tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78586558697645742972024-03-13T08:27:11.888-07:00Blogging Without a WireWeb 2.0 Corporate Customer EngagementYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858655869764574297.post-12158027510951886932008-02-29T10:44:00.000-08:002008-02-29T10:47:32.749-08:00Closing UpI guess I will officially announce this blog as closed, for now.<br /><br />I started <a href="http://pueplepawn.com">a new blog about game news called Purple Pawn</a>, and that plus this plus my main blog is too many blogs to juggle. So I'm moving any new posts about corporate and other types of blogging back to my <a href="http://jergames.blogspot.com">main blog</a>.<br /><br />YehudaYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858655869764574297.post-83395576801321717752008-01-22T09:28:00.000-08:002008-01-22T11:36:29.797-08:00Two DownI doubt that there's anyone left reading this blog, but I at last have something new to report: I'm leaving another corporate blogging position come the end of the month.<br /><br />Hypothetical you may have wondered why I never mentioned the name of the site I began working for in late August. Not that it was any big secret. I was simply waiting for the blog to go live. It never did.<br /><br />I was hired with the promise that the site would go live Real Soon Now, in no more than a month. Until it did, I would do site content and design, editing, and marketing writing. I admit that I volunteered to do these other non-blogging tasks on a temporary basis, so as to make myself more of an attractive candidate. Anyhow, I'm good at writing, I know a bit about new-marketing theory even if I know very little about old-style marketing, and I'm a fairly cool guy.<br /><br />In addition to the marketing writing, I was also able to offer my unique views as to the product, development, direction, GUI, and other things, also from the perspective of a hip Internet user. I like to think that they were of some use.<br /><br />It turns out that I don't mind writing one or two marketing things here or there, and I can even do some of them well. But I hate doing it for a long time. And the more I do, the more I hate it. Eventually, my soul begins to rebel.<br /><br />August turned into September, September turned into October, and then November, December, and now it's January. And guess what? The site's still not up. It's going up in "a few weeks". Some part of it might, actually, in some very small crippled pre-beta/pre-alpha state. But I don't care anymore.<br /><br />Every two weeks I was promised: launching in two or three weeks. Eventually, I started to squirm.<br /><br />My boss is a nice guy; he hasn't treated me badly, and in fact he says that he likes me. But he's a marketer. I don't know if it's that a marketer is blind to the realities of what a company, a product, and a web site can do, or that a marketer is a consummate optimist or a liar at heart, or some combination of all of these. But I gradually began to realize that when we were going to launch our site had a lot less to do with what he wanted to be true than what would actually be true.<br /><br />His grasp of the product's current capabilities was the same. It's entirely possible that our product is going to one day do everything that I was made to understand that it already did on the day I joined. But every two or three weeks of working at the company, as I wrote this or that glowing and wondrous marketing copy about what our product does or is nearly about to do, I discovered entire aspects of what I thought that our product does was simply not true. In some cases we were still working on it. In other cases, it was never going to do that, and never will.<br /><br />And endlessly I heard my boss tell me how valuable I am and that I should be patient, until I began to realize that this was just more marketing speak. I am not valuable to this company; I have made many valuable contributions, but I, in essence, am the wrong person for the job. They need a marketing writer, not a professional blogger. That I'm being paid around half of the salary that I should be for my experience and skills has a lot to do with this hypothetical "value".<br /><br />Maybe this company will hit something big the moment I walk out the door. Then I'll feel foolish and stupid. Maybe they'll want to rehire me to do what I was originally meant to do in the first place, which is write blog posts and network.<br /><br />But as of now, I've had enough. I need to clear my head and reassess what it is I want to do as a professional blogger. And I've got other opportunities to explore in the meantime. Luckily, I have a bit of a cushion to explore this for a few months.<br /><br />In the meantime, I have a plan for a new site on board games. It needs some web design skills and monetary investment. Anyone want to talk to me about it?<br /><br />YehudaYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858655869764574297.post-34155620432215061492008-01-01T12:33:00.000-08:002008-01-01T12:34:59.579-08:00Happy New YearNothing's changed here. Still writing web copy and marketing materials until we finally launch, if we ever launch.<br /><br />In the meantime, you can read <a href="http://jergames.blogspot.com/2008/01/what-i-want-to-read-on-your-blog-in.html">a blogging related post</a> on my main blog.<br /><br />YehudaYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858655869764574297.post-19239748216223307312007-11-27T08:17:00.001-08:002007-11-27T08:22:55.627-08:00What I've Been Up ToI was in Canada and the US for three weeks. While in Canada (and very briefly while in the US, I was able to continue working. That's good news and bad news. I took over my wife's home computer for 10 hours a day and didn't get to go out much.<br /><br />Add to that another hour or two for my own blogging other activity. Ugh.<br /><br />We still haven't launched the blog on the new company, so I'm still working at correcting and editing the English in presentations and emails, and building the website and materials. Falling by the wayside are tasks that I should also really be doing, such as networking with our potential clients and preparing blog posts, but I don't seem to have the time.<br /><br />I'm hoping that once the site is lunched an some brief busy period is over, I can concentrate on what I do best. But maybe I'm fooling myself. Maybe the busy period, the editing and marketing materials and so on will never really end. I think I'm good at it, but it's not blogging, and hence not what I want to be doing for the rest of my life.<br /><br />I just have to wait and see.<br /><br />YehudaYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858655869764574297.post-42252344548042584272007-11-11T07:19:00.000-08:002007-11-11T05:08:43.638-08:00This Blog is an AnomolyThis blog is not my main blog.<br /><br />I don't do anything special to "bring in traffic". It has no top ten lists (ok, it will have no more top ten lists), no tweaked headlines, no special keywords, no SEO, no marketing, no affiliate links, and no cross-posting.<br /><br />It updates when I feel like, which is roughly once a week right now. I love readers and comments, but I don't care about "growing" this blog, hooking search engines, or massaging links. No special ad placement or laser like blog focus.<br /><br />In short, it has nothing that all the professional blogging pimps tell you to have and does nothing they tell you to do.<br /><br />It has only one thing: the raw unadulterated truth about corporate blogging from the first-hand experiences of a professional corporate blogger.<br /><br />YehudaYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858655869764574297.post-51016711554996618372007-11-11T06:53:00.000-08:002007-11-11T06:56:08.312-08:00Update: Blogging vs Marketing, AgainI'm still negotiating the difference between blogging and marketing with my boss, as in how I should be spending my time: writing marketing letters vs creating content for the site.<br /><br />I think this is primarily because the site is still not live, so I'm not actually creating blog posts, only the site content. Once I begin daily blogging, hopefully I will have a groove. Seems like it's been a long time coming, and there's still a few weeks to go.<br /><br />YehudaYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858655869764574297.post-62588452385471201832007-11-05T05:47:00.000-08:002007-11-05T05:55:25.094-08:00Working in TorontoOne of the <s>drawbacks</s> benefits of working from home as a corporate blogger, is that you can work anywhere. Which means while I'm visiting my wife in Canada, I'm working from home.