Archive for Blogging

What to do with cublogs.org

I’ve been sitting on the domain for a while now and the offer to help CU’s spin up a blog for free proved to be less than popular.  I’ve got the domain now and I’m willing to do whatever with it. I can’t remember where I heard it, but a user-generated site that lists all [...]

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Running two blogs is tough

Not only do you have to post twice as much, it is kinda a pain to get the relevant topics to each blog.  Then I get an idea for a post I really like and I’m torn which blog to put it on.  I want to put it on the Life & Times because I’ve got [...]

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What's your criteria for adding to your blogroll?

I received an email last week from a CU vendor that recently launched a new blog and they are trying to get it off the ground.  They asked me to include their blog in my links section and I decided to think about it over the weekend.  I’ve heard the name of the company before, [...]

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Tough decision with cublogs.org

We have had 171 blogs setup on cublogs.org since we started it.  Of all of those blogs, only 7 have actually been setup by real people or credit unions.  The rest have all been spam and it is becoming a slight daily annoyance.  The basic idea behind cublogs.org is to remove the perceived technology barriers of [...]

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What a way to start a blog

The nemesis of most travelers, the TSA, started a blog called the Evolution of Security.  One of the most hated governmental agencies, opened lines of communication with the millions of voices that travel each year.  If your credit union is afraid to start a blog because there is a potential for bad feedback, just look [...]

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Hopefully they are listening

A little bit up the road from me, Columbia Credit Union is taking some flak.  Hopefully they are listening… 

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Your members have blogs too

Apparently Queensland Teachers’ CU in Australia recently re-designed their home page.  Some of those changes included a welcome page, or splash page.  Hopefully QTCU is paying attention to the blogosphere and is aware that one of their members is voicing their concern.  I’d love to see QTCU comment on the author’s site about their new [...]

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launching the fi-linx blog!

Now that I’ve transitioned to CUSO life full-time, I’m finally able to devote some more time to the operations!  We’ve got the blog setup at blog.filinx.com and will be talking about many things credit union.  Stop by when you have a chance and make sure to subscribe!

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