I have WeBlog being sent to my house as I type – I saw a day or two ago that it had a section on business blogging and I’m anxioujs to read beyond what you have shown here.

Thanks

I believe blogs or klogs are useful for companies no matter the size. What about turnover? When a new employee starts, direct the person to the blog. When the information is only in a person’s head, it’s lost when the employee leaves.

In chapter 8 of the book “We Blog”, there’s a section about Pyra’s internal blog used in their early days when there were only two employees.

From the chapter located here: http://www.blogroots.com/chapters.blog/id/4

“We sat less than ten feet apart, but we needed a solution that wouldn’t be disruptive. We wanted to be able to share information without interrupting each other’s work, so we needed something asynchronous…”

What if the employees of a small company are dispersed geographically? Having information stored in e-mail inboxes or as hardcopy in file cabinets is cumbersome to search on by others and is difficult to access by new employees. One employee or one million, blog and blog often.

Small companies work on projects. Let’s say an eight month project is blogged during development. A year or two later, people, possibly new employees, can access this information to see what went right and what went wrong. They learn. The blog entry today becomes a valuable nugget of information tomorrow.

Sidenote: Here’s an old article about Pyra’s early intentions:
http://www.theobvious.com/archive/2000/05/01.html