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As PepsiCo's president and chief financial officer, Indra K. Nooyi has given all sorts of speeches. None, though, fired up passions like the one she gave last month at the Columbia Business School. Land of the Free, Home of the Blog
The Blog, The Press, The Media: The Changing Landscape of Corporate Blogging
Wall Street Journal features, Blogging Becomes A Corporate Job which provides a general overview of how several companies, including Microsoft and Stonefield Stonyfield Farm Inc., are diversifying their marketing and corporate communications with the addition of talented bloggers to their workforce.
A small but growing number of businesses are hiring people to write blogs, otherwise known as Web logs, or frequently updated online journals. Companies are looking for candidates who can write in a conversational style about timely topics that would appeal to customers, clients and potential recruits.
Last year, Christine Halvorson was hired as chief blogger at Stonyfield Farm Inc., a Londonderry, N.H., organic yogurt company owned by Groupe Danone. She applied for the job after responding to an ad posted at Monster.com. A former freelance writer and Web content editor, Ms. Halvorson now writes four blogs for Stonyfield, including a blog about the company, the Daily Scoop, and Creating Healthy Kids, about healthy foods in schools. Her job entails researching, linking to news and providing personal insight.
Also related posting, People who underestimate weblogs, comments on the explosion in the number of blogs, as well as on the recent Pew Internet blog report, which apparently only included 40 sources as the basis of its sample survey.
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