Thursday, February 05, 2004
Why a Weblog?
Welcome to the new weblog for announcements and group communications affecting NEOSA in Medina, Summit, Stark and Portage counties. I've prepared the following Q&A explaining what this weblog is all about:
Question: OK, you're probably wondering why we need a weblog for NEOSA in this region?
Answer: A weblog will help us to stay in touch between meetings. It also helps us share information between NEOSA members -- information such as tips and sales leads. Information that can help us all build our businesses.
Question: Don't we have regular websites for that?
Answer: Yes, we certainly have websites. But websites don't always make it easy to share information informally. A weblog is nothing more than a personal publishing tool that will allow us to post text quickly and easily, without having to format pages, design graphics, and do all the other things that set the web designers apart from the rest of us. A weblog is content -- pure and simple.
Question: If I am a NEOSA member, may I post on this weblog? And if so, how do I do it?
Answer: Great! If you want to post, that's fantastic. Just send me an email (link on the right sidebar) and I will get you set up so that you can post here. You will receive an invitation from Blogger to create a login account.
Question: What will happen to the NEOSA website?
Answer: Glad you asked. The main NEOSA website will not change. Remember, this is simply a weblog, not a full website. This weblog is for informal communications among members. It does not take the place of a website -- it just adds another communications method. The main NEOSA website is an important part of presenting the face of NEOSA to the outside world. (Besides, it is better looking and has far more functionality than this weblog.)
Question: What will happen to the NEOSA BTG website?
Answer: Jacob Mathew was very gracious and got a NEOSA BTG website up and running very quickly. However, the group did not really use the website. That is a topic of discussion at our next Board meeting.
Question: Is this weblog public?
Answer: Yes, this weblog can be seen by anyone in the general public.
Question: OK, you're probably wondering why we need a weblog for NEOSA in this region?
Answer: A weblog will help us to stay in touch between meetings. It also helps us share information between NEOSA members -- information such as tips and sales leads. Information that can help us all build our businesses.
Question: Don't we have regular websites for that?
Answer: Yes, we certainly have websites. But websites don't always make it easy to share information informally. A weblog is nothing more than a personal publishing tool that will allow us to post text quickly and easily, without having to format pages, design graphics, and do all the other things that set the web designers apart from the rest of us. A weblog is content -- pure and simple.
Question: If I am a NEOSA member, may I post on this weblog? And if so, how do I do it?
Answer: Great! If you want to post, that's fantastic. Just send me an email (link on the right sidebar) and I will get you set up so that you can post here. You will receive an invitation from Blogger to create a login account.
Question: What will happen to the NEOSA website?
Answer: Glad you asked. The main NEOSA website will not change. Remember, this is simply a weblog, not a full website. This weblog is for informal communications among members. It does not take the place of a website -- it just adds another communications method. The main NEOSA website is an important part of presenting the face of NEOSA to the outside world. (Besides, it is better looking and has far more functionality than this weblog.)
Question: What will happen to the NEOSA BTG website?
Answer: Jacob Mathew was very gracious and got a NEOSA BTG website up and running very quickly. However, the group did not really use the website. That is a topic of discussion at our next Board meeting.
Question: Is this weblog public?
Answer: Yes, this weblog can be seen by anyone in the general public.
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