<br /><br />I don't get out too much, however, which kind of sucks.<br /><br />What I'm up to: the site still has a way to go, so right now I'm still writing web content to create a "site", which means a collection of interesting pages beyond simply information about our services. I examined our service, searched the Internet, and decided that there wasn't a strong site devoted to a particular niche overlapping our service.<br /><br />I could have chosen several niches, depending on how I looked at the service. Most of these were already covered in detail, so I chose the one that wasn't.<br /><br />I'm also still editing English emails, marketing material, and copy for my marketer/boss, but thankfully less than before. I need the time to devote to creating a site.<br /><br />And I'm still networking, although I've been neglecting that a bit with all the writing. I have to remember to balance the two.<br /><br />Being at home is rather lonely sometimes. Although I technically don't need a laptop, I think I may have to get one just so I can go out and work in a cafe.<br /><br />YehudaYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858655869764574297.post-39965592973666540572007-10-31T10:30:00.001-07:002007-10-31T10:42:29.350-07:00How to Get 90% of the People You Email to Click Through to Your ProductChris Anderson is <a href="http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2007/10/sorry-pr-people.html">fed up with being marketed to</a>, as is <a href="http://www.webinknow.com/2007/10/most-pr-people-.html">David Meerman Scott</a>.<br /><br />I've been marketing for the last month now and getting something like a 90% clickthrough rate to my website. How? Great minds think alike: by doing the exact same things that David lists on his site:<br /><br />1. Find out about your target.<br />2A. Be interesting to them and comment on their work.<br />2B. Or write something interesting to them that's not about your work.<br /><br />In my case, I've been all 2A. I'm contacting people in my field and simply leaving comments on their posts, their work, or their forums with a linkback to my new company's site. My comments are anything from "nice post" to asking a specific question about what they've done.<br /><br />The site is relevant to the people I'm contacting, and around 90% of the time they click on the link to find out who I am or what it is. Simple as that. Don't forget that the link's title is also something that might interest them, and I'm not even trying to sell it; they just want to know. Plenty of them do more than just click. They ask me for more information or want to sign up to my newsletter or beta test my product.<br /><br />This is damn slow; only a dozen or so people reached per day. But it doesn't matter. Because if just a few of these people become my customers, I expect them to use the product and start spreading the word. Why?<br /><br />That's really rule 0 of the above process: have something great to sell.<br /><br />YehudaYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858655869764574297.post-24458135904088654162007-10-22T11:08:00.000-07:002007-10-22T11:48:51.267-07:00Review: The Corporate Blogging Book by Debbie Weil<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H7lfGhzhTIY/RxzwAmy8VSI/AAAAAAAAAe0/W5Eww-mmEj8/s1600-h/tcbb.gif"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H7lfGhzhTIY/RxzwAmy8VSI/AAAAAAAAAe0/W5Eww-mmEj8/s320/tcbb.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124234369245664546" /></a><span style="font-style:italic;">Debbie Weil is a corporate blogging expert, online marketing consultant and speaker. She consults with large companies, CEOs and senior executives on how to create blogs that connect with customers and attract media attention.</span><br /><br />And I know this because the above text is the entire title displayed in your browser when you navigate to her site, <a href="http://debbieweil.com/">debbieweil.com</a>.<br /><br />As to how true this is, I couldn't tell you. She's one of the advertised speakers at the upcoming <a href="http://www.blogworldexpo.com/">Blog World Expo</a>, and while a Google search for "corporate blogging" doesn't list her site on the first page of results, it does list her book: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591841259?ie=UTF8&tag=yehuda-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1591841259">The Corporate Blogging Book</a>. It's subtitled "Absolutely Everything You Need to Know to Get It Right".<br /><br />Unfortunately, it's not. It is, however, a good introduction to the subject.<br /><br />Like just about every other corporate blogging source in existence, this book about corporate blogging is aimed at the manager or CEO of a company. Either the company is considering starting a corporate blog and needs to know more information, or they know next to nothing about corporate blogging and want to know what it's all about. Or they are misinformed about blogging altogether and don't think blogging is relevant for their company.<br /><br />The book covers, roughly in chapter order, basics about what blogging is, what corporate blogging is, some corporate blog examples, some fears about blogging (time and legal issues, mostly), CEO bloggers, the ROI of blogging, some blogging basics, some blog technology basics, and making the case for blogging to your boss.<br /><br />Perhaps it wasn't a good idea for someone as immersed in the blogging world as me to have read the book. There wasn't anything new in it that I hadn't read a dozen times over on popular blogs already. It's merely a convenient collection of introductory ideas suitable for an airplane ride. Which was a bit of a disappointment. I was hoping that "absolutely everything you need to know" would include a lot more than that.<br /><br />Regarding the ROI of blogging, one of my pet peeves is that most people speak about blogs in terms of number of hits to the blog, which is not really a useful metric for a corporate blog. Ms Weil kind of manages to convey this in the ROI chapter, but not forcefully enough. Too many of her examples still laud those blogs that become sensations in their own right. Funny how no one ever talks about the metric of a site's FAQ as being a destination site in its own right; only that it contain useful information and cut down on support calls.<br /><br />Judged entirely on its own aims, which is to sell corporate blogging to companies by means of a simple offline introduction to the topic, it's good enough. But no more.<br /><br />You can find more about her book on <a href="http://www.thecorporatebloggingbook.com/">the book's site</a>.<br /><br />YehudaYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858655869764574297.post-20039980283733205552007-10-18T13:49:00.000-07:002007-10-18T14:08:26.547-07:00Blogger Networking: A Second LookAfter cogitating and hashing things out with my wife and my boss, my picture of networking is starting to clarify, somewhat. If you haven't yet read it, read my previous post on <a href="http://withoutawire.blogspot.com/2007/10/blogger-networking-first-look-with-no.html">blogging and networking</a> for background.<br /><br />First off, I kind of understand the question now. It's "How would you feel if someone did this to you?"<br /><br />This question is a more straightforward question than "Is this ethical?", "Is this going to work?", or even "Do I feel right about this?". The essence of it is that if your target feels good about it, you will feel good about it, and if your target feels good about it, it will work.<br /><br />It could be that some things work even when your target doesn't feel good about it, such as pop-up advertising. But that's no way to make a living.<br /><br />So, back to networking.<br /><br />1. Networking is building relationships, not selling. Therefore, the appropriate time to sell to someone with whom you are building a relationship is when they ask you to. You can't send a few emails about other subjects and then, while you have their attention, send them a pitch, regardless of how beneficial it is to both of you.<br /><br />That's not relationship building, that's deception. Relationship building is for the long-term, and will benefit you in the long-term.