Comments on: Blogs Bad for Business? http://www.meryl.net/2005/12/blogs-bad-for-business/ Content on writing, tech, business, marketing, web design. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:07:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Toby http://www.meryl.net/2005/12/blogs-bad-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-869 Toby Wed, 07 Dec 2005 18:04:53 +0000 http://meryl.net/new/2005/12/07/blogs-bad-for-business/#comment-869 <p>I love Kirsten - she was one of my first blog buddies. I find it interesting that altho she's stopped her (wonderful) blog, she's still reading blogs. So I assume she must be finding value in the blogs she's following...as do many others.</p> <p>As for checking facts, although blogs are conversations and personal opinions, it's just plain stupid for a business blogger to post information that's not accurate. Blogs are one way to build trust and credibility between customers/stakeholders and 'people' who work in companies - why would you risk your reputation with a post that is wrong -or on another subject - write cruelly to harm people? Would you want to do business with such a person? Not me!</p> I love Kirsten - she was one of my first blog buddies. I find it interesting that altho she’s stopped her (wonderful) blog, she’s still reading blogs. So I assume she must be finding value in the blogs she’s following…as do many others.

As for checking facts, although blogs are conversations and personal opinions, it’s just plain stupid for a business blogger to post information that’s not accurate. Blogs are one way to build trust and credibility between customers/stakeholders and ‘people’ who work in companies - why would you risk your reputation with a post that is wrong -or on another subject - write cruelly to harm people? Would you want to do business with such a person? Not me!

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