1900+ Web 2.0 Jobs

If I wait until I've finished researching every Web 2.0 company before reporting anything, you'll all be waiting a long time.

I've gone through 586 companies so far out of my list of at least 5,000.

• Of these, 292 provide no information about who runs the site. Of the ones that do, I've only see a single black person as a founder or manager, and I've seen no Hispanics. About 30 companies claim women founders or managers.
• 218 have blogs, not including stillborn ones. Of these, 23 haven't been updated in way too long.

Of course, I'm recording a lot of other information about each company, including short summaries, web 2.0 category, top managers, contact information, a personal rating, and so on. I may be willing to give this out to anyone who is $really nice$ to me.

Here's a list of over 1900 jobs from my first batch of companies. Some sites that I didn't include invite resumes without specifying if they have any open positions. Even ones that don't invite resumes are worth canvassing, if you think you may be a good match for the company.

Round two should follow in a week or two, hopefully.

3Jam:
Web 2.0 Software and Systems Architect / Principal Engineer
Senior Mobile Software Engineer / Architect (J2ME / BREW / Windows Mobile)
Senior Web 2.0 Developer (CSS/XHTML, AJAX, JavaScript, Flash)
Product Manager

AT&T Wireless:
over 1000 jobs

Attendio:
"key positions"

Beatport:
Flex/Flash User Interface Developer (ActionScript 2,3)
Lead Interactive Designer
Application Developer (PHP)
Fulltime Mid-Senior Level Research & Development
Customer Service Representative (Multi-Lingual)

blip.tv:
Senior Systems Administrator and Network Engineer
Senior Perl Web Applications Developer
Junior Software Developer
Director of Business Development

BlinkList:
Application Developers
Web + Graphic Designers
Database Engineers
Junior Systems Administrator
Internet Marketers
Bloggers / Writers / Researchers

Blogspirit:
2 Senior Developers
1 Tests & Qualification software Engineer

ClairMail:
Customer Service Director – Technical
Deployment Engineer
Java Developer
QA Engineer
QA Engineer – Entry Level
Sales Consultant
Senior Software Engineer – Java Backend
Software Engineer – Entry Level
Project Manager
Solution Architect

CNET:
Credit & Collections Manager 0904000807001 CA-San Francisco
Financial Analyst 0108100507001 CA-San Francisco, KY-Louisville
Manager, Financial Analysis 0904000407002 CA-San Francisco
Manager, Tax 0901000207002 CA-San Francisco
Manager, Tax 0901000207001 CA-San Francisco
Payroll Specialist 0904100807002 CA-San Francisco
Senior Accounting Analyst 0904100707002 CA-San Francisco
VP, Controller 0904100507001 CA-San Francisco
Creative Director 0107000507001 CA-San Francisco
UX Designer 0111700607001 CA-San Francisco
Motion Graphics Designer 0111700807001 CA-San Francisco
Senior Designer 0107000707001 CA-San Francisco
UI Designer, Product 1100000707002 CA-Irvine
Associate Food Editor (Editorial) 0120000707008 CA-San Francisco
Community Coordinator 0107100807001 CA-San Francisco
Managing Editor 0120000707001 CA-San Francisco
Reporter 0111700407002 CA-San Francisco
SVP, Corporate Sales & Sales Strategy 0000000407001 CA-San Francisco
VP, Corporate Sales Strategy 0000000407002 CA-San Francisco
Human Resources Business Partner 0402000607001 CA-San Francisco
Associate Software Engineer 0120000707005 CA-San Francisco
Associate Software Engineer 1007200307001 NJ-Bridgewater
Associate Software Engineer 1008800807001 CA-San Francisco
Director, Software Engineering 0107000807003 CA-San Francisco
Manager of Engineering 0120000707003 CA-San Francisco
Manager, Quality Assurance 0107000607003 CA-San Francisco
Senior Java Performance Engineer 1009000307001 CA-San Francisco
Senior Software Engineer 0107000607002 CA-San Francisco
Senior Software Engineer 1009000607001 CA-San Francisco
Senior Software Engineer 1006200307001 CA-San Francisco
Senior Software Engineer 1003100807001 NJ-Bridgewater
Senior Software Engineer 0107000807006 CA-San Francisco
Senior Software Engineer 1003800807001 CA-San Francisco
Senior Software Engineer 0107000607001 CA-San Francisco
Senior Software Engineer - Oracle Applications 1006300307002 CA-San Francisco
Senior Technical Producer 0107000807004 CA-San Francisco
Software Engineer 0120000407002 CA-San Francisco
Software Engineer 1007500807001 CA-San Francisco
Software Engineer 0111110607001 CA-San Francisco
Software Engineer 0107000107006 CA-San Francisco
Software Engineer 1007200307002 NJ-Bridgewater
Software Engineer 0107000807005 CA-San Francisco
Software Engineer 0107000807002 CA-San Francisco
Software Engineer 0120000707004 CA-San Francisco
Software Engineer - CNE BI 0107000807007 CA-San Francisco
Web Developer 1009100807001 KY-Louisville
VP, General Counsel 1700000807001 CA-San Francisco
Associate Product Marketing Manager 0131100807001 CA-San Francisco
Copywriter 0102200507001 CA-San Francisco
Industry Marketing Manager 0102900807001 CA-San Francisco
Market Research Manager 0102210807001 CA-San Francisco
Marketing Coordinator 0102200707001 CA-San Francisco
Product Marketing Manager 0131100507001 CA-San Francisco
Senior Manager, MarComm Dept 0102200607001 CA-San Francisco
Associate Software Engineer 0109100807001 CA-San Francisco
Technical Producer 0102100807004 MA-Cambridge
Product Manager 0108100607004 CA-San Francisco
Senior Product Manager 0111110607002 CA-San Francisco
Account Coordinator 0102100707002 CA-San Francisco
Account Coordinator 0102100807002 NY-New York
Account Coordinator 0102100807003 NY-New York
Account Coordinator 0102100807001 CA-San Francisco
Account Executive 0102300607003 NY-New York
Account Manager, Corporate Accounts 0102000707001 Telecommute
Manager, Sales 0107300807003 CA-San Francisco
VP, Sales 0107300407002 CA-San Francisco
Site Director 0120000707009 CA-San Francisco

Colligo
Sales Representative — Mid Market

Confluence
Executive Assistant
Inside Sales Engineer
Performance Engineer
Product Manager
QA Engineer
QA Lead
Receptionist
Senior Java Developer
Senior Support Engineer
Support Engineers
Technical Writers
User Interface Developer
Inside Sales Engineer
Java Developer
Junior Customer Advocate
Senior Support Engineer
Technical Support Engineer

Cozi
Web Software Developer
Software Developer

ebuddy
System Administrator
JAVA J2ME Developer
PHP Developer
Java J2EE Software Engineer
Front-end Developer/Software Engineer
(junior) Traffic Manager
Account Manager
Sales Executive
Sales Executive UK
Director of Business Development US
Usability Engineer
Sales Intern
Business Development Intern
Ajax Development Intern
Java J2ME Development Intern

entriq
Senior Software Engineer (DM) (197874-718)Carlsbad, CA, US.
Software Engineer (Security) (197870-718)Carlsbad, CA, US.
VP Marketing (205231-718)Carlsbad, CA, US.
Senior Solutions Engineer (195045-718)Carlsbad, CA, US.
Technical Project Manager (180775-718)Essen, LON, GERMANY
Web Developer / Integration Engineer (183555-718)London, LON, UNITED KINGDOM
Quality Assurance Manager (210006-718)Shanghai , STA, CHINA
Director of Sales (189028-718)New York, NY, US.
Director of Sales - West Coast (204519-718)Carlsbad, CA, US.
Sales & Business Development Consultant (205560-718)London, LON, UNITED KINGDOM

