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My First Article About Blogging

My First Article About Blogging

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...
Repetition is In and Blogging Is Back

Repetition is In and Blogging Is Back

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...
Why Writing a Corporate Blog Can Be Fun (and Profitable Too)

Why Writing a Corporate Blog Can Be Fun (and Profitable Too)

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...

To Blog or Not to Blog (Nine Years Later)

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...

Managing Both Objections and Reputation Through Social Media

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...

A Lesson in How NOT to Staff Your Local Blog?

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...
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