Each week, I will be highlighting some of the Business Blogs which exist in the UK. The aim is to show a cross section of what people and businesses are writing about and how they are approaching the task of using blogs in their business activities. As a result, you’ll find that these posts will contain a mix of Blogs displaying a range of topics and styles.
In addition to this weekly selection, I am working with others to build a comprehensive list of Business Blogs in the UK. So if there are UK blogs which you have visited and would recommend (including your own!), then please let me know by leaving a comment or sending me a message. Thanks!
Starting with a couple of heavyweights (sic) – even if you think that the subject matter might not be for you (although I can assure you that you will love it!), you will want to see (or rather hear) how podcasts can and should be used properly, so you really must tune into:
For Immediate Release
A twice weekly podcast by Neville Hobson together with Shel Holtz on PR and Technology. Neville is a Brit (hence claimed as a UK Blog!) living over in Amsterdam and you can also read his thoughts on business, communication and technology at his Neville Hobson blog.
and also tune into:
SmallBizPod
Produced by Alex Bellinger, the SmallBizPod is the UK’s first (and foremost!) small business podcast which delves into a range of subjects to offer inspiration and advice to entrepreneurs everywhere.
In addition, we now turn to some other UK blogs:
Intelligent Measurement
Richard Gaunt in London and Glenn ONeil in Geneva focus on evaluation and measurement in communications, training, management and other fields.
Nubricks
A blog which talks about property, property and more property. Not your typical blog but I think it achieves what it sets out to do.
Jamie Oliver
The Naked Chef himself provides an interesting site with a blog which is nicely put together and worth a visit. Pukka!
Tags: Alex Bellinger, Business Blogs, Jamie Oliver, Neville Hobson, Shel Holtz, SmallBizPod, UK blogs
July 28th, 2006 at 12:44 am
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July 28th, 2006 at 1:37 pm
Dear Mark,
Thanks for the mention on your site and yes we are all property over at Nubricks. We will be offering podcasts soon and some cool mapping software so stay tuned.
In regards to your comment I would be interested in what you meant by “not your typical blog”?
Thanks and great Blog it will be going in my RSS reader,
A
July 28th, 2006 at 11:54 pm
Hi Mark, thanks ever so much for the kind review of SmallBizPod! Good post this … highlighted a couple of UK blogs which I’d not read before and will be off to check out.
Thanks
Alex
July 31st, 2006 at 3:47 pm
Hi A,
What I meant by “not your typical blog” was simply down to the fact that one of the first things I tell people starting a blog is that it is not a direct marketing tool and certainly not a direct sales tool.
Nubricks, however, seems to straddle that line between information/opinion giving and direct advertising/marketing. For that reason, although it is clearly providing useful and valuable information, most of the posts are sales oriented which I do not consider to be your typical blog.
An excellent use for a blogging platform, nicely presented & sucessful – yes. A true blog from a purist’s point of view – probably not. Do I like it – yes, hence I included it.
July 31st, 2006 at 2:50 pm
Alex,
Thank you and glad that it added another couple of blogs to the list. I hope this week to finally get the time to post all of the UK ones from Suw Charman, myself and others on the New PR Wiki – will post a blog about it then to make sure everyone has access to the resource.
August 5th, 2006 at 6:33 pm
[...] Each week, I will be highlighting some of the Business Blogs which exist in the UK. The aim is to show a cross section of what people and businesses are writing about and how they are approaching the task of using blogs in their business activities. As a result, you’ll find that these posts will contain a mix of Blogs displaying a range of topics and styles. [...]
August 6th, 2006 at 6:04 pm
HI Mark,
Thanks for the mention of our blog, always happy to be mentioned in the same post as For Immediate Release and Jamie Oliver
I see a lot of good resources on your blog and I’ve seen for myself that blogging as a marketing tool can position yourself well online and generate interest in your services/products.
Glenn