Archive for the ‘Blogging’ Category

Running two blogs is tough

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

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 ...

What’s your criteria for adding to your blogroll?

Monday, March 24th, 2008

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 ...

Tough decision with cublogs.org

Monday, February 11th, 2008

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 ...

What a way to start a blog

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

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 ...

Hopefully they are listening

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

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

Your members have blogs too

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

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 ...

launching the fi-linx blog!

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

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!

Free Blogs for the CU Industry!

Sunday, August 19th, 2007

Yup you read the title right.  Free blogs.  But wait, you can get free blogs just about anywhere you say.  While that it true, I've grown slightly tired of seeing credit unions attempting to get into blogging using free tools like Blogger or wordpress.com.  While both provide some basic functionality, ...