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Archive for January 2008

January 22nd, 2008

Blog Challenge Number Four - An Independent Human Resources Professional

(businessandblogging.com) A few weeks ago Liz issued a challenge to our readers. She challenged the readers to think of a business that could not possibly benefit from blogging.
So far we’ve addressed the following challenges:

An Illegal Business

A Quarry

A Gas Station

Today, I’m going to answer the challenge issued by Heather, who blogs at SpinningSilk Multimedia. Heather presented […]

By Laura Spencer -- 7 comments

January 21st, 2008

How Many Non-Profits Blog?

 (businessandblogging.com) Today is Martin Luther King Day in the United States, commemorating the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the assasination of Dr. King at the age of 39. Over time, this commemorative day has been transformed into a day marked by service projects for the community. 
I thought in […]

By Liz Fuller -- 19 comments

January 20th, 2008

Coffee Break

(businessandblogging.com) Grab your coffee cup and let’s explore the web!
This post highlights some of interesting Sunday reading choices.
Debbie Weil has an interesting post about The controversial issue of ”data portability” (or what we used to call “privacy”). As someone who conducts business online, her post raises an interesting question: where does online interaction […]

By Laura Spencer -- 7 comments

January 19th, 2008

A Peek At Some Unusual Uses for Business Blogs

(businessandblogging.com) Here at Business and Blogging Liz and I are very interested in everything about business blogs. That’s why, when I found the article titled Business of blogging: How to make it work at Reuters, I was immediately drawn to it.
The article makes a few of the same points about what makes good business blogging […]

By Laura Spencer -- 0 comments

January 18th, 2008

Does Your Small Business Need a Blog?

(businessandblogging.com) As you know, Laura and I are currently running a challenge for any reader to identify a small business that could not possibly benefit from the low-cost marketing tool of a blog. We dared you to identify a small business that couldn’t use a blog.  We vowed that we would find some angle or strategy […]

By Liz Fuller -- 40 comments

January 17th, 2008

GM - Granddaddy of Business Blogging asks What’s Next?

   Today we kickoff our reviews of  Corporate Blogs. We are starting with #3 on the Fortune 500, profiling one of the oldest of all Corporate blogs!
General Motors was an early adopter of blog and social media technology.  The company started its first blog, Fastlane, in January of 2005 in an attempt to:

Develop a fast way to reach out to […]

By Liz Fuller -- 9 comments

January 16th, 2008

Let’s All just Talk! - Blogging as a Corporate Communication Tool

(businessandblogging.com) What’s at the heart of most relationship problems?
Any sociologist or psychologist will tell you that it is miscommunication.
Your relationships with your customers are no different.
Think about it. If you were going to receive bad news about your spouse or your best friend, who would you rather hear it from? Would you want to […]

By Laura Spencer -- 0 comments

January 15th, 2008

Business Blogs: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

(businessandblogging.com) Very soon we’re going to start reviewing the business blogs of the Fortune 500 and the Global Fortune 500.  That may seem like a daunting task, but since fewer than 10% of the F500 corporations have an external blog  - it’s a more manageable task than you might think.  (We’re still working on the list of companies from the Global F500, […]

By Liz Fuller -- 19 comments

January 14th, 2008

Bad, Bad Business Blogging Practices - The Short List

(businessandblogging.com) The Internet is filled with advice on what to do and what not to do with your blog. Some of that advice applies specifically to personal blogs, or to hobby blogs, but much of it applies to business blogs as well.
Tomorrow Liz will be listing some of the attributes of good business blogs. Today, […]

By Laura Spencer -- 2 comments

January 13th, 2008

Coffee Break

Laura and I thought Sundays would be a nice time to take a break, sip a cup of coffee and explore what’s happening around the rest of the web.
So, sit back, pour yourself a cuppa and enjoy exploring some new sites and visiting with some new friends.
First up are three carnivals, filled with interesting articles. […]

By Liz Fuller -- 4 comments

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