<br /><br />2. Pitches can be sent to people who expect to receive pitches. E.g. marketers, business directors, conference attendees, and so on, and should clearly be addressed as such. You should not try to two-email or two-week relationship building with someone with the intention of following it up with a pitch and then dropping the relationship if the pitch isn't accepted. It will probably not be responded to, anyway, and you likely will have made someone unhappy, which is worse than where you were before you started.<br /><br />3. One thing you can do with simple networking is to include your landing page URL and your company's tagline at the bottom of your comments and emails. As you build relationships, it is only natural that people will click on these. Furthermore, when they see your company's name in some other location, such as a news blurb or conference proceeding, the name recognition factor will come into play.<br /><br />4. Hiring people to leave comments so that name recognition can occur in these places, or to send pitches to those expecting them, doesn't strike me as unethical or even problematic.<br /><br />Having clarified these issues, though not with any sort of finality, I'm able to separate out what types of things I can and can't do as a hired corporate blogger for my new company.<br /><br />YehudaYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858655869764574297.post-12005178912897900912007-10-14T01:23:00.000-07:002007-10-14T14:24:34.974-07:00Blogger Networking: A First Look With No AnswersI'm not entirely sure what the questions are, let alone how to answer them.<br /><br />I define networking as building and using relationships with other people for mutual benefit. The word "using" here is rife with possible problems. Networking is essentially building business relations. One makes friends for mutual benefit, too, but we frown on the idea of "using" friends. "Leaning on" friends, or offering mutual support and discussion.<br /><br />It's not only the hired blogger's networking functions that concern me; a regular blogger has to worry about these issues.<br /><br />Consider the following situations:<br /><br />1) You see a blog and leave an intelligent comment on it, with no ulterior motives. The blogger follows the link back to your site and comments on your blog. A relationship occurs.<br /><br />2) You see a blog and comment on it - the same comment, but with the additional motive of wanting the blogger to follow the link back to your site and comment on your blog. Which he does. A relationship occurs.<br /><br />3) You search out blogs for which to comment on, same as 2. Comments are returned, but a relationship doesn't unfold, because you weren't really interested in the relationship, only the comments.<br /><br />4) You leave pathetic comments with links, with the same outcome.<br /><br />5) You hire someone to leave comments on other people's blogs as if they came from you, and a relationship develops.<br /><br />6) You hire someone, but you only wanted the return traffic and comments, and no relationship develops.<br /><br />Now we come to the hired blogger ...<br /><br />7) You scour other blogs related to your new company, looking to build relationships so as to leverage these for the benefit of the company. You leave intelligent comments, they return them, and you build relationships. Should you leave the company, the relationships continue.<br /><br />8) You scour ..., but your intention is merely to build clickthroughs back to your new company. Relationships generally don't develop.<br /><br />9) You leave pithy comments, and then follow up any return comments or emails with a sales pitch.<br /><br />10) You simply scours for other bloggers in order to make a sales pitch. Who needs relationships?<br /><br />I'm not entirely sure what questions I want to ask here.<br /><br />Is it "Which situation is ethical?" I think so, but ideas about ethics vary, and there are no black and whites in these situations.<br /><br />Is it "Which is most effective?" "Which is the 'right' thing to do?"<br /><br />I'm wresting with the questions. When I figure them out, maybe I can start writing some answers.<br /><br />In the meantime, assuming that you're really looking to build relationships, realize than relationships, like friendships, don't come overnight, or even in one month. Relationships can take years to develop. Relationships are based on mutual interest and respect, not on one party's immediate needs. And relationships cannot be scripted or timetabled. They are personal.<br /><br />YehudaYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858655869764574297.post-36237333437828534482007-10-10T15:08:00.000-07:002007-10-10T15:23:45.047-07:00Marketing Overloaded My Head<span style="font-style:italic;">As I mentioned previously, so long as I have a full-time position, this might be a low traffic blog. I'll try write 2 to 3 posts a week, but 1 at a minimum is all I promise for now.</span><br /><br />My stint at becoming a "marketer" and all that entails is beginning to cause some friction. Having been roped into the marketing team, it's becoming clear that I'm not necessarily a good marketer. I know what I like, and I know what my audience likes. Emphasis on <span style="font-style:italic;">my</span> audience, not the general public. I can market to bloggers and blog-readers, and that's it.<br /><br />Roping me in to write copy for PowerPoint presentations to CEOs, press releases to news outlets, and so on, is not necessarily going to get you anything special, and might actually get you crap. Oh, I'm still creative as hell, full of ides and insights, new ways to look at products and marketing stories, etc. But the nitty gritty of ad copy and presentations not only annoys me, but wastes valuable time when I should be networking and writing web site guides or blog posts.<br /><br />I've had to say this now in no uncertain terms. I didn't become a blogger to do work I'm not good at and don't enjoy. I've got lots of other jobs which can give me that experience. I've begun drawing lines.<br /><br />Speaking of drawing lines, working from home is one of the classic areas where line drawing is difficult. I tend to work way too much. I wouldn't have a problem drawing a line for a normal company doing something basic like technical writing. But for a startup company that has loads of work and short deadlines, ad needs to get off the ground, it's hard to know when to say enough is enough.<br /><br />When it comes to the point that the only relaxed time is when you're cooking or doing the dishes, enough is enough.<br /><br />Speaking of networking .... but that's another post.<br /><br />YehudaYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858655869764574297.post-10834305741543392112007-10-08T22:11:00.000-07:002007-10-07T13:28:20.959-07:005 Professional Blogger Types1. Independent<br /><br />The classic professional blogger as addressed by ProBlogger and Performacing is the independent blogger. An independent blogger makes his or her revenue from traffic visiting the blog, either through advertising revenue, affiliate links, paid subscriptions, donations, or paid reviews.<br /><br />2. Corporate insider<br /><br />A corporate blogger uses the blog to drive sales to his or her company's products or services. A corporate blog may be independent or complementary to a traditional web site.<br /><br />In this case, traffic is good only so long as it drives more traffic to the site, increases brand awareness, or increases the company's reputation.<br /><br />3. Corporate outsider<br /><br />A corporate outsider is hired to do the job of a corporate insider - that's what I'm doing. Before beginning to blog, the hired blogger has to get up to speed on the story and benefits of the product, create a mission for the blog and integrate it into the company. The insider doesn't need to get up to speed, but otherwise they are identical.<br /><br />4. Sponsored blogger<br /><br />As Gavin pointed out in a comment, a company may hire a blogger to blog about whatever so long as they get to host the blog on their site and wrap their site around it. In this case, the blogger doesn't need to get up to speed on the company because he's not representing the company.<br /><br />5. Paid for posts<br /><br />Bloggers can make money writing posts for companies, other bloggers, or post archives. They are usually paid per post and/or per traffic generated by the post. Per post payment is usually pretty low.<br /><br />YehudaYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858655869764574297.post-9492554656614350022007-10-01T08:16:00.001-07:002007-10-01T08:47:21.416-07:00How to Find a Blogging Jobdebng guest writes on Performancing <a href="http://performancing.com/22-places-to-find-blogging-jobs">22 places to find a blogging job</a>. While a list of job lists is helpful, it is a poor way to find a blog job.