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The Blog & Your Search

Providing: IntelligenceCommunity

Connections

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Prepare to Learn

• Casual Reading or Informed Searching? – www.technorati.com– www.blogcatalog.com– www.alltop.com– www.blogrunner.com– www.9rules.com– www.blogsearch.google.com

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Blog Options

• Create a Blog– Yikes! Must be Committed

• Read lots of Blogs– Search companies or industries of

interest– Take names!

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Never Blog Alone

• As Personal Journal– Good writing practice, or therapy

• As Communication– Opinion sharing, Create a voice

• As Networking– One tool among many– Realize it’s two-way

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Read & Write with Purpose

• Read for Information & Education• Communicate as Networking

– Comment on blog posts– Blog about blog comments!

• Microblog for Viral Impact– Share your comments

• LinkedIn, Twitter, FaceBook

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Great Corporate Blogs

• www.openforum.com• www.bestbuy.com• www.symantec.com/connect• www.blogs.cisco.com• www.avayablog.com• www.blogs.xerox.com• www.agentgenius.com• www.thehealthcareblog.com

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Job Search Blogs

• www.thesimplejobsearch.com• www.blog.indeed.com• www.blog.linkedin.com• www.blog.simplyhired.com• www.career.alltop.com

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