Eqo
Mobile Application Developer (C++)
Graphic Design Contractor - 3+ days per week
PR Contractor – 3+ days per week
Software Developer - OSS
Softswitch C++ Developer
Senior Network & Systems Administrator
Web Designer

Eventful
Advertising Operations Manager
Community Advocate Intern
Email Marketing Coordinator
Front-End Web Developer

Fuzz
Senior Web Developer
Senior Systems/Scalability Programmer
Senior Product Marketing Manager
Artist Advocate

Glibe
Application developers

going
Designer
Web Developer
Promoter
Marketing intern (summer/part-time)

Grooveshark
Web Developer
Java Developer
Database Engineer

Hotxt
Product Management
Website Copywriter

HubPages
Engineering Jobs (software)
Graphic Design Jobs
Media Sales Jobs

iLike
Software Development Engineer in Test
Web / Server (Ruby) engineer
Database engineer
Web/DHTML engineer
Client engineer

imeem
Software Engineer
Technical Support
QA Engineer
QA Manager
Visual/Interaction Designer
Sales Planner
Finance/Accounting Manager

IMVU
Senior Web Applications Engineer
Senior Web Systems Engineer
Software Engineer (new grad)

indaba
Ruby on Rails Engineer
Web Designer

InstaColl
Software development openings
System administrator / Data Center managers

iotum
Software Developer
Program Manager
QA Expert

jaxtr
Senior User Experience / Interaction Designer Mid-Senior level, Full-time
Sr. Product Marketing Manager (Director) Mid-Senior level, Full-time
Product Manager Mid-Senior level, Full-time
VP Product (and Marketing)

Jott
Web Marketing Manager
Software Development Engineer

last.fm
Head of Technical Operations
Java Developer
Flash Developer
PHP Developers
Senior PHP Developer
Reporting Engineer
C++ Developer
Linux Sysadmin (varying levels)
DBA, PostgreSQL and MySQL
Graphic Designer, Software
Technical Writer
Head of Financial Planning and Analysis
Community Manager (US)
Senior Business Development Manager (US)
Senior Advertising Executive
Junior Advertising Account Manager
Advertising Campaign Manager

LeapTag
Senior/Lead Software Engineer - Server-side
Architect/Technical Lead - Machine Learning

LignUp
Microsoft Engineer
Java Application Engineer
Pre/Post Sales Engineer

LiveNation
Marketing Manager UK-London-London
Director of Sales, Sponsorship US-IL-Chicago
Ticketing and Contracts Coordinator UK-HC-Oxford
Director of Sales US-AZ-Phoenix
Production Manager US-DC-Washington
A/P File Clerk US-TX-Houston
Group Sales Manager US-TX-Houston
Staff Accountant US-MI-Detroit
Treasury Analyst US-TX-Houston
Executive Coordinator/Office Manager US-CA-Culver City
Senior Accountant US-TX-Dallas
Product Development Manager US-CA-Culver City
Product Development Manager US-CA-Culver City
Product Development Manager US-CA-Culver City
Director of Accounting/Reporting HOB Clubs US-CA-Hollywood
Manager of Accounting- HOB US-CA-Hollywood
Senior Accountant-External Reporting US-TX-Houston
Compliance Supervisor US-TX-Houston
Digital Designer UK-London-London
Digital Engineer (ASP/.NET) UK-London-London

meebo
Front-end Software Engineer(JavaScript, DHTML)
ActionScript/Flash Developer
Back-end Software Engineer(C/C++)
Visual Designer
Customer Engagement

meetro
Skilled C++ programmer
Objective-C and Cocoa
Python

mercora
Senior Software Engineer

midomi
Algorithm Designer
C/C++ Expert
Mobile Application Software Engineer
Search Architect/Engineer
Search Operations Engineer
Signal Processing Expert
Speech Recognition Expert
UI Designer
Web Developer

mig33
Web Developer
MySQL DBA

MobiVox
Senior Product Manager
Director of Operations
QA Analyst
Program Leader
Junior/Intermediate Web Developer

Mozeo
Senior Software Engineer
Account Manager
Advertising and Sales
Software Engineering Internship
Marketing Internship

mTracks
Community Manager
Web Developer
Web Designer

MyPunchBowl
front-end web developer with strong CSS skills

MyStrands
System Administrator (Corvallis, Oregon)
MySQL DBA (Corvallis, Oregon)
Software Engineer, Data (Corvallis, Oregon)
Software Engineers (Corvallis, Oregon)
partyStrands Sr. Distribution Manager (New York City, New York)
Executive Assistant (New York City, New York)
System Administrator (Barcelona, Spain)
MySQL DBA (Barcelona, Spain)
Software Engineer, Data (Barcelona, Spain)
Software Engineers (Barcelona, Spain)
Designers (Barcelona, Spain)
Financial Manager (Barcelona, Spain)
Business Development (China - Japan - Korea - Singapore)

NextPage
Product Developer
Developer Intern

NimBuzz
Mobile Application Developers
IT system/network administrator
Asterisk/openSER expert
.Net Windows client developer
Web Designer
Senior Mobile Application Developer
Junior Mobile Developer
Java Developer
Quality Assurance Specialist

OthersOnline
Senior Software Engineer
Software Development Engineer
User Interface Engineer
VP of Business Development
IT Operations Manager

Oz
DEVICE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER DEVICE - INTERMEDIATE
SOFTWARE TEST SPECIALISTS - COOP
TOOL DEVELOPER - OPERATIONS - COOP

Pandora
Staff Accountant, Oakland, CA
Sales Development Manager, New York City, NY
Sales Manager - New York City
Senior Network Engineer - Oakland, CA
Senior Systems Administrator - Oakland, CA

PhoneZoo
(System) Architect
Server Engineer

Plaxo
Globalization Engineer (1039)
Quality Assurance Manager (1035)
Marketing

Pluggd
VP Sales and Business Development
Network Operations Engineer
Software Engineer
Software Development Engineer - UI
Software Development Engineer
Product Manager

PodShow
Systems/Network Engineer (posted 8/16/07)
Sr. DBA (posted 5/9/07)
Director of Production (posted 4/25/07)
Sr. Engineer
Jr. Engineer

Project Playlist
Senior Developers (PHP/SQL)

QuickBase
Consultative Sales Account Manager
Software Engineer
Engineering Manager
Senior Business Analyst
Customer Support Representative
+ many other jobs at Intuit

