Written on June 15th, 2005 at 02:06 pm by Toby

Blogs Must Earn Their Keep

Business Blogging, General 2 comments

Sounds like Darren is having a wonderful time on his well deserved holiday. From a ProBlogger fan, it’s been great fun reading the variety of posts by guest bloggers.
Over the past few months, I’ve been talking to marketers around the country about how blogs can support business initiatives. Most folks are intrigued and want […]

Written on June 15th, 2005 at 09:06 am by TLPakiiPierce

Customer Evangelism & Business Value Blogging

Business Blogging 9 comments

Blogs have been labeled next-generation marketing tools by a few because of its use as a powerful vehicle for voice and influence in delivering business level communications of a wide variety. Also, the voice of the customer has been heralding a new era of customer control and evangelism that is weighing heavily on business […]

Written on June 15th, 2005 at 05:06 am by JSLogan

Is It Time to Talk More About Conversion?

Business Blogging 13 comments

My background is B2B sales and marketing, more sales than marketing to be precise. I’ve worked with many sales people, teams, and organizations – each go through cycles of activity and business. One staple is the objective remains constant - close more business.
We need more leads and fresh contacts will be the mantra […]

Written on June 14th, 2005 at 06:06 pm by duncan

Riley on Easy Bake

Business Blogging 0 comments

For any Problogger readers interested in blogging related topics Duncan Riley from the Blog Herald is doing a Q & A free-for-all on a phone hookup with Andy from Easy Bake Weblogs . Any one can join in from Tuesday June 14th @ 9pm US EST 1-858-400-4040, Access code: 60657. Questions are open, but the […]

Written on June 10th, 2005 at 02:06 pm by JSLogan

Ouch!

Business Blogging 3 comments

Best argument yet for posting less. Blogs keep challenging old thinking.
Are the rules of business changing?
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Written on June 10th, 2005 at 07:06 am by Rachel

Business Blog Survey

Business Blogging 5 comments

Hi everyone, I’ve been asked to see if I can get feedback on these questions by anyone who is involved with business blogging for a magazine article on business and blogging (as inspired by this article) - so I thought I’d throw these out as a Friday survey (yes, it’s Friday here in NZ and […]

Written on June 8th, 2005 at 02:06 pm by JSLogan

Why Do You Write, Read, and Comment on Blogs?

Business Blogging 15 comments

Last week, Bob Bly asked a simple question on his blog - …why not just read books, periodicals, and Web sites? Why do you read blogs … and bother writing posts on them?
Here was the comment I left in response to his question:

I own a few of the books you’ve written. I like them. One […]

Written on June 8th, 2005 at 12:06 am by JSLogan

Blogs Are an Incomplete Customer Communications Tool - How Would You Make Them Better?

Business Blogging 16 comments

Blogs are interesting tools of business and business communications. There are a lot of useful things you can do with a blog. Interestingly, they’re lacking in the one benefit most touted - customer communication. Only the blogger can open the conversation, the reader can only respond.
That’s poor communication.
Readers are without doubt the most valuable part […]

Written on June 6th, 2005 at 01:06 pm by JimKukral

Blogging Data We Can All Learn From

Advertising, Blog News, Blogging for Dollars, Business Blogging, General 5 comments

The BlogKits 2005 Blogging & Advertising Survey is about to close up. Here’s the best part. I’m going to release the raw data from this study on ProBlogger.net next week for anyone to download and analyze as they see fit. So if you haven’t taken the short survey yet, please do, it will benefit us […]