How important is it to have a blog for my startup ? What about Twitter and Facebook presence. If you think it's important can you give me tips on how to maintain that ? Should I have someone focused on keeping those updated ?

asked Jan 13 '10 at 21:27

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To add to Samir's Q as well... Do I need a blog no matter the type of business I am in? And even if my competitors don't have one?

(Mar 03 '10 at 08:09) SMN SMN's gravatar image

A blog can be an efficient buzz creator for you. Something you need in the beginning and throughout your progress. I very much like the way meebo.com guys did it: from day one until now, their blog has been the main source of info about their progress, and everybody participated in it which gave it a great social taste.

I see the idea of a dedicated community manager is costly and may conflicts with the word "startup"; in the sense that it's a dispensable luxury, especially for a startup. A simple blog with multiple contributors is just fine, and it can create so much buzz. Provided that the team members of the startup post useful content; a natural property of an entrepreneur.

I think an early stage startup should have more important costs to cover than a community manager for a blog. Let's remember that Google has a very simple official blog, where any employee can contribute with interesting content. I am sure they have someone to take care of the blog now, but not when they were in their first steps.

One last remark: To me, the idea of having someone else take care of the social aspect of your startup may attenuate your passion and momentum in the eye of the reader. I think it's much more convincing and attracting (in the early stages) to do it yourself. And when you're so busy to do that, hire someone!

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answered Jan 21 '10 at 16:22

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توظيف مدير مجتمع ليس مكلفا كثيرا. لاحظ أنه لن يكون مسؤولا المدونة فقط، بل كل قنوات الإعلام الاجتماعي الأخرى. بالنسبة لشركات الويب التي تعتمد على المستخدمين، فإن دور مدير المجتمع يكون أكبر وأهم من فريق التسويق، بل وأكثر مردودية. كما أني اقترحت أن يكون أحد المؤسسين هو من يقوم بدور مدير مجتمع، وبالتالي فلا مصاريف إضافية هنالك.

(Jan 22 '10 at 13:26) Mohammed SAHLI ♦ Mohammed%20SAHLI's gravatar image

Samir, if you are planning to be present on Twitter or Facebook then you should definitely create a blog for your startup because any enterprise on any social network needs a blog to support its social media activities! for example if you are holding special offers or discounts or whatever, you can just write an article about it and link back to this article whenever you mention this offer on any social network! this is a very small part of why you should have a blog.

I think you should have someone take care of all social media issues, Blog, Twitter, facebook, youtube and the rest. and if you or any of your partners can manage it that would be much better.

Let me know if you need any further info please :)

answered Jan 13 '10 at 21:44

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كما أشار فراس، المدونة مهمة جدا، وهي حلقة الوصل بين أدوات الإعلام الاجتماعي الأخرى التي تريد استخدامها، مثل: تويتر، فيسبوك ويوتيوب.

من الأفضل أن يشرف على المدونة، بجانب خدمات الإعلام الاجتماعي المتعددة، شخص متفرغ، يحمل عادة مسمى مدير المجتمع Community manager. لكن يجب الانتباه إلى أن يكون المشرف على المدونة شخص من داخل الفريق، ولا تقم بتفويض تلك المهمة إلى شركات العلاقات العامة المتخصصة.

لو أردت رأيي، فإن أفضل شخص للاشراف على المدونة، والقيام بباقي مهام مدير المجتمع، هو المؤسس نفسه.

answered Jan 13 '10 at 22:47

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tweets are great but they get lost in the peoples stream, blog is the answer plus it serves as the history log of the company
good luck

answered Jan 22 '10 at 04:13

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Absolutely a good idea. A blog is a way that you let the public see the human side to your business. I wouldn't spend all my time working on the blog, but it's absolutely a useful PR tool to have.

answered Jan 23 '10 at 00:27

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