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Business BlogsTEC 204
Data Management in Organizations
Blog
A blog (a contraction of the term "web log") is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual or organization with regular entries of ◦Commentary◦descriptions of events, or ◦other material such as graphics or video.
Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. ...
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
Why Business Blogs?
Primarily it is a tool for improving public relations (creating a good public image)
Many companies have added blogs to their marketing mix.◦In the social networking atmosphere of today’s
internet (Web 2.0) it is important for businesses to keep up with the trend and become multi faceted in how they interact with the public
Low Entry Barrier
Blogs Have Relatively Low Barriers to Entry
◦Designing and launching a blog can be very easy, with little programming expertise required.
◦However, as with any other marketing campaign it is essential you invest in a plan to add value to the organization via the blog
Communications Control
A blog helps to provide control over your communications◦A blog provides the opportunity to inform
customers of upcoming products, services, conferences, trade shows or even to give an insight into the day to day running of the business.
◦Blogging is highly competitive and a major problem is the failure to be unique enough to differentiate your company blog from the other millions of blogs on the internet today.
Growing your Customer Base
One strategic way to drive traffic to your blog is to post comments on other blogs with links to and details of your own blog.
Such a strategy helps businesses brand themselves as an authority to people outside their own circle of influence
Disadvantages of a blog
They are easy to start but difficult to maintain◦A poorly maintained blog may actually harm
public relations (makes you look out of touch)Difficult to gather and statistically analyze
impact of information from your blog◦e.g. how does blog activity contribute to
increasing revenue?
Unknowns
What are the customer dynamics?◦Percent of active involvement?
The impact of Social Networking on “attention span”◦Will visitors take the time to “investigate” your
blog?How would you go about collecting data
from a blog?
Quiz Monday
The Blog quiz will cover◦This PowerPoint◦The blog articles on the Instructor Web page
The quiz will also request your thoughtful interpretation of the future of business blogs