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Blogging For Business

From AndreCharland, 2 years ago Add as contact

While "blogs" (short for "web logs") are often associated with personal commentary or news on a particular subject, such as food, politics, or local news, many businesses are learning how blogging can improve their bottom line.

In this presentation, companies will explore a few easy ways businesses of all sizes can use blogging to improve their marketing efforts and create better relationships with their customers. This session will draw upon real examples demonstrating the effectiveness of blogging for business. Using simple techniques, companies can enjoy concrete results in less than 6 months.

A number of blogging basics will be discussed, including: tools, techniques and strategies for businesses looking to incorporate blogging as part of their marketing mix.

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  1. Slide 1: Blogging for Business Massive 2007 By Andre Charland CEO, Nitobi
  2. Slide 3: Blog? A blog is a user-generated website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order.
  3. Slide 4: ??? • Conversation • Connection • Human • Voice • Honesty • Transparency
  4. Slide 5: Details • Posts • Feed (RSS/Atom) • Comments • Permalinks • Listing • Trackbacks
  5. Slide 6: How Many Blogs?
  6. Slide 7: Who’s Bloggin’?
  7. Slide 8: People Want Choice TV: YouTube Radio: iTunes News & Articles: Blogs Editors: Digg
  8. Slide 9: Why Business Blogging • Branding • Marketing • Recruiting • Partnering • Reputation • Thought leadership • And…
  9. Slide 10: SEO? B etter L istings On G oogle
  10. Slide 11: How has blogging helped me (Nitobi)? • New customers • Increased traffic • New partners • Book • Speaking (Not about blogging;-) • Employees
  11. Slide 12: New Customers
  12. Slide 13: Increased Site Traffic
  13. Slide 14: Speaking • AjaxWorld - SanJose • AjaxWorld – New York • JavaOne – San Francisco • xTech – Paris, France
  14. Slide 15: Book
  15. Slide 16: Other Direct Benefits • Partners • Employees • Blog Links
  16. Slide 17: Fears • Loosing Control • Competitive secrets • Bad comments • Employee time wasting
  17. Slide 18: Real Concerns • Lame • Mediocre • One sided conversations
  18. Slide 19: Verdict on Blogging
  19. Slide 20: Is it easy? Blogs don't write themselves Hugh Mcleod
  20. Slide 21: Costs Time…
  21. Slide 22: What to blog about? • What you do • How you do it • Where you are • Who you are • Who you work with • What you care about
  22. Slide 23: Getting Started • Read blogs • Comment • Track • Set up a blog • Media • Giv’r!
  23. Slide 24: Read Blogs: GoogleReader
  24. Slide 25: Track and Tag: Technorati
  25. Slide 26: Blog: WordPress.com
  26. Slide 27: Spam: Akismet
  27. Slide 28: Pictures: Flickr
  28. Slide 29: Editor: ScribeFire
  29. Slide 30: Beyond blogs • Podcasting • Videocasting • Screencasting
  30. Slide 31: Links (on my blog) • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog • http://scoble.weblogs.com/2003/02/26.html • http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/003748.h • http://www.troyangrignon.com/blog/_archives/2006/12/7/25569 • http://www.socialtext.net/bizblogs/index.cgi • http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/003804.h • http://www.thenewpr.com/wiki/pmwiki.php?pagename=Resourc • http://www.getelastic.com/blogging-retailer-white-paper/
  31. Slide 32: Books • Naked Conversations • The Corporate Blogging Book • ClueTrain
  32. Slide 33: Andre Charland Co-Founder, CEO of Nitobi andre@nitobi.com http://blogs.nitobi.com/andre http://www.nitobi.com Skype: ebadre Drop me a line, or comment on my blog!