]> http://www.corporateweblogging.com/latest Blog Search Sector - Latest Blog Articles at http://www.corporateweblogging.com en http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/copyblogger?iid=52980&rsstype=latest&cid=23 Remember your fifth grade What I did on my summer vacation paper, where you used the words pool, baseball and bike 100 times apiece? And your English teacher dutifully marked your paper up with her red pen. Redundant. Don t ... Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:24:01 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/copyblogger?iid=52980&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/better-business-blogging?iid=52911&rsstype=latest&cid=23 If you want to improve the focus of your blog and make sure that it s doing its job, then the best place to start (as well as asking your readers directly) is to check on your stats or analytics package. It contains a mine of useful information whi... Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:26:41 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/better-business-blogging?iid=52911&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/wikinomics?iid=52958&rsstype=latest&cid=23 While a combination of my job and a bit of intellectual curiosity leads me to devour a lot of content on the web, there is precisely one publication that I pay to have delivered to my house each week - The Economist. It s always a special treat whe... Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:18:47 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/wikinomics?iid=52958&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/pro-blogger?iid=52731&rsstype=latest&cid=23 Much is written about how to design blogs (as a whole) but another element of blog design that I think is just as important, yet not written about much, is the design of individual blog posts.How blog posts look is so important. I ... Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:02:36 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/pro-blogger?iid=52731&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/better-business-blogging?iid=52733&rsstype=latest&cid=23 There are two things that I consider to be safe assumptions in life: one, we all like to know what s going on and, two, we never seem to have enough time. Now it may be that for some of us, a copy of Business Week, The Times or perhaps Cosmopolitan... Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:35:01 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/better-business-blogging?iid=52733&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/marketing-nirvana?iid=52717&rsstype=latest&cid=23 It s time for another edition of Top 15 Corporate Blogs, and you re in for a few surprises. I was glad to find that our most recent ranking (May 08) now finds mention in the Wikipedia entry on Corporate Blogging.What s different?There seems to ... Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:02:18 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/marketing-nirvana?iid=52717&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/marketing-nirvana?iid=52626&rsstype=latest&cid=23 As I mentioned in an earlier post, I m one of many featured speakers at Blog World Expo 2008 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. I ll actually be on two panels this year, one as a speaker and the other as a moderator. Both panels are focused on (... Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:42:54 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/marketing-nirvana?iid=52626&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/marketing-nirvana?iid=52627&rsstype=latest&cid=23 Given that I cannot cover all recent articles on corporate blogging, starting this week, I ve decided to present a weekly summary (each Monday) on corporate blogging ideas/blog posts/articles that I haven t had a time to dedicate an entire post t... Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:43:22 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/marketing-nirvana?iid=52627&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/blogging-journalist?iid=52620&rsstype=latest&cid=23 The New York Times reported September 7, 2008, that David Gregory has replaced Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as MSNBC s lead anchors in the cable news channel s coverage of the [presidential] election. See MSNBC Takes Incendiary Hosts Fro... Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:41:46 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/blogging-journalist?iid=52620&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/blogging-journalist?iid=52621&rsstype=latest&cid=23 Back on August 31, 2008, the Austin, Texas, USA, American-Statesman published an article by Omar L. Gallaga headlined Political discussion Web site owner keeps it neutral. You might find it interesting. I did. Technorati Tags: Bogdan Rentea,TellMeY... Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:01:30 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/blogging-journalist?iid=52621&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/blogging-journalist?iid=52622&rsstype=latest&cid=23 Campaign staff members and reporters once were the primary researchers of candidates in an election. These days, blogs break news the same way a news outlet or campaign could, contends Gerald Witt, staff writer at the News & Record of Greensboro, N... Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:46:14 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/blogging-journalist?iid=52622&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/pro-blogger?iid=52610&rsstype=latest&cid=23 Have you ever had one of those days where you set aside time to blog and while you spend the whole time that you put aside busily doing stuff - you don t end up actually writing anything?I had one of those days this last week. After what felt... Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:14:36 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/pro-blogger?iid=52610&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/bloggers-blog?iid=52514&rsstype=latest&cid=23 Blogging software provider Six Apart recently debuted a new website at the Blogs.com domain it has held for sometime. It s obviously a great domain name for a blog directory. The new website acts as a directory of top blogs and provides commentary on... Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:10:00 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/bloggers-blog?iid=52514&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=52456&rsstype=latest&cid=23 Earlier this week, when I announced the promotion of Paul Walborsky to CEO of Giga Omni Media, the company I started in 2006, it was part of a plan that was hatched long before I returned to work after my health scare. That plan was to make the compa... Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:49:16 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=52456&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/neville-hobson?iid=52472&rsstype=latest&cid=23 If you re like me, you ve probably got a range of options for people to subscribe to your blog s RSS feed.In addition to your main feed, often via FeedBurner, you might offer little chicklets or links that enable people to get your content via... Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:37:00 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/neville-hobson?iid=52472&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/media-orchard-by-the-idea-grove?iid=52337&rsstype=latest&cid=23 If you were to ask 100 people on the street what professional group is the least honest, our guess is that the following would be the top three results (in no particular order):1. Politicians2. Lawyers3. PR PeopleOf course, it s also true that while ... Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:38:00 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/media-orchard-by-the-idea-grove?iid=52337&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/scobleizer?iid=52340&rsstype=latest&cid=23 No, not a 17-year-old s sex life. That s fair game in today s media world, it seems. No, not abortion or whether or not a candidate considered such or will legislate against choice to use it. That s fair game too. No, not gun ownership or sup... Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:56:00 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/scobleizer?iid=52340&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/scobleizer?iid=52581&rsstype=latest&cid=23 No, not a 17-year-old s sex life. That s fair game in today s media world, it seems. No, not abortion or whether or not a candidate considered such or will legislate against choice to use it. That s fair game too. No, not gun ownership or sup... Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:56:00 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/scobleizer?iid=52581&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/pro-blogger?iid=52331&rsstype=latest&cid=23 In the last 24 hours I ve been interviewed 3 times and on each occassion I was questioned about affiliate marketing and how to make money from it.Here are 5 lessons that I found myself touching on in each interview.Image by foundphotolj1. Relevancy... Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:32:28 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/pro-blogger?iid=52331&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/marketing-shift?iid=52348&rsstype=latest&cid=23 I m sure most of you have heard about Dave Sifry s latest venture, OffbeatGuides, and some of you may even have access to the current beta of the system. For quite some time I ve wanted to post a review of Offbeat Guides but couldn t find the time..... Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:03:00 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/marketing-shift?iid=52348&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/web-strategy-by-jeremiah?iid=52375&rsstype=latest&cid=23 Above: The Social Technographics of Voters, read Josh Bernoff s Analysis which further segments the behaviors of McCain vs Obama supportersaIn this post, I m going to make some observations from my network, but my only caveat is, this is not repr... Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:27:50 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/web-strategy-by-jeremiah?iid=52375&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/marketing-nirvana?iid=52316&rsstype=latest&cid=23 Every time I fall off the blogging bandwagon, when life and work takes its toll on my enthusiasm to blog, I remind myself. Why do I blog? It s not easy. It takes a couple of hours every day in addition to daily work. And, then I realize. I love the... Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:58:08 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/marketing-nirvana?iid=52316&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/blog-herald?iid=52268&rsstype=latest&cid=23 The release of Movable Type 4.2 seems to have breathed new life into the Movable Type community as today s post will reveal. The past week gave us a series of new proposals from the open source community (covering topics from new and deprecated tem... Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:05:39 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/blog-herald?iid=52268&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/wikinomics?iid=52236&rsstype=latest&cid=23 How often do you see the little digg logo on people s blog posts? In most cases, it s just a meek attempt at some attention and hardly ever works.Appearing on digg can certainly help a blog. This post drove enough traffic to the Wikinomics sit... Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:04:19 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/wikinomics?iid=52236&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/blog-herald?iid=52140&rsstype=latest&cid=23 On the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina s landfall in the U.S., another storm named Gustav weaves a path through the Caribbean that could end in New Orleans as early as next Monday.Here are some of the best places online to track Hurricane Gu... