Carnival of the Capitalists
BusinessPundit Rob and I are introducing something called Carnival of the Capitalists. It is modeled after the venerable Carnival of the Vanities, and works similarly, but is, as the name implies, specific to posts about business, economics, accounting, marketing, taxes, management, sales, finance, advertising; those sorts of things.
Naturally we expect to see plenty of participation from business and economics bloggers, but anyone with a relevant post is welcome to submit it. Some basic points:
The official publication date of CotC will be Mondays, starting on October 13. We are accepting submissions starting now. We chose Monday to coincide with the business week, and to avoid conflicting with Carnival of the Vanities on Wednesdays. While the official date is Monday, the host may post CotC during the weekend; another reason for the Monday choice.
The first week will be hosted at BusinessPundit, and submissions can be mailed to rob -at- businesspundit.com or capitalists -at-elhide.com, both of which go to him. The second address will be redirected to the current host each week, and may always be used for submissions.
A list of hosts by date, plus other information, will be maintained on this page, which I have linked near the top of the sidebar. People interested in hosting should contact me at jaysolo -at- elhide.com.
Submitted posts should be original writing on a relevant topic, or a post that substantively comments on a linked item. A basic "link post" isn't an appropriate entry. Our goal is to be read not merely by bloggers, but by non-bloggers, including people in the mainstream business-related press. Think of it as a way to bring extra attention to your thoughts and ideas, in a dynamic going beyond the blogosphere.
If you're familiar with Carnival of the Vanities, you understand how this works. It's just more focused. I encourage you to look at this page, which has a complete (I think) set of "not yet asked questions." Hey, they weren't "frequently asked," since this is new. Plus NYAQ sounds cool. Pronounce it a few times fast and you might sound like a Stooge. Feel free to fire away with any questions I might have missed.
Rob's excelllent post announcing this is up here.
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