Looking Back on TalkBMC in 2007

2007 was a stellar year for TalkBMC.  It's amazing how many conversations about business service management and technology were consumed by our audience.  And, the rate of interaction increased tremendously, with our audience commenting on blogs and podcasts, emailing and calling us, and talking to us face-to-face at speaking engagements and events.

Best Corporate Blogs

I'd have to give that award to Jeff Bohren, Steve Carl, Ken Turbitt, Peter Armstrong, and Tom Bishop -- who placed in the top in terms of RSS subscription views.  Honorary mentions go to Timothy Harris, Atwell Williams, and Fred Johannessen.  We have many brainiacs at BMC, but these guys put together some gutsy and thought-provoking entries that got quite a bit of attention and/or they consistently posted their brilliant thoughts to feed their starving audience.  Consistency is what makes an audience loyal to your blog, and these bloggers prove that by their RSS stats.

While Whurley didn't make it to the top in terms of RSS views, he was the absolute best at getting people to talk about his blog outside of BMC, with 1,965 Diggs in 2007 and a ton of publicity from Wired Magazine, Enterprise Opensource Magazine, ComputerWorld, etc.  It seems he's always taking a risk and trying new types of mediums to test his audience.  He hasn't written since October, and I'm curious to see where he'll take his blog in 2008.

Some others I hope come back to active status soon would be Tom Bishop, John Albee, and Atwell Williams.  All of our bloggers have wondrous things to say.  They just get busy, as we all do, sometimes.

The great thing about corporate social networks is that they're a bit behind consumer social networks like Myspace and Facebook.  So, while those are now trying to figure out how to stay relevant, corporate social networks are really getting off the ground now.  We've got a long way to go and it will be a fun and enlightening ride.

Memorable Podcasts

I always enjoy chatting with Mary Nugent and Lori Cook.  I've also had a lot of fun and learned so much from Ken Turbitt, Peter Armstrong, Anthony Orr, and Tom Bishop.  There was one podcast where I was absolutely star-struck.  It was from UserWorld Vancouver Day 3, and it was a One-on-One with Sharon Taylor, the chief architect of ITIL v3.  To find any of these, just go to the podcasts page on TalkBMC, or do a search on http://talk.bmc.com on any name I've mentioned above.  They also show up in our RSS feed if you prefer your content to be pushed to you as it is published.

Reminder

All of our blogs and podcast are available free via RSS feed and our podcasts audios are available if you want to subscribe to them through iTunes.

Thanks for tuning in and listening to and/or reading TalkBMC.  My intent is to deliver the best conversations about business service management and technology in 2008.  Send me your thoughts or call me (my direct office number is usually on the podcast audios).  Thanks for your loyalty and support!