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Re: When Stats Become Your God

Eric Eggertson — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:54:36 -0000

There are some tricks to blog promotion that a lot of successful bloggers have listed. Top 10 lists, for example, snappy headlines, visit other blogs and leave comments, etc. For some blogs, those tricks are a natural extension of the content. For others, they are awkwardly tacked on.

After a period of laying low, I'm actually trying to be a bit more self-promotional these days. Hey, I write about public relations, so self-promotion is a natural extension...

Re: When Stats Become Your God

Jesse — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 19:50:22 -0000

Hugh Hewitt was an author/lawyer/talking head before he started blogging. he didn't blog and then get famous, he was well-known, then he blogged, then he got a little more famous

Re: When Stats Become Your God

David Nick — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 19:38:29 -0000

I think it's also important to note that at some point, a blogger who becomes an "A-Lister" ceases to be a blogger.

I say that simply because some of those people become media celebs, have book deals, and their appointment books get so filled with so many other tasks that they cease to focus on their blogs, and work on the things which thrust them into the spotlight and create revenue streams in other avenues.

I used Hugh Hewitt as a prime example.

He is a small exception to the norm of a daily blogger down in the rank and file, but, you notice that his situation is not unique to the "A-Listers".

Not to say there is anything wrong with capitalizing on fame, but when do you cease to be a blogger at that point and cross over to MSM Journalist?