Qype
Web Community Manager

RadiusIM
Developer
AJAX / Web Developer

RealityDigital
Web Developer

rightround
Business Development
Python Developer

Salesforce
APAC Sales Compensation Analyst, Sales Operations Singapore, Singapore
Bad Debt Collections Analyst San Francisco, CA - HQ Toronto, Canada
Bad Debt Risk Analyst San Francisco, CA - HQ
Collections Analyst San Francisco, CA - HQ
Director, Americas Sales Operations San Francisco, CA - HQ
Director, Internal Audit Americas San Francisco, CA - HQ
Financial Accounting Compliance Manager San Francisco, CA - HQ
Manager, Finance Operations San Francisco, CA - HQ
Purchasing Manager Singapore, Singapore
Sales Compensation Analyst-Sales Plan Administration San Francisco, CA - HQ
Sales Operations Specialist San Francisco, CA - HQ
SEC Reporting Manager San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior Accountant-Americas San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior Compliance Specialist San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior Corporate Counsel Singapore, Singapore
Senior Finance Operations Analyst San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior Manager Stock Plan Administration San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior Sales Analyst San Francisco, CA - HQ
Suspended Accounts Collections Analyst San Francisco, CA - HQ
Tax Manager Singapore, Singapore
IT Auditor San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior Compensation Analyst San Francisco, CA - HQ
Vice President of Privacy and Data Protection San Francisco, CA - HQ
Alliance Business Development Manager, APAC Seoul, Korea
AppExchange PRM/CRM Implementation Manager San Francisco, CA - HQSan Mateo, CA
Client Services Executive, Strategic Accounts Atlanta, GABoston, MA New York, NY Philadelphia, PA Charlotte, NC Chicago, IL Detroit, MI Minneapolis, MN
Consultant - Sydney Sydney, Australia
Customer Success Manager New York, NY Short Hills, NJ
Customer Success Manager Los Angeles, CA Orange County, CA
Customer Success Manager Philadelphia, PA
Customer Success Manager Seattle, WA
Customer Success Manager Boston, MA
Customer Success Manager, ANZ Sydney, Australia
Customer Success Manager: Corporate Sales Toronto, Canada
Customer Success Manager: Corporate Sales San Mateo, CASan Francisco, CA - HQ
Customer Success Manager: Corporate Sales San Mateo, CASan Francisco, CA - HQ
Customer Success Manager - Italy Milan, Italy Paris, France
Director, Sales Effectiveness APAC Singapore, Singapore
Director Alliances, Public Sector Washington, D.C.Reston, VA
EMEA Application Instructor - Germany Munich, Germany
EMEA Technical Training Instructor Camberley, United Kingdom
Engagement Manager New York, NYShort Hills, NJ Boston, MA Philadelphia, PA
Engagement Manager - Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
Engagement Manager - SMB Austin, TX Dallas, TX Houston, TX San Francisco, CA - HQ San Mateo, CA
Engagement Manager - SMB San Francisco, CA - HQ San Mateo, CA Seattle, WA
Engagement Manager-SMB Atlanta, GADallas, TX Chicago, IL San Francisco, CA - HQ Austin, TX Houston, TX
Engagement Manager - UK Camberley, United Kingdom
Learning Management Program Manager San Francisco, CA - HQ
Manager, Sales Best Practices San Francisco, CA - HQSan Mateo, CA
Premier Business Analyst San Francisco, CA - HQ San Mateo, CA
Premier Support Analyst San Mateo, CASan Francisco, CA - HQ
Principal Business Analyst – Global Enterprise San Mateo, CASan Francisco, CA - HQ Toronto, Canada
Principal Consultant New York, NYShort Hills, NJ Boston, MA Philadelphia, PA
Principal Consultant - Germany Munich, Germany
Principal Consultant - Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
Principal Consultant - SMB San Francisco, CA - HQSan Mateo, CA Seattle, WA
Principal Consultant - SMB Dallas, TXAustin, TX Houston, TX
Principal Consultant-SMB Toronto, Canada New York, NY Boston, MA
Principal Consultant-SMB Atlanta, GA Chicago, IL
Principal Consultant - Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
Principal Consultant - UK Camberley, United Kingdom
Principal Technical Consultant New York, NYPhiladelphia, PA Boston, MA Washington, D.C.
Principal Technical Consultant Chicago, ILDetroit, MI Minneapolis, MN Milwaukee, WI
Senior Consultant Dublin, Ireland
Senior Consultant Dublin, Ireland
Senior Consultant New York, NY Philadelphia, PA Boston, MA Atlanta, GA
Senior Consultant Stockholm, Sweden
Senior Consultant - France Paris, France
Senior Director, Certification & Education Program Development San Mateo, CA San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior Technical Consultant New York, NY
Senior Technical Consultant Toronto, CanadaBoston, MA New York, NY
Senior Technical Consultant Chicago, IL Milwaukee, WI Minneapolis, MN Detroit, MI
Senior Technical Consultant Dublin, Ireland
Support Account Manager-Global Enterprise Short Hills, NJSan Francisco, CA - HQ New York, NY
Technical Consultant San Francisco, CA - HQ Los Angeles, CA San Mateo, CA Austin, TX Dallas, TX Houston, TX
Technical Consultant - SMB San Francisco, CA - HQ
Technical Support Engineer San Francisco, CA - HQ San Mateo, CA
Training Coordinator San Mateo, CA
HR Business Partner - Marketing San Francisco, CA - HQ
HRIS Administrator - Contract Position San Francisco, CA - HQ
HRIS Business Analyst - Contract Position San Francisco, CA - HQ
HR Manager Dublin, Ireland
Senior Corporate Counsel Singapore, Singapore
Business Systems Analyst (BI//DW) San Francisco, CA - HQ
Business Systems Analyst (Order to Cash) San Francisco, CA - HQ
Business Systems Analyst (Services) San Francisco, CA - HQ
Data Center Engineer San Francisco, CA - HQ
DW QA Analyst - Contract San Francisco, CA - HQ
Field Sales Engineer, APAC Sydney, Australia Singapore, Singapore
Field Sales Engineer, APAC Singapore, Singapore
IT Helpdesk Specialist - Contract San Mateo, CA
Java Application Developer San Francisco, CA - HQ
Manager - IT OnDemand Application Support San Francisco, CA - HQ
Network Engineer San Francisco, CA - HQ Reston, VA San Mateo, CA
Operation Services Center Engineer Ashburn, VA
Product Security Director San Francisco, CA - HQ
Project Manager - IT Business Solutions San Francisco, CA - HQ
QA Analyst - IT San Francisco, CA - HQ
QA- Automation Engineer San Francisco, CA - HQ
Release Operations Manager San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior Data Center Engineer San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior Manager, Global Service Desk San Mateo, CA
Senior Operation Services Center Engineer (Unix System Administrator) Ashburn, VA
Senior Operations Service Center Engineer (Network) Ashburn, VA
Senior Usability Analyst San Francisco, CA - HQ
Unix System Administrator - IT San Francisco, CA - HQ
Unix System Administrator - Technical Operations San Francisco, CA - HQ
AppExchange Marketing Campaign Manager San Francisco, CA - HQ
AppExchange PRM/CRM Implementation Manager San Francisco, CA - HQSan Mateo, CA
AppExchange Review Coordinator San Mateo, CASan Francisco, CA - HQ
AppExchange Senior Operations Manager San Mateo, CASan Francisco, CA - HQ
Editorial Director / Managing Editor San Francisco, CA - HQ
Interactive Designer San Francisco, CA - HQ
Marketing Manager, Hong Kong Hong Kong, ChinaSingapore, Singapore
Partner Operations Coordinator San Francisco, CA - HQSan Mateo, CA
Product Marketing Manager Camberley, United KingdomDublin, Ireland
Product Marketing Manager, AppStore San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior Field Marketing Manager San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior Incubator Program Manager San Mateo, CA
Senior Partner Success Manager - AppExchange San Mateo, CA
Senior Partner Success Manager - Strategic Alliances San Mateo, CA
Senior Product Manager, AppExchange San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior Web Producer San Francisco, CA - HQ
Services Marketing Director San Francisco, CA - HQ
Sr. Manager, AppExchange Marketing Programs San Francisco, CA - HQ
VP, Event Marketing San Francisco, CA - HQ
Product Manager Order to Cash San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior Incubator Program Manager San Mateo, CA
Senior Product Manager, AppExchange San Francisco, CA - HQ
Sr Product Manager - Apex Programming Language San Francisco, CA - HQ
Product Marketing Director, Product Marketing (Platform As-A-Service) San Francisco, CA - HQ
