Category: Weblogs

  • Still a journey for social media

    The results of a survey in the UK published last week concludes that UK businesses are slow to take up social media. According to a report in Marketing Week, the survey results show that only 18% of executives from participating…

  • Ten tips for encouraging blog comments

    A couple of days ago, someone forwarded me a request from a journalist writing a piece for a national UK paper about social networking. The journalist’s questions were a little unclear: I need ‘ten top tips’ for social networking, what…

  • Consequences for not having a blogging policy

    All is not well at broadcaster CNN, if the story of Chez Pazienza is anything to go by. Pazienza, a producer on CNN’s American Morning TV show until last week, was fired for blogging. At least, that’s what it looked…

  • Explaining the Blog Council

    In early December, there was a great deal of commentary surrounding the formation of the Blog Council, a community of global companies whose primary goal is to promote best practices in corporate blogging. Founding members include AccuQuote, Cisco Systems, The…

  • Carl Icahn coming soon

    Billionaire financier Carl Icahn is about to start blogging on corporate governance. Well, at least a site is up with a single post on January 31 saying "Blog coming soon." An RSS feed is ready, along with an email subscription…