Comment on Node ant

Michael Martine — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:25:51 -0500

Thanks, man!

Fast Talk Response -

Michael Martine — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:30:07 -0500

Well, we'll find out, won't we? :-)

What makes for a great business blog?

Michael Martine — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:24:25 -0500

Let's kick things off with a big, messy question: what makes for a great business blog?

There's a lot of well-intentioned advice out there about blogging, but almost none of it is for business blogs.

What makes a business blog successful?
What makes people even want to read a business blog?
Any great (or terrible) examples?

Business Blogging Rockstars

Of Business Blogs and Horseless Carriages

Michael Martine — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:18:08 -0500

Do you know what cars were first called? Horseless carriages. Quaint, isn't it? But perfectly understandable. Most people still had carriages of the "horsed" variety. It made sense to define the new in terms people were familiar with.

At this point, most of us know by now that a business website is more than just a brochure on the internet. Paper will always be only paper, and there is only so much that you can do with it. But the web is a living medium that evolves.

So why are people still thinking of blogs as "online diaries?"