Comments on: State of the UnBlogosphere http://shotgunconcepts.com/2006/11/state-of-the-unblogosphere/ Marketing Speaker + Marketing Author Sun, 20 May 2012 22:57:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: terrell http://shotgunconcepts.com/2006/11/state-of-the-unblogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-258 terrell Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:11:00 +0000 http://shotgunconcepts.com/2006/11/state-of-the-unblogosphere/#comment-258 This issue came up again at a business networking event last night in Seattle. It was a session on business blogging and I’ll admit I arrived late because I wanted to miss the Blog 101 part. <br/><br/>Anyway, we split up into groups to brainstorm and the man I was with could not understand how a blog would benefit his business. He was there because he keeps hearing about how he HAS to have a blog and how EVERYONE has one. Instead of being inspired last night he was frustrated because he couldn’t relate to the speakers. And they weren’t even techies! It’s just that blogging is such a foreign concept to so many people, you really need to know how to reach people or you're just going to turn them off to the whole concept. This issue came up again at a business networking event last night in Seattle. It was a session on business blogging and I’ll admit I arrived late because I wanted to miss the Blog 101 part.

Anyway, we split up into groups to brainstorm and the man I was with could not understand how a blog would benefit his business. He was there because he keeps hearing about how he HAS to have a blog and how EVERYONE has one. Instead of being inspired last night he was frustrated because he couldn’t relate to the speakers. And they weren’t even techies! It’s just that blogging is such a foreign concept to so many people, you really need to know how to reach people or you’re just going to turn them off to the whole concept.

]]> By: Mario Vellandi http://shotgunconcepts.com/2006/11/state-of-the-unblogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-259 Mario Vellandi Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:11:00 +0000 http://shotgunconcepts.com/2006/11/state-of-the-unblogosphere/#comment-259 Most people understand blogs as being personal diaries. So what we have is a stereotype that is not simply going to go away because of its personal connotation and the ratio of excellent : unworthwhile blogs out there.<br/><br/>What we need is complementary or new words to describe the specific application of the newsfeed/blog/discussion at hand.<br/><br/>Secondly, I believe it's just a matter of time until the community learns about more practical applications of blogging when applied to business communication, and we can move from the subjective to the applied. And what we need is case studies and practical examples of niche applications. Most people understand blogs as being personal diaries. So what we have is a stereotype that is not simply going to go away because of its personal connotation and the ratio of excellent : unworthwhile blogs out there.

What we need is complementary or new words to describe the specific application of the newsfeed/blog/discussion at hand.

Secondly, I believe it’s just a matter of time until the community learns about more practical applications of blogging when applied to business communication, and we can move from the subjective to the applied. And what we need is case studies and practical examples of niche applications.

]]> By: Teresa Valdez Klein http://shotgunconcepts.com/2006/11/state-of-the-unblogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-257 Teresa Valdez Klein Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:10:00 +0000 http://shotgunconcepts.com/2006/11/state-of-the-unblogosphere/#comment-257 Chris: I couldn't agree with you more. As with any other passion, sometimes those of us who are passionate about blogging forget that there are tons of people out there that are still asking the question "what is a blog?"<br/><br/>I do try to reach out to people when I have the opportunity. It's actually gotten to the point where my fiancé begs me not to start explaining what blogs are at parties anymore. Chris: I couldn’t agree with you more. As with any other passion, sometimes those of us who are passionate about blogging forget that there are tons of people out there that are still asking the question “what is a blog?”

I do try to reach out to people when I have the opportunity. It’s actually gotten to the point where my fiancé begs me not to start explaining what blogs are at parties anymore.

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