Comments on: Are you good….or great? http://iconnectdots.com/2006/10/are_you_goodor_.html Guidance, Insight and Ideas in a Time of Accelerating Change Thu, 17 May 2012 14:33:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Say No to Crack http://iconnectdots.com/2006/10/are_you_goodor_.html/comment-page-1#comment-940 Say No to Crack Tue, 07 Nov 2006 03:18:12 +0000 http://iconnectdots.com.s11974.gridserver.com/2006/10/are-you-goodor-great.html#comment-940 Promoting your site in non-traditional ways is sometimes the best. I started my silly (work appropriate) humor site about a month ago and have been slashdotted once, been listed on VH1, and listed on Fark.com. These drew about 50,000 visitors to my site over 3 days. What amazed me was how fast a good post travels, and how you know it's good the moment you post it. As a result, whenever I have what I think is a great post, I'll spend a few hours hitting the other blogs, slashdot, some forums/boards, etc to ensure that others have a chance to read it, and can then spread the word. For the other 90% of my posts that are probably entertaining for my regular readers, but not really earth-shattering for the others, I don't spend much time on non-traditional marketing. Keep up the great work! Promoting your site in non-traditional ways is sometimes the best. I started my silly (work appropriate) humor site about a month ago and have been slashdotted once, been listed on VH1, and listed on Fark.com. These drew about 50,000 visitors to my site over 3 days.

What amazed me was how fast a good post travels, and how you know it’s good the moment you post it. As a result, whenever I have what I think is a great post, I’ll spend a few hours hitting the other blogs, slashdot, some forums/boards, etc to ensure that others have a chance to read it, and can then spread the word. For the other 90% of my posts that are probably entertaining for my regular readers, but not really earth-shattering for the others, I don’t spend much time on non-traditional marketing.

Keep up the great work!

]]> By: Emil Stringer http://iconnectdots.com/2006/10/are_you_goodor_.html/comment-page-1#comment-939 Emil Stringer Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:47:06 +0000 http://iconnectdots.com.s11974.gridserver.com/2006/10/are-you-goodor-great.html#comment-939 New reader here, just wanted to say I liked your post. I'm curious - how much time each week do you spend on your blog? New reader here, just wanted to say I liked your post. I’m curious – how much time each week do you spend on your blog?

]]> By: Sparkplug 9 >> bizhack http://iconnectdots.com/2006/10/are_you_goodor_.html/comment-page-1#comment-941 Sparkplug 9 >> bizhack Sun, 29 Oct 2006 23:07:53 +0000 http://iconnectdots.com.s11974.gridserver.com/2006/10/are-you-goodor-great.html#comment-941 <strong>Ze Franks numbers: wildly off for an entirely new reason?</strong> I wonder if Ze Franks download numbers might be as wildly off as his perception of Rocketbooms. Just take a look, if you will, down the page (if youre on the home page here at bizhack). Or check out this post on Ze Frank. Notice so... Ze Franks numbers: wildly off for an entirely new reason?

I wonder if Ze Franks download numbers might be as wildly off as his perception of Rocketbooms.
Just take a look, if you will, down the page (if youre on the home page here at bizhack). Or check out this post on Ze Frank.
Notice so…

]]> By: Tim Elliott http://iconnectdots.com/2006/10/are_you_goodor_.html/comment-page-1#comment-938 Tim Elliott Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:55:32 +0000 http://iconnectdots.com.s11974.gridserver.com/2006/10/are-you-goodor-great.html#comment-938 Some great ideas, Steve. I'm not sure if we need to be "hitting the cover off the ball" in this age of the Long Tail. I'd be pleased to find enough consulting work in my niche to wait the current job market out for the perfect gig. Then again, I'd like to birth the next Digg in my spare time and be worth $60M on paper, too ;-) Whatever you do, please DO NOT go into the hair care business. It would be the geek equivalent of the Hindenburg disaster for those who know you. Happy trails... Some great ideas, Steve. I’m not sure if we need to be “hitting the cover off the ball” in this age of the Long Tail. I’d be pleased to find enough consulting work in my niche to wait the current job market out for the perfect gig. Then again, I’d like to birth the next Digg in my spare time and be worth $60M on paper, too ;-)

Whatever you do, please DO NOT go into the hair care business. It would be the geek equivalent of the Hindenburg disaster for those who know you.

Happy trails…

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