Sunday, July 21, 2002

Low-cost Klog Network The level of investment required for really excellent km tools, such as weblogs, has gotten so low that it is much easier for a relatively low level employee to start a grass-roots movement within the staff if they are motivated. Given the failure of enterprise level KM initiatives and the burst .com bubble, this could be the perfect time to stealth in some web-based knowledge sharing tools. In this article I will discuss how you can create a low-cost knowledge weblog (klog) network using free and/or donor supported software. This method is well suited to the stealthy introduction of weblogging as a knowledge management tool. All you need is one server to host the klogs and you can be off and running before senior management has a chance to quash your initiative. Or take credit for it. :). Read more... [High Context] 7:28:18 PM    trackback []     Articulate []

Sunday, July 21, 2002 The single, most important reason for the failure of businesses in America is lack of sales. What is the purpose of a business? Every time I ask this question, the immediate answer that I get back is, 'To make a profit.' But this answer is wrong. The purpose of a business is to create and keep a customer.  # [John Henry on Business] 7:24:41 PM    trackback []     Articulate []

Put Your Business Where Your Blog Is. Just put together a few thoughts on how blogs serve as business relationship-builders. I now have a couple examples of this blog leading directly to business relationships that are playing a significant role in sales opportunities. Those relationships would not have existed but for the blog. While leads me to a new mantra: put your business where your blog is. [tins ::: Rick Klau's weblog] 2:36:51 PM    trackback []     Articulate []

Unknown. "In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia." [Motivational Quotes of the Day] [Steve Pilgrim's Radio Weblog] 2:32:53 PM    trackback []     Articulate []