Comments on: Don’t Drink the Church Blog Cool Aid

By: human3rror

human3rror — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:06:34 +0000

dmail, what's that?

By: human3rror

human3rror — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:06:24 +0000

you're like me. i'm a healthy skeptic. i think the person behind the blog needs to be apparent first.

By: human3rror

human3rror — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:05:57 +0000

sweet! rock it.

By: human3rror

human3rror — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:05:25 +0000

that's a good point brandon. the brand transcends the medium.

By: Leo Wurschmidt

Leo Wurschmidt — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:28:30 +0000

dmail is the stuff that goes straight from the mailbox to the trashcan. hehe

By: Leo Wurschmidt

Leo Wurschmidt — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:27:57 +0000

I completely agree. Transparency through the blog is so important. Who is writing the blog?? Then worry about the rest.

By: Jimmy Gray

Jimmy Gray — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:16:08 +0000

I sat in on this webcast today and found this info helpful in reflect on what people are accessing. They want access to someone real and who they can interact with. Not a company that makes a blog and keeps giving you corporate info. That's as frustrating as a corp phone menu…
"Press 2 if you are a loser…"
"Press 3 if you are not sure why you are calling…"

Case in point…
I called Desiring God Ministries today to talk with them about some technical mumbo jumbo regarding audio files. I assumed that I was going to have to dial my way through the call to get a human. But they answered the call! I was shocked!

Case in point…
One of the presenters from the webcast tweeted me that it was cool that my 14 year old son was sitting in on the session. I dig this relationship building stuff that is happening. It's fun to find common ground.

'nuff said…

Hey, I'm putting this on my own blog!

By: Leo Wurschmidt

Leo Wurschmidt — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:06:15 +0000

Wow, direct mail is even a few slots higher. If that survey is correct, ouch.

By: Leo Wurschmidt

Leo Wurschmidt — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:07:06 +0000

I am slightly skeptical about this survey, but then again I am slightly skeptical about all surveys.

However, if this is the case, then that is a huge blow to new media experts and business bloggers. I talk with a lot of people who are not quite the online nerds we are. They essentially have no idea what a blog is. Either that or they have a lot of misconceptions about blogging. I wonder if this is part of the reason for the lack trust in blogging as a whole.

Web marketing people always talk about the long tail of marketing with respect to the web. Perhaps blogging is still a little farther out on the long tail than we think.

Sad.

By: human3rror (human3rror)

human3rror (human3rror) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:54:38 +0000

good stats: :::::::::::::; New blog post: Don’t Drink the Church Blog Cool Aid http://tinyurl.com/5sqgos