What benefits can a corporate get by setting up their blog?

Trends change over the year, few people adapt instantly and others with a lag. The latest boom about social media and internet marketing has taken information to the next level. With tools like Twitter, Facebook, WordPress etc. we get to hear news faster than any newspaper might update today. It’s really fun to see internet providing information at such rapid speed.

I still remember the early days of internet when firms had a little newsletter box on their website so that they can keep their users (and/or clients) posted about recent updates. Technology has advanced today but many firms still opt for the old-fashioned-newsletter (hard copy). How about maintaining a section on your website that can keep your users updated about your firm?

Say yes to Blog and feel a difference about your corporate on the internet. Having a blog can help you in many ways, including:

• Frequent updates on news and events
  Keep your blog casual. Post updates (news) about your corporate, product and events (picnic, competitions etc.) to give your web audience a good insight into your firm! Expose your RSS URL  on the main website so that people can easily follow your blog
• Maintain a web audience
  Interaction with your users (through comments), getting to know their instant feedback can always lead to improvement in various areas
• Better results on search engine
  Many web sites (especially in this part of world) are not highly optimized for search engines. Having a well-maintained blog can help you get a good traffic on your blog as well as on your website directly from the search engine

There is definitely much more to it than what one can list down in a single post. I myself suggest blogs to my clients (instead of maintaining a page for ‘news & events’) and have got a really good experience in driving traffic from blogs. Yes, there are certain firms that are still printing hard-copy newsletters because of their end-users. By setting up a blog in parallel, they can help others in bringing about a change!

Procom.Net '09 – 10th All Pakistan Programming, Engineering and Business Competition

The bytes will surge, the elite will assemble and excellence will reign supreme!

The specified thrust of NUCES-FAST in shielding the latest technology, emerging sciences and business sanctions it to genially invite you to ProCom.Net (scheduled on April 30 & May 1, 2009), a variety of outstanding competitions, for the 10th consecutive year in the industry. The whole and sole arrangement of students reflected by the guidance of proficient faculty makes it the most distinctive event of the year.

The official event website is http://www.procom.net.pk

Source: Procom.Net ’09 Facebook event

Toy phone & a cute kid – AirTel

Most of the AirTel advertisements are really impressive! I came across this one last weekend and would like to share it with my readers – it’s really cute (: