August 31st, 2007
In my post here on August 7th, I announced that b5media were looking for a new host for this blog, as I was planning to move along. Subsequently, an ad was placed on the Problogger job board.
There has been an excellent response and although it’s not my decision as to who the next person would […]
By Des Walsh -- 4 comments
August 31st, 2007
Today’s guest blogger, Hal Licino, points to some interesting statistics on the languages of blogging and lays claim to a neologism.
At the height of the Roman Empire, the single lingua franca of Latin was used as the official language of commerce and literature from Scotland to the Nile. Latin became an overlay onto the myriad […]
By Des Walsh -- 1 comment
August 29th, 2007
Our guest blogger today, brand catalyst Nina Burokas, looks at the blogging question every business owner needs to be able to answer.
What’s your blogging ROI?
And does it really matter?
Biz Blogging…WORKS. It is of…MONUMENTAL IMPORTANCE. (Or can be.)
- Tom Peters, Foreword to Naked Conversations
Last year, ProBlogger picked up a conversation thread […]
By Des Walsh -- 9 comments
August 29th, 2007
A few days ago I wrote here, enthusiastically, about the scheduled Blog Business Summit event scheduled for Chicago in September. And I was so enthusiastic, I wrote about it also on my Thinking Home Business blog.
I concluded the post on this site with a mention of the fact that I had not so far been […]
By Des Walsh -- 7 comments
August 28th, 2007
Guest blogger Andrew Garrett provides eight good reasons for blogging as part of your business.
From the outside, spending valuable business time writing a blog looks like you’re wasting time.
From the inside, it’s hard work, but can still feel a little disconnected from your day to day operations.
The value we get from weblogging is hard […]
By Des Walsh -- 3 comments
August 28th, 2007
Guest blogger Brittney Gilbert offers some practical advice for companies wanting to guard against bad buzz from the blogosphere.
When widely read blogger Jeff Jarvis of BuzzMachine, AKA Internet Rockstar bought a Dell computer that bit the dust on him, he took to complaining about it on his website. He wrote several entries about “the lemon” […]
By Des Walsh -- 8 comments
August 24th, 2007
The next Blog Business Summit is only a few weeks away now. The event is to be held in Chicago, 17-19 September, and its structure is an interesting reflection of how blogging in the business sector has evolved since the first Summit in January 2005 in Seattle. (NOTE: the Chicago event scheduled for September has […]
By Des Walsh -- 3 comments
August 23rd, 2007
This is the second of two guest posts this week by Sean Kelly, b5media Business Channel colleague who authors Franchise Pick. Happily, Sean has offered for re-posting here his classic Denny Crane post which appeared originally on Franchise Pick on May 21, 2007. You don’t *have* to love/hate/be appalled by/disbelieve/fall about laughing at the antics […]
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August 22nd, 2007
As I’m moderating a panel on Social Media at the interactive marketing event, ad:tech Beijing in November, I’m starting to be more alert than usual to blog posts that offer insight into social media in that vast country and complex, multi-layered culture.
I’m also taking greater interest in matters of business etiquette. A long time ago, […]
By Des Walsh -- 2 comments
August 21st, 2007
On Sarah Lewis’ new WordPress QuickStart site there is a set of excellent videos to help even the most non-technical person get up and running with a WordPress site.
Sarah is a blog developer and one of my co-moderators on the LinkedIn Bloggers forum.
Note that the site is about installing a downloadable WordPress.org site, not a […]
By Des Walsh -- 4 comments
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