Robert Scoble over at Building 43 has an interesting interview with “Allen Stern, editor of CenterNetworks in New York, offers a new idea with CloudContacts for making business cards useful”
I like the way this helps you to connect your friends and contacts with your on-line presence. For instance
After we receive the cards, we turn them into contacts you can import into your email application, you can view your contacts online and export the contacts in a variety of formats. For instance there is “where possible, one-click connect to your contacts on business social networks including Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter”

Bestbuy are looking for a Sr. Manager – Emerging Media Marketing. The first point of note is how businesses are recognising the need to understand social media and how they need to learn how to connect with their consumer base.
However, the amazing part of the Job Description is found under the skills and qualifications that they are looking for
Basic Qualifications:
· Bachelors degree Liberal Arts, Marketing, Interactive Marketing, New Media, Business Administration or related
· 2 plus years of mobile or social media marketing experience at an Agency director level, strategist level, or brand interactive director level
· 4 plus …read more

Social networking is always associated at the individual level but now there is Weebiz which is a social networking community for business. It describes itself as
“a global business center that connects your company to its business relations, promoting your products and services as well as helping you find what you need to succeed”
It is a really interesting concept as business has often worked through relationships between people – I remember doing many deals on the golf course!So why not a social networking site for companies.
The site allows you to promote, to find potential partners and of course to find customers. …read more

What does a business blogger write about? I was talking to an old business colleague last week, and to paraphrase his take on it:
“I sit down, look at the screen, ready to join the blogosphere…and I draw a blank. What in the world do I have to say?”
And therein lies the biggest challenge in wrapping your head around social media as a business tool. If you don’t just want to do the “SEO Thing.” If you want to engage an audience and start a conversation…where do you begin?
The first thing you have to do is identify the…let’s call it the …read more

(www.businessandblogging.com) Those of you who read my last post about Anna Eagar, the Pizza Delivery Girl who blogged about her mistreatment at the hands of Utah State Senator and Majority Leader, Curt Bramble, might be interested in knowing that Anna has started another blog. 
This blog is a site dedicated to her journey to support RaDene Hatfield,  Bramble’s Democratic opponent for re-election.
It seems that Hatfield read Anna the Pizza Delivery Girl’s blog and heard about her unfortunate encounter with Bramble.
She sought out Anna and made her acquaintance. After getting to know each other a bit, Hatfield requested Anna to work on …read more

(www.businessandblogging.com) Recently, I received an email from a Business and Blogging reader who pointed out that the suggestions I made for turning digital blog posts into books and calendars implied that you needed a professional service to produce them.
Since she works with Epson, she was quick to remind me that today’s high quality printers also do a professional job of printing, and would give business owners more control over the finished product.  I took a look at some of the printer websites and have to admit that they do appear to be fast and high quality, especially the all-in-one models that …read more

 
(www.businessandblogging.com) Well the rain held off long enough for us to see the Macy’s fireworks display last night. As the world’s largest fireworks display – it more than lived up to our expectations – over 35,000 fireworks in a 30 minute show- that’s more than 1000 fireworks a minute!  
After the show I began to wonder about Macy’s department store – the force behind the fireworks and the NY Thanksgiving Day parade.  With all the money and effort they put into their marketing and public relations – I was sure they’d have a blog.
But – no dice.
Nor did Bloomingdales, also owned by Macy’s Inc.
And neither did Lord&Taylor, Barney’s, …read more

(www.businessandblogging.com) I’m flying Delta today, a different airline than I usually take.
So, inspired by Laura’s post from yesterday to search for “every day blogs” I thought I would check out Delta’s corporate blog.  I found that Delta does indeed have a blog, Under the Wing. I also found that it has already been very ably reviewed for the F500 Wiki by Richard Young of The Whole Nine Yards who gave it a 60 out of a possible 80 points, using the rating format we devised on business and blogging.
I also found that last month Marketing Nirvana rated Delta’s blog within the …read more

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Writing today’s post will leave me just enough time to run out to the grocery store and buy a few last minute items for this afternoon’s picnic by the lake.  But instead of a grocery list, I thought I’d make a quick list of the number of blogs currently supported by Whole Foods Market.

The most well-known blog is run by the CEO himself, John Mackey. 
In case you haven’t heard, Mackey’s blogging privileges were suspended last July by his company’s board and the SEC.  There were accusations that Mackey tried to drive down the stock prices of Wild Oats in order …read more

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Who would you trust more to tell you the truth? The CEO of a major corporation or one of its employees? Corporate advertising or a blog?  A story on TV or a story from a friend?
If you are like the respondents to the latest Trust Barometer  survey conducted by Edelman PR firm, it would be the employee rather than the CEO, a blog rather than advertising, and a story from a friend rather than one on TV news.
This means that a lot of the effort most companies put into their communication and strategies is focused in the wrong places.  In fact, 55% of the US respondents aged 25-34 …read more