Give Me Your Comments!

I’m still learning how to Blog, and starting to warm up to it more and more. This blog is now syndicated to my social profiles, but it doesn’t receive many visitors yet. I hope to grow and provide better blog content and grow my Tribe. I’ve also started a blog at work to add additional InterDesign content on our website, but I will probably only post articles and presentations I’m giving on behalf of InterDesign, not my personal opinions.

This brings us to the title, I Want Your Comments. If this blog rocks your boat a little or you know more than me on a topic, please post the comment. I would rather have you tell me to my face (well my face on the internet in this case) in front of everyone so everyone reading can learn from you as well. The blog doesn’t have to be a one-way tool, in-fact I’ve read two great blog posts about the detriment of one-way corporate blogs. Why Corporations Shouldn’t Moderate Their Blog Comments provides good reasons to “allow comments,” digital natives will comment elsewhere anyway, so let them comment at the source. Then going deeper, On The Other Hand, Maybe Your Company Should Not Blog is the perfect example of a blog with a thought provoking message and great content in the comments. The comments given to Twist Image (via their corporate blog) provide more content than their original blog post.

Should my corporation blog? Is it too personal? Business is personal. Clients select architects based on the relationship, not just the graphics. If InterDesign can become a source for the information our clients need to be successful before, during, and after their project with us, it’s a win-win-win. We’ll have the opportunity to provide the service, they will get a better product based on their increased knowledge, and then we’ll keep the relationship fresh providing them with long range strategies to prepare for future building projects or the continued maintenance of their facility. The challenge is in the doing. A worthwhile blog is a lot of work (I know how hard this is for me), and to be relevant there needs to be new content. As I ponder this, let me know what you think. Does your corporation have a blog? Share it here, let us all know your suggestions. Let’s get this dialog started!

(As a follow up, I read an interesting blog on the comments that matter, Ignore your critics)