BlogWrite for CEOs

I’m re-posting an entry I wrote 5 years ago. It still applies. Back then, Googling yourself was a relatively new concept. Now, it’s a truism that Google results are your home page.

Posted May 19, 2004: "Google yourself." That’s today’s pithy two-word tip from personal branding guru William Arruda. As he puts it: "Being Googled reveals how visible you are on the Web, and visibility (at least among your target audience) is critical to successful

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Q & A, B, C with POP! Author Sam Horn

Posted in the Category of ROI

Why should someone do business with your company? What's your 30-second "tell and sell"? That's what author and communications consultant Sam Horn calls it and what she'll explain, step-by-step, in her presentation at the Inc. 5000 conference: POP!: Create the Perfect Pitch, Title and Tagline for Anything. I spoke with Sam recently to get a preview of her session. What are some of the steps, I asked, to create that perfect elevator pitch. Her

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Gartner annually releases a Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies. Take the hype cycle construct with a grain of salt, if you will. But I love the chart (click on Continue below). The 2008 hype cycle report illustrates that corporate blogging is now on the upward slope of "enlightenment" heading towards mainstream adoption. Note that microblogging (meaning Twitter and the new Yammer, for companies) is headed for the Peak of Inflated

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For many companies and executives, the hardest thing to swallow about blogging or any form of social media is the unpredictability. The fear is that you might be opening a pandora's box. What will spur negative feedback? What will spark a controversy? Prompt a lawsuit? What if... you get no response at all?

Experimenting with blogs and wikis and online communities often means stepping outside your comfort zone. Luckily, there are more and more

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I found myself using the phrase Return on Influence last week in talking to a reporter about the value of corporate blogging. I didn’t invent it. Heck, there’s nothing new under the sun these days. See Useful Links below. And thanks to Valeria Maltoni for the nifty graphic.

But the term "Return on Influence" bears repeating and maybe I can give another twist to the concept. Bear with me while I think out loud.

Why should the ROI on

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Here's yet another reason to get into the corporate blogging game in 2008...

According to a survey by communications firm Brodeur (announced at the CES in Las Vegas last month), journalists are heavy users of the blogosphere for research and quick reporting. [Download PDF of the survey.]

" ...New media (social media and blogs) is having an impact on many different aspects of reporting, particularly the speed and availability of news,"

Here's yet another reason to get into the corporate blogging game in 2008...

According to a survey by communications firm Brodeur (announced at the CES in Las Vegas last month), journalists are heavy users of the blogosphere for research and quick reporting. [Download PDF of the survey.]

" ...New media (social media and blogs) is having an impact on many different aspects of reporting, particularly the speed and availability of news," according to the Brodeur press release.

Journalists are using blogs to get tone, nuance and story angles. No, they don't believe everything they read in blogs but social media is a great source of additional information when a reporter is on deadline.

So get yourself into the blogosphere if you're not there yet. And be sure…

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