<br /><br />- Everyone else in the online universe knows about these places, and if they didn't, they do now. There are not all that many jobs listed, and a whole lot of people are dreaming that they will simply send off a resume and have someone pay them full time to write blog posts. Your odds of finding a position this way is about as good as your odds of writing the next Technorati 200 blog.<br /><br />- The list is anemic. A few of the upper items in the list have a few dozen jobs, while half or more of the rest have less than 10, or even none. The last entry is simply "try looking in your newspaper classified", which is really a long, long shot.<br /><br />- This is an, how shall I say, old media approach to job search. What decade are we living in, exactly?<br /><br />Do you want to find a blogging job? Guess what? It's actually easy.<br /><br />Why? Because there are millions of companies who need bloggers and don't know it. Many thousands of these companies are not looking for a blogger, or looking for one but don't know what they want or need. A whole lot of them will hire you as a blogger without you even having to compete for the position.<br /><br />Before you go off looking for a "blogging position", you should probably know: blogging = marketing. All companies need marketing, and blogging is simply a new wave of targeted marketing that reaches an audience currently overlooked and underfed by traditional marketing. Becoming a blogger means becoming a marketer, and a marketer may be called upon to do a whole lot more than simply write blog posts. That's why I call it "customer engagement".<br /><br />Here are five real places to find a blogging job:<br /><br />1. Your blog<br /><br />If you're not blogging, you're not looking for a blogging job. And if you're not successfully blogging (in any definition of success), you're not going to find one.<br /><br />Which means that you're a successful blogger: you have some subscribers, some readers, some hits. Want to find a blogging job? Ask for one on your blog.<br /><br />Put in in a post, in the footer of every post, and on your sidebar. Engage your subscribers and commenters. They already like you, and they will help you find a job. Either they know a place that needs a blogger, or they can send someone a link to you.<br /><br />2. Your company<br /><br />If you're already working, your company probably doesn't have a blog. If it does, it probably doesn't have a good enough blog.<br /><br />Go to your boss, human resources, or whomever, and pitch blogging for the company. If the company already has a blog, ask to post on it, help design it, or get involved in some other way. If you're any good, you'll be blogging part or full time fairly soon.<br /><br />3. Social networks<br /><br />Aren't these what social networks are for? Aside from asking your 10,354 friends, most social networking places, especially serious ones, have forums and other places to advertise for a blog position. Say that you're looking on your profile.<br /><br />4. Friends and family<br /><br />We used to call these social networks before the online versions. And the word "friend" used to actually mean something before it was co-opted to mean "people you want to annoy regularly".<br /><br />Let friends and family know that you're looking for a customer engagement position, and ask them for whom to apply in their companies, using them as a reference.<br /><br />5. Local organizations<br /><br />Does your church, school, or synagogue have a blog? Ask to make one for them for free or a nominal fee. Not only is it good practice and a good service, it's an item in your portfolio, and happy customers who will help you find other paid positions.<br /><br />--<br /><br />Don't neglect the 22 places from the Performancing post, as well as any other companies whose "job listings" include a writer, blogger, or similar.<br /><br />One more trick which can sometimes work: try blogging about a product you love and about which no one else is blogging. The world's first and busiest blog about the Ford Taurus (e.g.) can be a valuable asset to acquire for Ford Motors.<br /><br />When you find a job, take the time to educate each other as to what exactly the job entails. For some of my positive and negative experiences in these types of conversations, please see my earlier posts.<br /><br />YehudaYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858655869764574297.post-11857921519142686742007-09-26T04:49:00.000-07:002007-09-26T04:51:15.388-07:00The Evaluator / Game Indstry JobsI've talked shop with dozens of startups in Israel, and researched thousands of companies, and I've begun to see myself as a bit of an evaluator.<br /><br />Everyone thinks they're idea is the next cool thing. The next Monopoly. The next Youtube. Business plans now begin with the ultimate goal of selling the company for $1.5 billion dollars to Google.<br /><br />In truth, the overwhelming majority of what I see is incremental. Good products, but only layers in the groundwork necessary for someone else to make it big. That doesn't mean that a good product can't have a successful story. It just means that a lot of people are bound to be disappointed when they don't turn into Youtube.<br /><br />If you're only willing to talk to people who "drink the Kool-Aid", you're never going to find this our. You have to hear and accept critical impressions.<br /><br />Better products don't spiral into public consciousness. Social paradigm breakers do. If your product isn't a social paradigm breaker which can spread without any involvement from you, it's not going viral.<br /><br />I think you need a business plan that doesn't involve "being bought out for lots of money". How about one about making good products or providing a service that people need, being easy to deal with, being adaptable, and providing income for your employees. Gold-rush mentality is for suckers.<br /><br />As far as my own abilities to evaluate, I'm still not 100% sure that they're entirely accurate, so I'm not about to start selling myself this way.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Game Industry Jobs</span><br /><br />Working full time for a company has slowed down my personal Web 2.0 research, so I'm late in my next post of Web 2.0 jobs. In the meantime, I just posted <a href="http://jergames.blogspot.com/2007/09/3500-computer-game-industry-jobs.html">3500+ Game Industry jobs</a> for your pleasure, instead.<br /><br />YehudaYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858655869764574297.post-46033725407322005652007-09-23T08:49:00.000-07:002007-09-23T08:51:26.626-07:00Blogging For Hire Posts Coming Out of the WoodworkPerformancing just ran a basic post on <a href="http://performancing.com/why-blog-for-someone-else">blogging for a company</a>. So did <a href="http://randaclay.com/blogging/what-you-need-to-know-before-taking-a-blogging-job">Randa Clay Design</a>.<br /><br />Blogging for hire is emerging as a new profession. And baby, you don't know what you're getting into.<br /><br />People keep writing these "pros and cons of blogging for hire" posts as if all it means is writing blog posts about someone else's topics on someone else's site. If only it were that simple!<br /><br />Sure, there's a small chance that a great blogger might be hired to just blog with the hope that traffic to his or her blog will increase exposure to the company. But more likely than not, blogging for hire means being hired by a company to do whatever the company needs, including blogging.<br /><br />That means working on marketing plans, integrating plans into the business, cultivating blogging relationships, learning the ins and outs of your company, marketing research, writing press releases, editing copy, storyboarding videos, and I don't even know what else since I'm only starting the process, myself.<br /><br />But it is not, repeat NOT, simply writing blog posts for a company. Unless you want to be paid $5 a post plus traffic, which is no way to make a living.<br /><br />I just got a copy of Debbie Weil's Corporate Blogging book, which I hope to review asap.<br /><br />YehudaYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858655869764574297.post-26771656036713813572007-09-16T13:22:00.000-07:002007-09-16T13:35:34.436-07:00Customer Engagement Preparation WorkThe new company's blog won't be up for some time yet, about a month. So what am I doing with my time?