Do you feel guilty if you are not regular reading of other users Blog? With all the pressures of modern day life who do you pick and choose to read? If I am totally honest I do not do as much reading as I would like. When the day eventually ends there are still things that need doing and reading when you are tired is not effective. I guess quick scan in the morning is the best bet. I tend my self to take a look around lunch time. There are couple topics or writers that I have been following recently when that has run it’s course I will then move on. Of course this question has been topically asked yesterday by Shoemoney, The most amount of comments for the least amount of work http://tinyurl.com/5h58yc It does demonstrate just how relevant blogging is or not in the wider picture.
Interesting too how collectively similar topics will be discussed in blogsphere
One step back two steps forward. We have gone live over the weekend with the new Business Development site. The key aim with this site is to offer companies and users a place to develop their Business and share resources. The old Work Connexions site was not meeting its user requirements and was proving expensive in time to maintain. Some of the many features on the new site included:
Groups, Email Contact, Advertising, Targeted content, blogging, Work Buddys…
Come over and take a look at www.workconnexions.net
It goes back for another edit, but I Just thought that a few people may be interested in how we are doing? The guy laying on his desk at the begining is desperate for help than Wcx comes along and helps him. We going to be re shooting the whole thing. preview here.
Twitter where you Visit:
Twitter is well established, I do not know the exact stats for its use but I do know that if type in Enschede in Holland a large selection of twitter subscribers appear. For me having lived in quite a few places in the world it nice to be able to hear what is going on in a place that I have lived. More interestingly I have also added people that live in countries where I would like to visit. Japan being top of my list. Funnily enough most the Japanese subscribers tend to want to keep there twitter quiet (no follow) but it is an involving process so we will see what will happen.
Just in by email, For a sunday smile.
It is often said but frequently forgotten. ‘There is nothing to fear’. I am regularly amazed at how many fears people have. Of course when one examines it and breaks it down there is very little to fear. Many of our actions our predetermined from past experience. Understanding this is only of value if we can stop and see it for what it is.
More importantly when we notice this moment, these have the potential to be the most exciting moments of our life. Providing the fear is unfounded.
There is some talk that a lot of professional people feel threatened by blogging, because they feel they are giving away their hard earned knowledge for free. There is some truth in this argument. However given the open style of blogging and that there are no hard and fast rules as to how one should blog the choice is very much yours as to how you do it. The only rule that counts if one is going to blog, it has to be interesting. Here is non conclusive number of styles one can use:
1. Blog about changes industry practise- Demonstrates that the company is watching current trends
2. Blog about personal development - shows that you are keeping up to date in your field
3. Blog about your experiences - Shows that you know what you are talking about
4. Blog about News events – Gives an insight into your personal opinions and thoughts
For professionals that do decide to take the plunge the marketing gains are significant not just in search engine results and online media, but in providing your own marketing information. Which this can be reused and edited at a later stage for different campaigns. With big companies like Sony encouraging their executives to do it, how long can you wait?
