Writing

Jean Bedord writes on various topics relating to findability, search and search engine marketing, social media, web technologies, electronic publishing and the online information industry. She is available to write by-lined articles for both online and print publication. Topics covered include:

Findability and search engine optimization (SEO)
Social media, blogs, wikis and Web 2.0 technologies
Distance education
EBooks
Enterprise search engines

Contact Jean Bedord:

phone: 408-257-9221
email: jean AT EContentStrategies DOT com

Reprint rights are available for articles Jean has authored.

Published articles include:

"SMX West 2010: Nature of Search is Changing", Information Today, May 2010, pg. 26.
"Ebooks Hit Critical Mass: Where Do Libraries Fit with Oprah?", Online, May/June 2009, pg. 14-18.
"SMX West 2009: Search Players are Changing", Information Today, April 2009, pg. 28.
"SMX Local & Mobile: Converting Dollars from Online to Offline", Information Today, September 2008, pg. 32.
"Using Vocabularies to Improve Findability",Bill Inmon Newsletter, August 14, 2008
"SMX West: Ready for Search 3.0 and 4.0", Information Today, April 2008, pg.30.
"Taming Multiple Search Engines in Your Organization", Enterprise Search Center, Featured Content, February 20, 2008.
"Distance Education: Choices, Choices and More Choices", Searcher, October, 2007, pp. 18-22.
"Enterprise Search in Your Future?", Insight Article for VIP (Free Pint Limited), September 2007, pp. 16-21.
"New Rules of Search", Software & Information Industry Association UPGRADE Magazine, April/May 2007, pp.9-12.
"Enterprise Search Deployment, Usage and Trends," Research report for Information Today/Shore Communications, March 2007.
"Findability Factors Found: Leading Customers to Content', EContent, January/February 2007, pp. 38-43.
"Internet Librarian Blog: Internet Librarian 2006: Mashups and Social Computing Enhance Information Services", Faultline, San Andreas Chapter, Special Libraries Association, November/December 2006
"Promoting Information and Search Skills", Feature article, Free Pint, No. 185, June 30, 2005
"Sold-Out InfoCommerce 2004", Information Today, November 2004.
"Internet Librarian Blog: Internet Librarian 2004: Technology Shapes the Library", Faultline, San Andreas Chapter, Special Libraries Association, November/December 2004.
"Report from the Field: 2004 SIIA Content Forum", Information Today, July/August 2004.
"Guide to eBook Buying Decisions for the Library", Shore Communications Report, March 12, 2004
"The eBooks Marketplace: A New Evaluation", Shore Communications Report, October 13, 2003
"Online Copyright Compliance", Licensing Executives Society (LES) les Nouvelles, September, 1996, pp. 135-138.

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