<br /><br />- Thoroughly learning what the product can do, can't do, and will do.<br /><br />- Researching companies in the field. I'm tracking around 100 feeds of relevant news, competing or complimentary companies, and customers who use these companies.<br /><br />- Alerts. For many of these companies, as well as key phrases related to the field, I set up Google news alerts. Google news alerts are ok, but not very thorough. It's worth a trip to the Google News site once in a while to see what the alert might have missed.<br /><br />- Creating a landing page. Before the web site is up, I want there to be a landing page with a subscription to the company newsletter and information about what we'll be doing. That way I can start commenting on related blogs in my field, and hopefully arousing some interest if anyone clicks back on my user name to the company's site.<br /><br />- Web site design. I'm contributing to the design and components that will be making up the new web site. I want the benefit to be readily apparent and easy to access, and I want people to be interested in following the blog or company newsletter.<br /><br />- Editing. Here's where my skills as a blogger and a technical writer intersect. I'm rewriting emails, web content, instructions, and all sorts of stuff. Taking my cue from Creating Passionate Users, even the user guides are going to be marketing quality material (if I have my way).<br /><br />- Wracking my brains to come up with viral material that doesn't require months to create or an expensive artist to perform.<br /><br />And other items, more technical and sundry (such as setting up Wordpress, and so on).<br /><br />YehudaYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858655869764574297.post-5958139255755507642007-09-12T06:17:00.000-07:002007-09-12T06:32:26.416-07:00Five Easy Steps to Double Your Blog Readership in Just Ten Minutes!Rosh Hashanah is coming, so I won't be posting again until at least Sunday. My <a href="http://jergames.blogspot.com/2007/09/happy-new-year-in-september.html">Rosh Hashanah message</a> is on my main blog.<br /><br />In the meantime, I'll leave you with this list of how to double your readership in just ten minutes.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 1</span>: Begin with a blog that has <span style="font-style:italic;">only one reader</span>. This step is critical. Without it, doubling your readership will be hard work that takes more than ten minutes.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 2</span>: Write a nice catchy headline for a post that contains recycled information you picked up from a lot of other sites and is well known. In this way, your readers will like it because they'll agree with all of it, just like when they saw the same advice on that big guy's blog. You certainly don't want to come up with original ideas that challenge conventional wisdom.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 3</span>: Take no more than seven minutes to write the post. If you take any more time than that, you won't be able to double your readership in only ten minutes! You certainly don't want to spend all day working on a real post that actually has value, says something new, provides real and useful information or entertainment, and is edited correctly. All that matters are the keywords required to bring in the Google searches and make your Ad-words profits sing.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 4</span>: Digg, del.icio.us, and stumble the results. You're sure to get at least two people curious enough to check out your headline. It will take more than three minutes to contact other bloggers in your field who might actually enjoy the post and with whom you've built relationships. You can't do that in ten minutes!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 5</span>: Congratulations! You've now doubled your readership in only ten minutes! Pop open that champagne. Don't worry about having to go back to work again the next day to make more posts and continue building relationships. That takes too long! Besides, do you want to risk tripling, or even quadrupling your readership all at once?<br /><br />Shana Tova,<br />Yehuda BerlingerYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858655869764574297.post-28182116181574939172007-09-09T13:34:00.001-07:002007-09-11T01:06:50.413-07:00Old School vs New School MarketingMy boss is a traditional marketer. We talk a lot about setting goals, but the differences between our schools of thought are constantly coming up. My problem is I don't know when I'm supposed to be learning from him and when I'm supposed to be teaching him.<br /><br />One of the tasks he wanted me to do was to prepare the letter of introduction I will be sending to all the bloggers I will have made contacts with in order to introduce them to our new site once it rolls out.<br /><br />OK, I thought, letters. Uh, wait.<br /><br />"What letters?"<br /><br />"Well, you simply expect them to know about your site by clicking on your user name in your blog comments?"<br /><br />"Actually, yes. But if not, I won't be sending them all letters. I will talk to them one by one, when appropriate, and in the correct context. I won't be sending out marketing letters to them like they're my customers."<br /><br />Blog marketing doesn't work like this. It's not: define goal, execute action, measure results. Blog marketing is relationships: build product, build relationships, trade information.<br /><br />I think that last part is one of the most important parts: trade. I will be giving out as much as I'm getting, maybe more. Yeah, my goal is to get: coverage, visits, adopters. But my methodology is to give in ways that have nothing to do with our product.<br /><br />Where on the time sheet do I put down: had a conversation about how to fix a program on a competitor's blog?<br /><br />YehudaYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858655869764574297.post-8308392707382454992007-09-06T12:53:00.000-07:002007-09-06T13:07:07.464-07:00Robin Good on Professional BloggersAdvice for companies: <a href="http://www.masternewmedia.org/independent_publishing/professional-blogging/professional-blogger-how-to-recognize-one-20070904.htm">Professional Blogger: How Do You Recognize One?</a><br /><br />And I'll throw in this from Steve Rubel: <a href="http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=120174">As Technology Develops, So Does Role of Geek Marketers</a>.<br /><br />YehudaYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858655869764574297.post-54838259653588545502007-09-05T11:35:00.000-07:002007-09-05T12:22:37.414-07:00Should Your Corporate and Private Blogging Identities Intersect?In my first customer engagement position, I chose to have my identity with the company unrelated to my public blogging identity.<br /><br />I didn't try to hide it, per se. I simply didn't advertise it and I didn't use the Hebrew name by which I'm generally known. In my public blogging identity I use the name Yehuda. My name at the company was simply my English first name. I never mentioned on my public blog what company I was working for on the side.<br /><br />Why?<br /><br />One, I didn't want what I wrote on the company blog to reflect on my public blogging identity. This one is a little strange, I admit. But the company had absolutely nothing to do with my usual blogging subjects. And I really didn't like the direction and content I was asked to produce; I had to write only about the company itself or the company's site, every day.<br /><br />I hope to never find myself in this position again.<br /><br />Two, should I ever stop working for the company, as I in fact did, I didn't want searches for my name to be confused.<br /><br />Three, the company didn't want to be responsible for anything I wrote about on my personal blog.<br /><br />As to this, the decision as to whether you link identities may be up to you, or the company, or a joint agreement.<br /><br />As Gavin pointed out in the comments on the last post, you may simply be writing a blog which is supposed to be popular but not necessarily directly related to the company or product. In which case, hiding your identity doesn't seem to make much sense. It's just another blog you write.