Blogging

Aug 23 2009

Being able to update the status of what your dog is doing on Twitter, or rattle off a quick blog posting on how you feel about the latest off-the-wall thing that Rush Limbaugh said is just great.  It allows individuals to have a sense of self online, and to blow off steam.  I'm not judging...I'm guilty of it myself.  But is that really the future of social media?  Is that really all these great tools have to add?  There must be more to it....

Jun 09 2009

A good friend of mine who runs a marketing consultancy recently told me that he had a client who was looking to outsource their blog to a vendor.  Not the strategy, development or hosting of their blog – but the actual writing of the blog.  I told my friend that wasn’t something Accession Media does and I thought that went against the entire philosophy and tenants of blogging as a communication form.  How can you expect an outsourced vendor or writer to truly become a part of the fabric of your company for a few hundred dollar a month retainer?  You are your

Apr 29 2008

I stumbled across this “company backed” blog today…

http://blog.mahindrausa.com/

The company is Mahindra Tractor, makers of various types of farm tractors. I read through a lot of the postings and I think it helps do what blogs are supposed to do…

Blogging