2023 has been a year and a half for many of us. But yesterday, I was delighted to discover that my little blog has been listed in the top 20 blogs for OD.According to their site, the list is "The best Organizational Development blogs from thousands of blogs on the web and ranked by traffic, social media followers & freshness." wow, what an honour.Better than that, we are number 1 out of 190+Here are the top 10, and you will find some great blogs to follow: … [Read more...] about Thank you Feedspot, Top OD blog of 2023
What is a business blog? A marketing tool?
What is a Blog?Lets look at the background behind this technology, so we can understand where it is coming from.Research into the history behind blogs suggests that it was Pyra Labs is the company that adopted the word Blogger, and made the service a big success (now known as Google blogger/ blogspot).The people that were the co-founders of Pyra Labs were Evan Williams and Meg Hourihan. "Pyra" was also the name of the company's first product. It was a web based application … [Read more...] about What is a business blog? A marketing tool?
make-the-most-of-social-media-for-marketing
Make the most of social media for marketing Ok so you are one of those people (like me) that uses social marketing sites as part of your marketing strategy?Is your approached integrated or haphazard? Did you know that you can feed your blog posts to your twitter account or face book etc?You have to be careful about content as each is a slightly different audience, however if you can have more activity with less effort all the better.Tools like Twitterfeed help take your blog … [Read more...] about make-the-most-of-social-media-for-marketing
Attracting clients in a freelance market space – lessons from MLM
How do we attract and retain clients when we are working as a freelancer? As trainers or consultants we get a meeting booked, we have a successful meeting and we are asked to submit a proposal. Often after submission of a proposal we are disappointed when we are not successful, thinking that it was a 'done deal' when we left the initial meeting. But how do we get the initial meetings? the more meetings, the more proposals, the more proposals the greater opportunity of a contract being … [Read more...] about Attracting clients in a freelance market space – lessons from MLM
From leadership to training & L&D
Your opportunity to request content on this siteOver the past 12 weeks I have been posting many short 'nuggets' on leadership, while I have a number of these to go I am now planning the next series - Training or Learning and Development.So here is your opportunity to contribute - what would you like to see added? what do you want mini-blog entries on? I expect that many topics will be developed into full entries, but these mini blog pieces have proved very popular.Just add your thoughts to … [Read more...] about From leadership to training & L&D
Blogs do they work for you
Web 2.0 and all that it means… blogs, twitter, interaction etc but what does it mean?Humans are social animals, we need to be part of a social group, a hierarchy. With the demise of the extended family, the nuclear family and more and more isolation perhaps it was inevitable that we will need to find a ‘new social group’.It is curious that over the past 15 years membership of voluntary organisations has changed. We no longer go to the ‘clubs’ that we once did to feel part of some … [Read more...] about Blogs do they work for you
To blog or not to blog – Internal or corporate blogs
A Blog (short for web log) is a public communication that enables interactions between the author and their readers. Whilst not all bloggers in the public arena allow comments and dialogue, the vast majority do, indeed it is this interaction (or the possibility of the interaction) that makes the blog different from other communication tools. The difference that often makes the difference.Recently I have been reading some internal blogs by senior leaders in an organization, and it is obvious … [Read more...] about To blog or not to blog – Internal or corporate blogs
How to write a blog – getting motivated to write
How to write a blog is continued from a recent post “How to write a blog – length and regularity”, this piece looks at how to write. Using this approach it will be easier to write well and regularly!The author Rachel Aaron (The Spirit Thief) on her blog introduced a concept for professional writers to increase their writing rate. Whilst this is not important for “business” bloggers (internal or external), the tool she introduces is helpful to resistant writers. This tools is called “The … [Read more...] about How to write a blog – getting motivated to write
Blogging for business – How to write a blog – length and regularity
No matter where you are in a business, internal communication tools are increasing, and we are expected to write a blog. Many of us either hate the thought of writing or just cannot be motivated to do it.Whilst researching something I came across a great tip for blog writers. This blog shares some of that. How long should a blog be? Some research was done into some of the most popular blogs on the internet suggests that successful blogs are between 250 and 600 words. This is a lot less … [Read more...] about Blogging for business – How to write a blog – length and regularity
Don’t let SEO burst your budget
This is a historical page, and remains for historical reference only - Jan 2020 SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) is a specialist activity, expensive and you need to know what you are doing... don't you? Right?... wrong!The current commercial and financial climate that we are operating in is causing most of us to tighten our belts and think twice about spending. This especially true for Training, HR and other small consultancies and entrepreneurs. SEO has always been seen as a "technical" … [Read more...] about Don’t let SEO burst your budget
Creating an image based RSS feed of your blog
Adding a visual feed to your email or article footer This article is now historical as the service is no longer available RSS can look so boring, but can it be made more interesting?I have been asked how I put the "ticker" in my footer on emails and on some article sites I post to.It looks like:Each time an article is added to the blog so the graphic is updated. How to create this graphic To get this just go to http://www.rss-image.comAdd your RSS feed you … [Read more...] about Creating an image based RSS feed of your blog
is twitter a real business tool
At first look Twitter is a confusing tool, with a more rounded look it becomes obvious what the benefits are, however, and this is the big one, the more followers you have (essential for growth) the harder it is to follow key people and harder it is to get your message seen’With upwards of 100 messages an hour it is almost impossible to read all your fav twitterers. in time we will be able to filter by geography, however at the moment one of the few strategies seems to be to retweet key … [Read more...] about is twitter a real business tool
Protected: CIPD Blog Group
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