Comments on: Advice To Companies With A Blog http://blog.awakenedvoice.com/2007/03/04/advice-to-companies-with-a-blog/ Analyzing And Reporting On The Social Media Revolution Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:18:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Rob Safuto http://blog.awakenedvoice.com/2007/03/04/advice-to-companies-with-a-blog/#comment-2776 Rob Safuto Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:36:26 +0000 http://blog.awakenedvoice.com/2007/03/04/advice-to-companies-with-a-blog/#comment-2776 Peter, Your situation is not an unusual one. I'm finding that there is a large gap between traditional web design / webmaster skills and the skills needed to address the tools companies need today. I outlined the situation in a post from a couple of weeks ago called Skills Of The Social Webmaster. http://blog.awakenedvoice.com/2007/02/13/skills-of-the-social-webmaster/ I definitely don't expect companies with limited means to be able to get all of this done. For small businesses the focus really needs to be on their core business. What's a business owner to do? The answer is not a simple one. These web design firms need to improve their skills vis-a-vis social technologies. And they need to offer simple solutions for small businesses. And the solutions need to work! And on some level I believe that all business owners should do what they can to learn new technologies themselves, so that they can at least be informed enough to spell out what they want and make sure it gets done right. The tools are improving and are starting to make this state more of a possibility. That may not help the majority of businesses suffering today, but I think more businesses will be able to have more control soon. Peter,

Your situation is not an unusual one. I’m finding that there is a large gap between traditional web design / webmaster skills and the skills needed to address the tools companies need today. I outlined the situation in a post from a couple of weeks ago called Skills Of The Social Webmaster.

http://blog.awakenedvoice.com/2007/02/13/skills-of-the-social-webmaster/

I definitely don’t expect companies with limited means to be able to get all of this done. For small businesses the focus really needs to be on their core business. What’s a business owner to do?

The answer is not a simple one. These web design firms need to improve their skills vis-a-vis social technologies. And they need to offer simple solutions for small businesses. And the solutions need to work!

And on some level I believe that all business owners should do what they can to learn new technologies themselves, so that they can at least be informed enough to spell out what they want and make sure it gets done right.

The tools are improving and are starting to make this state more of a possibility. That may not help the majority of businesses suffering today, but I think more businesses will be able to have more control soon.

]]> By: Peter O'Connell http://blog.awakenedvoice.com/2007/03/04/advice-to-companies-with-a-blog/#comment-2661 Peter O'Connell Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:33:19 +0000 http://blog.awakenedvoice.com/2007/03/04/advice-to-companies-with-a-blog/#comment-2661 I agree, anything worth doing is worth doing right. For major companies, it should be a no brainer. For smaller companies it is more frustrating. I'll use my company as an example. In November 2006, I completely redesigned my web site with my internet designer and provider. One of the things I wanted was a blog and the ability to have podcasts; my local designer said his software provider had that module with all the requisite features. Uh, no, they didn't. They had a page where you could scroll down and read entries and make comments, No RSS, no trackback. WTF? I said "guys, blogger and wordpress have this software for FREE! How can you say your software does these things and then clearly be so far behind the curve?!" They say their updates will be ready in June....JUNE?! The fast answer would be to just switch over to one of the free sites and direct the blog there but that screws up my SEO and that's a huge part of my business. So I made a good faith decision in updating my site that has turned into a frustrating...pain in the ass. That's business! Well, that's my rant. I agree, anything worth doing is worth doing right. For major companies, it should be a no brainer.

For smaller companies it is more frustrating. I’ll use my company as an example. In November 2006, I completely redesigned my web site with my internet designer and provider. One of the things I wanted was a blog and the ability to have podcasts; my local designer said his software provider had that module with all the requisite features.

Uh, no, they didn’t. They had a page where you could scroll down and read entries and make comments, No RSS, no trackback. WTF?

I said “guys, blogger and wordpress have this software for FREE! How can you say your software does these things and then clearly be so far behind the curve?!” They say their updates will be ready in June….JUNE?!

The fast answer would be to just switch over to one of the free sites and direct the blog there but that screws up my SEO and that’s a huge part of my business. So I made a good faith decision in updating my site that has turned into a frustrating…pain in the ass. That’s business!

Well, that’s my rant.

]]> By: Rob Safuto http://blog.awakenedvoice.com/2007/03/04/advice-to-companies-with-a-blog/#comment-2586 Rob Safuto Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:32:37 +0000 http://blog.awakenedvoice.com/2007/03/04/advice-to-companies-with-a-blog/#comment-2586 I think that screening comments is okay as long as their sword isn't too harsh. Sometimes there can be a fine line between criticism and angry rant. Those are decisions that need to be made when running a corporate blog that gets a lot of eyes. I think that screening comments is okay as long as their sword isn’t too harsh. Sometimes there can be a fine line between criticism and angry rant. Those are decisions that need to be made when running a corporate blog that gets a lot of eyes.

]]> By: Kare Anderson http://blog.awakenedvoice.com/2007/03/04/advice-to-companies-with-a-blog/#comment-2570 Kare Anderson Tue, 06 Mar 2007 23:45:32 +0000 http://blog.awakenedvoice.com/2007/03/04/advice-to-companies-with-a-blog/#comment-2570 Yes, and Bill's is an interesting blog, too, yet appears to screen some comments - even when they relate to the post, we discovered http://sayitbetter.typepad.com/say_it_better/2007/03/the_attention_e.html Yes, and Bill’s is an interesting blog, too, yet appears to screen some comments - even when they relate to the post, we discovered
http://sayitbetter.typepad.com/say_it_better/2007/03/the_attention_e.html

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