tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670547542156136826.post9058582300445146984..comments2024-03-10T03:08:26.496-05:00Comments on The Sixth Ward: The Sixth Ward...a state of mindLevoishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11738239742618133212noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670547542156136826.post-64365458653133770682012-11-25T02:15:34.669-06:002012-11-25T02:15:34.669-06:00Too bad...
Too bad...<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670547542156136826.post-82951708339339603552012-11-24T00:43:22.211-06:002012-11-24T00:43:22.211-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670547542156136826.post-79969557221428161302012-11-10T10:50:10.049-06:002012-11-10T10:50:10.049-06:00You guys have done a good job in sharing informati...You guys have done a good job in sharing information, airing topical 6th ward issues and trying to provoke dialogue between residents. But I for one don't see how you can mix apples and oranges without diluting your impact––meaning keeping the interest of one ward keenly focused–– unless you have a fully developed strategic plan.<br /><br />As a marketing and advertising consultant, I know rebranding really requires a lot more in the way of determining what the blog's objectives and r.o.i. are via strategic planning. <br /><br />However, I noted that in your subtitle for the blog you use: "Dispatches from the Southside." So I would suggest that maybe you flip the script and turn that into your blog's new name and then use as a subtitle: For Wards 6th, 8th, 9th, 17th & 21st. Why?<br /><br />First, the 6th ward has borders with all of the other wards mentioned. <br /><br />Secondly, all of these wards have in one way or another impacted the 6th Ward–-some recently–– in regards to some issue. And thirdly, most of the aldermen in those wards snatched a piece of the 6th ward in the remapping. By the way, at GCA, we heard the official remapping of the wards might kick in next year instead of 2015.<br /><br />As the 6th Ward loses long-time residents to these other wards, why shouldn't we keep communicating with each other? After all, this isn't Europe with countries having different governments. We all belong to the<br />City of Chicago.<br /><br />In addition, it allows us to see issues that may affect us directly or indirectly in other wards––or serve as warnings of what's to come whether we agree or disagree.<br /><br />Certainly, it will increase the eyeballs and click-throughs for your blog.<br />And it will expand the amount of community information that some of us know about, but others don't. <br /><br />To me, by reaching out to these other wards above via constituents that we will lose–– through those other ward's aldermanic manipulations–– your blog helps to provide the foundation for a broader base to work from in the rallying of all residents. Residents who are much more likely to be interested in and invest in the success for all of these communities that exist in this particular part of the Southside. <br /><br />Ultimately, your blog serves as a central point in keeping all residents educated, focused and invigorated. You can always separate on your main page each individual Ward with story links pertaining to that ward. Then,have overall, daily headline stories that impacts all of the wards. <br /><br />Or bring a story / program to the forefront that is significantly more exceptional at the time in terms of audience appeal.<br /><br />If you think about this, you guys become the go-to Internet media<br />connection. Chicago's mainstream media mostly treats Southside interests as secondary. Most of our coverage is crime sensational! But you guys would have the opportunity to present everything: the good, the bad and the ugly. Leslie Honorenoreply@blogger.com