Business and Blogging

July 16th, 2008

Do Your Readers Trust You?

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Over at the tdhedengren. blog, the personal blog of Thord Daniel Hedengren, an interesting question is being posed. The question is this: Would You Trust An Online Friend?
While the tdhedengren. blog looks at the question from a personal standpoint, I suggest that it also pertains to business bloggers.
In fact, I would ask the question in […]

By Laura Spencer -- 9 comments

July 14th, 2008

When Blogging Is Not Enough

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During my daily reading today I ran across this post, Do Blogs Really Earn Business?, by James Chartrand over at Men with Pens. The post was written in response to the question, Do Blogs Work, from Graham Strong’s A Few Strong Words blog.
If you’ve been reading Business and Blogging for a while then you […]

By Laura Spencer -- 16 comments

July 12th, 2008

Imagine. . .

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Imagine that you could do whatever you wanted with your business blog, what would you do?

Would you improve on the layout?
Would you add crisp, enticing graphics?
Would you make the interface more accessible to users?
Would you change the writing style - making it more conversational and at the same time representative of your company.

If you could […]

By Laura Spencer -- 2 comments

July 11th, 2008

Corporate B2B Bloggers: When Will They Listen??

(www.businessandblogging.com) Based on the results of a recent report by Forrester Research , I think Corporate B2B Bloggers should start reading BusinessandBlogging.  
Or if they are reading our blog - they should be putting our suggestions to work!

The report states that most Corporate B2B Bloggers:

post too infrequently
give up too soon 
and leave their personality at the door

Statistically speaking:

70% stick to business or technical […]

By Liz Fuller -- 0 comments

July 10th, 2008

Keeping It Legal - The Inside Scoop on Plagiarism and Blogging

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A few weeks ago I started a discussion on the recent Associated Press policies for bloggers. Some of the comments on that post led me to realize that there is an interest in copyright law among the business blogging community.
While I’m not a lawyer or an expert on this topic, I can at least point […]

By Laura Spencer -- 4 comments

July 8th, 2008

Are You Committing One of These Blogging “Crimes?”

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As I visit business blogs during the course of my day I can’t help but notice a lot of bad blogging practices.
While these bad blogging practices are not technically “crimes” in the strictest sense of the word, the way that these blog problems detract from a business blog’s effectiveness should almost be considered a […]

By Laura Spencer -- 11 comments

July 5th, 2008

Business Blogging: Do Fashion Stores Blog?

 
(www.businessandblogging.com) Well the rain held off long enough for us to see the Macy’s fireworks display last night. As the world’s largest fireworks display - it more than lived up to our expectations - over 35,000 fireworks in a 30 minute show- that’s more than 1000 fireworks a minute!  
After the show I began to wonder about Macy’s department […]

By Liz Fuller -- 6 comments

July 4th, 2008

Blogging for Patriots

(www.businessandblogging.com) It’s the fourth of July, 2008, the 232nd birthday of the United States.
My husband and I are hoping the rain will hold off long enough for us to join our neighbors on the roof of our apartment building for the firework display over the rivers surrounding Manhattan.
Despite the rain threatening our celebration, I’m feeling […]

By Liz Fuller -- 0 comments

July 3rd, 2008

Do Restaurants Have Blogs?

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Following along with our recent trend of finding business blogs from products we use in our daily lives, I decided to look for a good restaurant blog.
You see, my husband and I went out to celebrate a special occasion last night and we chose a local restaurant for our celebration.
I started my search by looking […]

By Laura Spencer -- 2 comments

July 2nd, 2008

What Business Blog Platform Do You Use?

(www.businessandblogging.com) Choosing a business blogging platform may seem complicated for the beginning business blogger.
However, with a little research it is possible to select the blogging platform that is best for your business’s needs.
Here is some information to get your research started.
WordPress and Blogger are free. There is a commercial license fee associated with using Movable […]

By Laura Spencer -- 5 comments