Home Turf Media has finally arrived in the land down under as we welcome David Jackmanson and Brisbane is Home to our network.
David is an avid digital photographer which is fantastic in a city like Brisbane. You can see one of his extensive photo essays in the Photoblogging Australia Day at Brisbane’s Southbank post.
David was [...]

Home Turf Media is very pleased to announce The San Diego Beat, our latest blog written by Carole Lane.
Carole is a published author, including the groundbreaking book Naked in Cyberspace that landed her on TV shows like Good Morning America and World News Tonight.
With Carole’s impressive experience as a writer, you can expect a carefully [...]

Che, our Kuala Lumpur is Home blogger has been providing excellent coverage of some important events in Malaysia.
His first story Malaysian bloggers sued… the first in history outlines the details of two Malaysian bloggers being sued for their political views. Then he outlines the “No Fear - Bloggers United” campaign [...]

I’m digging into the list of applications that I received from the pilot project and the pile that have come in since it closed, and I thought I’d share some of the observations that I’ve made based on those applications.
The purpose of this post is to give out some guidelines to improve your chances [...]

Quick Stats

First site launched: December 1, 2006
First search engine traffic: December 4, 2006 from Google
First AdSense earnings: December 4, 2006

Network To-do List

Get private forum up and running…will be online by Christmas [yes 2006].
Get plug-in made so that each site has a link to every other site on the network.
Incorporate business so that I can distribute [...]

Well I knew when I decided to start a network of city based blogs I would have to find a way to display local weather on the sites. The weather is a “sticky” topic/content.
The thing about my city that I check most online is, of course the weather and I was really hoping to not [...]

We’re off and running flying! The pilot project has officially achieved lift-off with our first three sites now online.
1. Chattanooga Is Home is written by Alli who is passionate about Chattanooga, Tennessee. Alli has written some some very nice posts that show her knowledge of what’s going on in her city. Judging from the first [...]

Just a quick update. I’m processing the applications from the ad that I placed on the ProBlogger Job Board and the response has been excellent.
Here’s a list of some of the cities that people have offered to blog:

Brisbane
Nanaimo - Parksville
Chattanooga, TN
Calgary
Milwaukee
Los Angeles
Oakland
London
New York
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur
Portland, OR
Hong Kong
Athens
Hyderabad
Calcutta
Bacolod City
Istanbul
Bruges
Manila
Penang
Hamilton -Trenton, NJ

The 24 applications received so far have [...]

I’d like to explain a bit of the thinking that went into my wanting to create a network of local or city based blogs.
From the point of view of a blogger there are 4 good reasons why blogging for Home Turf Media can improve your chances for success online.
1.) Local search is an emerging trend.

Have [...]

These would be good questions to ask me if Home Turf was more established. Currently, if you’d like to get involved and shape the network and its position on these policies…now’s the time.
1) How much power do bloggers have over their blogs?
Bloggers will have a say in their color theme, header and logo design and [...]