Media Increase Traffic and Engagement”

Why live blogging is the best way for fan engagement

Why live blogging is the best way for fan engagement In our busy, on-demand lives, it sometimes can be tough for fans to devote two to four hours to sit down and enjoy a sporting event. The same goes for journalists covering those sports. Years ago, newspapers and other media outlets had people devoted toContinue reading “Why live blogging is the best way for fan engagement”

Best tips for event coverage with Liveblogs

Best tips for event coverage with Liveblogs The excitement is palpable. The anticipation of the long awaited heavyweight rematch. The hostile atmosphere in the weigh-in room. The jostling, the shouting, the traded insults. You’re not actually there. But you feel as though you are, as you follow real-time events through the live blog feed. ThisContinue reading “Best tips for event coverage with Liveblogs”