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GreenCarReports Editor Appears on NPR’s ‘All Things Considered’
High Gear Media’s very own GreenCarReports.com editor, John Voelcker, appeared on NPR’s ‘All Things Considered” Friday. ATC Host Robert Siegel interviewed John to get his take on why the Chevy Volt may not qualify for a California tax rebate of $5,000 and why single drivers of the Volt may not be able to use the HOV lanes in California, as the Nissan Leaf drivers will be able to do.
In short, the mean green machine continues to roll. You can listen to the clip and read the transcript here. You can also see more of John’s reporting and analysis at GreenCarReports.com.
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High Gear Media CEO Talks ‘Beyond Content Farms’ With PBS’ MediaShift (VIDEO)
High Gear Media’s very own CEO Matt Heist had a chance to join a recent PBS MediaShift video roundtable on the rapidly changing world of online content. Matt was joined by speakers from Bleacher Report, Examiner.com, AOL’s Patch and the Internet Content Syndication Council — plus MediaShift host Mark Glaser.
MediaShift, which does a great job chronicling how content is being transformed by the Web, has been examining different angles to the content farm issue all week. The show gave Matt a great platform to talk about how High Gear Media is different:
- vertical focus (on automotive content and tools)
- laser focus on creating super high quality content that is rich and deep (advertisers and users demand that level of quality in autos)
- unique blending of both a full time staff of long-time journalists and a wider set of passionate content contributors who themselves have deep automotive backgrounds or expertise.
Here is a segment of the show where Matt talks about quality:
You can see the entire show on the MediaShift website. NOTE: We are also still looking for more writers who want to write to one of our sites and share in the revenue — know anyone? Contact us.
More About High Gear Media
High Gear Media is a vertical publishing company publishing more premium automotive content than anyone in the world through websites targeting key buyer and vehicle segments. High Gear Media’s owned and operated network of automotive destinations reaches almost 3 million visitors monthly and include its anchor site, TheCarConnection.com, its luxury site, MotorAuthority.com, green and electric car sites, GreenCarReports.com and AllCarsElectric.com, and its family-focused sites including FamilyCarGuide.com. High Gear Media’s editorial staff and over 250 contributors have written at publications like Car and Driver, AOL Autos, Autoweek, Automobile Magazine, and Wired. The company’s content is syndicated to partners including Yahoo! Autos, Huffington Post, NASCAR.com, AOL Autos, and The San Francisco Chronicle. Independent automotive writers and people who are passionate about cars can contribute content by visiting HighGearMedia.com. High Gear Media is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif. and received its funding from Accel Partners, Greylock Partners and DAG Ventures.
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Write About Cars and Win: July Contests Furious Finish
Recently, we reported on the results of our first July contest. And just like this (snap your fingers while you read that), we’re near the end of July and heading into our third contest already.
And this is the biggest contest of the month yet.
Starting today and running through the end of the month, write about cars and earn the chance to win $300. It’s very simple: if you publish the most stories about cars (submission deadline: July 31, midnight PST), you walk away with three hundred smackers.
And we’ve also been pitching our BIG mystery prize for writing about cars throughout July: every published story in the month counts as a sweepstakes entry to win. And the mystery prize is…
A Microsoft Zune player! It’s 16gb, it’s got wi-fi and HD radio, and it’s all yours if you’re selected as the winner!
So get going right now – write about cars with High Gear Media!
Now, let’s get to our latest contest results…
Pauline Abreu walks away with $200 once again for the contest period of July 12 – July 23, her second victory in a row, by publishing five stories about cars. Congrats again Pauline!
And we have a mystery prize to dole out for this contest as well, and this one goes to George Cudd. It’s a beautiful hardcover book about the Audi A1.
So, in short: you write about cars and you earn yourself lots of chances to win cash and cool swag with High Gear Media.
Let’s go!
