Buzz Marketing with Blogs: Slow News Day = Blog Firing Story

Slow News Day = Blog Firing Story

The Associated Press says ”Firms [are] Taking Action Against Worker Blogs” (article seen on Forbes).

The article drags out several tired examples of fired bloggers.

The article quotes its own self-defeating fact, saying that, according to Pew, 7% of online adults write blogs. If 7% of 50 million people do anything, I can bet half a dozen of them of them will be fired for it.

Later in the article, Microsoft spokesfolk pointed out that their company encourages blogging and has more than 1,500 unofficial bloggers - the bulk on Microsoft’s official Web sites. That’s all without an official policy, and with very few blogging-related problems. If such a highly scrutinized and litigation-minded company as Microsoft can tolerate and encourage bloggers (and yes, I know about Michael Hanscomb), then your company can too, not matter what the AP might indicate.

AP, how about writing a story about people who improved their jobs (or their situation in life) with blogging? I’d find that a lot more useful to learn from, and a much more realistic look at a trend that’s affecting us these days.

Posted by Travis Smith on 03/07 at 12:55 AM • Blogging News