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September 26, 2008 · Comments

pez Stuck for blog topics? You might not know this, but I love to share. I’m a big fan of it. In fact, all the text on the site is released under Creative Commons license. (The pictures often belong to other people, like the one to the right, and I don’t have rights to them. But MY stuff? You can use it, provided you follow the rules listed here. (It’s pretty easy to see where the dividing line is.)

I want you to share. I want you to take my posts and use them as part of your other work, to build on, to add to, to remix in other useful ways.

The only thing I want back is that you credit me for my work, with a link back to [chrisbrogan.com] at the least, and if you can, to the specific post. That’s how it works.

So, feel free to search through and find things you want to use as source material. How about some of these?

And all you have to do is link back. Easy cheesy, eh?

So, swing by [chrisbrogan.com], look at the tag cloud to the right, and see if you can’t scare up the kinds of posts you want to run with on your own blogs. That’s what it’s there for: for you to learn from, for you to share, and for you to expand upon.

Happy sharing! : )

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  • Those are some great resources indeed. I added them to my Social Media Marketing & Networking Lens on Squidoo. Thanks!

    ~ Kristi
  • Hi Chris, thanks for the great content and ideas. Lately I have been using Zemanta more and more - I first came across Zemanta in this blog. I see that you are also continuing to use the application – a great endorsement for the company. It’s a super application that not only helps with blogging, but actually makes blogging more fun as well.

    Thanks for sharing this and other great ideas.

    Regards
    Kevin
  • I'm a huge fan of your blog but to be honest it did annoy me that it seemed like you were not only asking people to give you free advertising (which I don't mind) but making it seem like you were doing them a huge favor for letting them.
  • That is some great content, thanks Chris!
  • Dear Chris -

    What a generous offer! You saved my life today because my house was inundated in the latest Chicago flood!

    I didn't have a thought in my head except where I could find a roofer fast! I didn't think that would make for an interesting post.

    I chose your article, "The Me Game" because I thought it fit my niche of personal growth and relationships.

    All links have been preserved and of course your thanks at the end with your link!

    MANY MANY THANKS!
  • I just shared your e-book on the Society of Professional Journalists' blog "Technolo-J" where I serve as a contributing blogger. It will be a tremendous help to that particular audience, given the massive layoffs in the newspaper industry and the fact that many traditional print journalists lack the savvy and tend to associate themselves with one brand, their employers. I want to be you when I grow up! keep up the good work Chris. You are a model and an inspiration.
  • I have been reading your blogs for a long time and never posted. You have a great blog with so much information. Unfortunately my blog is about issues that people do not like to think about. It is hard to build traffic when you cannot even get a guest poster becausre it scares people to be honest and open.
  • Ed
    @Mark Cahill:
    I agree. And that's why 'rebloggers'
    should make an effort to pay attention, and give back
    in a way that's harmonious with the original blogger's
    income angle.
    That's what I do all day.
    When I share, comment, etc *without* even borrowing content,
    I make me mention synonymous with what I perceive
    is the most beneficial actions for the content creator.

    @Chris Egg noodles:
    No, you didn't get it right.
    Google is not out to annihilate every sentence that appears twice.
    http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/
  • Thanks again for offering your great content for "replays" on my blogs and other places. I've been following you for awhile, your on my Master Bloggers List, and I started using your content and really appreciated your offer to re-broadcast it.

    I will always link to your blog and often back to your original post. Sharing is what the Internet was created to do so this is a great offer from you.

    Thanks for all you do Chris.

    Henry Griner
    Internet Marketing
    Technology Consultant
    http://whoishenry.com
  • Coming from the old media world, it's hard for me to let go of my content. I wrestle emotionally with this every day...do I just let it go?

    Jerry Garcia summed it up best "When we're done with it, we don't care what happens to it. If people choose to mythologize it, it certainly doesn't hurt us"

    Of course, my fundemental problem is that use to actually get paid for writing the stuff that I now write for free.

    Relevant, but broke, still leaves my family hungry...
  • Either way, these are useful topics to help new people get their feet wet in the idea of blogging for marketing. I think its awesome. If you want to use the content verbatim, or just heed the advice each article has.
  • Standard rules to blogging and sharing. Whatever the case, you should give credit when credit is due.

    Craig
    www.budgetpulse.com
  • Great idea, Chris. I think most bloggers agree in theory with the idea of CC, but secretly they hope nobody takes their content and does something with it.

    As Cory Doctorow has said, the greatest threat facing artists online (or bloggers) is not piracy, but irrelevancy.
  • Mark Cahill
    Sharing is Caring, that is what it is all about. Great posts !
  • Let me get this right... Everyone can use your content in exchange for a link and then get penalized by the major search engines for duplicate content. Hmmm...
  • Ed
    @Kat hehe! It was my mistake, but yeah, I think he tricked me! ;)

    I grew up in a leafy suburb just west of Boston,
    but have fine memories of Canada as a kid going to hockey camp, and other trips. It was gorgeous and CLEAN!
    (St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Montreal etc)

    I guess we'll keep the big ham around! :)
  • kat brogan
    @ ED
    he just wishes he was from Canada
    it's an obsession for him
  • Ed
    Makes complete sense Chris.

    I send real friends here, from all walks of life,
    who are new to the internet in general so they'll
    get a good clean quality start, and begin with a high standard.

    I also refer grizzled old business colleagues for the
    same reasons.
    I find it easiest to just send them here, but as my blogs blossom, I'll also reblog excerpts and link back.

    CORRECTION: Originally from the Great State of Maine
    not our friend to the north, Canada! :)
  • Let me say it another way: some of you are from the blogging culture, but not ALL of you are. In fact, there are several people who come here who probably have never even heard of Creative Commons.

    Don't forget that I write for more than the folks who know who Darren is. I write for educators, realtors, hoteliers, and lots of other people who don't know all the ways we do things.

    Make sense?
  • Ed
    @Wesley

    That's why I added that to my comment:
    there is the obvious 'share me-PLEASE' that has
    permeated the net in Web 2.0, since the paranoia
    subsided (except the greedy mainstream).

    But when someone pours them self, their hours
    into real quality, edifying information,
    the offer is genuine.
    Chris shouldn't be afraid to say it.

    Perhaps he was motivated by someone saying
    I was going to reblog you and have lots of obvious links
    but didn't want to offend/get in trouble/ with you.

    I know ProBlogger is grappling with these same contemplations right now.

    A blogger's track record paves the road
    for our perceptions later.
  • What blogger wouldn't want his writing to be posted on other sites with credit and a link back? Did you even need to say it?
  • Ed
    I'm Proud to say you're from Boston!

    Oh that originally from Canada thing? A mere detail!

    Seriously Chris, while some may be skeptical of blog
    posts saying 'please share',
    we know a good dude like you means it as a
    generous resource; contributed gems in the conversation.

    The quality and accuracy of your shtick encourages me
    to send my best friends here, always.
    I bookmarked you feed URL for easy sharing.

    Best,
    Ed Shaz

    PS-Congrats on 15,000 Twitter followers!
  • Very cool how you do businees here man. great resources, topics, discussion and a lot to learn from for folks trying to be successful in the blogging/social media world. i've learned a lot here.
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