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Re: Emma, moving and Podcasters Across Borders

Chris Brogan — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:38:00 -0000

Hey Dave- Sorry I won't be able to meet you there. I had to change my travel plans. I hope you have a killer time at PAB, and keep the new media alive. There'll be TONS of superstars to meet up there. Bring lots of cards so people can reconnect.

Best,

--Chris...

Re: My Linked In Challenge : 14XRS begins tomorrow

Chris Brogan — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:14:00 -0000

I love it. Get going! : )

Re: Just a Dog

Chris Brogan — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:50:00 -0000

Sorry to hear of your loss. I hope Spike has fun chasing his tail in the next life, and he was lucky to have a caring guy like you to shepherd him around.

Re: Sending Out an SOS

Chris Brogan — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:51:00 -0000

In Do You Have to Touch Every Conversation, I talk about how being involved in all the tools isn't that great an idea, either. The question is simply this: which tools do you perceive have the most value to your business communications needs? Stick with those. For instance, I'm not a very big Facebook guy. I use it, but I'm not really participating. I don't answer wall comments, etc. Why? Because I don't get business there.

Twitter? Business all the time.

So, I pick where I might find the most value.

Best of luck. Thanks for stopping by. : )

Re: Dear Top Influencers: Don’t Recycle, Innovate!

Chris Brogan — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:20:00 -0000

So, in content marketing (which blogging can sometimes be), there's a method to some of this:

Your first two examples aren't a rehash at all. I'm not sure I get your point.

In one, the post about a life raft, I point out that one can't leave all the social media tools disconnected from the mothership. The next post you reference, asks whether social media tools are a way to soften up the edges of marketing. Not related at all.

The third one, about aligning, IS like the life raft post. It does line up. The difference is that the life raft post is the seed of the idea and the aligning post is more the 'how to' post.

One thing you get to see with blogging that you don't get to see in other media formats is the iterative process of idea formation. It's not an attempt to rehash. It's an effort to move an idea from premise to something actionable right out in the open.

As far as lack of innovation, I guess we'll agree to disagree. I've doled out plenty of new ideas over the last several posts. Today's post about a hundred twitters isn't something I've seen written as such on my site before.

I guess it's good to critique other writers. I always learn from an exercise like this. So thanks for your attention. Keep throwing stones. : )

Re: Dear Top Influencers: Don’t Recycle, Innovate!

Chris Brogan — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:45:00 -0000

Interesting question about whether I'm adding to the blogosphere. I'm not sure that's how I think about my writing. Meaning, I don't write for the larger universe. I write for people (currently, "people" is most often business communicators like marketers and PR types), and show them how I interpret the USE of tools in the social media space.

You might note that I'm not usually providing commentary; I'm providing lessons.

The difference is vital to me. I'm sharing what I know so that others can use it and run with it. Commentary is great. It's just not my circle.

I probably won't be able to comment much more, but I appreciate the conversation, as it got me thinking.

Re: Which Are Your Favorite Blogs & Why?

Chris Brogan — Sun, 27 May 2007 23:37:39 -0000

Categories of blogs I like:

friends- people I know, or who I admire professionally from afar (and will someday meet)

interesting- this falls into crazy disarray if I try to explain it, but goes everywhere from tech stuff to strange facts

informative- I follow lots of people who find the good stuff for me, like Scoble, TechCrunch, Buzzmachine, etc.

To give you my favorites by URL would crush your comment system. :) But suffice to say that of the 100s of blogs I now read regularly, some are because I love the people who write them, and many of the rest deliver actual usable information to my life.

Great question.

Re: PR is About Relationships, Just Ask Robert Scoble

Chris Brogan — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:53:00 -0000

Very neat post, Brian. I think this is an interesting development. I think that more and more the tide might go this way. And if so, someone's going to have to help others navigate the differences between what WAS working, and what will lead the way next.

Hope you're well.

Re: Blog This! October 17, 2007

Chris Brogan — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:16:00 -0000

Are you being Robert Steele?

We should get blog this! shirts. : )

Re: PR 2.0: Putting the Public Back in Public Relations

Chris Brogan — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0000

I think you've hit all the good points. You clearly embody this in your passions and in your work. I'm grateful for your thoughts on the space.

I agree that with the shift into these new tools that better facilitate, that we're going to have a disruption in the way PR is done. I think the disruption is bigger than people think, but that you're probably on the right tracks with what you're saying here.

Keep up the fight, sir. I'm a fan.

Re: Making Mistakes and Amends in Blogger and Media Relations

Chris Brogan — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:24:00 -0000

Wow, I sure have direct experience with this from the "blogger griping at guy sending me" side. I posted what turned out to be one of my most popular posts (and this embarrasses me, because I'm a positive guy) about a guy pitching me fairly generically about a product that was roughly in my space. I was frustrated, probably due to the volume of such blind pitches that I receive, or maybe just due to a rough day.

From looking at your post, and with your perspective, I can see how maybe there's a need to better understand this kind of relationship and how to get potentially relevant information into useful hands in such a way that all sides feel appropriately respected. (Remember, bloggers aren't scott free in the "being asses" department.)

I'll have to think more on this, but I like where you're going. Tofu. The Tofu robot was a good touch.

Re: PR is About Relationships, Just Ask Robert Scoble

Chris Brogan — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:53:00 -0000

Re: Blog This! October 17, 2007

Chris Brogan — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:16:00 -0000

Are you being Robert Steele?

We should get blog this! shirts. : )

Re: PR 2.0: Putting the Public Back in Public Relations

Chris Brogan — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0000

Re: Making Mistakes and Amends in Blogger and Media Relations

Chris Brogan — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:24:00 -0000

Re: Waves of sorrow still

Chris Brogan — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:16:00 -0000

I'm very sorry for your loss. May the strength of your family and loved ones be of comfort during this time.

Re: Monday Morning Musings

Chris Brogan — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:32:00 -0000

Really great post. Thanks for sharing it with me. I'm glad you took the time to write it.

Re: Just a Dog

Chris Brogan — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:50:00 -0000

Sorry to hear of your loss. I hope Spike has fun chasing his tail in the next life, and he was lucky to have a caring guy like you to shepherd him around.

Re: http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2007/10/chris-brogan-about-twitter.html

Chris Brogan — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:37:00 -0000

Thanks for the comments. Yeah, I feel like the poster child for Twitter. I think Biz Stone and Evan Williams owe me a tee shirt. : )