Blog Policies

To maintain a professional blog, whether for your business or as a networking tool for yourself, there are certain guidelines or policies that should be followed. Although there is not one set of policies that are set in stone for all blogs, there are quite a few similarities in those of major corporations. GM has adopted the following policies for their company blog.

1. We will tell the truth. We will acknowledge and correct any mistakes promptly.
2. We will not delete comments unless they are spam, off-topic, or defamatory.
3. We will reply to comments when appropriate as promptly as possible.
4. We will link to online references and original source materials directly
5. We will disagree with other opinions respectfully.(1)

In my own personal experience as a small business owner, and blogger, I would ask myself the following questions before I would publish anything that would reflect on me or my business.

1. Would I want a customer/ potential employer to read this?

2. Am I representing myself/my business in a positive light?

3. Could anything I'm posting be taken out of context and potentially offend my readers?

4. Is what I am posting relevant to the subject matter of the blog?

5. Visually is there any content that may be considered inappropriate or unprofessional?

(1)GM fast lane blog, accessed on September 26, 2009 at: http://fastlane.gmblogs.com/about.html