Strategies and Tools for Corporate Blogging

Strategies and Tools for Corporate Blogging

Author: John Cass

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007-06-07

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1136361952

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If advertising and public relations were the best ways to connect with a company's audience through traditional media, and blogs are the best way to connect with millions of customers through the medium of online consumer generated media, then how can companies best use blogs to connect with their audience through the medium of consumer-generated media? The answer is through blogger relations, the process of interacting with bloggers and blog readers to get a company's message to an audience. This book targets business people, marketing professionals, public relations firms, search engine optimization and online marketing agency staff with a primer on the importance of corporate blogging and how to conduct a successful blogger relations ongoing campaign.


Corporate Blogging For Dummies

Corporate Blogging For Dummies

Author: Douglas Karr

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-07-13

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 9780470901472

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Establish a successful corporate blog to reach your customers Corporate blogs require careful planning and attention to legal and corporate policies in order for them to be productive and effective. This fun, friendly, and practical guide walks you through using blogging as a first line of communication to customers and explains how to protect your company and employees through privacy, disclosure, and moderation policies. Blogging guru Douglas Karr demonstrates how blogs are an ideal way to offer a conversational and approachable relationship with customers. You’ll discover how to prepare, execute, establish, and promote a corporate blogging strategy so that you can reap the rewards that corporate blogging offers. Shares best practices of corporate blogging, including tricks of the trade, what works, and traps to avoid Walks you through preparing a corporate blog, establishing a strategy, promoting that blog, and measuring its success Reviews the legalities involved with a corporate blog, such as disclaimers, terms of service, comment policies, libel and defamation, and more Features examples of successful blogging programs throughout the book Corporate Blogging For Dummies shows you how to establish a corporate blog in a safe, friendly, and successful manner.


Maximizing Commerce and Marketing Strategies through Micro-Blogging

Maximizing Commerce and Marketing Strategies through Micro-Blogging

Author: Burkhalter, Janée N.

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2015-05-31

Total Pages: 403

ISBN-13: 1466684097

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The Internet is quickly becoming a commonly used tool for business-customer interaction. Social media platforms that were once typically reserved for personal use are now becoming a vital part of a business’s strategy. Maximizing Commerce and Marketing Strategies through Micro-Blogging examines the various methods and benefits of using micro-blogs within a business context, bringing together the best tools and tactics necessary to properly incorporate this approach. Highlighting current empirical research and insights from various disciplines, this book is an essential reference source for academics, graduate students, social media strategists, and business professionals interested in the positive use of social media in business environments.


Blogging All-in-One For Dummies®

Blogging All-in-One For Dummies®

Author: Susan Gunelius

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-05-11

Total Pages: 722

ISBN-13: 9780470632680

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A complete guide to creating and establishing your place in the blogosphere! New blogs are being launched at the rate of 175,000 a day. To stand out from the masses, bloggers need the detailed information and advice packed into this all-in-one guide. Here's what new bloggers need to get started and what experienced bloggers need to upgrade and even earn money from their blogs. Eight self-contained minibooks cover joining the blogosphere, blogging software, tools that extend your blog, marketing your blog, microblogging, making money from your blog, corporate blogging, and niche blogging. Blogging is replacing traditional media and gaining credibility; to succeed, bloggers need a greater understanding of blogging basics, tools, and techniques Eight minibooks cover getting started, software, other tools, blog marketing, microblogging (including Twitter), monetizing your blog, and corporate and niche blogging Helps new bloggers become active and productive members of the blogging community Provides vital information for both hobby bloggers and those who want to build a career around blogging Presented in the fun and friendly For Dummies style, Blogging All-in-One For Dummies is a complete reference guide to starting and maintaining a successful blog.


Create Your Own Blog

Create Your Own Blog

Author: Tris Hussey

Publisher: Sams Publishing

Published: 2009-12-31

Total Pages: 582

ISBN-13: 0672331616

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Want a personal or business blog of your own? It’s easy! In this simple guide, one of the world’s most experienced bloggers walks you through every step, from getting started to building a worldwide audience. Tris Hussey covers it all, from low-cost blogging tools to high-powered writing tips! Get this book, and get started fast–with a professional-quality blog that meets your goals, whatever they are! Build great blogs like these, the easy way! Personal Blogs Business Blogs Blogs for Podcasting Video Blogs Portfolio Blogs for Artists Lifestreaming Blogs Learn from a pro! Discover tips, tricks, and great solutions for: Setting up your blog the right way–in just minutes! Writing blog entries people want to read Handling comments–even nasty ones! Creating a conversation and building a community Publicizing your blog Choosing the right free or low-cost blogging tools Avoiding beginner mistakes Earning cash from your blog! You won’t believe how easy it is to create your own blog... or how much fun!


Publish and Prosper

Publish and Prosper

Author: DL Byron

Publisher: Pearson Education

Published: 2006-06-01

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 013270496X

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While personal blogs take up much of the blogosphere, blogs are quickly gaining popularity in business as an inexpensive and amazingly effective marketing tool. It’s time for a practical book about business blogging: this is the first book to demonstrate how businesses are blogging and how you can use blogging technology to converse with your customers to build your brand and sell your products. Written from the business person/designer’s perspectives, this book shows how businesses can leverage current, real-world blogging techniques, tools, and platforms to promote and enhance their ventures. The key idea is that the conversation with your market is stronger and more meaningful with a blog. Filled with practical information and a how-to approach, this book provides case studies of companies as large as Boeing or General Motors and as small as Clip-’n-seal. Readers will learn about the types of business blogs, how companies use blogs, how to sell blogs to management and IT, effective blog design, content, and conversation, pitfalls to avoid, how to develop Web presence, and more.


Blog Rules

Blog Rules

Author: Nancy Flynn

Publisher: Amacom Books

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780814429501

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With over 40,000 new blogs created daily, blogging is changing the shape of business and personal communications. This companion to E-Mail Rules and Instant Messaging Rules covers the legal and business risks of corporate blogs, employee rights, regulatory issues and more, and includes best-practice policies to help companies use this effective tool safely.


The Corporate Blogging Book

The Corporate Blogging Book

Author: Debbie Weil

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13:

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So many blogs, so little time. Is it too late to start, now that the blogging craze has hit critical mass? Absolutely not! At first business blogging was ideal for free agents and entrepreneurs who needed a way to get their message out. Now the big guys are tapping into the blogging well. In this indispensable guide, online marketing consultant Debbie Weil explores all aspects of corporate blogging and answers those all-important questions. In an informal and provocative style Weil explains the secret to creating an engaging and smart business blog.


Using Blogs as a Business Tool

Using Blogs as a Business Tool

Author: Natalie Canavor

Publisher: Pearson Education

Published: 2010-03-15

Total Pages: 13

ISBN-13: 0132553848

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This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About the New Rules of Business Writing (9780137153152) by Natalie Canavor and Claire Meirowitz. Available in print and digital formats. How to get started with business blogging: practical tips, realistic applications, and how to convince the boss. It’s stunningly inexpensive to blog. It’s a great way to control your own story and go right to the public, bypassing the media gatekeepers. And it’s an unparalleled way to go where your customers, clients, and prospects are. Here are some ideas for moving your company into the blogging world or expanding its applications….