<br /><br />On the other hand, if you're representing the company and blogging about company things, it might make sense to hide your identity. Programmers and managers may go through more than one company in their work life, but they usually don't work publicly in two locations at once, I think. Marketers might, but their name isn't usually public anyway, only the name of the ad agency they work for.<br /><br />My new company is in the game industry, which overlaps with my public blogging identity. When the company publicizes, I will probably declare my identity by my public name (Yehuda). I will have to disclose my new company relationship on my own blog so that people know this if I promote the company's service or product, or speak about other companies or products in the same field.<br /><br />The benefit to blogging under my public name is that I can build on the relationships I have established. Of course, these relationships were established before I joined this company, so any such building will have to be delicately done indeed. I have to really believe in the new company and their product. And I don't want my friendly relationships to turn sour. It's a delicate line to walk.<br /><br />One more issue about two blogging identities is the issue of leaving comments on blogs. This affects you even if you have a single identity, but run more than one blog.<br /><br />When I was working for my first company, when I left a comment in the capacity of my work I left it in my work's identity and with my name linked to my work blog. Since there was no overlap between the places I would normally leave comments, and the places I left comments in the capacity of working for the company, there wasn't any conflict.<br /><br />In my new job I will have to decide when I am leaving a comment if it's on behalf of myself or my new company. Though both my public blog and the company are in the game industry, they encompass slightly different niches within the industry, so I may get off without too much difficulty.<br /><br />If you have two blogs, you have to decide the same thing. If you sometimes leave back links to one blog and sometimes to another, this results in splitting the effectiveness of your commenting by splitting the resulting back traffic to more than one location.<br /><br />YehudaYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858655869764574297.post-47231291494822683892007-09-04T06:53:00.000-07:002007-09-04T08:56:34.657-07:00Don't Try to Blog for Any Old CompanyIf you're a freelance corporate blogger, you're a marketer. If you're a marketer, that means you're going to be selling what the company that hired you produces.<br /><br />You're probably used to writing about things that you're already knowledgeable and passionate about. That means that you not only have lots to write, but enthusiasm to say it.<br /><br />Moving to a corporate blogging position isn't simply picking up your own blog and moving it to their company. When the ACME toaster company asks you to blog for them, it means blogging about toasters or the toaster field.<br /><br />That means you have to become an expert in the toaster field. It means you have to become an expert in ACME's toasters. And it means you have to write about toasters and toaster things for a long time. Indefinitely, even.<br /><br />Can you do that? Passionately? They hired you to blog because you're a passionate writer who can show results. You can't do it if you're just churning out posts about something you don't really care about, or if you're going to run out of something to say in a year. Or six months. Or two weeks.<br /><br />So here's some advice: don't just agree to work for any old company that offers you a position as a corporate blogger. I know it's tempting, because not many companies are offering them at all. Only take a position in a company whose product or service you really care about. In other words, one which you would blog about even if you weren't being paid.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Update</span>: Gavin rightly points out in the comments that blogs for a company can have more or less to do with the company itself. Check out the comments.<br /><br />YehudaYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858655869764574297.post-73677353384247851742007-08-30T12:33:00.000-07:002007-08-30T15:48:49.921-07:001900+ Web 2.0 JobsIf I wait until I've finished researching every Web 2.0 company before reporting anything, you'll all be waiting a long time.<br /><br />I've gone through 586 companies so far out of my list of at least 5,000.<ul><li>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.</li><li>218 have blogs, not including stillborn ones. Of these, 23 haven't been updated in way too long.</li></ul>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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Round two should follow in a week or two, hopefully.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.3jam.com/jobs.php">3Jam</a>:<br />Web 2.0 Software and Systems Architect / Principal Engineer<br />Senior Mobile Software Engineer / Architect (J2ME / BREW / Windows Mobile)<br />Senior Web 2.0 Developer (CSS/XHTML, AJAX, JavaScript, Flash)<br />Product Manager<br /><br /><a href="http://careers.peopleclick.com/client_cingular/bu1/external_pages/jobsearch.asp">AT&T Wireless</a>:<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">over 1000 jobs</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.attendio.com/about/careers">Attendio</a>:<br />"key positions"<br /><br /><a href="https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/corporate/document/detail/2/about_us">Beatport</a>:<br />Flex/Flash User Interface Developer (ActionScript 2,3)<br />Lead Interactive Designer<br />Application Developer (PHP)<br />Fulltime Mid-Senior Level Research & Development<br />Customer Service Representative (Multi-Lingual)<br /><br /><a href="http://blip.tv/careers/">blip.tv</a>:<br />Senior Systems Administrator and Network Engineer<br />Senior Perl Web Applications Developer<br />Junior Software Developer<br />Director of Business Development<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mindvalley.com/jobs/job-desc.php">BlinkList</a>:<br />Application Developers<br />Web + Graphic Designers<br />Database Engineers<br />Junior Systems Administrator<br />Internet Marketers<br />Bloggers / Writers / Researchers<br /><br /><a href="http://corporate.blogspirit.com/en/company_jobs.html">Blogspirit</a>:<br />2 Senior Developers<br />1 Tests & Qualification software Engineer<br /><br /><a href="http://www.clairmail.com/company/careers.php">ClairMail</a>:<br />Customer Service Director – Technical<br />Deployment Engineer<br />Java Developer<br />QA Engineer<br />QA Engineer – Entry Level<br />Sales Consultant<br />Senior Software Engineer – Java Backend<br />Software Engineer – Entry Level<br />Project Manager<br />Solution Architect<br /><br /><a href="https://careers.cnetnetworks.com/joblist.html?quicksearch-all=1&ERFormID=newjoblist&ERFormCode=6.400123717029796">CNET</a>:<br />Credit & Collections Manager 0904000807001 CA-San Francisco<br />Financial Analyst 0108100507001 CA-San Francisco, KY-Louisville<br />Manager, Financial Analysis 0904000407002 CA-San Francisco<br />Manager, Tax 0901000207002 CA-San Francisco<br />Manager, Tax 0901000207001 CA-San Francisco<br />Payroll Specialist 0904100807002 CA-San Francisco<br />Senior Accounting Analyst 0904100707002 CA-San Francisco<br />VP, Controller 0904100507001 CA-San Francisco<br />Creative Director 0107000507001 CA-San Francisco<br />UX Designer 0111700607001 CA-San Francisco<br />Motion Graphics Designer 0111700807001 CA-San Francisco<br />Senior Designer 0107000707001 CA-San Francisco<br />UI Designer, Product 1100000707002 CA-Irvine<br />Associate Food Editor (Editorial) 0120000707008 CA-San Francisco<br />Community Coordinator 0107100807001 CA-San Francisco<br />Managing Editor 0120000707001 CA-San Francisco<br />Reporter 0111700407002 CA-San Francisco<br />SVP, Corporate Sales & Sales Strategy 0000000407001 CA-San Francisco<br />VP, Corporate Sales Strategy 0000000407002 CA-San Francisco<br />Human Resources Business Partner 0402000607001 CA-San Francisco<br />Associate Software Engineer 0120000707005 CA-San Francisco<br />Associate Software Engineer 1007200307001 NJ-Bridgewater<br />Associate Software Engineer 1008800807001 CA-San Francisco<br />Director, Software Engineering 0107000807003 CA-San Francisco<br />Manager of Engineering 0120000707003 CA-San Francisco<br />Manager, Quality Assurance 0107000607003 CA-San Francisco<br />Senior Java Performance Engineer 1009000307001 CA-San Francisco<br />Senior Software Engineer 0107000607002 CA-San