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1. Corporate blogging - What is it really? at Da Forde on 05 Nov 2006 at 2:27 pm

   […] Need some help boys and girls…  I wrote a post a few days ago with a list of different corporations across Canada that I’ve come across who are blogging.  What is the general consensus on how to define "corporate blogging"? […]

2. Ketcheson.net :: links for 2006-11-24 on 24 Nov 2006 at 4:38 am

   […] Which Canadian companies are blogging? at Da Forde Canadian corporate blogs (tags: corporate_blogging) […]

3. Corporate Blogging Survey - Does it have an impact on your business? at Da Forde on 19 Dec 2006 at 1:54 pm

   […] I have been putting together a list of the different Canadian Corporate Blogs - http://profectio.com/forde/2006/11/03/which-canadian-companies-are-blogging/. There have been a few more that others have pointed me to and I’ll be publishing the complete list shortly. In the interim I’d like to get your help. […]

4. Maple Leaf 2.0 - Who’s Blogging in Canada? on 05 Jan 2007 at 12:28 pm

   […] Dave Forde has created a list of the Canadian companies that are blogging. Sadly, it’s not that long - not because Dave hasn’t done his homework properly but because not that many companies north of the border have embraced blogging. You could chalk it up to Canada’s mysterious Web conservatism - a baffling phenomena where our enthusiasm for high-speed Internet access is way ahead of our adoption of e-commerce, online advertising and social networking. In theory, you would think that consumer-facing companies such as Tim Horton’s, Canadian Tire, Mountain Equipment Co-op and Future Shop would have their own blogs but as far as I can tell none of them are doing it. Why is that? Does it have to do with competitive issues? Are they still trying to get their heads around how to deal with e-commerce, let alone blogging? Or do they simply see little value in blogging? Subscribe to RSS headline updates from: Powered by FeedBurner […]

5. Anonymous on 05 Jan 2007 at 12:52 pm

   Which Canadian companies are blogging?…

   Lots of Canadian companies have started adding blogs to their marketing initiatives, but it seems that there’s a lot less doing it then I’d thought by now. Here’s the ones that I can think of off the top of my head….

6. Calling all Canadian Corporate Bloggers on 15 Jan 2007 at 7:36 pm

   […] Calling all Canadian Corporate Bloggers Posted January 15, 2007 Dave Forde - who blogs at Profectio (Latin for the source) and Da Forde - checked in with Elastic Path today about a a research survey he is brewing up about Canadian Corporate bloggers. Since Get Elastic falls into the corporate blogger category, I took the 5 minutes to fill out the survey and, since surveys are better with more folks, I encourage you to do the same. Also be sure to chime in your offering on this (in progress) list of Canadian bloggers. […]

Comments

1. Richard wrote:

   www.metamend.com/blog

   Posted 03 Nov 2006 at 3:57 pm ¶

2. Jon Husband wrote:

   What’s that general rule about lag time between what US companies do and Canadian companies … I always forget. It’s two years, or something like that.

   i assume that eventually it will start, and then of course everyone will do it, often for the wrong reasons or without thinking through what the objectives are, etc.

   I suppose, however, that lots of Canadian companies let their employees have informal conversations about work, competition, business and the outside world at lunch time or during the odd meeting around the water cooler.

   Posted 04 Nov 2006 at 2:06 am ¶

3. Jon Husband wrote:

   I think another reasonably high profile PR firm has taken to blogging in a big way, even hiring MOCC as VP, Social Media.

   Thornley Fallis

   Posted 04 Nov 2006 at 2:07 am ¶

4. David Jones wrote:

   Boy…out of site, out of mind. As far as Canadian PR firms beyond H&K go: Fleishman-Hillard & iStudio; Maverick PR; National (soon I hear); High Road and others.

   Check out the Canuck PR Toolbar that Martin H at High Road put together http://canuckpr.communitytoolbars.com/

   It’s got a good list of PR, Marketing and Media bloggers. Doesn’t have everyone, but it’s a good start.

   Doug Walker at TBWA and Bill Sweetman at Maclaren both blog.

   And check out Sean Moffit’s post about the top 50 Canadian marketing & PR bloggers. http://buzzcanuck.typepad.com/agentwildfire/2006/09/sharing_updated.html

   Posted 04 Nov 2006 at 2:40 pm ¶

5. Kate Trgovac wrote:

   Raincoast Books blogs (and podcasts) at http://blogs.raincoast.com/

   HarperCollins “prosecasts” at http://www.foursevens.com/prosecast/

   Cheers … Kate

   Posted 05 Nov 2006 at 1:37 pm ¶

6. Dave Forde wrote:

   Thanks for the links folks!!!

   Posted 05 Nov 2006 at 1:49 pm ¶

7. maggie fox wrote:

   Great list - wonderful resource, do keep it up!

   Posted 05 Nov 2006 at 11:14 pm ¶

8. Ed Lee wrote:

   and the CAA recently started a blog - http://blog.caa.ca/en/index.php

   Ed

   Posted 16 Nov 2006 at 10:20 pm ¶

9. Levi wrote:

   Hi Dave,

   Great list, keep’em coming.

   FYI, our link is pointing to our site, you might want to change it to our blog: http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/

   Thanks and Happy New Year!
   - Levi

   Posted 29 Dec 2006 at 4:37 pm ¶

10. Mark Evans wrote:

    Dave,
    Excellent exercise. Maybe it will encourage more Canadian companies to launch blogs!

    cheers, Mark

    Posted 05 Jan 2007 at 12:31 pm ¶

11. Dave Forde wrote:

    Thanks Mark - that is exactly what I hoping to accomplish, combined with the survey results we will all have concrete data that can help everyone.

    Posted 05 Jan 2007 at 12:47 pm ¶

12. Don Edwards wrote:

    Random House of Canada is
    podcasting:

    http://www.booklounge.ca/podcasts/index.html

    Posted 05 Jan 2007 at 3:19 pm ¶

13. Dave Forde wrote:

    Thanks Don - I hadn’t come across that one and will add it to the list.

    Posted 05 Jan 2007 at 4:06 pm ¶

14. Mike Sansone wrote:

    A few additions:
    http://www.opushotel.com/blog/
    http://company.getelastic.com/
    http://www.telltenfriends.com/blog/

    Posted 06 Jan 2007 at 9:57 am ¶

15. James M Woods wrote:

    Hi Dave, long time no speak and great post!.

    Demo camp alum DictaBrain is blogging here at:
    http://dictabrain.net/blog/

    With loads of new stuff coming in 07 hope we hook up soon Dave! Cheers, James

    Posted 06 Jan 2007 at 4:00 pm ¶

16. DaveO wrote:

    Thanks for chiming in for Elastic Path Mike. I fired up the blog and podcast project last April i joined EP (a ecommerce software vendor). After originally hosting on the free Wordpress.com, we recently moved to WPMU in-house.

    I’ve recently written a white paper about the benefits of blogging for retailers. During my research, I was surprised not only at the lack of high-profile (and non-techie) Canadian companies blogging, but also the lack of high quality retailer blogs (not blogs about retailing but rather retailers blogging).

    The white paper will be coming out later this week (Jan. 18th or so) along with a series of blog posts with annotations, notes and links. Stop by to check it out.

    Posted 15 Jan 2007 at 7:04 pm ¶

17. Judith Keenan wrote:

    BookShorts has a blog for publishing industry and bibliophiles — check out bookshorts.blip.tv

    Thanks!

    Posted 06 Feb 2007 at 10:47 pm ¶

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