Comments on: Blogs you can learn from simply by reading http://getgood.com/roadmaps/2010/01/19/blogs-you-can-learn-from-simply-by-reading/ "If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there." - Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:32:58 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Nettie Hartsock http://getgood.com/roadmaps/2010/01/19/blogs-you-can-learn-from-simply-by-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-32963 Nettie Hartsock Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:47:36 +0000 http://getgood.com/roadmaps/?p=838#comment-32963 Susan, great wishes with your new book! I know it will go wonderfully! And Toby thanks for the mention. That's very kind. Nettie Susan, great wishes with your new book! I know it will go wonderfully! And Toby thanks for the mention. That’s very kind.

Nettie

]]> By: Toby Bloomberg http://getgood.com/roadmaps/2010/01/19/blogs-you-can-learn-from-simply-by-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-32962 Toby Bloomberg Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:14:08 +0000 http://getgood.com/roadmaps/?p=838#comment-32962 Susan - wow! many thanks for including examples from Diva Marketing in your new book. As for blogger ideas .. so many people are doing great work. Paul Chaney, Connie Reece, CK Kerley, Nettie Harlsock & Valeria Maltoni come to mind right off. Do you say break a leg to a new author? I'm not sure. All the best in your new venture. .-= Toby Bloomberg´s last blog ..<a href="http://bloombergmarketing.blogs.com/bloomberg_marketing/2010/01/managing-a-consequence-free-environment-aka-social-media.html" rel="nofollow">3 Steps To Khoas Social Media</a> =-. Susan – wow! many thanks for including examples from Diva Marketing in your new book. As for blogger ideas .. so many people are doing great work. Paul Chaney, Connie Reece, CK Kerley, Nettie Harlsock & Valeria Maltoni come to mind right off.

Do you say break a leg to a new author? I’m not sure. All the best in your new venture.
.-= Toby Bloomberg´s last blog ..3 Steps To Khoas Social Media =-.

]]> By: kim/hormone-colored days http://getgood.com/roadmaps/2010/01/19/blogs-you-can-learn-from-simply-by-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-32944 kim/hormone-colored days Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:57:44 +0000 http://getgood.com/roadmaps/?p=838#comment-32944 I'd add Christine Koh's blog, Pop Discourse, to your list. I’d add Christine Koh’s blog, Pop Discourse, to your list.

]]> By: David Wescott http://getgood.com/roadmaps/2010/01/19/blogs-you-can-learn-from-simply-by-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-32939 David Wescott Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:33:54 +0000 http://getgood.com/roadmaps/?p=838#comment-32939 This is a great list - I think it skews a bit toward the marketing/PR industry, for obvious and legitimate reasons. Your big exception - I am Global Voices' biggest fan. And of course, Liz is fabulous. Here are four examples I'd recommend from completely different walks of life. First, Nathan Yau's FlowingData. His mission: "In a nutshell, I want to make data available and useful to those who aren't necessarily data experts; I think visualization plays a major role in this." The blog is nicely laid out (Susan, I think you'll recognize the basic template) and is a wonderfully curated collection of the best examples of data visualization. The writing is brief and crisp. The author also uses the right social media tools (twitter and delicious) to strengthen his position as both a thought leader in the field and an ambassador to the "lay public." Politics: Markos Moulitsas' Daily Kos. It's an outrageously popular liberal political blog, but it built its strength on its open platform and on letting others start their own blog there - he's built a massive community. He has a team of writers who both provide "front page" content and "rescue" content from diaries, promoting them to the front page and giving "regular folks" a wider audience. I can't forget Alder Yarrow's Vinography: A Wine Blog. It started as a personal wine blog and grew (sustainably) into a site that features wine reviews, restaurant reviews, and very smart "predictive counsel" on the wine industry. This is a smart guy who knows wine from both the industry side and the consumer side. He's established set criteria for reviews. He runs an interactive design & strategy company but I think he's better known for the wine stuff. And I'd be remiss not to mention Chris Hogan's "Off the Cuff," a men's fashion blog. Chris is a college buddy of mine. He's always had a passion for men's clothing - he knows the industry, the history, you name it. He's always wanted to write about it. So one day he just decided to start. His blog isn't particularly fancy, but he demonstrates his knowledge of the topic on a regular basis. Now he's built a number of regular writing gigs, men's fashion companies come to him for marketing advice, and he's built a nice little niche for himself. .-= David Wescott´s last blog ..<a href="http://itsnotalecture.blogspot.com/2010/01/myth-of-green-media-bubble.html" rel="nofollow">The Myth of the "Green Media Bubble"</a> =-. This is a great list – I think it skews a bit toward the marketing/PR industry, for obvious and legitimate reasons. Your big exception – I am Global Voices’ biggest fan. And of course, Liz is fabulous.

Here are four examples I’d recommend from completely different walks of life.

First, Nathan Yau’s FlowingData. His mission: “In a nutshell, I want to make data available and useful to those who aren’t necessarily data experts; I think visualization plays a major role in this.” The blog is nicely laid out (Susan, I think you’ll recognize the basic template) and is a wonderfully curated collection of the best examples of data visualization. The writing is brief and crisp. The author also uses the right social media tools (twitter and delicious) to strengthen his position as both a thought leader in the field and an ambassador to the “lay public.”

Politics: Markos Moulitsas’ Daily Kos. It’s an outrageously popular liberal political blog, but it built its strength on its open platform and on letting others start their own blog there – he’s built a massive community. He has a team of writers who both provide “front page” content and “rescue” content from diaries, promoting them to the front page and giving “regular folks” a wider audience.

I can’t forget Alder Yarrow’s Vinography: A Wine Blog. It started as a personal wine blog and grew (sustainably) into a site that features wine reviews, restaurant reviews, and very smart “predictive counsel” on the wine industry. This is a smart guy who knows wine from both the industry side and the consumer side. He’s established set criteria for reviews. He runs an interactive design & strategy company but I think he’s better known for the wine stuff.

And I’d be remiss not to mention Chris Hogan’s “Off the Cuff,” a men’s fashion blog. Chris is a college buddy of mine. He’s always had a passion for men’s clothing – he knows the industry, the history, you name it. He’s always wanted to write about it. So one day he just decided to start. His blog isn’t particularly fancy, but he demonstrates his knowledge of the topic on a regular basis. Now he’s built a number of regular writing gigs, men’s fashion companies come to him for marketing advice, and he’s built a nice little niche for himself.
.-= David Wescott´s last blog ..The Myth of the "Green Media Bubble" =-.

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