tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post117625914301329944..comments2024-03-06T03:58:39.540-06:00Comments on The Viral Garden: Companies don't fear blogs, they fear uncertaintyMack Collierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02723628321171539590noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-46442918681992562222008-07-11T08:11:00.000-05:002008-07-11T08:11:00.000-05:00As corporate web designers we recommend that our c...As corporate web designers we recommend that our clients participate in social networking, including blogging, but even though our clients are in the technical industry there is a slow uptake on these ideas. Maybe in time...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-1176339767077819902007-04-11T20:02:00.000-05:002007-04-11T20:02:00.000-05:00Mack:I like what Lewis is saying here: "[...a conv...Mack:<BR/><BR/>I like what Lewis is saying here: "[...a conversation visible to all. A blog allows anyone, including non-customers and, most important, people who will never be customers, to start a wildfire...] <BR/><BR/>I would say to 'potentially' start a wildfire. Yet some of our customer-facing employees are quite skilled at facilitating conversations. Food for thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-1176317397006027182007-04-11T13:49:00.000-05:002007-04-11T13:49:00.000-05:00"However, as I've said before I think this will sl..."However, as I've said before I think this will slowly and gradually change, not only with actual managers but with the influx of new, younger, more open-minded and technologically oriented executives."<BR/><BR/>Bingo, Ron. Many of the top execs at most major companies came up in the 80s and early 90s, before the web, much less social media, was being widely used. As you say, as more and more younger execs take over that are more comfortable using these tools, we'll begin to see more companies embrace their use.Mack Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02723628321171539590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-1176315771024140282007-04-11T13:22:00.000-05:002007-04-11T13:22:00.000-05:00Good post! My experience is very different, having...Good post! My experience is very different, having come out of newspapers, magazines, utilities and then retail. Customers, especially angry one, talk to those businesses all the time, and have forever. But it isn't in the form of a conversation visible to all.<BR/><BR/>A blog allows anyone, including non-customers and, most important, people who will never be customers, to start a wildfire. I think businesses will remain reluctant to allow that to happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-1176311623823483132007-04-11T12:13:00.000-05:002007-04-11T12:13:00.000-05:00Thanks on the interesting link. And yes, once agai...Thanks on the interesting link. <BR/><BR/>And yes, once again business managers are paralyzed with the possibility of losing control of their business (even if the possibility is unreal and just a perception). <BR/><BR/>However, as I've said before I think this will slowly and gradually change, not only with actual managers but with the influx of new, younger, more open-minded and technologically oriented executives.<BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/>Ron E.<BR/>http://brandcurve.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-1176271549087889712007-04-11T01:05:00.000-05:002007-04-11T01:05:00.000-05:00in a business world built on a top down model it's...in a business world built on a top down model it's a tough task to leave the control outside your company.<BR/>in the last years the "total control" model has been dominant and still it is in the mind of most of the managers around.gianandreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01705198210724351037noreply@blogger.com