by Debbie Weil | Sep 12, 2005 | General, Stuff, Uncategorized
You knew it was only a matter of time before lawyers got into the act, right? And I don’t mean the many lawyers writing blawgs (as they’re called). So far there is very little case law relating specifically to blogs and bloggers. That’s changing. A...
by Debbie Weil | Sep 6, 2005 | In the News, Stuff, Uncategorized
The blogging buzz continues as loud as ever, one week after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. If you’re wondering what the point is after the hurricane has passed and on-the-scene bloggers can no longer give us a blow-by-blow, consider New Orleans refugee...
by Debbie Weil | Aug 30, 2005 | ROI, Stuff, Uncategorized
In response to a WordBiz survey, 65% cite “the time it would take to write” as their most important concern about starting and maintaining a corporate blog. 51% worry what to write about. 27% wonder who in their company should write the blog. Despite these...
by Debbie Weil | Aug 25, 2005 | Stuff, Uncategorized, Writing
I can feel it seeping in, insidiously… a tendency to write in longer, more formal, more tortuous sentences like, well, like this one. Maybe it has to do with focusing on the topic of corporate blogging. Is ‘corporate blogging” the ultimate oxymoron?...
by Debbie Weil | Aug 23, 2005 | In the News, New New Things, Stuff, Uncategorized
Sorry if that title is a bit of a tongue twister. Gartner today released its 2005 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies. The research firm has pegged Corporate Blogging and RSS as being two years away from mainstream adoption. For now, both are tumbling into...
by Debbie Weil | Aug 19, 2005 | Events, Stuff, Uncategorized
One of the great things about participating in a three-day conference like Blog Business Summit is meeting in the flesh people you’ve been interacting with online. (I ran a session featuring dueling corporate blogs: GM’s Fastlane blog vs. Intuit’s...