What is keeping us busy

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2009-06
We have been busy writing down the lessons we learned about blogging effectiveness while working on the FT ComMetrics Blog Index. Two posts have been released this month, namely:

1 – Lessons  1  -   4 – starting your blogging off on the right foot
2 – Lessons  5  -   7 – setting the stage – ready – go

and four more are following in the months of July and August addressing these issues:

3 – Lessons  8  -  11  – whatever domain, home you choose – beware
4 – Lessons 12 – 13 – getting the basic SEO issues right
5 – Lessons 14 – 17 – autenticity and quality are key
6 – Lessons 18 – 20 – improving blogging effectiveness

So better sign-up with your e-mail to stay on top of things:

Financial Times 2009-04 and 05 – Financial Times
How do you rank compared to your competitors?
This question is answered in part by the FT ComMetrics Blog Index, which ranks FT Global 500 and Fortune 500 firms’ corporate blogs. It appeared in the Financial Times newspaper’s regular supplement on Digital Business as well as on its webpage on Thursday, May 14.

The links below address the rankings and provide more information about Best Practices that can be derived from these rankings. Best practices ensure rapid implementation of successful innovative and practical solutions regarding effective blogging.
Practices worth replicating are those that should be considered for adaptation by others with a reasoned adjustment to satisfy local circumstances and the regulatory framework.

Hope you enjoy reading the above posts they provide you with some interesting insights about best practices in social media marketing.

2009-02 and 03 ➡ No need to shout
Dieter Rams, former design chief at German manufacturer Braun, designed products that were legendarily minimal and ineffably beautiful. He is atrributed by Edwin Heathcote as having written once:

    “Good design is unobtrusive, … Products fulfilling a purpose are like tools. They are neither decorative objects nor works of art.”

So we have been busy going through our code and designs to make sure we follow this philosophy as much as possible.
We believe it is our job to design the web-based software My.ComMetrics.com in such a way that it appeals without overwhelming its purpose with looks or making it too complicated to operate. We want to follow the  KISS or Keep it Simple Stupid principle.

2009-02 Improving things and making it work faster
Now we are busy trying to make things look better. Work faster and much more. It seems to be a never ending task.
Such work includes working on our database and changing algorithms to improve the statistics we collect and deliver.

2008-11 It’s a My.ComMetrics.com party and everyone is invited!
You can still invite your friends to enjoy the tools from My.ComMetrics.com offering great features to help you be a successful blogger.
However, now you can also just tell them to visit www.my.ComMetrics.com and sign up without an invitation.

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