by Debbie Weil | Aug 22, 2011 | Corporate Blogging, New New Things, Uncategorized
I published my first article about business blogging in August, 2001. You can read it here. Whew. A lot of water under the bridge since then, including 9/11, which happened only a few weeks later. The Corporate Bloggging Book was published in 2006. The updated digital...
by Debbie Weil | Feb 1, 2011 | Corporate Blogging, New New Things, Uncategorized
One of the reasons I cough up for not blogging frequently enough is that I don’t like to repeat myself. As I’ve been blogging for SIXTEEN YEARS, I’ve said a . lot . of . stuff about business blogging. But it turns out that repeating yourself is a good thing when you...
by Debbie Weil | Sep 24, 2010 | Corporate Blogging, Uncategorized
Kudos to my newest guest blogger Susan Harris for her post below explaining exactly why being a corporate blogger can be fun. She hits all the relevant points (how she coaxes posts out of the staff, how she finds guest authors, etc.). I love her observation that...
by Debbie Weil | Sep 11, 2010 | Corporate Blogging, New New Things, Uncategorized
Nine years seems like a long time. Depending, that is, on the event or phenomenon you are marking. Today is nine years exactly since 9/11. Although I live in DC, I happened to be in New York that day. I was in Union Square, about a mile from Ground Zero and watched...
by Debbie Weil | Aug 1, 2010 | Corporate Blogging, Uncategorized
I’m delighted to welcome Douglas Karr, co-author of Corporate Blogging for Dummies, as a guest contributor. His point about one-to-one vs. one-to-many (sales vs. marketing) is an insightful one. More about Douglas below. Take it away, Douglas: Social media...
by Debbie Weil | Jun 23, 2010 | Corporate Blogging, Uncategorized, Writing
Local gardening blogger Susan Harris contacted me to say she – and other DC area bloggers – are up in arms over the decision of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments to hire a Florida garden blogger to write the new Metro DC Lawn and Garden...