Francisco<br />Senior Software Engineer 1009000607001 CA-San Francisco<br />Senior Software Engineer 1006200307001 CA-San Francisco<br />Senior Software Engineer 1003100807001 NJ-Bridgewater<br />Senior Software Engineer 0107000807006 CA-San Francisco<br />Senior Software Engineer 1003800807001 CA-San Francisco<br />Senior Software Engineer 0107000607001 CA-San Francisco<br />Senior Software Engineer - Oracle Applications 1006300307002 CA-San Francisco<br />Senior Technical Producer 0107000807004 CA-San Francisco<br />Software Engineer 0120000407002 CA-San Francisco<br />Software Engineer 1007500807001 CA-San Francisco<br />Software Engineer 0111110607001 CA-San Francisco<br />Software Engineer 0107000107006 CA-San Francisco<br />Software Engineer 1007200307002 NJ-Bridgewater<br />Software Engineer 0107000807005 CA-San Francisco<br />Software Engineer 0107000807002 CA-San Francisco<br />Software Engineer 0120000707004 CA-San Francisco<br />Software Engineer - CNE BI 0107000807007 CA-San Francisco<br />Web Developer 1009100807001 KY-Louisville<br />VP, General Counsel 1700000807001 CA-San Francisco<br />Associate Product Marketing Manager 0131100807001 CA-San Francisco<br />Copywriter 0102200507001 CA-San Francisco<br />Industry Marketing Manager 0102900807001 CA-San Francisco<br />Market Research Manager 0102210807001 CA-San Francisco<br />Marketing Coordinator 0102200707001 CA-San Francisco<br />Product Marketing Manager 0131100507001 CA-San Francisco<br />Senior Manager, MarComm Dept 0102200607001 CA-San Francisco<br />Associate Software Engineer 0109100807001 CA-San Francisco<br />Technical Producer 0102100807004 MA-Cambridge<br />Product Manager 0108100607004 CA-San Francisco<br />Senior Product Manager 0111110607002 CA-San Francisco<br />Account Coordinator 0102100707002 CA-San Francisco<br />Account Coordinator 0102100807002 NY-New York<br />Account Coordinator 0102100807003 NY-New York<br />Account Coordinator 0102100807001 CA-San Francisco<br />Account Executive 0102300607003 NY-New York<br />Account Manager, Corporate Accounts 0102000707001 Telecommute<br />Manager, Sales 0107300807003 CA-San Francisco<br />VP, Sales 0107300407002 CA-San Francisco<br />Site Director 0120000707009 CA-San Francisco<br /><br /><a href="http://www.colligo.com/company/careers_with_position.asp">Colligo</a><br />Sales Representative — Mid Market<br /><br /><a href="http://www.atlassian.com/about/jobs.jsp">Confluence</a><br />Executive Assistant<br />Inside Sales Engineer<br />Performance Engineer<br />Product Manager<br />QA Engineer<br />QA Lead<br />Receptionist<br />Senior Java Developer<br />Senior Support Engineer<br />Support Engineers<br />Technical Writers<br />User Interface Developer<br />Inside Sales Engineer<br />Java Developer<br />Junior Customer Advocate<br />Senior Support Engineer<br />Technical Support Engineer<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cozi.com/about/careers.aspx">Cozi</a><br />Web Software Developer<br />Software Developer<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ebuddy.com/jobs.php">ebuddy</a><br />System Administrator<br />JAVA J2ME Developer<br />PHP Developer<br />Java J2EE Software Engineer<br />Front-end Developer/Software Engineer<br />(junior) Traffic Manager<br />Account Manager<br />Sales Executive<br />Sales Executive UK<br />Director of Business Development US<br />Usability Engineer<br />Sales Intern<br />Business Development Intern<br />Ajax Development Intern<br />Java J2ME Development Intern<br /><br /><a href="http://hostedjobs.openhire.com/epostings/jobs/submit.cfm?company_id=15718&version=1">entriq</a><br />Senior Software Engineer (DM) (197874-718)Carlsbad, CA, US.<br />Software Engineer (Security) (197870-718)Carlsbad, CA, US.<br />VP Marketing (205231-718)Carlsbad, CA, US.<br />Senior Solutions Engineer (195045-718)Carlsbad, CA, US.<br />Technical Project Manager (180775-718)Essen, LON, GERMANY<br />Web Developer / Integration Engineer (183555-718)London, LON, UNITED KINGDOM<br />Quality Assurance Manager (210006-718)Shanghai , STA, CHINA<br />Director of Sales (189028-718)New York, NY, US.<br />Director of Sales - 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Server-side<br />Architect/Technical Lead - Machine Learning<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lignup.com/company/positions/positions.html">LignUp</a><br />Microsoft Engineer<br />Java Application Engineer<br />Pre/Post Sales Engineer<br /><br /><a href="http://jobsearch.livenation.careers.monster.com/jobsearch.asp?col=dlt&sort=rv&vw=b&q=">LiveNation</a><br />Marketing Manager UK-London-London<br />Director of Sales, Sponsorship US-IL-Chicago<br />Ticketing and Contracts Coordinator UK-HC-Oxford<br />Director of Sales US-AZ-Phoenix<br />Production Manager US-DC-Washington<br />A/P File Clerk US-TX-Houston<br />Group Sales Manager US-TX-Houston<br />Staff Accountant US-MI-Detroit<br />Treasury Analyst US-TX-Houston<br />Executive Coordinator/Office Manager US-CA-Culver City<br />Senior Accountant US-TX-Dallas<br />Product Development Manager US-CA-Culver City<br />Product Development Manager US-CA-Culver City<br />Product Development Manager US-CA-Culver City<br />Director of Accounting/Reporting HOB Clubs US-CA-Hollywood<br />Manager of Accounting- HOB US-CA-Hollywood<br />Senior Accountant-External Reporting US-TX-Houston<br />Compliance Supervisor US-TX-Houston<br />Digital Designer UK-London-London<br />Digital Engineer (ASP/.NET) UK-London-London<br /><br /><a href="http://blog.meebo.com/?page_id=101">meebo</a><br />Front-end Software Engineer(JavaScript, DHTML)<br />ActionScript/Flash Developer<br />Back-end Software Engineer(C/C++)<br />Visual Designer<br />Customer Engagement<br /><br /><a href="http://www.meetro.com/contact/">meetro</a><br />Skilled C++ programmer<br />Objective-C and Cocoa<br />Python<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mercora.com/jobs.asp">mercora</a><br />Senior Software Engineer<br /><br /><a href="http://www.midomi.com/index.php?action=main.careers">midomi</a><br />Algorithm Designer<br />C/C++ Expert<br />Mobile Application Software Engineer<br />Search Architect/Engineer<br />Search Operations Engineer<br />Signal Processing Expert<br />Speech Recognition Expert<br />UI Designer<br />Web Developer<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mig33.com/jobs.php">mig33</a><br />Web Developer<br />MySQL DBA<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mobivox.com/about/careers/">MobiVox</a><br />Senior Product Manager<br />Director of Operations<br />QA Analyst<br />Program Leader<br />Junior/Intermediate Web Developer<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mozeo.com/mozeo/Frontend/jobs.php">Mozeo</a><br />Senior Software Engineer<br />Account Manager<br />Advertising and Sales <br />Software Engineering Internship<br />Marketing Internship<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mtraks.com/page/jobs">mTracks</a><br />Community Manager<br />Web Developer<br />Web Designer<br /><br /><a href="http://corp.mypunchbowl.com/jobs.php">MyPunchBowl</a><br />front-end web developer with strong CSS skills<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mystrands.com/corp/jobs.vm">MyStrands</a><br />System Administrator (Corvallis, Oregon)<br />MySQL DBA (Corvallis, Oregon)<br />Software Engineer, Data (Corvallis, Oregon)<br />Software Engineers (Corvallis, Oregon)<br />partyStrands Sr. Distribution Manager (New York City, New York)<br />Executive Assistant (New York City, New York)<br />System Administrator (Barcelona, Spain)<br />MySQL DBA (Barcelona, Spain)<br />Software Engineer, Data (Barcelona, Spain)<br />Software Engineers (Barcelona, Spain)<br />Designers (Barcelona, Spain)<br />Financial Manager (Barcelona, Spain)<br />Business Development (China - Japan - Korea - Singapore)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nextpage.com/about/employment/index.htm">NextPage</a><br />Product Developer<br />Developer Intern<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nimbuzz.com/help/careers/">NimBuzz</a><br />Mobile Application Developers<br />IT system/network administrator<br />Asterisk/openSER expert<br />.Net Windows client developer<br />Web Designer<br />Senior Mobile Application Developer<br />Junior Mobile Developer<br />Java Developer<br />Quality Assurance Specialist<br /><br /><a href="http://www.othersonline.com/jobs.htm">OthersOnline</a><br />Senior Software Engineer<br />Software Development Engineer<br />User Interface Engineer<br />VP of Business Development<br />IT