About this blog
The idea, or purpose behind this blog is to conduct a social media experiment, my intention is to work with this blog to see if I can generate interest, comments or even a following without telling anyone (though I have told two people).
I setup the blog in April 2009 and initially had planned to attempt to work without linking to it from my company website, though as my company website is currently receiving a face lift I will include a link to the blog, though the link will only appear in the footer of the site and will not be immediately obvious to visitors – but some beady eyed folk might spot and even follow it…
Using the blog, I will report on my experiences running an SME and my experiences of the various technologies and tools I use within my work. As mentioned above, this is the foundation of a social media experiment and so I will be utilising other social media tools and commenting on ease of use and results within the blog.
Having read plenty about the power of blogging and social media I have finally decided it is time to put these lessons into practice to see if social media really can be a powerful business tool. I guess ultimately my goal is to run a blog which generates incoming traffic to my business and more importantly generates business.
About Me
I don’t necessarily believe that a section ‘about me’ will benefit the blog (though I could make myself out to be an expert in my field, but then this would need to be backed up by quality blogging right? – by the way I am an expert) but I do believe some background about me may help, however vague. I have always worked within the IT industry, having worked in support, training and consultancy, all of this has helped me gain a broad knowledge of the IT sector, though as it is always changing and is so broad it is hard to know everything about everything – and only a fool believes they have nothing to learn. In 2007 I formed my own company and now specialise in all things belonging online. The company has grown each year and I believe we are a leading web and print company with ambitions of continuous growth and expansion. Though running a company is challenging it is also incredibly rewarding and I consider myself very lucky to have my own company.