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Comment on Goodreads: Reading, anyone? by Alicia Igles

Alicia Igles — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:43:34 +0000

Another thing I’ve really noticed is that for many people, below-average credit is the reaction of circumstances past their control. For example they may have already been saddled by having an illness and because of this they have excessive bills for collections. Maybe it’s due to a occupation loss or even the inability to work. Sometimes separation and divorce can send the finances in the undesired direction. Many thanks for sharing your thinking on this web site.

Comment on Hello. My Name is Najla, and I’m a Perfectionist! by Ash

Ash — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:41:46 +0000

So, I think this is a very good idea! Writing is a verb – something I also forget…

Comment on Social Media for Business: Don’t Pump & Dump! by Najla AlNomair

Najla AlNomair — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 23:37:29 +0000

Martin: Sounds like that business owner didn’t realize that the “fans” he could purchase were of no value! Purchased “fans” are only good for inflating an ego, not selling a product!

Comment on Social Media for Business: Don’t Pump & Dump! by Martin

Martin — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 06:43:31 +0000

Very good article. People still think, Social Media is like fishing … I remember a friend asking for 10.000 Facebook friends he wanted to “get” for his company page. He wanted to sell a product, and in his plans, 8% of his “fans” would be future customers. After telling him, he needs something to attract the people to follow his page, he told me, he could BUY! 10.000 Facebook friends for little money …

Comment on Blogging: Beware of Mad Customers! by Najla AlNomair

Najla AlNomair — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 06:07:55 +0000

Thanks for adding to the conversation, Leena. There’s no doubt, email is a great way to communicate with your clients but it’s just one limited way to do so. Why not post your email communications with your current clients to your business blog? Email communications don’t have any spread! The message goes in the client’s inbox and then it’s gone. If the client doesn’t forward it, if it goes in the spam folder, or if for a variety of reasons the client doesn’t read it, it’s lost forever!

However, when you publish that information to your blog, not only can you communicate with current clients but prospective clients can see the information they’ll be getting when they become a client. I’m definitely not saying abandon email communications and start blogging but I really don’t see this as an “either, or” situation either. Blog and communicate with your situations via EVERY other channel you can use to reach them!

Comment on Blogging: Beware of Mad Customers! by Leena

Leena — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 04:32:48 +0000

Hi there, I actually had the same thought as Richard as I read this. But then your comments afterwards kind of swayed me too……Hmmm, I’m on the fence.

Comment on Blogging: Beware of Mad Customers! by Najla AlNomair

Najla AlNomair — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 02:14:40 +0000

You’ve kind of proven my point by posting your comment here, Richard. I didn’t know you existed until you left a comment here. Yet you’re here and you’ve obviously found this blog! I wrote this post as a school assignment and chances are you found this post because you were searching for information about branding your business, because that’s what the post is about! Did you see how it works?

When you’re branding your business, you want to get your message out to consumers, consumers who don’t know you or your business, yet, but who might find it when they’re searching for solutions to their online problems.

Email, SMS, blogs, they’re all just communication tools you can use to communicate your messages to clients -current and potential ones-. The problem with trying to talk to them via email or SMS is that when you do so without their permission, it’s not well received on their end and considered annoying. That’s where a business blog can come in handy. You blog about the benefits of your product or service, people find those posts and while they’re there, they also have the option to opt in to your email list or your SMS service!

When people “opt in” it’s called “email marketing”. When they don’t it’s called spam.

Your business blog is just one piece of a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle on building a successful brand for your small business – but it’s an important one.

Thanks for adding your comments here.

Comment on Blogging: Beware of Mad Customers! by Richard Garth

Richard Garth — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 23:04:30 +0000

I differ with you on the value of blogging to brand a small business. You need a following of readers to make blogging of value and most people have no following. For the most part if your a small business you will be preaching to the choir, your own customers. They are best reached with an email or text message if you have something new to say or want to reinforce a prior message.

Comment on Micro-blogging: Less is More! by Marlon

Marlon — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 07:13:23 +0000

Microblogging as an effective aid to productivity is yet to prove its worth. The primary usage of microblogging at this point is for social networking. Although some are using it for things related to work such as for Q&A type of content, microblogging is not generally accepted. Putting it under audit for the company to scrutinize can really be daunting. Microblogging can increase productivity? Definitely yes but it must first be put under control so it won’t become a threat to the company’s assets.

Comment on Micro-blogging: Less is More! by Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 02:45:33 +0000

Yammer really does empower a totally different way of working, much more real-time, collaborative, global and effective. As somebody who has been involved in Knowledge Management since the mid 1990’s, Yammer really is a great example of an ‘80/20 solution’ that delivers much of the benefits of what early KM practioners envisioned without the time, effort and formality of complex systems, taxonomies and the extra work that was often the weakness of so many KM systems. Yammer enables a far more vigorous and adaptive approach to working smartly!