Does the”Blog Council” Understand Blogging?

December 11, 2007

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Yesterday I discovered an excellent (and rather humorous) post by B.L Ochman discussing the “Blog Council“. What is the Blog Council you may ask? The site describes it as the following:Blog Council

“The Blog Council is where the people who run large companies’ blogs share best practices and new ideas.”

Upon reviewing the site - there is so much to say. Below are the three things that I just can’t help but notice. These things really make me wonder if this so called “Blog Council” really understands blogging:

1) The “Blog Council” ironically does not have a blog anywhere on it’s site. And if you want to give feedback? Well you better either write it on your own blog or send an email.

2) The Blog council is all about the “sharing” of information, but only with those involved in corporate blogs. Seems like these companies could also use the help of those who have specific expertise and solid understanding of social media, but perhaps I’m biased.

“By joining this movement, you share ideas, opportunities, and energy with a peer group that understands exactly what you are going through. You meet great people. You do big things. You make a difference.”

3) Finally, the council states that it does not, “represent vendors, agencies or individual/small business blogs. We also don’t represent big businesses that aren’t blogging yet.” So basically the council is after large corporations with large budgets. Sounds like a good business opportunity for somebody involved….

Any Blog Council members out there who would like to shed some light? I’d love to hear your point of view.

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Posted by Lisa McNeill | Filed Under Social Media News, Blog, Blogging, News 

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3 Responses to “Does the”Blog Council” Understand Blogging?”

  1. B.L Ochman on December 11th, 2007 2:45 pm

    Lisa: My post, “Blog Council Says Feedback Schmeedback” is here http://tinyurl.com/2y9hjt

    Thanks for the shout out.
    BL

  2. Andy Sernovitz on December 12th, 2007 8:40 am

    Hi Lisa -

    We are very big on sharing and outside input. Check out our “activities” page. In just a few weeks, we’ve lined up dozens of outside experts (most not on the site yet) for free open discussions and education, live on the phone. Face to face sharing starts next month.

    We don’t have a blog, but every one of our members do, and some have hundreds of blogs.

    Andy Sernovitz
    Blog Council

  3. Lisa McNeill on December 12th, 2007 9:31 am

    Andy-

    Thanks for your response.

    I’m curious to these seminars that you are going to have - are you planning on opening these phone/web seminars to outside non-members? Also - how are these vendors/experts selected? Are they paid sponsorships or are they selected by you and your team? I’m just curious…..

    As far as the blog goes, I was thinking that perhaps your site could pull in feeds from your member’s blogs, or at least provide links to them. I think it would be beneficial to at least have those member blogs promoted if you weren’t going to have a blog of your own. Just an idea.

    Thanks for reaching out.

    -Lisa

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