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:08:33 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/blog-herald?iid=52140&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/neville-hobson?iid=52113&rsstype=latest&cid=23 Content summary: PR Week blog contest update; brief discussion of FIR interview with Maggie Fox and Geoff Livingston; discussion of Jason Calacanis post about do-it-yourself PR for startup CEOs who should fire their PR agencies; the Media Monitori... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:49:01 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/neville-hobson?iid=52113&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/micro-persuasion?iid=52099&rsstype=latest&cid=23 Over the last few months I have been blogging a lot less than I really would like to. I have so much I want to say here and often so little time to write thoughtful essays. There are weeks I get on blogging kick. Last week was one. Then there are tim... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:12:30 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/micro-persuasion?iid=52099&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/wikinomics?iid=52096&rsstype=latest&cid=23 Welcome back to The netGuide, where I talk briefly about some of my findings from across the web and how they help solve old problems in new and creative ways. This week We re going to investigate the idea of search and information management wit... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:28:43 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/wikinomics?iid=52096&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/pro-blogger?iid=52049&rsstype=latest&cid=23 The vast majority of visitors to your blog are paralyzed by passivity.They never comment, they don t vote in polls, they won t subscribe to your feed or newsletters, they won t buy the affiliate products that you recommend, they won t email a... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:01:16 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/pro-blogger?iid=52049&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/pro-blogger?iid=51967&rsstype=latest&cid=23 The Holy Grail of incoming links for many bloggers is an appearance on the front page of Digg. It has the potential to send tens of thousands of visitors and bring about a lot of secondary links from other sites who see it.However the downside of a s... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:51:17 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/pro-blogger?iid=51967&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/global-neighbourhoods?iid=51981&rsstype=latest&cid=23 [David Sifry, Technorati co-founder. Photo by Shel]My friend Joseph Thornley has a good post about Technorati, a tool that was essential when I started blogging. I m betting some of you newer bloggers have never heard of it becaus... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:45:52 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/global-neighbourhoods?iid=51981&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/blog-herald?iid=51979&rsstype=latest&cid=23 One of the things people write about a lot in the blog world is Pinging . Apparently it should help you increase your traffic and/or backlinks.Pinging is basically a notification to a website or service that you have updated the content on your ... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:50:50 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/blog-herald?iid=51979&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/neville-hobson?iid=51911&rsstype=latest&cid=23 In episode #373 of the FIR podcast last week, Shel and I discussed what s wrong with Technorati.This turned into quite a lengthy discussion, initially prompted by Dan York s report in that episode in which he talked about what s wrong with Tec... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:51:14 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/neville-hobson?iid=51911&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/lexblog-blog?iid=51936&rsstype=latest&cid=23 The ILTA (International Legal Technology Association) annual conference this week in Dallas is generating a lot of blog and Twitter discussion. What a difference a couple years makes.Here s an excerpt from my August 25, 2006 post on the ILTA 2006 con... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:45:37 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/lexblog-blog?iid=51936&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/lexblog-blog?iid=51872&rsstype=latest&cid=23 The ILTA (International Legal Technology Association) annual conference this week in Dallas is generating a lot of blog and Twitter discussion. What a difference a couple years makes.Here s an excerpt from my August 25, 2006 post on the ILTA 2006 con... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:31:11 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/lexblog-blog?iid=51872&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/blog-herald?iid=51836&rsstype=latest&cid=23 Technorati has purchased Blogcritics.org, a blog network that covers an array of topics. Couple this with the fact that they launched a blog advertising network back in June (Technorati Media), and it s clear the company is shifting gears.Blogcrit... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:14:15 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/blog-herald?iid=51836&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/blog-herald?iid=51838&rsstype=latest&cid=23 Digg is rolling out their Digg Dialogg service, which basically is a Q&A with select people, where the questions are submitted by the Digg users, and then dugg up or down, with the winning ones behind actually asked. It is Digg for questions to a spe... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:30:43 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/blog-herald?iid=51838&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/marketing-nirvana?iid=51749&rsstype=latest&cid=23 I agree with the Matt (Blog Herald) when he says that the Washington Post must have been living under a rock to have stumbled upon Corporate Blogging years after its being institutionalized in corporate America. It s also over a year since my Top 1... Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:03:42 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/marketing-nirvana?iid=51749&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/pro-blogger?iid=51732&rsstype=latest&cid=23 This week I m running a Group Writing Project here at ProBlogger where you have the chance to win a $2000 identity design (logo) from logo designer David Airey. You can see a portfolio of the graphics and logo design that David has previously... Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:07:11 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/pro-blogger?iid=51732&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/blog-herald?iid=51695&rsstype=latest&cid=23 I d rather have a blog in front of me than a frontal loblogomy. - who knows? (Aaron?)What s blogging without a little ambivalence?Without further ado, we present to you the 7 most frustrating Would you rather? questions, blogging styl... Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:01:23 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/blog-herald?iid=51695&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/blog-herald?iid=51680&rsstype=latest&cid=23 I m still reeling and processing all the exciting events associated with WordCamp 2008 in San Francisco. Saturday was packed with so many of the best speakers - the best of the best in blogging, SEO, WordPress, PHP, Theme and Plugin development - i... Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:12:06 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/blog-herald?iid=51680&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/blog-herald?iid=51668&rsstype=latest&cid=23 Want to make your blog just like the 10 most popular blogs in the world? Here are 5 unmistakable ways to imitate the blogosphere s giants:1. Publish frequently. 2. Have a team.3. Offer hot news.4. Have an attitude.5. Be visual.Let s explore each ... Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:39:24 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/blog-herald?iid=51668&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/neville-hobson?iid=51591&rsstype=latest&cid=23 Content summary: FIR Live postponed until September 20; PR Week blog contest update; Dan York reports on SpeechTEK, Technorati and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits - the SEC s big IDEA, smarter talk about PR s fu... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:15:46 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/neville-hobson?iid=51591&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/copyblogger?iid=51574&rsstype=latest&cid=23 Is content king?To me, that seems like a silly question. Content is king is a metaphor, but apparently it s not a very good one.A good metaphor creates instant understanding. Given the amount of confusion and debate the phrase content is k... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:15:45 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/copyblogger?iid=51574&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/copyblogger?iid=51958&rsstype=latest&cid=23 Is content king?To me, that seems like a silly question. Content is king is a metaphor, but apparently not a very good one.A good metaphor creates instant understanding. Given the amount of confusion and debate the phrase content is king ... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:15:45 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/copyblogger?iid=51958&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/blog-herald?iid=51556&rsstype=latest&cid=23 Oh my. David Peralty of XFEP is annoyed with e-mail newsletters that are just rehashes of the RSS feed. I publish one of those myself, and without the special notes David mentions, using Feedburner. David says:You should be happy that I subscri... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:00:27 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/blog-herald?iid=51556&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/blog-herald?iid=51558&rsstype=latest&cid=23 SEOMoz has a pretty fascinating in-depth look at the top blogs in the blogosphere - and does so by looking at some pretty creative data slices.Here s how he started:Last Friday, (August 15th, 2008) I took a snapshot of the Internet s top blogs. T... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:39:31 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/blog-herald?iid=51558&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/better-business-blogging?iid=51546&rsstype=latest&cid=23 The internet has opened up a whole Aladdin s cave of information which is constantly being updated and added to - it has also revolutionised the way in which we find and share it. However, keeping up to date with all that is going on can be time co... Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:00:19 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/better-business-blogging?iid=51546&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/pro-blogger?iid=51519&rsstype=latest&cid=23 Who is Hosting This has put together a great little study into the blog hosts of the top 100 bloggers (according to Technorati).On top of the list is Media Temple, Datagram, BlogSpot and Six Apart.Yes you heard it, 8 of the top 100 blogs use Blogspot... Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:14:15 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/pro-blogger?iid=51519&rsstype=latest&cid=23 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/pro-blogger?iid=51457&rsstype=latest&cid=23 I opened my inbox this morning to find quite a bit of mail on the one topic - Yahoo Buzz which today opened up its doors to the public and started allowing other sites outside of it s initial closed test to submit stories to it. Yahoo Buzz is a soc... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:06:37 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/pro-blogger?iid=51457&rsstype=latest&cid=23