Business Blog Wire

How frequently do blogs discuss corporate blogging?  Are corporate blogs a hotter topic now than they were a year ago?
This Technorati chart might surprise you.
 
According to Technorati, the daily number of blog posts mentioning "corporate blog," "corporate blogs" or "corporate blogging" has not changed much over the past year.
On a typical day, Technorati indexes [...]

Merry Christmas, everyone!  Here's my simple holiday gift to you all.
Please visit and subscribe to these five (relatively) new blogs about business blogging or corporate blogs:
1. CEO BlogWatch (feed) by Brandon Cornett - Started posting news and information last month about corporate and CEO blogs.
2. Blogging Expertise (feed) by Sarah - Started in May, [...]

It appears that Microsoft is looking for a product manager in Redmond, Washington.  You would:
- Manage Windows consumer bloggers and The Hive, a new consumer blogger program.
- Help create buzz for Windows Vista.
- "Own the marketing for consumer and lifestyle bloggers, a brand new blogger relations program."
You need:
- At least 5-8 years experience [...]

Researching AT&T corporate blogging for the F500BP …
I was thrilled to find a whole page at the AT&T website dedicated to AT&T RSS feeds.  This is rare among Fortune 500 companies.
AT&T also owns Project D.U., a blog network.  Would you call the Project DU blogs AT&T corporate blogs, though?  I'm inclined to say [...]

Reviewing WellPoint (NYSE: WLP) for the F500BP …
Another inexplicable newsroom.  Feedless, lifeless.
My search for a WellPoint corporate blog was fruitless.
I wonder if WellPoint and other Fortune 500 companies without public corporate blogs will ever adopt them.  I think some never will - and depending on the nature of their business models, they might not [...]

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Contuining our relentless march forth to the glorious 500th review of Fortune 500 companies' corporate blogs (or lack thereof), I now take a look at #37, UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH).
The UnitedHealth site (I wish UnitedHealth.com took you there) has the perfunctory boring Fortune 500 corporate newsroom - blogless, commentless, feedless, lifeless - just PR-spun "news" [...]

This is a lickety-split review of corporate blogging at Johnson & Johnson (site), the #32 company on the Fortune 500 list.
Looks like J&J is planning a blog directory for mothers who blog (is "mommy bloggers" considered derogatory?).  Sounds like J&J will try to promote its company by creating a network or directory for female [...]

Having a hard time deciding what to write on your blog next year?  Liz Strauss offers 31 post ideas for January 2007.  She even places them in a schedule format so you don't have to think about when to publish.  Combat procastination, everyone's favorite thief of time, with these simple and useful blog post ideas.  [...]