Your employees may well be writing Facebook & Twitter posts as well as blogging about what should be kept in the family strictly private and confidential to your organization. Loose links sink ships. The damage may be major yet all inadvertent & 100 % non-intentional. Yet as a pro-active group you have to strike out ahead of the wave. Prevention and forward thinking, as well as strict policies and stated procedures are the watchwords of the enterprise.
You may be surprised to know that the number of blogs has been growing tremendously in the recent past Blog herald, a Blog authority ", indexed the startling count of 50 Million blogs as of the end of May 2006. Even at that point the growth of blogs and the Blog count was almost logarithmic with no end in site. No doubt about it there are tons of blogs out there of every shape and description , the growth is phenomenal , No doubt some of your employees are out there Blogging which at the very least not only involves their home , family and personal lives but events and personalities at work , no doubt Guest Blogging Website services so as to maintain anonymity. Yet never forget the people at Google , Facebook and the other major companies , while they may be conservative to react have a lot more resources than you or your smaller organization do. Yet each and every company , non-profit or not to profit organization or even single individuals must be concerned about their "on-line reputation ", each and every day.
What should management , employers and supervisor do to prevent such damage and havoc ? What steps and procedures be implemented and firmly in place ? First, create an environment where information and ideas are freely exchanged in your organization. This will allow employees with personal issues and opinions to feel free to express them within the parameters of the organization. It would be much easier to deal with it here than when its goes to the web.
Secondly, reference blogging in employee policy handbooks to promote responsible blogging. If your employees are already in the blogging culture; insist that employees place disclaimers on their personal blogs. The amount of time and effort spent , should you have a raging bonfire of a loss of private trade data , or procedures can be immense. All in all its a waste of time. It can be said that some management levels actually like to fight and even create "fires" as a means of justification of their existence and pay. Would it not be smarter from the very start to have clear policy procedures in place , including a signed non-disclosure document , clearly listing rules ,proceedings and a time line after leaving the employee ? Large corporations do this as a simple matter of routine . Should not this be your established pattern as well ?
Blogs and blogging are playing an ever increasing role in marketing as well as SEO ( Search Engine Optimization) tactics and procedures in the world of internet sales and marketing. Use blogs as a positive tool in your employee when
You may be surprised to know that the number of blogs has been growing tremendously in the recent past Blog herald, a Blog authority ", indexed the startling count of 50 Million blogs as of the end of May 2006. Even at that point the growth of blogs and the Blog count was almost logarithmic with no end in site. No doubt about it there are tons of blogs out there of every shape and description , the growth is phenomenal , No doubt some of your employees are out there Blogging which at the very least not only involves their home , family and personal lives but events and personalities at work , no doubt Guest Blogging Website services so as to maintain anonymity. Yet never forget the people at Google , Facebook and the other major companies , while they may be conservative to react have a lot more resources than you or your smaller organization do. Yet each and every company , non-profit or not to profit organization or even single individuals must be concerned about their "on-line reputation ", each and every day.
What should management , employers and supervisor do to prevent such damage and havoc ? What steps and procedures be implemented and firmly in place ? First, create an environment where information and ideas are freely exchanged in your organization. This will allow employees with personal issues and opinions to feel free to express them within the parameters of the organization. It would be much easier to deal with it here than when its goes to the web.
Secondly, reference blogging in employee policy handbooks to promote responsible blogging. If your employees are already in the blogging culture; insist that employees place disclaimers on their personal blogs. The amount of time and effort spent , should you have a raging bonfire of a loss of private trade data , or procedures can be immense. All in all its a waste of time. It can be said that some management levels actually like to fight and even create "fires" as a means of justification of their existence and pay. Would it not be smarter from the very start to have clear policy procedures in place , including a signed non-disclosure document , clearly listing rules ,proceedings and a time line after leaving the employee ? Large corporations do this as a simple matter of routine . Should not this be your established pattern as well ?
Blogs and blogging are playing an ever increasing role in marketing as well as SEO ( Search Engine Optimization) tactics and procedures in the world of internet sales and marketing. Use blogs as a positive tool in your employee when
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