Comments on: Blogging…who cares?

By: Hannelie

Hannelie — Fri, 27 May 2005 09:50:15 +0000

BLOG – Babbling Loads Of Gibberish OR
BLOG – Building Legacy Of Greatness
You decide!

By: Barrie

Barrie — Mon, 23 May 2005 20:39:21 +0000

Nerve touching is good. No it’s great. It means there’s life. You’re feeling things. Good and bad. But you’re feeling it. And when you’ve had enough, you just drop in another ‘disc’ and you feel again in a different space, and different stuff.

By: Roger

Roger — Mon, 23 May 2005 15:39:41 +0000

Blogging can simply be seen just as a different way of putting information online, but it is waaay more than that – which is why it has taken off so much in the last few years. The “waaaay more” bit is all about connecting and forming relationships online. I write something, someone else likes it and links to it, I see they link to it and I read their stuff. Like the guys from joblog.co.za – they’re often in here reading our stuff and writing comments. And so the web grows…

Our next step is linking our thoughts on this blog to what other blogs in our sphere are saying…

By: Keith

Keith — Mon, 23 May 2005 15:34:54 +0000

Some good responses! Note my blog was only raising questions without stating an opinion. Seems that this has touch a bit of a nerve here which is interesting. People learn and process information in different ways – blogging is one effective way no doubt about that.

By: Graeme

Graeme — Mon, 23 May 2005 14:59:19 +0000

We’re a knowledge company, selling knowledge in a knowledge era. We have a competitive advantage because we have some serious brains in our business who are brilliant at synthesizing information and creating connections that other people don’t see. But you can only do that if you feed the input side.

So, if this is non-negotiable, then what must we do to ensure it happens?

* One thing we can do is each read different books, and then supply summaries of those books to each other. Go to: http://www.tmtd.biz/?cat=22 and find 13 book summaries and reviews on our blog.

* Another is to each read different magazines, and then read with everyone’s eyes in. Then take out that information and give it to the appropriate person. But why not just blog it at that stage? Then we add value to our network and clients as well.

* Another is to share what we find on the web. But, its just as easy to blog it, then we add value to our clients and network as well. And they get to see what we see, and sometimes also why we saw it.

* Another is to just share some of the random thoughts we have during a day, that in most cases would just be lost. Every now and again this happens, as we phone each other to say, “Just had a thought”. But why not just use the blog, then everyone can be involved.

* We could also get our network together regularly to just chat and interact face to face. We don’t do this enough in a virtual company!

For all these reasons, blogging has given us the technology we needed to do what we need to do to enhance our company.

Also check out the comments I made earlier today on Blogging and Brands: http://www.tmtd.biz/?p=132

By: Barrie

Barrie — Mon, 23 May 2005 13:55:44 +0000

And in the words of someone I know, who loves to quote someone he doesn’t know…. “blogging is not on the agenda, it is the agenda!”

Hah that felt good.

By: Barrie

Barrie — Mon, 23 May 2005 13:53:08 +0000

Yes

By: Barrie

Barrie — Mon, 23 May 2005 13:48:05 +0000