The Recycle Bin: Last Week’s Best Corporate Blogging Posts, Vol 1
Starting a new feature here on The Social Enthusiast. David and I have been so busy executing client work that we haven’t carved out enough time to provide the kinds of informative, engaging or otherwise valuable posts we’d like here.
So rather than letting the blog languish, we’re hereby instituting The Recycle Bin. With respect to Geoff Livingston, it’s like the Buzz Bin, but way less original. Only the best posts from the last week on the topics we cover here at TSE. So on to the link love:
Michael Martine on Getting Your Business Blog Unstuck - Aside from a somewhat disturbing photo of a guy stuck in an airless Mason jar, this is an excellent post. I like that it focuses on telling your most compelling stories. Some excellent food for thought if you’ve been tasked with managing your company’s blog.
For a related post, read David’s take on Developing an Editorial Calendar, since that’s another great way to avoid getting stuck in Bloggers Block.
We love Web Worker Daily because they provide excellent tips for streamlining your workflow, especially as it relates to blogging. Check out their latest on Creating a Procedure List for Recurring Tasks (like posting to the old corporate blog). If you’re the kind of person who eschews Cliff’s Notes in favor of actually reading War and Peace, you might want to skip ahead to Daryl Furuyama’s post that inspired theirs.
Still figuring out that whole "Finding your blogging voice while representing your company" thing? We like this post from Valerie Simon of BurrellsLuce.
Debra Askanase of CommunityOrganizer2.0 thinks that uncensored blogging is the future of corporate communications. I think she’s right if we’re talking about the same future where I get my own personal George Jetson hovercraft and send my clone to meetings instead of going myself. We’ll see.
Finally, if you’re worried that your corporate blog posts are dry as toast, you might want to check out this post from Johnny Truant over at Copybloggeron Four Ways to Be More Interesting. All of them can work within the context of a corporate blog.
So there you have it. The Recycle Bin is emptied for corporate blogging this week. What did you think? Are these posts truly helpful, or should I try harder next week?
Too funny!
Geoff Livingston´s last blog ..350 – Combatting the Climate Change Crisis
Geoff, Thanks for stopping by! Glad you enjoyed it.
I figure, if you’re going to do a link post, at least inject a little humor and personality into it.
Thanks for linking to the post. I agree that it’s a risky call to claim the future of corporate blogging is uncensored, but it’s absolutely the future of successful companies. I think it’s especially true for customer-driven product sales companies. I’m thinking that I’ll have to fly my personal solar-powered hovercraft over next year so we can see what the year has brought!
Debra Askanase´s last blog ..How a Facebook Event Transformed an Organization
Debra – I thought your post was brilliant–and the headline was a real attention-grabber.
When the hovercrafts get here, let’s have a race!