Great Find: Blogs about blogs, blogger, and blogging by Barry Bell
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Target Audience: Anyone interested in Blogs about blogging
Content: Somtimes you can read someone’s writing and know you’d have a fun time at dinner with him. That’s how I feel about Barry Bell. In this, what amounts to his Top Nine blogs about bloggers and blogging he gives a tongue-in-cheek review of who should be reading each blog and why they should read it.
Included are Problogger, Jack of All Blogs. Blogebrity, Workboxers, Performancing, Successful Blog, Blogherald, Blog Network Watch, and Pajamas Media. In it he says things that I realize I’ve known unconsciously, but never actually put the words into a thought of my own. One or two of the descriptions were so perfect, they made me laugh out loud with their honesty.
For new bloggers, especially those who’ve not taken a course in marketing this review shows fine examples of product differentiation. All of these blogs basically “sell” the same thing. However, each has chosen to serve a differerent market niche and has developed their blog to that audience with that purpose in mind. The product differentiation is so clear that Barry Bell as a reader can state in a few words who each blog is meant for and what purpose it serves.
Barry has nailed it, and done so in a post that is an easy, fun read. Seven of the eight of the judges give Barry a ten and pass this one into the gold medal final round. The judge from New Zealand, who’s still sleeping–he phoned in a 9.9. The NZ judge does that sometimes.)
–ME “Liz” Strauss
Well, since I promised myself I’d try to stay away from commenting about other peoples blogs and/or networks, so I’m gonna pass on the chance to say some really snarky things about 2 of those mentioned.
Other than that it was a fun read.
He’s fairly close to most peoples opinions, too.
Good job Barry and thanks Liz for pointing us towards it. I’ll admit though that he’s already in my RSS feeds.
Mike,
You’re the best. I know one of the comments you were probably going to make. It’s the one I avoided, because I thought it would bejust stupid to say it. 🙂
Liz
Hey Liz,
Looks like a good site – a quick read and definately a blog I’m going back to.
BTW, your Boss has just slapped me silly and done a thorough job on me over at BlogNetworkWatch – Here.
I’m still reeling 😉
Hi Martin,
Here’s your drink.
You guys. I don’t know what I’m going to do with the whole bunch of you.
I just went over and read the thing for today. I wonder if you all stay up all night and think up how clever you can’t be. Do any one of you think that other people want to listen in on that happy conversation?
Don’t you all know that junior high girls are much better at this kind of thing? 🙂 That that’s why you all have us women around? We are your civilizing influence.
It’s past the point where anyone’s innocent. This is all young lion, old lion stuff. It’s supposed to stop sometime around age 17 or so.
The teacher in me is going to come out soon and I’m going to put you all in detenion. 🙂
Then I’ll give you all that thing known only as “”the look.”
smiles,
Liz
Hey Liz,
Aren’t we a couple of high school bitches going at it, slapping each other around in the playground 😉
Do any one of you think that other people want to listen in on that happy conversation? … (two naughtly kids with head bowed) Yes, Mrs Strauss.
That’s why I come here …. “Love and Peace or else” (that’s a U2 song, by the way) 🙂
You got it, Martin.
Totally respect for everyone is the rule here.
Have some nachos, you’ll feel better. 🙂
smiles,
Liz
Thank you, Liz … I think I eat way too many nachos so I’m limiting it to 3-5 times a week 🙂
Maybe I’ll invite scrivs for some virtual nachos one night and we can smoke the peace pipe – or smoke something at least 😉
Heck,
Martin,
I think that right now, what all you guys need is just a little, make that a lot, of space. Somehow you’ve gotten to think this network thing is what makes the world go ’round.
Take care of the people and the people take care of everything. Life’s a lot easier that way.
Have another drink. They’re free for guys who aren’t driving.
Liz
Damn those New Zealand judges. That’s not the first time that’s happened to me, either.
;o)
Liz – Thanks for the write-up.
B
Hi Barry,
Thanks to you for the same.
I gave the New Zealand judge a talking to. He says he’s sorry.
Liz