Wigley and Associates

I’ve added a Google search tool to my Wigley and Associates site.

If you’d like me to add this to your site, let me know.

I’ve worked with Len Witt at Kennesaw State University to put two weblogs on the new Public Journalism Network site, one on the homepage called PJNet Today and a second one for their PJNet Global Forum.

Business 2.0: Management by Blog? Some see it coming, but it’s not here yet.

“The internal blogs that succeed will be safe, clean, well-lit virtual places in which diverse opinions are welcome and ideas — not people — are judged. Companies should always explore new ways of getting messages out and new tactics for fostering idea-exchange among the staff, but right now the blogging action is almost exclusively for external readers.”

Google CEO Eric Schmidt in an AlwaysOn interview:

“I believe that this notion of self-publishing, which is what Blogger and blogging are really about, is the next big wave of human communication. The last big wave was Web activity. Before that one it was e-mail. Instant messaging was an extension of e-mail, real-time e-mail. The next step in general for information is the self-publishing part. If somebody takes the time to write something, having Google understand that is very important to that person. So if you view the world as one person at a time, getting that person, that author to understand that we value, we index, we search, and we care about their information is a very important part of our strategy.”

A new version of Blogger is on the way.

• Public Journalism Network, Apr 03 (journalism association)
  
• Club 95, Apr 03 (bar & restaurant)
  
• Scott Neal, The Blog from City Hall, Mar 03 (Eden Prairie, MN city manager)
  
• International Assoc. for Learning Alternatives, Mar 03 (K-12 educational association)
  
• Sherco Rider, Feb 03 (motorcycle dealer)
  
• Big Jeff’s Tattoo & Body Piercing, Jan 03 (tattoo & piercing parlor)
  
• Ray Cox, Jan 03 (MN state representative)
  
• Kennesaw State University Summit, Dec 02 (civic journalism project)
  
• Rebecca Sterner, Nov 02 (publishing consultant)
  
• Northfield Construction, Nov 02 (residential & commercial construction company)
  
• Chapati Oct 02 (restaurant)
  
• EdVisions, Sep 02 (K-12 educational cooperative)
  
• Keystone Cycle, Sep 02 (motorcycle dealer)
  
• US Montesa, Sep 02 (motorcycle importer)
  
• The Contented Cow, Jul 02 (pub/wine bar)
  
• Citistates Group, Jul 02 (consulting group)
  
• Putting Family First, May 02 (non-profit)

The Newspaper Association of America site has an informative article titled Syndication Made Simple.

“Just as free e-mail newsletters enable publishers to directly reach readers and promote online and in-paper content, RSS “pushes” headlines and succinct, one-sentence article descriptions to those who subscribe to the no-cost feeds.”

If you’re a weblog/website client and would like to have RSS enabled, let me know.

The Eden Prairie Sun-Current newspaper has a feature this week titled Eden Prairie�s city manager Scott Neal begins a Weblog by reporter Merrily Helgeson.

Neal said he views his blog as a new way to report to the city. �It will provide a more insider�s view of issues that are affecting the city in general,� he said. Wigley had �kind of given me a push,� Neal said. �Get out in front in terms of working with citizens, help them be better citizens. This is a new venue to do that.�

If you’re a weblog/website client and would like to analyze your site’s traffic for the month of March or any other time period, let me know. I can also show you how to view the stats yourself using TigerTech’s tool.

The website/weblog for Steve Kirschner’s Club 95 restaurant in Hixton, Wisconsin is now up.