Morocco’s Newest Blog- Cafe Clock Online
Bombie winner The View from Fez better watch out because there is a new blog in town and it’s gunning to win the best overall blog category next year.
Cafe Clock Online is bringing you more than just virtual camel burgers with their new blog.
Owner Mike Richardson is planning on introducing video, music, and interviews. Guest bloggers, what’s happening in Fez, and more….
Cafe Clock wants to be more than a sponsor of the Bombies next year…I smell a contender…..
Check out this call to writers they just put out this morning…..
Shout Out for Writers
As you have probably noticed Café Clock has launched Cafe Clock Online. Yes, that’s right. A place for you to log on, reach out and keep your fingers on the pulse of what’s happening at the Clock and all around town.
We’re shouting out for writers to supply Cafe Clock Online with specialty articles on all kinds of subjects. We want articles, photos, videos and notable quotes.
Here are just a few areas we’re interested in having you write about:
PEOPLE: Who’s new in town? Who just got appointed to an important position? What celebrities have passed through Fes and where did they stay, what did they do, who were they with? Here’s a chance to profile all those wacky, wonderful and imaginative people who live and work and pass through Fes every day.
RESTORATION: Got a restoration project underway? How’s it going? What artisans are you using and how are they doing? Any tips for those following in your footsteps?
TRENDS: How is Fes changing? What is today’s youth doing to prepare themselves for the future and what are they doing for fun? What’s happening in music, dance, fashion and design?
REVIEWS: Tell us about books you’ve read, movies you’ve seen, musicians you’re listening to. Where are the newest hot spots for dining, relaxing and entertainment? What’s that new shop like that just opened up off Mohammed V?
REAL ESTATE: What’s happening on the real estate scene? What’s for sale? What great messerias are available for rent? What’s the market doing overall?
MOROCCAN CULTURE & CUSTOMS: Keep us informed about all the holidays observed in Morocco and give us a little background on the reason for the holiday and what people do to celebrate the Prophets’ birthday, Eid Kbir, Ramadan, The Green March, Ashura. Let our readers know more about the history and customs of Moroccan culture and help them to learn how Moroccans observe special days on the calendar.
If you’re interested in becoming a freelance writer for Café Clock Online, please submit a short sample of your writing. Tell us which category you’re interested in writing about, or suggest another! We’ll review all entries and contact those with the “write” stuff. Be sure to include your contact information with your writing sample. Payment for each published article will be 150 dh token good for food or drink at the Clock.
So get writing, get your samples in and become a published writer!
Email your writing sample to:admin@cafeclock.com
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Give me a break!
Since we are talking about Morocco Blogs, the first thing that comes to mind is Morocco & Moroccans. I believe the awards should rather go to the native Moroccans and not to the aliens (hey, they call us aliens too in USA) who come to Fes to spend his/her vacation/retirement while blogging about Morocco. And believe it or not, but the time this person is done with his vacation in Morocco, he will end up writing a nice book about Morocco on our expense. As you can see, you are not only awarding him/her about his hobby he tends to enjoy, but he/she will make a fortune by using our own resources.
I don’t think this is faire at all. These people come to Morocco with enough capital stashed in their Banks while living on the cheap in our country, of course they have the time & resources to write all day long about Morocco. These people have what it takes to write a million dollars Blog, no doubts about that. But, do you call that a challenge?
Please note, I see awards categories such as Best Morocco News Blog, Best Personal blog
and Best Morocco Travel Blog, but I didn’t see Best Moroccan Social Networking Blog which are few of them out there and even made by real native Moroccans, take a look:
You ought to give awards to our own NATIVE Moroccan youths who are eager to excel despite the fact they don’t have lots of resources or capital to get there, yet, they do their best. These are the people who deserve the awards, and not someone by the name Smith who does this for fun while he has enough capital stashed at the Bank of Fes. Give me a break!
Reda B.(Moroccan first)
Reda,
The awards were open to any blog submitted. As you can see looking at the site, we include a number of blogs by Moroccan nationals in our reviews. Since English is the first language of the internet, our reviews have primarily been about English language blogs, but we’ve hired Moroccan translators to translate those blogs not in English so that they also become more accessible.
If we had called them the Moroccan Social Network awards, we certainly would have included your social network as it looks good, by the way, to leave four of the same comments under different names is considered spamming the comments section, and usually, leaving a link in the comment itself is considered spam too since we offer a link to the name of the person who leaves the comment.
As to millionaires and foreign reitirees, we don’t judge blogs by their owners but by their content. In fact, we offer free blogs to anyone who wants one and we don’t do an income check. In the future, I think you will find that interacting in a positive way works better than interacting in a negative one. I’ve included your spammish links as a courtesy, but I suggest you read up a bit about net etiquette.
All the best,
Vago