Product Marketing Manager, AppStore San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior Manager, Product Marketing (Customer References) San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior Product Manager, AppExchange San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior Product Marketing Manager San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior Product Marketing Manager, Call Center and Customer Portal San Francisco, CA - HQ
Sr. Director, Product Marketing SFA San Francisco, CA - HQ
Technical Product Marketing Manager San Francisco, CA - HQ
Contract Technical Writer San Francisco, CA - HQ
Development Manager, Mobile Clients Santa Monica, CA
Engineering Services: UI Automation Engineer San Francisco, CA - HQ
Engineering Services – Release Engineer San Francisco, CA - HQ
Localization Engineer San Francisco, CA - HQSan Mateo, CA
Member of Technical Staff San Francisco, CA - HQ
Member of Technical Staff Tampa Bay, FL
Member of Technical Staff-Analytics San Francisco, CA - HQ
Member of Technical Staff- Client Developer Santa Monica, CA
Quality Engineering - QA Manager San Francisco, CA - HQ
Quality Engineering - Sr. System Test Engineer San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior Director, Systems Test San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior Performance Engineer San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior Program Manager, Technology San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer-Client San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior Quality Engineer-Desktop Client San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior UI Designer San Francisco, CA - HQ
Vice President, Applications Development San Francisco, CA - HQ
Web Content Architect San Francisco, CA - HQ
Account Executive Minneapolis, MN
Account Executive Indianapolis, INChicago, IL
Account Executive, Benelux Market Dublin, Ireland
Account Executive, Corporate San Francisco, CA - HQ
Account Executive, Corporate San Mateo, CA
Account Executive, Corporate Toronto, Canada
Account Executive, Corporate Toronto, Canada
Account Executive, Corporate APAC Singapore, Singapore Sydney, Australia
Account Executive, Corporate - Greater China Singapore, Singapore
Account Executive, Emerging Markets Dublin, Ireland
Account Executive, Field APAC Mumbai, IndiaBangalore, India Delhi, India
Account Executive, Field APAC Sydney, AustraliaMelbourne, Australia
Account Executive, Field APAC Sydney, AustraliaMelbourne, Australia
Account Executive, Field APAC Delhi, IndiaMumbai, India Bangalore, India
Account Executive, Field APAC - Taiwan Market Hong Kong, ChinaTaipei, Taiwan
Account Executive, German Market Dublin, Ireland
Account Executive, RF UK+ Ireland EMEA Dublin, Ireland
Account Executive, SB, Italian Market Dublin, Ireland
Account Executive, Services San Francisco, CA - HQ
Account Executive, Services Dublin, Ireland
Account Executive, Spanish Market Dublin, Ireland
Account Executive, State and Local Sales Sacramento, CA San Francisco, CA - HQ
Account Executive, UK+ Ireland EMEA Dublin, Ireland
Account Executive, UK+ Ireland EMEA Dublin, Ireland
Account Executive, UK+ Ireland EMEA Dublin, Ireland
Account Executive, UK+ Ireland EMEA Dublin, Ireland
Account ExecutiveGB, German Market Dublin, Ireland
Alliance Business Development Manager, APAC Seoul, Korea
AppExchange Category Manager, Financial Services New York, NY
Associate Sales Engineer San Francisco, CA - HQ
Corporate Account Executive, ASEAN Singapore, Singapore
Corporate Sales Manager Delhi, India
Corporate Sales Manager - Sth Europe Dublin, Ireland
Customer Success Manager New York, NY Short Hills, NJ
Customer Success Manager Los Angeles, CA Orange County, CA
Customer Success Manager Philadelphia, PA
Customer Success Manager Seattle, WA
Customer Success Manager Boston, MA
Customer Success Manager, ANZ Sydney, Australia
Customer Success Manager: Corporate Sales Toronto, Canada
Customer Success Manager: Corporate Sales San Mateo, CASan Francisco, CA - HQ
Customer Success Manager: Corporate Sales San Mateo, CASan Francisco, CA - HQ
Customer Success Manager - Italy Milan, Italy Paris, France
Director, Sales Effectiveness APAC Singapore, Singapore
Director Alliances, Public Sector Washington, D.C.Reston, VA
Director Alliances, Southern Europe Paris, France
Director of Sales Planning and Strategy, Field Sales San Francisco, CA - HQ
Enterprise Account Executive - Belgium Brussels, Belgium
Enterprise Account Executive - Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark
Enterprise Account Executive - France Paris, France
Enterprise Account Executive - Germany Munich, Germany
Enterprise Account Executive - High Tech Camberley, United Kingdom
Enterprise Account Executive - Ireland Dublin, Ireland
Enterprise Account Executive - Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
Enterprise Account Executive - Northern England Camberley, United Kingdom
Enterprise Account Executive - Retail Banking Camberley, United Kingdom
Enterprise Account Executive - Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland
Enterprise Account Executive - Switzerland Ecublens, Switzerland
Enterprise Business Representative San Francisco, CA - HQ
Enterprise Business Representative San Mateo, CA
Enterprise Business Representative Sydney, Australia
Enterprise Business Representative Singapore, Singapore
Enterprise Business Representative San Francisco, CA - HQ
Enterprise Business Representative San Mateo, CA
Enterprise Business Representative San Francisco, CA - HQ
Field Sales Engineer Auckland, New Zealand
Field Sales Engineer, APAC Singapore, Singapore
Field Sales Engineer, APAC Sydney, AustraliaSingapore, Singapore
Field Sales Engineer, APAC Singapore, Singapore
Lead Generation Specialist, German Market Dublin, Ireland
Lead Generation SpecialistUK & Ireland Dublin, Ireland
Manager of Sales Processes San Francisco, CA - HQ
Mid Market Account Executive (French speaking) Toronto, Canada
Pre-Sales Engineer Dublin, Ireland
Pre-Sales Engineer Dublin, IrelandDublin, Ireland
Pre-Sales Engineer, Uk + Ireland Dublin, Ireland
Sales Engineer, CRM Applications Toronto, Canada
Sales Engineer, CRM Applications Toronto, Canada
Sales Engineer - Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark
Sales Engineer - Germany Munich, Germany
Sales Engineering Director - Northern EMEA Camberley, United Kingdom
Sales Engineering Manager San Francisco, CA - HQSan Mateo, CA
Sales Engineer - Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sales Engineer - Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland
Sales Engineer - Switzerland Ecublens, Switzerland
Sales Engineer - UK Camberley, United Kingdom
Sales Readiness Manager San Francisco, CA - HQSan Mateo, CA
Sales Representative San Francisco, CA - HQ
Sales Representative Toronto, Canada
Sales Representative San Mateo, CA
Sales Representative Singapore, Singapore
Sales Representative Toronto, Canada
Sales Representative Toronto, Canada
Sales Representative Toronto, Canada
Sales Representative, Emerging Markets Dublin, Ireland
Sales Representative, French Market Dublin, Ireland
Sales Representative, German Market Dublin, Ireland
Sales Representative, German Market Dublin, Ireland
Sales Representative, German Market Dublin, Ireland
Sales Representative, Italian Markets Dublin, Ireland
Sales Representative - Sydney Sydney, Australia
Sales representative UK + Ireland Dublin, Ireland
Senior Account Executive Charlotte, NC Raleigh, NC
Senior Mid Market Account Executive Toronto, Canada
Senior Mid Market Account Executive San Mateo, CA
Senior Mid Market Account Executive San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior Sales Analyst San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior Sales Engineer New York, NY
Senior Sales Engineer Minneapolis, MNChicago, IL
Senior Sales Engineer Richmond, VAReston, VA
Senior Sales Engineer New York, NYPhiladelphia, PA
Senior Sales Engineer, CRM Applications San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior Sales Engineer, Service and Support Applications San Francisco, CA - HQ
Senior Sales Engineer, Service and Support Applications San Francisco, CA - HQ
Spanish-speaking Enterprise Business Representative San Francisco, CA - HQ
Spanish-Speaking Sales Representative San Francisco, CA - HQ
Spanish-Speaking Sales Representative Toronto, Canada
Sr. Manager of Sales Strategy & Planning San Francisco, CA - HQ

