Flutterby™! : ...and no one came 2003-05-21 16:24:58.306738+00

...and no one came

2003-05-21 16:24:58.306738+00 by Dan Lyke 3 comments

Jared Blank is an analyst for Jupiter Research , and he has a weblog. He asks What If You Built a Blog and No One Came? I'll tell you why, Jared:

First: I've only taken a first glance, but there's nothing on your weblog that isn't already covered in more detail and with more knowledgeable commentary in AvWeb.

Second: You say

I was experiencing the online marketing frustration likely shared by many ClickZ readers. I'm following best practices for e-mail campaigns. I'm producing interesting (I think), well-designed newsletters. I'm including viral marketing within my newsletters, hoping to encourage pass-along.

Wake up call! Maybe all this crap you and your fellow analysts have been spewing to the pointy haired folks is unmitigated bullshit?

Third: It's a good bet that people who overpay for your reports aren't the sorts of people who read weblogs. How about rather than simply regurgitating the news story in fewer words you expand on what those changes might mean?

Dan, maybe you should include "viralmarketing.h" in Flutterby, Unfortunately this module is incompatible with insightful content 1.0 and intelligent reader and contributor 3.0

On the other hand, few of us other than Dan seem to have something worthwhile to say EVERY DAY, so being a part of a community like Flutterby is a much better answer than having an unread meaningless drivel ego-supporting weblog.

I finally spent some time reading his mainstream drivel, and that is the problem, he's saying in his weblog, exactly what hundreds of other sites say, in a pseudo-personal manner, what he says and does for a living professionally. The other problem with weblogs is UNIQUE CONTENT or at least a meaningful unique viewpoint. Who cares.. I'm going to Speleofest - See Ya!