Operations Manager<br /><br /><a href="http://www.oz.com/index.php/section/career-opportunities">Oz</a><br />DEVICE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT MANAGER<br />CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST<br />SOFTWARE DEVELOPER DEVICE - INTERMEDIATE<br />SOFTWARE TEST SPECIALISTS - COOP<br />TOOL DEVELOPER - OPERATIONS - COOP<br /><br /><a href="http://blog.pandora.com/jobs/">Pandora</a><br />Staff Accountant, Oakland, CA<br />Sales Development Manager, New York City, NY<br />Sales Manager - New York City<br />Senior Network Engineer - Oakland, CA<br />Senior Systems Administrator - Oakland, CA<br /><br /><a href="http://www.phonezoo.com/Careers.do">PhoneZoo</a><br />(System) Architect<br />Server Engineer<br /><br /><a href="http://hostedjobs.openhire.com/epostings/jobs/submit.cfm?company_id=15655&version=1">Plaxo</a><br />Globalization Engineer (1039)<br />Quality Assurance Manager (1035)<br />Marketing<br /><br /><a href="http://corp.pluggd.com/about/jobs">Pluggd</a><br />VP Sales and Business Development<br />Network Operations Engineer<br />Software Engineer<br />Software Development Engineer - UI<br />Software Development Engineer<br />Product Manager<br /><br /><a href="http://jobcast.podshow.com/">PodShow</a><br />Systems/Network Engineer (posted 8/16/07)<br />Sr. DBA (posted 5/9/07)<br />Director of Production (posted 4/25/07)<br />Sr. Engineer<br />Jr. Engineer<br /><br /><a href="http://images.projectplaylist.com/static/node/3004139.html">Project Playlist</a><br />Senior Developers (PHP/SQL)<br /><br /><a href="https://www.quickbase.com/db/baipxuifq">QuickBase</a><br />Consultative Sales Account Manager<br />Software Engineer<br />Engineering Manager<br />Senior Business Analyst<br />Customer Support Representative<br />+ many other jobs at Intuit<br /><br /><a href="http://en.blog.qype.com/jobs">Qype</a><br />Web Community Manager<br /><br /><a href="http://blog.radiusim.com/jobs/">RadiusIM</a><br />Developer<br />AJAX / Web Developer<br /><br /><a href="http://www.realitydigital.com/comp_joinus.htm">RealityDigital</a><br />Web Developer<br /><br /><a href="http://www.rightround.com/about/jobs/">rightround</a><br />Business Development<br />Python Developer<br /><br /><a href="http://www.salesforce.com/company/careers/locations/">Salesforce</a><br />APAC Sales Compensation Analyst, Sales Operations Singapore, Singapore<br />Bad Debt Collections Analyst San Francisco, CA - 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HQ<br />Tax Manager Singapore, Singapore<br />IT Auditor San Francisco, CA - HQ<br />Senior Compensation Analyst San Francisco, CA - HQ<br />Vice President of Privacy and Data Protection San Francisco, CA - HQ<br />Alliance Business Development Manager, APAC Seoul, Korea<br />AppExchange PRM/CRM Implementation Manager San Francisco, CA - HQSan Mateo, CA<br />Client Services Executive, Strategic Accounts Atlanta, GABoston, MA New York, NY Philadelphia, PA Charlotte, NC Chicago, IL Detroit, MI Minneapolis, MN<br />Consultant - Sydney Sydney, Australia<br />Customer Success Manager New York, NY Short Hills, NJ<br />Customer Success Manager Los Angeles, CA Orange County, CA<br />Customer Success Manager Philadelphia, PA<br />Customer Success Manager Seattle, WA<br />Customer Success Manager Boston, MA<br />Customer Success Manager, ANZ Sydney, Australia<br />Customer Success Manager: Corporate Sales Toronto, Canada<br />Customer Success Manager: Corporate Sales San Mateo, CASan Francisco, CA - HQ<br />Customer Success Manager: Corporate Sales San Mateo, CASan Francisco, CA - HQ<br />Customer Success Manager - Italy Milan, Italy Paris, France<br />Director, Sales Effectiveness APAC Singapore, Singapore<br />Director Alliances, Public Sector Washington, D.C.Reston, VA<br />EMEA Application Instructor - Germany Munich, Germany<br />EMEA Technical Training Instructor Camberley, United Kingdom<br />Engagement Manager New York, NYShort Hills, NJ Boston, MA Philadelphia, PA<br />Engagement Manager - Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands<br />Engagement Manager - SMB Austin, TX Dallas, TX Houston, TX San Francisco, CA - HQ San Mateo, CA<br />Engagement Manager - SMB San Francisco, CA - HQ San Mateo, CA Seattle, WA<br />Engagement Manager-SMB Atlanta, GADallas, TX Chicago, IL San Francisco, CA - HQ Austin, TX Houston, TX<br />Engagement Manager - UK Camberley, United Kingdom<br />Learning Management Program Manager San Francisco, CA - HQ<br />Manager, Sales Best Practices San Francisco, CA - 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Strategic Alliances San Mateo, CA<br />Senior Product Manager, AppExchange San Francisco, CA - HQ<br />Senior Web Producer San Francisco, CA - HQ<br />Services Marketing Director San Francisco, CA - HQ<br />Sr. Manager, AppExchange Marketing Programs San Francisco, CA - HQ<br />VP, Event Marketing San Francisco, CA - HQ<br />Product Manager Order to Cash San Francisco, CA - HQ<br />Senior Incubator Program Manager San Mateo, CA<br />Senior Product Manager, AppExchange San Francisco, CA - HQ<br />Sr Product Manager - Apex Programming Language San Francisco, CA - HQ<br />Product Marketing Director, Product Marketing (Platform As-A-Service) San Francisco, CA - HQ<br />Product Marketing Manager, AppStore San Francisco, CA - HQ<br />Senior Manager, Product Marketing (Customer References) San Francisco, CA - HQ<br />Senior Product Manager, AppExchange San Francisco, CA - HQ<br />Senior Product Marketing Manager San Francisco, CA - HQ<br />Senior Product Marketing Manager, Call Center and Customer Portal San Francisco, CA - 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San Mateo, CA<br />Product Manager - San Mateo, CA<br />Network Engineer - San Mateo, CA<br />Web Developer (Ruby on Rails) - San Mateo, CA<br />Senior Ruby on Rails Developer - San Mateo, CA<br />QA Engineer - San Mateo, CA<br />QA Engineer (Content Acquisition) - San Mateo, CA<br />Data Entry/Content Editor (multiple contract positions) - San Mateo, CA<br /><br /><br />The following sites contain job listing boards:<br /><a href="http://www.ajaxian.com">Ajaxian</a><br /><a href="http://www.centernetworks.com">CenterNetworks</a><br /><a href="http://www.gigaom.com">GigaOM</a><br /><a href="http://jobfu.org">Job(fu)</a><br /><a href="http://www.metafilter.com">MetaFilter</a><br /><a href="http://www.profy.com">Profy</a><br /><a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com">Read/WriteWeb</a><br /><a href="http://www.techcrunch.com">Techcrunch</a><br /><a href="http://www.thinkvitamin.com">Vitamin</a><br /><a href="http://www.webware.com">Webware</a><br /><br />YehudaYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858655869764574297.post-2573529420499981332007-08-30T10:23:00.000-07:002007-08-30T10:27:29.193-07:00How to Drive Traffic, and Thoughts on Corporate Blogging by SCOUTAsk and ye shall receive.<br /><br />I asked Stephen Turcotte of <a href="http://www.scoutblogging.com/">SCOUT Corporate Blogging</a> a few questions and look at what he wrote about <a href="http://www.scoutblogging.com/2007/08/how_can_i_drive_more_traffic_t.html">corporate blogging and driving traffic</a>. This is all excellent advice.<br /><br />Thanks, Stephen.<br /><br />YehudaYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858655869764574297.post-53997782543455671332007-08-29T13:34:00.000-07:002007-08-29T14:06:22.516-07:00Yay Me. I Got Another JobI 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />In fact, the entire trip until now has been a great learning experience.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />I'm learning it all by experience:<br /><br />- That blogging is marketing, and that familiarity with marketing is helpful.<br />- That someone coming from the outside is going to have to sell a product that the developers and company owners already know and love.<br />- 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.<br />- 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.<br />- 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.<br />- That no one knows what to pay me.<br />- That there's nearly no competition for these positions, and you can probably create one for yourself almost anywhere.<br /><br />And slews of other stuff that I'm only beginning to crystallize. I will be writing them down as they come to me.<br /><br />With all the unknowns still looming over me, and not enough written information to guide me, it's going to be a wild ride!<br /><br />YehudaYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.com1