Comments on: To Blog or NOT to Blog? http://www.theinsightadvantage.com/to-blog-or-not-to-blog/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:22:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: CD http://www.theinsightadvantage.com/to-blog-or-not-to-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-33 CD Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:47:30 +0000 http://www.theinsightadvantage.com/?p=643#comment-33 No, Jen, blogs are not dead. Twitter and FB are great ways to spread ideas, but they are most powerful when they include links to further content -- such as a blog, video or white paper. A blog is just as immediate as the social networks, but few bloggers attract high volume readership on a regular basis. I use Twitter to bring readers to a blog post, and I know it works. The volume of blog traffic is significantly higher when I link to it from a tweet. Social and resident media are highly complementary to each other! No, Jen, blogs are not dead. Twitter and FB are great ways to spread ideas, but they are most powerful when they include links to further content — such as a blog, video or white paper. A blog is just as immediate as the social networks, but few bloggers attract high volume readership on a regular basis. I use Twitter to bring readers to a blog post, and I know it works. The volume of blog traffic is significantly higher when I link to it from a tweet. Social and resident media are highly complementary to each other!

]]> By: Adrian Ott http://www.theinsightadvantage.com/to-blog-or-not-to-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Adrian Ott Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:24:44 +0000 http://www.theinsightadvantage.com/?p=643#comment-10 Jen, I believe that twitter and status updates will replace some blog activity simply because blogging takes time and creating good blog posts is hard work. Prior to Twitter some bloggers were posting simply because it was the only means to get the word out. It was driven by a set schedule instead of having something meaningful to say. The net is that we are not losing much. Blogs will become less frequent and of higher quality as they become a tool to expand upon ideas in Twitter and other social media. Congratulations on your new blog! Jen, I believe that twitter and status updates will replace some blog activity simply because blogging takes time and creating good blog posts is hard work. Prior to Twitter some bloggers were posting simply because it was the only means to get the word out. It was driven by a set schedule instead of having something meaningful to say.

The net is that we are not losing much. Blogs will become less frequent and of higher quality as they become a tool to expand upon ideas in Twitter and other social media.

Congratulations on your new blog!

]]> By: Mary Sullivan http://www.theinsightadvantage.com/to-blog-or-not-to-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Mary Sullivan Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:13:54 +0000 http://www.theinsightadvantage.com/?p=643#comment-6 No, Jen, blogs are not dead. Twitter and FB are great ways to spread ideas, but they are most powerful when they include links to further content -- such as a blog, video or white paper. A blog is just as immediate as the social networks, but few bloggers attract high volume readership on a regular basis. I use Twitter to bring readers to a blog post, and I know it works. The volume of blog traffic is significantly higher when I link to it from a tweet. Social and resident media are highly complementary to each other! No, Jen, blogs are not dead. Twitter and FB are great ways to spread ideas, but they are most powerful when they include links to further content — such as a blog, video or white paper. A blog is just as immediate as the social networks, but few bloggers attract high volume readership on a regular basis. I use Twitter to bring readers to a blog post, and I know it works. The volume of blog traffic is significantly higher when I link to it from a tweet. Social and resident media are highly complementary to each other!

]]> By: Jen Berkley http://www.theinsightadvantage.com/to-blog-or-not-to-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Jen Berkley Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:23:14 +0000 http://www.theinsightadvantage.com/?p=643#comment-3 Kind of gauche to be the first 'comment' on your own blog, I'm sure...but I just saw an article (thx to Adrian Ott of <a href="http://www.exponentialedge.com" rel="nofollow">Exponential Edge</a>) about how blogs are dead and Twitter and FB are the 'in' way to share thoughts/communicate/gain credibility (http://ow.ly/olpF) ...am I a day late and a dollar short? (I especially like justinhayward's comment: "Twitter is the pithy one-liner that makes people laugh, Facebook is the party where everyone is trying to impress, and blogs are that quiet place that, yes, many people are afraid of or are trying to avoid at this particular time so as not to provide them with too much time to think exactly what is going on!") What do you think? Kind of gauche to be the first ‘comment’ on your own blog, I’m sure…but I just saw an article (thx to Adrian Ott of Exponential Edge) about how blogs are dead and Twitter and FB are the ‘in’ way to share thoughts/communicate/gain credibility (http://ow.ly/olpF) …am I a day late and a dollar short? (I especially like justinhayward’s comment: “Twitter is the pithy one-liner that makes people laugh, Facebook is the party where everyone is trying to impress, and blogs are that quiet place that, yes, many people are afraid of or are trying to avoid at this particular time so as not to provide them with too much time to think exactly what is going on!”)

What do you think?

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