SayNow
Director of Product Marketing
Director of Entertainment
Artist Relations and Product Promoter

Seeqpod
Senior Search Engineer
QA Engineers
Search Tempered Lead Software Engineers
Customer Relations...Engineer
Graphic Design & UI Guru
Product Manager
Informatics Applications Developer Internship

SilverStripe
Senior Developer

Skobee
UI Engineer/Designer

Skype
Product Manager Skype Devices
Project Manager - Online
QA Automation Engineer - Web Based IS and Services
Software Product Analyst
Devices Engineering - C++ Developer
Accountant - Luxembourg
Financial Analyst
Business Development Associate
Fraud Screening Specialist
eCommerce - Business Manager
Business Development Internship
SQL Server DBA
Product Manager, Internship
Business Development Manager - Telecoms
Business Development Telecoms, Sales Manager
Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs, North America
Senior Software Analyst
Designer
Project Manager – Devices
C++ Developer - Skype Core Library
Release Manager
Devices Product Management Internship
Product/Project Manager – Skype for Windows - Communication
Product Designer - Payments
Product Designer - Skype for Windows
Product Designer – Skype for Mobile and Devices
Linux sysadmin
Project Manager
Analysis Manager - Marketing
QA Engineer - Skype Devices
AP Manager - Luxembourg
Senior Tester - Web Based IS and Services
Mac QA Engineer
Customer Support Person - Spanish Language
Customer Support Person - Japanese Language
PHP/Web Based IS Developer
Backend C/C++ Developer
PHP/Web Based IS Developer
Java/Web Based IS Senior Developer
Customer Support Person - German Language
Delphi programmer / UI Developer for Windows
Frontend Web Developer

Slacker
Customer Support Rep III
Java Engineer
Manager of Reporting Metrics
Test Engineer
Desktop Support Specialist
Senior Linux Systems/Network Administrator
Product Marketing Manager
Senior Visual Designer
Senior Buyer/Planner
Order Administrator
Senior Software Engineer

SnapVine
Sr. Software Developer
Software Developer - Applications
QA Manager
Data Center Operations Manager

Sonopia
Partner Marketing Manager
Copywriter
Director of Growth Marketing
Creative Services Director
Director of Logistics
Admin Assistant
Marketing Production Manager
Product Manager, Marketing
Head of Studio
Java Server Software Engineer
Web-client Software Engineer
Senior Brew Mobile Engineer
Flash Lite Software Engineer
Database Administrator
Windows Administrator, Operations

Soonr
Database Engineer
Test Engineer
Systems Administrator
Server Engineer
Partner Project Manager

SoundLoud
Senior .NET Architect/Developer

Standpoint
Senior Software Engineer - Palo Alto, CA
Sys Ops/Software Engineer - Palo Alto, CA

Stickam
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Yehuda

How to Drive Traffic, and Thoughts on Corporate Blogging by SCOUT

Ask and ye shall receive.

I asked Stephen Turcotte of SCOUT Corporate Blogging a few questions and look at what he wrote about corporate blogging and driving traffic. This is all excellent advice.

Thanks, Stephen.

Yehuda

Yay Me. I Got Another Job

I went to Haifa today and landed another part-time customer engagement position with a company. It probably would have been full-time, but they're still a start-up and so need to keep a tight budget, or so I assume.

Having learned from my previous experience, this time I cataloged the list of things that I can do, and can't do, as a blogger right off. I may make many more mistakes, but hopefully I won't repeat the last ones.

Still, the whole thing is still a new concept to both of us. And the person hiring me is a traditional marketer. We speak very different languages, even though we're both aiming, ultimately, at the same goal. He is very organized and thorough! While he doesn't need numbers from me, he wants me planning very carefully where and what I'll be doing. It's going to be hard work, but it's going to be a learning experience.

In fact, the entire trip until now has been a great learning experience.

While I've seen blogs and sites with bullet points about corporate blogging - by which they mean writing a corporate blog - and about professional blogging - by which they mean making money directly or indirectly from blogging - there just aren't any sites talking about what I'm doing. Namely, freelancing or hiring oneself out as a corporate blogger. Which is strange.

I'm learning it all by experience:

- That blogging is marketing, and that familiarity with marketing is helpful.
- That someone coming from the outside is going to have to sell a product that the developers and company owners already know and love.
- That companies who think that they want to hire bloggers want them for links and traffic, not for the primary strengths of blogging, which is customer engagement and relationship building.
- That companies are scared of blogging. Blogging is a tool for captivating users by bringing them the best and most valuable information, which includes outlinking. Companies want to pretend that there is nothing else in the world other than their own company, and are thus afraid of outlinking.
- That the primary qualities of a corporate blogger are, in order: great manners, great writing, great searching ability, niche defining, and only then the traditional blogging skills of SEO and so on.
- That no one knows what to pay me.
- That there's nearly no competition for these positions, and you can probably create one for yourself almost anywhere.

And slews of other stuff that I'm only beginning to crystallize. I will be writing them down as they come to me.

With all the unknowns still looming over me, and not enough written information to guide me, it's going to be a wild ride!

