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I am certain this silent majority exists. I have traded emails with dozens of individuals who work at well-known Fortune 500 corporations and have met even more face-to-face through events and one-on-one lunches. They all believe in blogging, yet have questions. They all want their companies to dive head-first into the blogosphere, yet feel insecure that they can sell it internally. This group is the five-ton boulder that sits up on top of blogosphere hill. You can feel its potential kinetic energy, yet it just sits there inactive, just waiting for some force of nature to give it a good shove. Our challenge in 2005 is to be that force. Let's befriend these folks, answer their questions, calm their concerns and give them the tools they need to sell blogging up the food chain. Why? The rising tide lifts all boats.

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