Comments on: Blog Site Reviews: More That Obama Did Right http://www.chapeaublogawards.com/blog/88/blog-review-obama/ News and events from Chapeau Blog Awards. Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:06:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Camilet http://www.chapeaublogawards.com/blog/88/blog-review-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Camilet Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:02:21 +0000 http://www.chapeaublogawards.com/blog/?p=88#comment-10 Hey Toby, There are many apples that suit many varying tastes - right? The same holds true for the many types of audiences online today. Yes, I'm sure it's a shock to some, but most likely Obama does not author his own blog. Yet his audience certainly likes the flavor of http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/hqblog/! That said, the model of a staff of writers posting to enterprise blogs certainly does exist. Just search for “Blog Writers”. www.BloggersforHire.com, among many other blog staffing resources has been successful for some time now. I also think it is perfectly fine for a blog to host a community conversation without stringent guidance by the blog owner. Check out www.Sermo.com. This site hosts conversations among Physicians only. I'd tell you more, but my degree goes only as far as the undergraduate level - and they won't let me in. Best blog practices should be less about a formula of who should write what and when. Best practices should be more about best communications practices. Because that is what a blog is, a communications channel regardless of the level of push or pull. Does the blog stay on message enough to attract a consistent audience? To me, that is question #1. If the answer is yes, then fantastic, an audience may be well served. If the answer is no, then the question is "why should I come back". Speaking of coming back (for seconds that is), Have a Happy Turkey Day all. And enjoy the apple pie! Hey Toby,
There are many apples that suit many varying tastes – right?

The same holds true for the many types of audiences online today. Yes, I'm sure it's a shock to some, but most likely Obama does not author his own blog. Yet his audience certainly likes the flavor of http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/hqblog/!

That said, the model of a staff of writers posting to enterprise blogs certainly does exist. Just search for “Blog Writers”. http://www.BloggersforHire.com, among many other blog staffing resources has been successful for some time now.

I also think it is perfectly fine for a blog to host a community conversation without stringent guidance by the blog owner.

Check out http://www.Sermo.com. This site hosts conversations among Physicians only. I'd tell you more, but my degree goes only as far as the undergraduate level – and they won't let me in.

Best blog practices should be less about a formula of who should write what and when. Best practices should be more about best communications practices. Because that is what a blog is, a communications channel regardless of the level of push or pull.

Does the blog stay on message enough to attract a consistent audience? To me, that is question #1. If the answer is yes, then fantastic, an audience may be well served.

If the answer is no, then the question is "why should I come back".

Speaking of coming back (for seconds that is), Have a Happy Turkey Day all.

And enjoy the apple pie!

]]> By: Pat http://www.chapeaublogawards.com/blog/88/blog-review-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Pat Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:06:15 +0000 http://www.chapeaublogawards.com/blog/?p=88#comment-8 There are more countries in the world than the USA... There are more countries in the world than the USA…

]]> By: Toby http://www.chapeaublogawards.com/blog/88/blog-review-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Toby Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:55:54 +0000 http://www.chapeaublogawards.com/blog/?p=88#comment-7 Enjoyed your review. We all know that the Obama blog was never intended to be "from" the man himself but written by his staff. However, as in so many blogs that use this genre even the author/s of the posts never join in on the conversation. In this case it is simply a blog platform that is being used to "push" out, as you indicated, well crafted messaging but not to establish relationships or even "talk to the people." Since you discuss "best practices" I'd be interested in your opinion about using the same format for an enterprise blog: a blog written by a staff or paid blog copy writer where there is conversation only among the community and not the people who are authoring the posts. By the way, a link to the blog would be a nice touch to your post. Enjoyed your review. We all know that the Obama blog was never intended to be "from" the man himself but written by his staff. However, as in so many blogs that use this genre even the author/s of the posts never join in on the conversation. In this case it is simply a blog platform that is being used to "push" out, as you indicated, well crafted messaging but not to establish relationships or even "talk to the people."

Since you discuss "best practices" I'd be interested in your opinion about using the same format for an enterprise blog: a blog written by a staff or paid blog copy writer where there is conversation only among the community and not the people who are authoring the posts.

By the way, a link to the blog would be a nice touch to your post.

]]> By: Camilet http://www.chapeaublogawards.com/blog/88/blog-review-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Camilet Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:12:34 +0000 http://www.chapeaublogawards.com/blog/?p=88#comment-6 It’s hard to mistake a truly great blog! Obama’s Blog truly offers readers political and personal insight into Obama. I'm bummed though, because I can't find the basketball shots of Obama going for 3 points as easily as I could before. Perhaps a search function should replace the on line store :-) It’s hard to mistake a truly great blog!

Obama’s Blog truly offers readers political and personal insight into Obama.

I'm bummed though, because I can't find the basketball shots of Obama going for 3 points as easily as I could before.

Perhaps a search function should replace the on line store :-)

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