Comments on: Business Blogs: An Utter Waste of Time? http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2006/05/business_blogs_.html Web Marketing Strategies for Small Business Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bob Bly http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2006/05/business_blogs_.html/comment-page-1#comment-1205 Bob Bly Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:10:01 +0000 http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2006/05/business_blogs_.html#comment-1205 <p>Not sure how my name got on BBC, but there are no posts from me there because I don't as a rule spend any time reading and writing on blogs, with rare exceptions, like now. It just seems a very unproductive way to spend one's time, and I am shocked at the number of bright people who do it religiously, even fanatically. </p> Not sure how my name got on BBC, but there are no posts from me there because I don't as a rule spend any time reading and writing on blogs, with rare exceptions, like now. It just seems a very unproductive way to spend one's time, and I am shocked at the number of bright people who do it religiously, even fanatically.

]]> By: Bob Bly http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2006/05/business_blogs_.html/comment-page-1#comment-9051 Bob Bly Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:10:00 +0000 http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2006/05/business_blogs_.html#comment-9051 Not sure how my name got on BBC, but there are no posts from me there because I don't as a rule spend any time reading and writing on blogs, with rare exceptions, like now. It just seems a very unproductive way to spend one's time, and I am shocked at the number of bright people who do it religiously, even fanatically. Not sure how my name got on BBC, but there are no posts from me there because I don't as a rule spend any time reading and writing on blogs, with rare exceptions, like now. It just seems a very unproductive way to spend one's time, and I am shocked at the number of bright people who do it religiously, even fanatically.

]]> By: China Law Blog http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2006/05/business_blogs_.html/comment-page-1#comment-1204 China Law Blog Thu, 08 Jun 2006 22:10:58 +0000 http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2006/05/business_blogs_.html#comment-1204 <p>I am raising my hand. We have gotten a surprising amount of business directly from the blog, we have been able to use the blog to enhance our credibility and get business that way, and we have made all sorts of business contacts that we would not have made without the blog. I have absolutely no doubt that we have been getting a great ROI from our blog.</p> I am raising my hand. We have gotten a surprising amount of business directly from the blog, we have been able to use the blog to enhance our credibility and get business that way, and we have made all sorts of business contacts that we would not have made without the blog. I have absolutely no doubt that we have been getting a great ROI from our blog.

]]> By: China Law Blog http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2006/05/business_blogs_.html/comment-page-1#comment-9050 China Law Blog Thu, 08 Jun 2006 22:10:00 +0000 http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2006/05/business_blogs_.html#comment-9050 I am raising my hand. We have gotten a surprising amount of business directly from the blog, we have been able to use the blog to enhance our credibility and get business that way, and we have made all sorts of business contacts that we would not have made without the blog. I have absolutely no doubt that we have been getting a great ROI from our blog. I am raising my hand. We have gotten a surprising amount of business directly from the blog, we have been able to use the blog to enhance our credibility and get business that way, and we have made all sorts of business contacts that we would not have made without the blog. I have absolutely no doubt that we have been getting a great ROI from our blog.

]]> By: Patsi Krakoff http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2006/05/business_blogs_.html/comment-page-1#comment-1203 Patsi Krakoff Tue, 16 May 2006 17:30:02 +0000 http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2006/05/business_blogs_.html#comment-1203 <p>Bob Bly is stirring things up...just before the big book marketing events here in Washington DC. Now, I would say he is wrong here but I would never accuse him of being stupid. And, I am wondering if this post isn't clever marketing. Think of all the buzz he is creating! Debbie is speaking at the event here as well...hmmmm! This is giving me great ideas! Anyway, thanks for your post, Rich, I also posted a rebuttal over at my blog.</p> Bob Bly is stirring things up…just before the big book marketing events here in Washington DC. Now, I would say he is wrong here but I would never accuse him of being stupid. And, I am wondering if this post isn't clever marketing. Think of all the buzz he is creating! Debbie is speaking at the event here as well…hmmmm! This is giving me great ideas! Anyway, thanks for your post, Rich, I also posted a rebuttal over at my blog.

]]> By: Patsi Krakoff http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2006/05/business_blogs_.html/comment-page-1#comment-9049 Patsi Krakoff Tue, 16 May 2006 17:30:00 +0000 http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2006/05/business_blogs_.html#comment-9049 Bob Bly is stirring things up...just before the big book marketing events here in Washington DC. Now, I would say he is wrong here but I would never accuse him of being stupid. And, I am wondering if this post isn't clever marketing. Think of all the buzz he is creating! Debbie is speaking at the event here as well...hmmmm! This is giving me great ideas! Anyway, thanks for your post, Rich, I also posted a rebuttal over at my blog. Bob Bly is stirring things up…just before the big book marketing events here in Washington DC. Now, I would say he is wrong here but I would never accuse him of being stupid. And, I am wondering if this post isn't clever marketing. Think of all the buzz he is creating! Debbie is speaking at the event here as well…hmmmm! This is giving me great ideas! Anyway, thanks for your post, Rich, I also posted a rebuttal over at my blog.

]]> By: Business Blogs: How to Build A Better Blog http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2006/05/business_blogs_.html/comment-page-1#comment-1206 Business Blogs: How to Build A Better Blog Tue, 16 May 2006 17:27:36 +0000 http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2006/05/business_blogs_.html#comment-1206 <strong>Bob Bly is Wrong About Biz Blogs: Here's Why</strong> Bob Bly is a well-known author, speaker and copywriter, but he doesn't know squat about blogs. What he does know is based on a common misconception: blogs are online diaries. Well, that maybe one definition of a blog, but it's Bob Bly is Wrong About Biz Blogs: Here’s Why

Bob Bly is a well-known author, speaker and copywriter, but he doesn’t know squat about blogs. What he does know is based on a common misconception: blogs are online diaries. Well, that maybe one definition of a blog, but it’s

]]> By: Business Blogs: How to Build A http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2006/05/business_blogs_.html/comment-page-1#comment-9052 Business Blogs: How to Build A Tue, 16 May 2006 17:27:00 +0000 http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2006/05/business_blogs_.html#comment-9052 <strong>Bob Bly is Wrong About Biz Blogs: Here's Why</strong> Bob Bly is a well-known author, speaker and copywriter, but he doesn't know squat about blogs. What he does know is based on a common misconception: blogs are online diaries. Well, that maybe one definition of a blog, but it's Bob Bly is Wrong About Biz Blogs: Here’s Why

Bob Bly is a well-known author, speaker and copywriter, but he doesn’t know squat about blogs. What he does know is based on a common misconception: blogs are online diaries. Well, that maybe one definition of a blog, but it’s

]]> By: Mike Sansone http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2006/05/business_blogs_.html/comment-page-1#comment-1202 Mike Sansone Tue, 16 May 2006 05:52:45 +0000 http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2006/05/business_blogs_.html#comment-1202 <p>Wasn't it a few short months ago that Mr. Bly - on his own blog - wrote that most blogs are self-indulgent drivel?</p> Wasn't it a few short months ago that Mr. Bly – on his own blog – wrote that most blogs are self-indulgent drivel?

]]> By: Mike Sansone http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2006/05/business_blogs_.html/comment-page-1#comment-9048 Mike Sansone Tue, 16 May 2006 05:52:00 +0000 http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2006/05/business_blogs_.html#comment-9048 Wasn't it a few short months ago that Mr. Bly - on his own blog - wrote that most blogs are self-indulgent drivel? Wasn't it a few short months ago that Mr. Bly – on his own blog – wrote that most blogs are self-indulgent drivel?

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