Just a quick update on the current progress of the F500BP - or Fortune 500 Blog Project if you like :) (thanks to Kian Ann for dreaming up the sweet logo at right):There are now 30 registered users, nearly all of whom are as crazy (using the term loosely) about corporate blogging as I am. Together we've either researched to signed up to research 67 companies.
Here's a sampling of the latest findings and reviews:
Tom Konrad - Found no blogs by either Xcel Energy (#247) or Kinder Morgan Energy (#243).
Kian Ann - Found no blogs by Hershey (#442) or Capital One (#187), except for one unofficial Capital One employee blog.
Vincent McBurney - Found no blogs by LandAmerica (#500). Vincent took #500 - I'm jealous :)! (But that's okay since doubling up is fully permitted, even encouraged, here.)
Preston Koerner AKA Jetson Green - Reports on Wells Fargo (#46) having at least three official blogs and two unofficial employee blogs.
Cornelius Puschmann - Reviews the official Honeywell (#71) corporate blog.
Lil' ol' me - Found no blogs by Home Depot (#14).
Keep in mind that these volunteer researchers are not just looking for quantity (numbers of blogs), but also for quality (how good are these blogs?) and opportunity (what could Fortune 500 company X do with a blog?).
So the project has started off very well and I'm delighted to say that no corporate bloggers have been hurt in the launch process. :) I'm looking forward to reviews by Denise Wakeman, Nettie Hartsock, Claire Raikes, David Dalka, Li Evans, Drew McLellan and others.
As always, your comments, suggestions and questions are more than welcome here as well as at the project wiki.
Haha... Pleasure! I was just playing around with Photoshop, learning how to create the diagonal striped effect. Anyway, I think it is a great idea to introduce the "f500bp" tag so that we can track it in Technorati. :)
Posted by: Kian Ann | October 24, 2006 4:50 PM | Permalink to Comment