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The Storage Anarchist asks if corporate blogs are just so much marketing collateral. Well, to me, I always take them with a grain of salt. And not just those that directly emanate from a corporate domain name, either. Remember that Mr. Burke works for EMC and has blogged much more favorably
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1 year ago
Known bias does add context to information. And if you read something written by someone who knows something about what it is you're reading about and both they and you think it's awesome afterwards, well then maybe it is actually awesome.
Or not.
1 year ago
If you track back to my previous discussions on blogketing (entries 14, 15 & 17 on my blog at http://thestorageanarchist.com), you'll see I'm really asking whether Corporate bloggers have the same truth-in-advertising responsibilities as the other more formal marketing communications vehicles, or can they get away with making misrepresentions and unverifiable assertions simply because they're "blogging" and not "copy writing?"
Every Corporate Blog I've seen is governed by a Code of Conduct and/or a Business Conduct Guide, and in most cases, the CoC/BCG also applies to employees who blog outside the shadow of the corporate logo (EMC's blogging policy indeed covers my blog).
It's one thing for industry analysts to make outrageous assertions about a vendors' products - it's how they make a living. And if the vendor doesn't like it, they have every right to persue correction or retraction (although this works better with some analysts than others).
But I think it is very different when a Corporate Blogger crosses over the line into the land of fiction or omission. In my book, if you couldn't print the assertion in the front page of your company's web site, it probably doesn't belong in your blog.
Despite all the CoC/BCG's, I've seen many misrepresentations posted as fact on corporate blogs. Some of these wouldn't have been appropraite for even internal "Company Confidential" communications back in the pre-blog days. And I for one don't think it's right - I'm not sure what's to be done about it, though...