Yehuda

Gosh, it's like they're doing my writing for me

I don't remember seeing so many articles about how blogging is a SLOW process before my "How I Became a Professional Blogger" post. Sure, there were some, but few and far between.

Now they seem to be cropping up all over the place:

The Wall Street Journal

Performancing on Social Networking

Daily Blog Tips on the Long Haul

Yo, companies: are you listening? Blogging pays off, it just doesn't pay off in a month. Invest in a good blogger.

Yehuda

Status Quo

Posting only once a week isn't going to get me steady readers, I know. So be it. For now, I will just write what I need to write without worrying about that.

I have run into a dissonance between what I am capable of doing and what people want to hire me for. The few companies who want to hire a corporate blogger want to do so because they see blogging as part of the new marketing, which means that they want me to bring in lots of business and lots of links ... quickly.

Unfortunately, maybe that's what a traditional marketer does, but it's not what I do. My blogging and social networking is a slow process. I can create a slow buildup of traffic. I can create a community. I can present a company image and give customers a place to go.

I can't blitz the web, drawing in lots of traffic and increased sales; well, not in two months.

All the permanent jobs that I've seen that required "blogging" are therefore not really for me. They're for a traditional marketer; the blogging aspect was added as a side thought for the job position; the company knows that they have to have a blog, but don't get blogging.

Meanwhile, other blogging jobs which I see are pay-per-post or per-comment are ... how can I put this ... demeaning. The vast majority of these payments are for posts where the content is almost entirely irrelevant. They just want the links. It's cheap and dirty work. It pays next to nothing. Because they don't care what you write, or that you establish a relationship with the people you're writing to.

That's also not what I want to get into. OK, if they paid $50 a post, I could do it for a while, but not forever. And anyway, they don't pay a tenth of that.

What am I looking for? I want to be the Internet point-man of a company. I want to be the guy who finds the conversations around the Internet and ensures that the company gets heard, too. I want to build a reputation as an expert in whatever field the company is in, so that I will get quoted and referred to when people want information about that field. I want to build a sticky site that people will want to come to and participate in. I want to make the company known as a company where at least one employee listens full-time to what the customer wants to say and supports him.

I don't want to sit around measuring how much traffic and sales I made this week. And I don't want to blog garbage just because it will drive up the SEO.

The status is: I'm talking to two companies, and I have to make this clear to both of them. I'm waiting to hear from another 4 or 5 that I sent my resume to. And I'm still scanning the wanted lists for something that pays more than crap for crap work.

I'm still compiling a huge database of information about Web 2.0 sites.

Yehuda

My Current Corporate Blogging Blogroll

• A Blog for Web People
  Patrick Burt, Canada. Patrick talks web design.
• Better Business Blogging
  Mark White, UK. Mark writes about how to use a blog to help your business.
• Blog News
  Blog feed from Topix. All kinds of blogging news.
• Blogger Jobs
  Another UK site, finds and posts blog job postings.
• Blogger Jobs at Indeed
  This is a search string for blog jobs at Indeed.com .
• Blogging for Business
  Ted Demopoulos, New Hampshire. About business blogging and podcasting.
• BlogWrite for CEOs
  Debbie Weil, Washington D.C. area. Debbie is a one-woman blogging advocate; this is her blog about blogging for CEOs.
• Build a Better Blog
  Patsi Krakoff and Denise Wakeman, U.S. They give general blogging tips.
• Business Blog Consulting
  Founded by Rick E. Bruner, but with many contributors. General blogging advice.
• Business Blog Wire
  Easton Ellsworth, Arizona. Small business blog tips.
• ConverStations
  Mike Sansone, Des Moines. Genral blogging information for businesses.
• Copyblogger
  Brian Clark and others. Powerful basic blogging tips.
• Debbie Weil
  Debbie's other blog about blogging.
• Gaping Void
  Hugh MacLeod, London, UK. Insights into branding and blogging, and cute meme cartoons.
• Internet UltraGeek
  Raj Dash, UK? Online promotion and geeky things.
• Jim Kukral
  Jim Kukral, Cleveland. Online marketing.
• Marketing Nirvana
  Mario Sundar, San Francisco. Marketing and social media.
• Net Business Blog
  Dee Barizo, ???. Dee has taken over from other writers. Blogging and monetization.
• Performancing
  A team of writers. Excellent basics of blogging for money.
• ProBlogger
  Darren Rowse, Australia. Also excellent blogging basics, and community building.
• Return Customer
  Joe Rawlinson, ???. How to make customers happy.
• SCOUT
  Stephen Turcotte, Massachusetts. Blogging information for business.
• Seth's Blog
  Seth Godin, U.S. More about how to make customers happy.
• The Blog Herald
  News about blogging.
• Web Ink Now
  David Meerman Scott, Massachusetts. Social media marketing.
• Web Strategy by Jeremiah
  Jeremiah Owyang, San Francisco. Customer engagement 2.0.

OK. What must-reads an I missing? Comment!

Yehuda

10 Essential Tips for Building Web 2.0 Companies

I've researched over 500 Web 2.0 companies, so far, and I'm working my way through 5000. Screw around with my suggestions at your own risk.

1. Present all the information I need simply

Everyone likes to be different, but don't be obtuse when it comes to handing out the information I need about your products and company. For your information, here are the names of the pages that must be available from your home page, and every other page of your site:

About

This page is about the site and product, as well as (or contains further links to) the company. The information about the site and product should be ridiculously straightforward. It should not be a company philosophy, a treatise on the Internet or communication, or your skeet shooting trip in Albania. It should not make grandiose claims about how your product has just solved the grand unification theory. It should tell me what your product does, it's main or distinguishing features, and why it will help me.

The information about the company should include: Team, Company, Press, and Contact (Press may be included within Contact). You don't need About Us or Corporate Info links on the home page, as well. Just About.

Contact

Feedback is acceptable, but discouraged, as it is too specific a type of contact. The contact link should not be a direct email address, but lead to a page with several types of contact methods, including a form and at least one main email. And, hello? You are a web 2.0 company. I've reviewed over 500 Web 2.0 companies so far, and only two have given any web 2.0 contact information such as IM, Skype, etc...

Don't use munged or picture anti-spam email addresses. You can set up a spam filter. Don't make me work hard when trying to contact you.

Tour

You can skip the video or Flash tour. If you include it, it shouldn't substitute for the simple About page.

Support

You can also call this Help. Support/Help leads to FAQ, user guides, a telephone number, and other contact info.

FAQ means FAQ, not About. FAQ lists are not necessary unless there are FAQs.

Terms

Or, Terms of Use.

Privacy

May be combined with Terms of Use.

2. Don't assume that I know what you are and do

Some of the sites I visit are so full of themselves that they start by asking me to do something without first explaining what they are. Give me a short description about the site on the top of the home page, and above the fold.

And don't hide your About page!

3. Your company's identity shouldn't be insipid

The first person to use a color and an animal, or a misspelled word, or a lower-case letter in front of a word, as a company name stood out. The rest of you don't. Don't follow the herd, please.

Furthermore, how do you really spell that name, anyway? In the browser title bar, it's spelled "companyName", in your logo it's "companyname", and in your descriptive paragraph it's "Company Name". How do you want me to refer to you?

