Enterprise system 2.0 week2

On this page,  you will know:

•  What is Blog?
•  How can blogging be useful to me?
•  What approach is Sacha Chua using to build a community and increase awareness of her activities?

What is Blog?


A blog  is a type of website or part of a website. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. There are two types of blogs:
     
       1) Personal blogs

The personal blog, an ongoing diary or commentary by an individual, is the traditional, most common blog. Personal bloggers usually take pride in their blog posts, even if their blog is never read. Blogs often become more than a way to just communicate; they become a way to reflect on life, or works of art. Blogging can have a sentimental quality.

There are some good personal blogs:

1)http://obamabarack.blogspot.com/

2) http://www.thebuffettblog.blogspot.com/

3)http://blog.sina.com.cn/JackieChan

2) Corporate and organizational blogs

A blog can be private, as in most cases, or it can be for business purposes. Blogs used internally to enhance the communication and culture in a corporation or externally for marketing, branding orpublic relations purposes are called corporate blogs. Similar blogs for clubs and societies are called club blogs, group blogs, or by similar names; typical use is to inform members and other interested parties of club and member activities.

Few good corporate and organizational blogs:

1)http://googleblog.blogspot.com/

2)http://en.community.dell.com/dell-blogs/default.aspx

3)http://bx.businessweek.com/kfc/blogs/

 How can blogging be useful to me?

It is obviously that blog is a fantastic tool for me.  Firstly, it can help my friends to know me. I will write some new information about myself and then my friends will know what I may be busy with recently. on the other hand I could share my experience and mood with them. Secondly, blogging could make me to have new friends easily.  I will post some contents which I am really interested in. Then after few days, some other people may use google to search my blog and discuss these contents with me. Thirdly, as my first blog, I could learn how to use blog and help me to understand Web2.0. it will help me to increase my experience and improve my writing skills. Finally, I will think about how to make more people visit my blog.  I believe it is also a very good chance to know some basic e-business knowledge.

What approach is Sacha Chua using to build a community and increase awareness of her activities? Sacha Chua Blog: http://sachachua.com/blog/

Sacha Chua's Blog is a very good example. She made a very good interface for her blog.She did not use too much colours and pictures. She had a very clear navigation for the content which makes me read it easily. Every page she had a very clear topic. Sacha Chua did not copy and paste too much boring information. She tried to use simple sentence to explain her topics. I guess that why I like her community. In her page, she left a lot of link and make all of her web sites got together. It was real usefully for promoting her blog. 

References:

Wikipedia (n.d.) Blog Retrieved August 2, 2010 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog