Comments on: Taking Your Blog to the Next Level http://ryanstephensmarketing.com/blog/taking-your-blog-to-the-next-level/ Building Intimate Business Relationships Fri, 18 May 2012 16:59:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: The Young And The Restless: Thought Leaders Of Our Generation | Brand-Yourself.com Blog http://ryanstephensmarketing.com/blog/taking-your-blog-to-the-next-level/comment-page-1/#comment-2442 The Young And The Restless: Thought Leaders Of Our Generation | Brand-Yourself.com Blog Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:43:32 +0000 http://ryanstephensmarketing.com/blog/taking-your-blog-to-the-next-level/#comment-2442 [...] Ryan is young but knows his stuff. He words as a media analyst for sports media challenge while running his own business, Ryan Stephens Marketing, on the side. More than anything else, Ryan makes a point to make each article original, thought provoking and open to conversation. Where many social media blogs seem to merely regurgitate the big names and blogs, Ryan brings a fresh, new voice to the arena. My personal favorite: Taking Your Blog to the Next Level. [...] [...] Ryan is young but knows his stuff. He words as a media analyst for sports media challenge while running his own business, Ryan Stephens Marketing, on the side. More than anything else, Ryan makes a point to make each article original, thought provoking and open to conversation. Where many social media blogs seem to merely regurgitate the big names and blogs, Ryan brings a fresh, new voice to the arena. My personal favorite: Taking Your Blog to the Next Level. [...]

]]> By: admin http://ryanstephensmarketing.com/blog/taking-your-blog-to-the-next-level/comment-page-1/#comment-1898 admin Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:09:30 +0000 http://ryanstephensmarketing.com/blog/taking-your-blog-to-the-next-level/#comment-1898 @ Connie Reece – I guess that’s what I get for multi-tasking. I was in the process of sending you a message via linkedin, and evidently decided to give you credit for the “other Connie’s” post. Thanks for calling that to my attention, and thanks for pointing me in the direction of your post as well. It’s definitely a valuable contribution to this conversation. I’ve gotten to the point where I just laugh at most people that are conversationally tone deaf. I’m not sure anything irks me more than a really valuable conversation being interrupted, particularly on a forum, with someone just interjecting to insert their link. Ugh. Thanks again for stopping by Connie! @ Connie Reece – I guess that’s what I get for multi-tasking. I was in the process of sending you a message via linkedin, and evidently decided to give you credit for the “other Connie’s” post. Thanks for calling that to my attention, and thanks for pointing me in the direction of your post as well. It’s definitely a valuable contribution to this conversation.

I’ve gotten to the point where I just laugh at most people that are conversationally tone deaf. I’m not sure anything irks me more than a really valuable conversation being interrupted, particularly on a forum, with someone just interjecting to insert their link. Ugh.

Thanks again for stopping by Connie!

]]> By: admin http://ryanstephensmarketing.com/blog/taking-your-blog-to-the-next-level/comment-page-1/#comment-1897 admin Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:08:52 +0000 http://ryanstephensmarketing.com/blog/taking-your-blog-to-the-next-level/#comment-1897 @ Chris Brogan – Thanks for the kind words with respect to my response. I agree 100% that if you’re a marketer your aim should be to build the community; it’s definitely of my primary reasons for blogging. I don’t know that the hard part is necessarily being ‘out there’ and attempting to start conversations (though it is for some), but perhaps the hard part is actually creating the content that actually entices a response. You provide some interesting perspective with respect to getting outside of the echo chamber, and I agree to an extent. I’d still argue that in discovering something new you still need to be able to articulate that to your community in a way that provides value to their lives. Also, coming up with something new consistently, therein lies the challenge in my opinion. Thanks for the link. With my affliction for shoes, that was like showing a starving person a few clips of restaurant ads. Thanks again for inspiring the response, and thanks for stopping by to continue the conversation! Best wishes! @ Chris Brogan – Thanks for the kind words with respect to my response.

I agree 100% that if you’re a marketer your aim should be to build the community; it’s definitely of my primary reasons for blogging. I don’t know that the hard part is necessarily being ‘out there’ and attempting to start conversations (though it is for some), but perhaps the hard part is actually creating the content that actually entices a response.

You provide some interesting perspective with respect to getting outside of the echo chamber, and I agree to an extent. I’d still argue that in discovering something new you still need to be able to articulate that to your community in a way that provides value to their lives.

Also, coming up with something new consistently, therein lies the challenge in my opinion.

Thanks for the link. With my affliction for shoes, that was like showing a starving person a few clips of restaurant ads.

Thanks again for inspiring the response, and thanks for stopping by to continue the conversation! Best wishes!

]]> By: Connie Bensen http://ryanstephensmarketing.com/blog/taking-your-blog-to-the-next-level/comment-page-1/#comment-448 Connie Bensen Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:56:21 +0000 http://ryanstephensmarketing.com/blog/taking-your-blog-to-the-next-level/#comment-448 Hey Ryan, Either Connie will answer :) The other Connie writes great things too. Thanks for pointing to my link. Blogging & building community are 2 different things, yet the same. Blogging can be done separately. Adding the community building is taking it up many steps. It's maybe like marketing - do you broadcast? or interact. Hey Ryan,
Either Connie will answer :)
The other Connie writes great things too.

Thanks for pointing to my link. Blogging & building community are 2 different things, yet the same. Blogging can be done separately. Adding the community building is taking it up many steps. It’s maybe like marketing – do you broadcast? or interact.

]]> By: Connie Reece http://ryanstephensmarketing.com/blog/taking-your-blog-to-the-next-level/comment-page-1/#comment-444 Connie Reece Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:40:23 +0000 http://ryanstephensmarketing.com/blog/taking-your-blog-to-the-next-level/#comment-444 Very nice post, Ryan. I have to point out that you credited me with Connie Bensen's post, Extending Your Personal Reach. (I wish I could take credit; the "other Connie" is an awesome blogger as well as community manager.) Since you've already got my attention, though, could I point you to a post I wrote that would fit in with your content here? It's a guest post I did for Valeria Maltoni's Conversation Agent blog, and it's called "Are You Conversationally Tone-Deaf?" (posted 9-16) Good for you for recognizing that we need to get out of the echo chamber in order to be truly effective. Very nice post, Ryan. I have to point out that you credited me with Connie Bensen’s post, Extending Your Personal Reach. (I wish I could take credit; the “other Connie” is an awesome blogger as well as community manager.) Since you’ve already got my attention, though, could I point you to a post I wrote that would fit in with your content here? It’s a guest post I did for Valeria Maltoni’s Conversation Agent blog, and it’s called “Are You Conversationally Tone-Deaf?” (posted 9-16)

Good for you for recognizing that we need to get out of the echo chamber in order to be truly effective.

]]> By: Chris Brogan... http://ryanstephensmarketing.com/blog/taking-your-blog-to-the-next-level/comment-page-1/#comment-442 Chris Brogan... Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:19:14 +0000 http://ryanstephensmarketing.com/blog/taking-your-blog-to-the-next-level/#comment-442 Pimpin' ain't easy, the song goes. I think you're so right that blogging and community building are two grossly different skills. But then, if you're a marketer, wouldn't that be the goal? Make content that moves community to take action? Getting outside the echo chamber can be as easy as discovering something new that makes no direct connection to the rest of what you do. Check out http://www.sneakerplay.com . I bet you've never thought much about that. You have done some neat stuff with this response. Thanks for taking the time. Pimpin’ ain’t easy, the song goes. I think you’re so right that blogging and community building are two grossly different skills. But then, if you’re a marketer, wouldn’t that be the goal? Make content that moves community to take action?

Getting outside the echo chamber can be as easy as discovering something new that makes no direct connection to the rest of what you do.

Check out http://www.sneakerplay.com . I bet you’ve never thought much about that.

You have done some neat stuff with this response. Thanks for taking the time.

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