And what's with the faux-Apple washed out rounded dim or pastel writing? I can't even read it. Don't use light gray, light blue, light pink, or light anything, on white or gray as your text palette. Distinguish between visited and unvisited links.

4. Keep your home Page URL clean

Don't give me http://www.foocorp.com/login.php?sessionid=;JS000000000001 . I want to see http://www.foocorp.com/ or http://www.foocorp.com/index.php at worst.

I'm going to be linking to your site. You don't want me to include a session id in my link, and you want me linking to your home page, not your login page.

5. Don't make your home page primarily Flash

It's large, it's bulky, and it's annoying. Make your home page static, and let me click to open your large Flash application.

I may have Flashblock turned on. Or I want to know what your site is about before I run the software. On slow connections, I don't want to wait for your program to be downloading and I don't want unexpected animation and sound starting up.

Furthermore, your program might not even work in my country. Don't force me to start a big program only to have it complain that I'm not in the U.S. or Canada.

6. Stop with the contextual ads

Unless your company's business model is really entirely contextual ad based, please don't put contextual ads on your site. You're trying to sell me a product. Meanwhile I think you're not really that invested in your product and would rather make some quick cash having me click off your site on the advertisements.

7. Make your product versatile

iTunes may be the most popular music store, but your product should not simply work only with iTunes. It should work with many products, including iTunes.

The same goes for any other proprietary businesses. You shouldn't base your business around someone else's proprietary business. For many reasons.

8. Provide XML integration

Your site should NOT be only an XML source for other sites. On the other hand, Web 2.0 is about integrating the best of what's out there into other products. That's why the best sites have open interfaces. Yours should, too.

Are you really worried that this will mean less visits to your web site? Didn't I already tell you to get rid of the contextual advertisements? Don't worry. The more your site is used, even as a filter, the more you will be able to leverage that usage.

9. Stop with the beta and alpha already

Public sites shouldn't be in Beta for more than a few weeks, and shouldn't be in Alpha at all.

10. Diversify your staff

Want to know something interesting about Web 2.0 companies? I've researched over 500 so far and I haven't seen a single Black or Hispanic person as a founder or executive. Not one. One: Kwaku Yeboah-Antwi of Peekko.com.

In the 500 companies, with between 1 and 4 founders/main executives each, I've seen maybe 20 or 30 women, tops.

Are minorities simply not interested in Web 2.0? Or is this because of whom the venture capitalists pick to fund?

I may be a middle-class white male Jew myself, but I'm pretty sure that I'm not representative of a large proportion of the world's consumers, who may, at least occasionally, want to see someone like them interested enough in your business to be a part of it.

Yehuda

I am not a Blogger; I'm a Customer Engagement Engineer

For some reason, the word Blogger is not only disrespected out of the online world, but inside, as well.

Outside the blogging world, a Blogger is someone who sits and writes dumb articles about his or her cat, partisan politics without research, flames, or celebrity pictures. Bloggers are not journalists. They do no research. They aren't worth reading. Etc.

I could sort of understand that from outside the Web 2.0 world. What I find harder to swallow is that the attitude inside the Web 2.0 world isn't much better.

In this world, Bloggers are millions of faceless and nameless commoditized text and picture generating machines. Frankly, it really doesn't matter what they say or write, it only matters how many links they write and the traffic they bring.

For this reason, Blogging as a profession gets paid nothing but performance. Bloggers have to write posts of certain length. 300 words, 500 words. They have to include certain links. If they're lucky, they'll get $5 and some of the advertising revenue. Most of the time, it's only the advertising revenue.

Good lord, man. That's not what I do. I don't write endless strings of garbage to bring in traffic or increase your links. I am not a Blogger.

I have spent three years honing the art of building client relationships. I measure the conversation about the brand. I seek out and engage you wherever and whenever you are talking about the company's space. I put a good face on the company, not by spamming, but by positioning myself as an expert and a nice guy.

I produce content that is truly useful to you. I create a client community. I straddle the line between you and company; I'm not happy unless you're happy. My job isn't to swallow up the story, but to make it heard. I want you to know that you haven't simply paid your money and bought a doodad; I want you to know that you have bought a responsive relationship with someone who will guarantee that the money you spent has brought you satisfaction.

I will educate you. I will entertain you. I will highlight your complaints, not bury them, to let you know that the company has heard them and that we take them seriously. I will highlight your happy stories, to let you know that we're happy when you're happy, and that others can have that too.

I will work hard, rest little, keep the lines of communication open, give you more than you asked for, keep you going, and give you something to look forward to.

I am a Customer Engagement Engineer. Calling me a Blogger is like calling someone in Customer Support a "Telephoner" because part of his or her job is to answer telephones.

No, I don't just sit around writing stupid posts.

Yehuda

Whoops

Well, I'm no longer working as a corporate blogger at all :-( .

For the last two months I was working 1 hour a day for a company doing a corporate blog, which was simply a once a day post about some item in their directory. Owing to the lack of windfall returns on the blog, combined with two posts that bothered them, we decided to end it. My vision of a blog didn't really match theirs.

My two mistakes were:

- Embedding a number of videos into a single post. Since I had Flashblock installed, I didn't notice that all the videos began playing as soon as the post was loaded into browsers that didn't have Flashblock. Youtube videos are not a problem with this, as you have to hit click to play the videos. Myspace videos begin playing automatically, and simultaneously. Stupid of Myspace.

- Posting a note about a feature that was dropped from the site a long time ago, even though it is still discussed on the web at large and people found it annoying. My employers didn't want me to discuss it at all.

Sigh.

In the meantime, still researching Web 2.0 sites. I'm compiling my list of funniest, stupidest, best, and so on. One of the funniest is this profile for George W. Bush on Planzo.com, an online calendar site.

I promised one of my commenters that I'd put together a post on the locations that I use to look for Blog job posts. Soon.

Yehuda

Top Ten Rejected Web 2.0 Ideas

1. Gonorreader - The newsgroup reader that's catching on like a virus.
2. DefrockedPriest - Your secret guide to young and agile web 2.0 religious sites.
3. YelloSno - Mark the web! Leave post-it notes anywhere on a web site. [1]
4. WreckedHum - Music covers. Go deep. Explore. See what you find.
5. Blue Balls - Frustrated at not getting what you want on the web? Click a blue ball and see what pops up!
6. Regurgit8 - Like what you once saw? See it again with this powerful bookmarking site.
7. sCatLog - The hidden web. A directory of what's left after you take out the good stuff.
8. ShoutAtYou - If you're hard of hearing, or you frequent noisy places, just forward your emails to us and we'll yell them at you over your phone. Mobile enable.
9. NotSeeLovr - An anonymous social dating chat site. You never know who you might be talking to!
10. FlemBucket - A Flemish sharing site. Take a drink of our culture and pass it around.

Yehuda

[1] Good grief, this URL exists and is a production company.

Rejections are Hard to Take

Of the two interviews I had last week, one has now answered saying that they decided to scrap the position for the moment (not personal).

The other still hasn't gotten back to me.

I went on an interview to be a Technical Writer. I could be happy doing that, if the pay and conditions are good. But I'd sure rather be blogging.

If you know of any full or corporate positions available, please let me know!

Yehuda

Dell Did Something Right Once

According to this article in Business Edge, about corporate blogging.

