Voices That Motivate

I was just recently turned on to a new social networking paradigm. At least, it’s new to me. I discovered it within one of the newsletters to which I subscribe. I was amazed to discover that apparently the voiceover industry hasn’t yet found this vehicle. Maybe I’m the first and, if so, I’m more than happy to intiate it and give it a test run. The Carnival, to my understanding will compile blog post submissions into a magazine-type document and will contain posts from all who submit.

Our voiceover Carnival will be entitled, “Voices That Motivate” and I truly hope you see fit to submit and subscribe. I have created this particular Carnival specifically for us.

What IS a Blog Carnival? Great question. I’m not absolutely certain myself. But, it seems like a great idea.

Here is an explanation of what a Blog Carnival is directly off their web site:

“Welcome to Blog Carnival! We love the idea of blog carnivals where someone takes the time to find really good blog posts on a given topic, and then puts all those posts together in a blog post called a “carnival”.

To understand what a blog carnival is, consider some examples. Here is the first edition of Carnival of the Vanities (one of the earliest blog carnivals). Carnivals can be very descriptive like this one, or very concise, like this one. Find the style the fits your topic and time schedule.

We think blog carnivals are a great way for bloggers to recognize each other’s efforts, organize blog posts around important topics, and improve the overall level of conversation in the blogosphere. Carnivals come in edited “editions”, just like magazines or journals. The fact that carnivals are edited (and usually annotated) collections of links lets them serve as “magazines” within the blogosphere, and carnival hosts can earn their readership by providing high quality collections.

Since blog carnivals include lots of posts on specific topics, they also serve as a place to connect with those who are expert (or at least highly opinionated!) and those who are interested in that field.

Blog Carnival simplifies carnivals for two kinds of people:

People who read and contribute to blog carnivals, and
People who organize and publish blog carnivals.”

So, let’s discover this new paradigm together, shall we?