Authentic Vs. Candid
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In the 2nd anniversary issue of WordBiz Report I included a note to readers that opined: “Authenticity is key. And by that I mean authentic voice. I often struggle to find just the right tone. When I do, you respond. You even…
BLOGGING PAYOFFS
Martin Roell has a great idea: Blog Headhunters. If it’s true that serious (and seriously regarded) bloggers are smart, articulate and clued in, then what better place to look for a valuable new employee than in the blogosphere. Canadian blogger Sebastian Paquet (whose focus is KS or knowledge…
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LIST OF BUSINESS BLOGS
Here’s an updated list of business blogs to check out. Compiled by Rick Bruner of I-Blog. Another comprehensive list of “marketing” blogs is on Scott Knowles’ WebSense blog.
read moreTHE VALUE OF SOMETHING TANGIBLE
I’m working with BrainBox here in Washington D.C. to create an audio cassette/CD of my e-newsletter seminar. They were a few days late in getting me a copy of the recording. No big deal. But instead of saying, “Oh, we’ve just been busy,” they dropped off the CD…
read moreNEW BLOG RESOURCE
If you haven’t stumbled across it already, be sure to sign up for the new I-Blog discussion list that’s part of Up2Speed. What a great idea. Heck, wish I’d thought of it myself. Rick Bruner is moderating it with his usual no-nonsense approach. Most useful:…
read moreLinks, Links, Links
An article I wrote recently, 5 Key Questions (You’ve Been Dying to Ask) About Business Blogs, is being linked to a lot. Thanks to Chris Pirillo for passing these along. Frankly, I think the article raises more questions than it answers but it’s a start and a stab…
read moreGone Fishin’
I'm sneaking up to the coast of Maine to swim in the icy water (really!) and hang out for a week. So nothing new till after the 4th of July. Seeya.
read moreRick’s Blog Post on 5 Blog Questions
It’s great to get the exposure in MarketingFix but Rick Bruner misread my recent article, 5 key questions you’ve been dying to ask about business blogs. I didn’t say that blogs would replace e-newsletters. I merely posed the question. My answer was, “It’s too soon to tell”…
read moreDare Businesses Tread
Kathleen Goodwin, ceo of iMakeNews, took over the column I launched for ClickZ on E-newsletter Strategies. If I do say so, she's buzzing along nicely as a columnist. Read her cogent argument for why businesses should consider blogging: Weblogs: Dare We Go There?
One of…
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read moreMap of the blogosphere
In case you're wondering… click here to see a graphical depiction of the blogosphere. In other words, a map of the A-list bloggers. And specifically, those whose blogging has an impact on mainstream media. The four points of the compass on this map are: blogging / journalism /…
read moreIt’s Back… Buzz, That Is
Last week, the energy and excitement of attendees at ClickZ's June 2003 Weblog Business Strategies Conference, the first mainstream blogging conference, was palpable. This week the buzz is from the West Coast where @d:tech is playing to a sell-out crowd in San Francisco. Rick Bruner says it's…
read moreHow Often To Blog?
Hmm… good question. Just as there are best practices for how often to send an e-newsletter (monthly is a good bet), so is there an etiquette for how often to blog.
I've been reading up on this as well as scouting around to look at the date stamps…
read moreMore on B-Blogs
My friend and colleague Rebecca Lieb has got it spot on in her ClickZ column today. Rebecca is executive editor of internet.com's Interactive Marketing channel (which includes ClickZ) so she's not a distinterested party to the concept of B (for business) blogging.
ClickZ was the sponsor of…
read moreDealing With Myanmar’s Dictators
OK, it's obvious I have a new addiction. First it was email (still is; spend way too much time on it). Now it's blogging. Last post for today…
Eammon Fitzgerald writes intelligently on how we (the U.S.) should be dealing with the military dictatorship that has Burma…
read moreWhy Businesses Should Blog
Good interview by Eamonn Fitzgerald with German e-business consultant and blogger Martin Roell that explains it clearly. It's in English. I met Martin at the ClickZ blogging conference. He's very young and very smart. Note the little country flags in the upper right-hand corner of…
read moreNew Conference Etiquette
Two things you should know if you're planning to attend an Internet-related conference any time soon.
1) Bring your laptop with WiFi (wireless Internet) card so you can post to your blog, IM (instant message) and heckle the panelists and speakers with your smart comments – all in…
read moreWrite, Read, Connect
That's the essence of a Web log, according to Blogger exec Jason Shellen, who gave a great keynote at ClickZ's June 2003 Weblog Conference. He's Associate Program Manager of Blogger (just acquired by Google and one of the most commonly used tools to create blogs).
WRITE:…
read moreSecond Thoughts on Blog Conference
Yup, I tend to get overly enthusiastic when something catches my interest.
Thus it was with ClickZ's June 2003 Weblog Conference in Boston this week.
Although the semantic (what “is” a blog?) discussions were fascinating, it's true that very little concrete info was imparted about businesses that…
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