Yehuda

How you get my business

Happy birthday, Indexed.

Yehuda

It's Quiet Out There ... Too Quiet

Status: unchanged.

Last week I went on two blogging interviews. One of them asked me to send them some more info, which I did, but I haven't heard back. The other asked me to send references, which I did, but I haven't heard back.

A company I used to work for as a technical writer wants to rehire me and place me in a permanent outsourced technical writer position, for which I will interview next week.

All week I've been scouring major corporate blog resource sites looking for open blog positions. I find about twenty a day. Of which, two or three look interesting. I inquire.

What I really want is a full-time or part-time position as a blogger/company point man/editor/... What everyone wants from me is for me to write five 300 - 500 word posts a week for which they'll pay me ad revenue, or $5 plus ad revenue, with no other benefits or incentives.

There's one place (Mashable.com) that's willing to pay better and has invited me to submit long, well-researched posts. I'm gathering the research required before submitting to them. Other than that, it looks pretty bleak.

Is this what freelance writing is all about? I don't think I can do it.

I's tempted to say that I think companies don't yet "get it", but that's a cop out. I need to make them see it. My job. My responsibility.

Yehuda

P.S. And this site only has one reader a day (hi, Dee), but I'm too too unmotivated to start pushing it right now. It's not meant to be my money making site.

Does a Corporate Blogger Work Full or Part-Time?

Do companies need full time corporate bloggers?

I think most corporate bloggers start out as drafted internal employees. Corporate blogging is given as much attention as it deserves, while the rest of the time the employee carries on his or her other tasks. Only if/when the blog becomes a full time job does it get treated as such.

If you're working on opening a new blog for a company, does it need a full-time employee?

It Matters How the Job is Defined

For myself, I think it depends on how the service is presented. Companies that know little about blogging think that a blog post is a half-hour a day's work; what is the blogger doing the rest of the day?

• I scour the Internet for similar conversations and topics and contribute comments. My name or sig links back to my site, but otherwise I don't go evangelizing.
• I read blogs and news about the field and competition.
• I do SEO, site design, blog rolling, blog site submission, and so on.
• I come up with a few ideas for posts. Then I research what else has been written about the topic. Either I abandon the topic if it's been covered thoroughly already, or I source the material if it hasn't.
• I check and recheck for spelling and grammar, eliminate useless words and extraneous thoughts, organize the sentences and paragraphs, redo the title and opening sentence.

In addition, I like to keep a backlog of posts, when possible.

That's really only half the story, however.

To really do a corporate blog right, I do a lot of preliminary research about the field in which the company is situated before the blog goes online.

I want to start by opening a blog and site that is of general use to the world, with barely any mention of the company, other than a disclosure about my employment. With the help of employees of the company, and my own experience, I want to position the blog as an expert resource in the field. This can take a lot of time.

I choose a specific niche that is under-represented on the web. I write 1 to 5 posts a day, sized from short to long. Some of them, at least, have to be great posts. Time will pass before I slip in mention and articles about our own products, if relevant.

There's more, of course.

Even so, after the initial set up I think a corporate blogger could do this as a part time job for a new blog.

For me to be a full time employee, the odds are that I have to also contribute based on my other skills: technical writing, programming, product design, or what have you.

What do you think?

Yehuda

Two Interviews, in Which I Feel Awkward

I have to try to be careful when blogging about blogging. It's quite possible, probable even, that the people I interviewed with or work for will read this, sooner or later.

Anyway, I had two interviews for corporate blogging positions today and I felt a little overwhelmed.

I know what I'm doing when it comes to blogging and subsidiary tasks, but this is only the second and third time that I've sat down with people who want to hire me for this type of position. Corporate blogging is quite similar to, and uses many of the same skills as, regular blogging, but in somewhat different ways.

Although I know a lot of the professional tricks of the trade for fast rampups, I've only followed tips and included my blog on blog carnivals and problogger lists and so on. I haven't spent money on a professional campaign for Adwords, blog reviews and talk and so on, even though I know people to whom to turn for that.

I have to answer to the question: why are they paying me? What exactly will I do for them? I can't give numbers and measurements as to what type of effect my work will produce in such and such time.

As a result, in the first interview I felt like I was bumbling along like an amateur. I had suggestions and solid ideas as to how I was going to proceed, but no real answers to exactly what effect it would have. In fact, I've never even really done solid measurements as to how my traffic works and what effect my various techniques have.

I've built relationships with people, which took time. Over the course of three years, I've made myself known in the gaming world as hot on game news, knowledgeable about game topics, a funny and incisive write, and so on. I get clicks from comments I've left on other site's forums and posts. I get traffic from word of mouth. Heck, I get traffic from people reading the inside cover of my game.

How the heck do I measure the effectiveness of all of these things? Are there tools? Blog stats are nice and all, and analytics can measure direct clicks from certain sources, but can't tell you who thought about what you wrote and decided to visit your blog three days later.

Anyway, for this interview I had to admit that I didn't really know the answer to these types of questions. I'm now supposed to come back with a solid idea as to how many hours I'll be working on what types of activities and some guidelines as to what types of effects I expect over what time.

The second interview went somewhat better for me, as the position incorporated not only blogging, but my experience with technical writing, programming, and a number of other of my skills. Many of the tasks I will be required for this position will be instantly measurable (such as, writing white papers and how to articles on the site, the traffic for which is irrelevant).

In the meantime, waiting in my mailbox are two superblog sites that have asked for sample posts to see if they want me to write for them on a per post basis along with dozens (? hundreds?) of other writers.

Yehuda

Five Essential Boosts to Your Company Through Corporate Blogging

Control the Conversation

Traditional means of interacting with a company were rather distant. As a result, people turned directly to each other on far away forums and groups to discuss your company. That left your company out of the loop.

A blog with an active personality, a name, and a face, invites discussion, comments, and complaints to occur in a single environment. That makes you and your company part of the discussion. And people know that you're listening.

I also think part of a corporate blogger's responsibility is scouring the Internet looking for those stray conversations and (politely) inviting further discussion on the blog.

Pimp the Company

I think it is a mistake for a corporate blog to directly pimp the company, like a series of press releases.

The best approach for pimping a company is to let people know what's happening: bug fixes, new products, and so on, from a relaxed point of view, like a real customer. Not as a seller. You don't want to be selling on your blog.

The indirect approach is that people who come to your blog and hear about your products and site will naturally drift over to your site and products. And if the blogger gives the impression of being a mensch, the entire company is going to look like a mensch.

Bump Search Activity

Your website gets scanned more actively when you're creating new material every day. Blogs generate fresh material for search engines every day. Even better, if what you're writing is generally interesting to anybody, and not simply to people interested in your products or existing customers, you'll be getting links, traffic, and page rank boosts.

Lower Support Costs while Increasing Support

A blog is like a combination FAQ, forum, customer support, and sales brochure all rolled into one. If you've got a long blog and it's well organized, a lot of real customer questions will be answered well on the blog. That means fewer needless calls to customer service.

Make Better Products

Forums are good for fostering customer conversation, but blogs are even better. It's because they're not simply people talking to each other, but people talking to you while feeling like they're talking to each other.

If you're an agile company that wants to know what your customers want and don't want, a high volume blog is your best avenue.

Yehuda