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Business and Blogging

Archive for February 2008

February 29th, 2008

Is Your Business Blog Interesting?

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Easton Ellsworth thinks that it’s probably lamer than a two-legged dog.
Dawud Miracle wonders if your blog is really selling your business.
There’s a good reason that these bloggers are questioning the quality of business blogs.
The sad truth is: many business blogs totally and utterly fail to live up to the potential of what they could […]

By Laura Spencer -- 2 comments

February 28th, 2008

Small Business Blog Review: Mani’s on Fairfax

 
(www.businessandblogging.com) We talk a lot on this blog about the reasons why you should have a blog, how you should start a blog and the things you can do with a blog.  But in the end, nothing is as useful as an example.
So, today we are starting a new series - profiling small businesses who are […]

By Liz Fuller -- 0 comments

February 27th, 2008

Managing Your Reputation Online - Tips From A Professional Reputation Manager

(www.businessandblogging.) As we discussed a few weeks ago, online reputation management is a growing field. Like the seeds of a dandelion blown by the wind, once a rumor starts spreading online it is difficult to stop its progress.
There are some companies whose business is to do just that, however. They attempt to control online […]

By Laura Spencer -- 6 comments

February 26th, 2008

Announcing Small Businesses Blog Reviews

Recently Lawrence Salberg wrote an article titled Small Business Blogging Won’t Grow in 2008. He cited my recent post stating that 1.25 million businesses had blogs, and he basically predicted that with the exception of tech companies, that number would pretty much remain flat this year.

In other words, he predicted that the other 22 million […]

By Liz Fuller -- 10 comments

February 25th, 2008

Social Media and the Corporate World

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Social media is hot. So hot, in fact, that corporations are starting to take notice of the power that social media can bring to their marketing campaigns.
Of course, those of us that are comfortable with Internet technology have known for a few years now just how much fun and how popular social media, like Flickr […]

By Laura Spencer -- 0 comments

February 24th, 2008

Coffee Break

(www.businessandblogging.com) I have to catch a plane this morning, so I’m afraid I don’t have as much time for a leisurely cup of coffee with you as I usually do.
In fact, I’m already on my second cup - and feeling pretty ambitious. So I thought I’d share some action-oriented posts with you.
The first is […]

By Liz Fuller -- 5 comments

February 23rd, 2008

BusinessWeek Updates Classic Article on Blogs to Include Social Media

(www.businessandblogging.) Three years ago, BusinessWeek made a prediction that was ahead of its time: Blogs Will Change Your Business.
They were right, of course, although most companies are just now waking up to the real power of blogs. Even BusinessWeek probably didn’t realize at the time just how right they were.
(Although not all of their specific […]

By Laura Spencer -- 6 comments

February 22nd, 2008

Small Business Blogging Challenge #6: RoadKill Remover

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Warning: this post contains some disturbing information, especially for animal-lovers. 
This is the latest in our series of responses to the blog challenge from our readers. A few weeks ago, Laura and I challenged Business and Blogging readers to think of a business that couldn’t benefit from blogging. Personally, this is the toughest challenge I’ve had to do […]

By Liz Fuller -- 6 comments

February 21st, 2008

Starwood Hotels and Resorts: A Visit To theLobby.com

This is another in our ongoing series of corporate blogs. Previously, we’ve taken a look at the Kodak blogs and the General Motors blog.
Liz outlined our criteria for reviewing blogs on her post, Business Blogs: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
Today, we’re going to examine theLobby.com, which is the blog for the Starwood […]

By Laura Spencer -- 2 comments

February 20th, 2008

A New Blog: Kenneth Cole’s Awearness Blog

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Q: What do you do if you are a socially conscious CEO with a thriving high-fashion shoe, clothing and accessories business?
A: You start a Blog of course!

Kenneth Cole has joined the select ranks of blogging CEO’s with his new Awearness Blog, launched to time with the President’s Day Sales on February 18th.
Cole’s blog is different […]

By Liz Fuller -- 3 comments

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