Comments on: What to contribute: Thoughts of a blogger

By: Courtney Hunt

Courtney Hunt — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:05:55 +0000

This is a great resource, Gil. I am going to share both your blog and the “blog about influential bloggers” with the Social Media in Organizations (SMinOrgs) Community. I invite everyone writing on Enterprise 2.0 to join the Community and include our members (over 1200 and growing daily) in their target audience by sharing their blog entries via our LI group and/or adding @sminorgs to their tweets. I suspect that many bloggers have been speaking to/with fellow “believers” for the past year or more, but in 2010 the folks who will be trying to learn about and implement these ideas will be relative novices. That could be an interesting conversation changer . . .

I also like your point about the differences in internal and external blogging – something I hadn’t considered before but that makes perfect sense. And of course from a personal perspective I like your predictions about the kinds of consultancies that will do well in the E20 space in 2010!

Thanks again!

Courtney

By: Gil Yehuda

Gil Yehuda — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:29:47 +0000

Thanks Rick, I’m glad you find this blog helpful!
I was an internal blogger for many years before I became an external blogger. I find they are very different kinds of activities. And it’s very difficult to do both. My internal blog at Fidelity Investments was quite a success for me — it was very influential and widely read. But when I was at Forrester I tried doing both. My internal blog there went nowhere — for various reasons that I’ll refer to as “cultural”. But I got a little bit of attention on my external writing. George Forrester Colony — their founder and CEO (and a remarkable man to boot), also has two blogs, one internal and one external. Comparing the two, I’d say he’s much more successful in his external blog. Again, I think they are different activities, and some people are going to be better at one than the other.

I think the lesson is reinforced — it’s not about the blog, it’s about the connection you make with others. You connection with co-workers will be different than the connection you make with “external readers”. And since blogging is about connecting — the blogs will differ. Best of luck with your blog(s)!

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Learning From Those who Know « Systems Savvy — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:42:03 +0000

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