Month: July 2005
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Business blogging strategic benefits presentation
I have been doing a considerable amount of consulting for companies recently on the topic of business blogging. Most of the companies I visit first want a simple explanation of what a blog is and how it can benefit their company. To this end I put a presentation together on the strategic benefits of blogging…
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Technorati announcements
I see on Dave Sifry’s site that Technorati have made a couple of significant announcements. Firstly they have released new statistics on the size and rate of growth of the blogosphere: over 14 million blogs now indexed 80 000 new blogs per day – that’s about a new blog created every second! 900 000 posts…
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New feed for this blog
In an attempt to see if anyone reads this blog (I have a sinking feeling that my 10 million daily page impressions come from my mother constantly pressing refresh on the computer in their place!), I have set up a new feed for this blog. If you are subscribed to this blog through an RSS…
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Start.com
Microsoft’s Start.com is a very pleasant departure – it has a very simple, clean design and, though still in beta, works well in Firefox (though not in Safari)! That in itself is unusual for a Microsoft application. Start.com is an RSS aggregator (similar to Bloglines) with an AJAX interface so it is fast. Click on…
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3 Ireland should have a blog – cont'd
Michele has written an interesting follow-up to the articles I wrote yesterday on 3 Ireland’s launch here and here. In Michele’s article he compares 3’s launch here with their launch in Italy back in 2002: Prior to the launch in Italy in 2002 the marketing spend was gigantic. Their marketing department had a pre-launch budget…
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3 Ireland should have a blog
3 Ireland launched their Irish services today and there is a big discussion about the offerings happening on Boards.ie. Much of the discussion is around shortcomings of the offerings and ways they could be improved – mostly from people disenchanted with the incumbent operators. Much of this feedback would be invaluable to 3 Ireland –…
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3 Ireland about to launch
3 Ireland is about to launch with a range of services and handsets which are likely to put serious pressure on the current O2-Vodafone duopoly. On Morning Ireland this morning, 3’s Commercial Director for Ireland, Stephen Pilkington, announced that their 200 anytime minutes offering would be priced at 25 euro per month – that is…