Research on political blogging from The Hansard Society in the UK published last month includes some conclusions that will be no surprise to anyone who has worked on a plan for a blog that needs to state some of the measurable benefits of embarking on that blog. Hansard’s research concluded thus – – Blogging has […]
Category: Weblogs
Microsoft leads corporate blogging
With all the ongoing disussison about corporate blogging – who is, who isn’t and who should be – let’s recognize Microsoft’s lead as the world’s biggest blogging company (probably), meaning the company with the most employees blogging. Various numbers are flying about, but it’s likely that between 600-700 employees are now blogging publicly. That’s really […]
Porn blogs ahead of the curve
When I had my blog on BlogSpot, one thing I noticed each time I posted an article and checked in the listing of updated blogs (yep, I used to do that after every post!) was the amazing numbers of blogs with names like ‘sexy Zeta-Jones pics’ or ‘Britney’s secret honeymoon blog’ and similar. Just loads […]
Business-focused blogs in The Netherlands
In my daily travels through the blogosphere, I’ve not had a great deal of luck in finding good business-focused blogs here in The Netherlands with which I can connect and get some conversations going. In my specific areas of interest – business communication and technology – I was beginning to think that maybe I’m the […]
Blog Wars Episode 1
A report this morning from Reuters says that Microsoft is launching a blogging service in Japan on a trial basis, and aims to have one million users in the first year. That sets things up for a major clash with blog services leaders like Blogger who offers free blog hosting. Blogger is owned by Google, […]
IABC members call to action!
A call to action to all bloggers who are members of IABC, the International Association of Business Communicators. With so much debate and discussion going on about blogging and organizations in a wide range of business blogs, I’ve been surprised to note that hardly anyone who is an IABC member is joining in any of […]
Yahoo lawsuit: fear factor for corporate blogs
A California lawyer has filed a potential class action lawsuit against Yahoo, according to a BBC News report today. The report says the lawyer was subject to a “barrage of harassing, defamatory and abusive messages” from anonymous users on a Yahoo message board. The lawyer has accused Yahoo of sheltering users who harass people in […]
Business Week: Blogs are good for business
Business Week has published a detailed commentary in this week’s edition on the benefits of business blogs for organizations and how company executives are finding blogs useful for promoting their businesses as well as their points of view. The article has clearly captured other business bloggers’ attention as I’ve already seen it highighted on at […]
Are blogs worth the hype?
CNET News published a comprehensive editorial feature today that discusses the Big Question: Will blogs truly revolutionize the way people consume media? The feature includes discussion and commentary on the US Democratic National Convention and participation by bloggers, a look at what journalists say about the worth of blogs, and the views of some critics […]
BBC journalist blogs the Olympics
I was thinking today about the Olympic Games that start this Friday 13 August and wondering how blogs will fit into the media extravaganza to bring such an event to billions of people worldwide. Then I came across a blog by Stuart Hughes, a news producer with BBC News in London, who is going to […]
Webinar on blogging: what every marketer needs to know
If you want to know ‘Blogging 101’ from the business perspective, a free one-hour webinar presented by business intelligence firm Intelliseek may be just what you need. Here’s what Intelliseek say about the webinar: In a short time, a new form of Internet content — the blog, short for “web log” — has become a […]
Ban on blogs at the 2004 Olympics?
A report on champion swimmer and US Olympic team member Scott Goldblatt’s blog on 10 August makes interesting reading, discussing as it does what looks like a ban on blogging at the Athens olympics by any competing athlete. The 2004 Olympic Games start tomorrow, 13 August. Excerpt comment: […] It seemed that blogging was outlawed […]
US bloggers see the future
Paul Chaney of Radiant Marketing in Tupelo, Mississippi, USA, has posted the thoughts and opinions of some high-profile US business bloggers re how they see the future of blogging. Not another self-promotional piece by bloggers about blogging, you may be thinking. Actually, no, far from it. There are some very interesting views expressed in Paul’s […]
Corporate blog list: Is there one?
I spent some time today with Google, Yahoo, MSN, Technorati, various wikis, websites and blogs in trying to find a listing of corporate blogs. I looked at WSJ, Fast Company, Business 2.0, the Guardian, Business Week and I can’t remember how many others. Lots of results but not what I’m looking for. Is there a […]
Corporate blog list: Yes, there is one!
Yesterday, I posted a plea for information on a list of corporate blogs. I quickly heard from Constantin Basturea that he’s started such a list in the Resources section of the New PR Wiki. Please visit and add your knowledge! The New PR Wiki – Resources.CEOBlogsList
RSS: Real advantage for marketing and PR
Internetnews.com published a pretty sharp analysis on 13 August of the threat to traditional marketing and PR activity that business blogs present. What’s especially interesting about the article is its commentary on RSS, which gives clear advantages to marketing and PR departments in how they can change their communication models. RSS (concise definition) is a […]
Disclosure – more, please
Canadian journalist David Akin has done something on his blog that I’d like to see on more blogs written by journalists – a detailed disclosure of who pays for his blog. In David’s case, he goes into some detail to say that nobody does; he lists some relationships he has with various organizations to do […]
Flying blog
Lunchtime break, good time to review what’s come in on RSS over the past couple of hours. Reading a news item on the BBC about Global Flyer, the jet plane in which US adventurer Steve Fossett plans to fly non-stop around the world early next year without refuelling. The high-profile backer of Global Flyer is […]
Executive blogs: Keep the lawyers away
I’ve never met John Dvorak, the outspoken US tech columnist, but I’ve been reading his material for a long time in journals like PC Magazine and, recently, his blog precisely for his outspoken-ness. He certainly has opinions and he ain’t afraid to tell you them! I came across his riposte on his blog yesterday of […]
An artful start from ChangeThis
I read through The Art of the Start last night, a manifesto I downloaded from the ChangeThis website. ChangeThis, driven by Seth Godin and launched on 13 August, is an interesting concept: a form of media that uses existing tools (like PDF files, blogs and the web) to challenge the way ideas are created and […]