Rick wondered out loud how many were blogging.
He figured it was close to 3-6%. He couldn’t find the list. Here is the list of Fortune 500 Companies [this link is a paid link].
From this list, here are the ones I know of who are blogging internally, externally, in management, etc:
GM
Sun Microsystems
Microsoft
Google
Yahoo!
Boeing
CitiGroup
IBM
HP
Time Warner
Dell, Inc.
Lockheed
Wells Fargo
Intel
Delphi
Merril Lynch
Disney (hugely, internally)
Motorola
FedEx
Mitsubishi
Cisco
Raytheon
Haliburton
Kimberly-Clark
UAL
Delta
Winn-Dixie
MBNA
Toys R Us
Nike
Pepsi
Texas Instruments
Oracle
Avon
Apple Computer
Shell
McGraw-Hill
Radio Shack
Starbucks
New York Times
Now, this obviously isn’t complete. My suspicion is that at least 10% and as much as 20% are using blogs in some way. However, I can’t confirm that.
The above list is a fairly comprehensive one of the companies I’m trying to get in touch with for my business blogging book. If you know anyone there who’d like to talk, feel free to email me.
Also, if you know of other companies blogging I’d love to hear about it (Fortune 500’s, I already have a decent list of other companies that is over 1000 strong).
Edit: I’ve had a few comments and such that Maytag is blogging at the Ka-Thunk blog. I knew about this blog, but it must have slipped my mind. My apologies!
May 11th, 2005 at 1:30 pm
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March 7th, 2005 at 4:18 pm
Fortune 500 Blogging
Jeremy has the scoop on blogging at Fortune 500 companies. He lists 40 companies
March 8th, 2005 at 12:39 am
Small companies blogging for leads while big companies watch
I read a post by Rick Bruner that wonders how many Fortune 500 companies have external blogs – maybe 3% to 6%?
March 8th, 2005 at 8:31 am
The Cluetrain Mutual Fund
Jeremy Wright has compiled a list of known Fortune 500 companies that blog. What if someone created a mutual fund with all of these companies? I bet that this group would beat the S
March 8th, 2005 at 10:17 am
List of Fortune 500’s that Blog
Jeremy Wright has compiled a list of Fortune 500 companies that are blogging. Then, Steve Rubel ups the ante and proposes that the ones who are the first movers in the blog world will fare better than the ones who don’t. He even links to what would be…
March 8th, 2005 at 10:50 am
Fortune 500 Bloggers
Jeremy Wright’s Ensight blog has posted a list of Fortune 500 companies that are blogging. The list is based on information he’s gathered for a business blogging book, and he says:
March 8th, 2005 at 3:29 pm
Blogs As Successful Selling Tools
Another benefit of turning your website or newsletter into a blog becomes apparent by reading MarketingSherpa’s case study, ‘7 Practical Tactics to Turn Your Blog Into a Sales Machine’. Summary: A real estate agent creates blogs as ways to reach new…
March 8th, 2005 at 6:12 pm
List of Fortune 500 Companies That Use Blogs
Jeremy Wright has a list of 40 Fortune 500 companies that use blogs internally and/or externally. He’s contacting them for interviews for his upcoming book on business blogging. Steve Rubel suggests that if the companies on the list were in…
March 8th, 2005 at 11:01 pm
Fortune 500 Companies that Blog
Jeremy Wright has posted a list of the Fortune 500 companies with blogs. He counts any type of blog — internal, external, product, etc — as sufficient for a com
March 9th, 2005 at 11:28 am
Blogging corporations
Bogs4biz : Sono ormai cinquantâanni che la prestigiosa rivista americana Fortune pubblica regolarmente la classifica delle 500 aziende statunitensi pi grandi del paese.
March 9th, 2005 at 5:02 pm
It would be nice if (where possible) you had a link to the Fortune 500 blogs.
March 9th, 2005 at 5:09 pm
Sure, that’s what EVERYONE says…
Maybe when I’m settled in next week. Most of these are internal though. Most of the external ones are already listed elsewhere. Internal blogs are ultimately easier to start.
March 10th, 2005 at 9:36 am
Jeremy Wright’s List of Fortune 500s Blogging
Jeremy Wright has compiled a list of those Fortune 500 companies blogging, here….
March 11th, 2005 at 5:46 am
could you or anyone else please provide the links to the (public) blogs? i’d love to sniff around a bit
March 14th, 2005 at 12:20 pm
Maytag is blogging externally. Or at least my little corner of it is. The SkyBox by Maytag weblog is at the listed URL.
March 14th, 2005 at 6:06 pm
Fortune 500’s who blog
Jeremy Enright has compiled a list of the Fortune 500 companies who are blogging -externally, internally or in management. While he can’t confirm it, he suspects that between 10-20% are using blogs in some way.
March 15th, 2005 at 10:19 am
Corporations that blog
Here is a list of companies that are using blogs:
GM
Sun Microsystems
Microsoft
Google
Yahoo!
Boeing
CitiGroup
IBM
HP
…
March 19th, 2005 at 9:31 am
GM?which url?
March 21st, 2005 at 10:55 am
List of Business Blog Resources
Last week I needed to put together a presentation about how enterprises are using blogs, particularly in the context of learning/leadership development in larger organizations. The links below were a bit of a dumping ground for anything I found- some a…
April 7th, 2005 at 6:24 am
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May 31st, 2005 at 5:04 pm
fortune 500 search engine
After creating the search engine the next thing I need to do is get the data for it. Unfortunately this is not as easy as it may seem and I have been finding this out the painful way. I am hoping the few trackbacks that I have left on various…