Comments on: The Seth Godin blog strategy

By: Marketing Specialist - Jim Connolly

Marketing Specialist - Jim Connolly — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:40:56 +0000

Lizz,

Great to hear from you! Thanks for stopping by the blog.

By: Lizz Harmon

Lizz Harmon — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:42:19 +0000

Just simply had to say yet another great post, Mr. Connolly. I appreciate you very much. I am always glad to read your work, as you always add something to my day. Personally I’m a Godin and a Connolly fan myself. Be well, my friend.

By: Marketing Specialist - Jim Connolly

Marketing Specialist - Jim Connolly — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:20:34 +0000

Jedi,

You make a great point. Personally, I would be having that debate on FriendFeed.

When I posted here last Friday, about me leaving Twitter, I closed the comments (just for that 1 post.)

However, I have been chatting about it for days with people on FriendFeed and getting some extremely valuable feedback.

Traffic to that post is already higher than any other post on the blog.

By: The Sales Jedi - Feel The Sales Force!

The Sales Jedi - Feel The Sales Force! — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:07:41 +0000

Just think of it…..

If Jim didn’t allow comments on his blog then where would all of these greats “thoughts”,”opinions”
and discussions end up that we’ve had with this posting??!!!!!

Great job Jim!

Sean

By: Djinou Flore

Djinou Flore — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:01:42 +0000

Seth’s blog is one of my favorite although Im not a fan but a simple reader. Allowing comments always help to have feed-back from your readers and could lead to a two-way communication (their opinions matter to you).Most of the time I would like to leave a comment before sharing his post on facebook but unfortunally it’s not possible. But since he has fans coz he’s famous that tactic works very well for him.

By: Daiv Russell

Daiv Russell — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:37:19 +0000

I may have been overly dry in my irony before. Sorry for the obtuse attempt at humour.

By: Marketing Specialist - Jim Connolly

Marketing Specialist - Jim Connolly — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:36:01 +0000

Tim,

Nope – I can confirm I am not Jim Collins. I think you have just explained the mystery to me though. Thanks Tim!

By: Tim Jahn

Tim Jahn — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:28:52 +0000

I agree with Daiv that it is amusing that you consider yourself “you or I”. I venture to guess your subscriber has is larger than “you or I”.

Also, Jim Connolly is not Jim Collins (the author of Good to Great). Am I reading Daiv’s comment wrong or is there something I don’t know?

By: Marketing Specialist - Jim Connolly

Marketing Specialist - Jim Connolly — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:38:42 +0000

Corey,

I’m with you on this – Comments are often far more useful to the reader than the original post.

That said, I also understand why Seth does what he does.

By: Corey Freeman

Corey Freeman — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:42:26 +0000

Interesting distinction between readers and fans. I dunno, I like the way comments work. I just like to get other people’s opinions. I think the more you try to improve, the more you’ll find yourself in a more a-list spot.

Seth’s strategy is a really good implementation of the “word of mouth” thing. Like television, people are forced to discuss it with their peers and not the creators, growing his content’s fame. Nice job.