Be prepared to be surprised, very surprised. Software bloggers have this illusion about enterprise software that many of us are slowly thinking is true. Yet, it’s all illusory.
The phenomenon of blogging has fueled up a new wave of enterprise software bloggers looking forward to make a lifetime fortune within 24 hours. Impossible!
The fact that a blogger fails to make a tidy income by converting the page views into software sales makes a desperate blogger conclude that enterprise software is not worth blogging about.
However, you will be surprised to know that global enterprise software sales are expected to rise by 4.5% this year according to a report by a research firm Gartner. Therefore, it is not true that enterprise software doesn’t sell.
While that may sound like good news to a new enterprise software blogger, it doesn’t really explain it totally. The secret of finding fulfillment in enterprise software blogging can be summed up in one small word. Passion.
If your mind is pre occupied with high traffic and millions of page views a day try blogging about consumer software, perhaps music software.
Fortunately, when I worked for a multinational retail company, I got experience of working with enterprise software like SAP, Tally and Pastel. It had been a positive experience which taught me a lot about enterprise software.
Definitely, with that background, I can get right down to the enterprise software basics easily.
With respect to software blogging, you need to know exactly where your passion is and what you are going to do with it, which is the only strength that allows you to react positively when you hit a difficult patch as a blogger.
I chose to go full time ahead with this enterprise software blog, added advantage, I’ve amazing accounting experience over the past years, but business software solutions is where am comfortable.
My focus is both individuals and firms that are having difficulties implementing enterprise software and even the more successful ones that still need help to realize the full value of their enterprise software.
To be honest enough, talking about enterprise software, page views are quite difficult to deliver, but with hard work nothing is impossible. That is why the impatient ones easily fall off leaving the passionate ones.
Is Enterprise Software Blogging Doomed?
Top 50 Must Read Blogs For Accountants
Some years ago, I never new Blogging was such a big Business until one day while chatting online with a London based independent developer Sam Mbale about online projects, when he suggested I do a research on blogs and blogging business.
I literally knew nothing about websites and how to blog, i could hardly tell the difference between a blog and a website but out of curiosity I embarked on this fact finding journey. Interestingly, the immediate information I found was that blogs or weblogs have been around for so many years though it’s only recently that more internet publishers have been caught up in the world of blogging. I also found out that a growing number of people blog for money and are in actual fact making a living from blogging while companies have realized the great potential for direct customer contact which blogging provides to drive sales and promote their brands.
It is amazing that a survey in 2003 estimated that over 4 million weblogs had been created by the mind of 2003.
With this information on my finger tips, the last question on my mind was whether they were any Accountants seriously blogging or any Accounting blogs with a focus on accounting topics until I stumbled upon this list of Top 50 Accounting Blogs and later came across another Accounting blog list on golden marketing.
I also learned that various companies and professionals are using blogs to communicate directly with their customers and clients to provide a collaborative space. Media outlets are also using blogs to connect more closely to readers, providing insights, tips and other information that might otherwise not be available in print.
Likewise, I would encourage Accountants and various other professionals to read these business blogs mostly authored by qualified, chartered or certified public Accountants including others by accounting firms. That is why I was so delighted when this blog was added to the Accounting blog list.
Top Zambian Online Business & News Sites
Online business has continued to grow in Zambia. A number of small personal sites and blogs designed by individuals out of their hobbies or organisations have grown into viable online businesses. Online Sites in Zambia are now a great source of information, business news as well as a driving force for product campaigns in due to the increasing popularity.
This is a list of Top Online Business and News Sites in Zambia as compiled by Alexa in their order of popularity.
1. Postzambia.com .This is a site by the post newspaper in Zambia with news about current affairs, business, politics and more. The post newspaper is ranked by Alexa as the Top most popular Site in Zambia. Post Zambia is also listed by Google insights as one of the rising search terms an indication that the site is still gaining popularity.
2. Ezambia.com. A Zambian Community Website featuring information about Zambia community activities, groups, blogs and Zambia directory with a view of connecting Zambians Online.
3. Lusakatimes.com. Lusaka times claims to be Zambia’s sauce of latest free news with updates three times daily. I must say that Lusakatimes is quite popular and in my opinion, Lusakatimes may soon take the Top position.
4. Times.co.zm. A government owned news publication for the Times of Zambia. The site provides political, business, sports, entertainment news and features.
5. microlink.zm. This is a website for microlink an internet service provider offering broadband and dial-up Services in Zambia.
6. Zambiatourism.com. Zambia tourism is the official website for the Zambia National tourist board .The site provides maps and information about travel, lodging, tours, safaris, culture and history of Zambia.
