DISQUS

Apple's been in the game a long time, but never a mass market leader. However, it's earned a sort of elitist reputation. Which is why it gets away with treating customers badly. As it's popularity grows, I think this will become more and more of a problem until eventually people won't stand for it anymore.

Yea, actually I see your point of view. And while it will probably be harder to build up front, it'll provide a better pay off in the long run. (Like anything really)

While I agree niche is the way to go, from the perspective of starting a blog I think it's a bit risky.

I would be more inclined to cast my net a little wide and then narrow it down as my blog progresses... carve out my niche. As a safer route to success.

I think it's very forward-thinking of you to a)allow him to 'borrow' elements from your design and b)compliment him on it!

And I think your and ManuIT's sites look great! good job!

I think equally as valuable as customer reviews is companies publicly responding to reviews --particularly bad ones.

When I was researching for an upcoming vacation, I went to TripAdvisor to see what people were saying about the hotels I was considering. The one I chose did not necessarily have all the best reviews--but actually had a member of management responding to all the replies. Because hey, nothing's perfect, but who doesn't love to know if they feel the need to complain afterwards, they will at least be listened too?

Great points and I do agree, however, there's also a crucial factor that unfortunately is not often identified (or taken note of) in industry reports. While creating a stellar subject line may increase open rates on one email, constantly delivering timely, meaningful and relevant email content and keeping subscribers happy will allow for consistently high open and click rates!

Thanks,

Kelly

Thanks!
Believe it or not, we dreamed the whole idea up yesterday afternoon. I'm surprised we pulled it together.

Great job!

I didn't dress up our blog for Halloween, however, I did post a photo of our email marketing team dressed up as 'the e-team'
http://blog.sitebrand.com/2007/10/31/happy-hall...

It's shocking to see this chart when you consider that many sites are still NOT compatible with Firefox. As a long time Firefox user, this drives me crazy.

It's fantastic! I love the simplicity and color scheme. Great job!

I can completely relate! And especially since my company blog was relocated and thus started from scratch again, it's ridiculous how much time I spend obsessive over our so far, pretty sad stats.. If only I could re-direct that energy to the posts... It'd probably be doing a lot better!

I wish you luck, I'm sure once you get into the swing of things you'll make more time for posting!

Wow! I think you've just tied me up for the next six months trying out new things. Great list - thanks!