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Review of Matt Loede
June 24, 2009
Living in Boston, I always struggle finding breaking
news about the Bengals without the name Chad Johnson (i
mean Ocho Cinco). Bengals Gab is great for headlines
and Matt is the most frequent poster. However, I would
love to get more than just headlines and hear more
analysis from him.
Review of Leo Babauta
June 15, 2009
I am a bit surprised at the meteoric rise of Leo
Babauta. Apparently, he started his blog a year ago
and it is now in the Technorati 100. This is certainly
impressive but I don't find any of his ideas to be that
earth shattering. He recites a lot of the easy ways to
increase productivity but what I respect so much about
Tim Ferriss is that Ferriss is constantly throwing
himself into interesting life experiments. This is just
not the case with Babauta. I expected Zen Habit to lay
out a novel framework for enhancing productivity and
happiness but this is just not the case. I love
productivity blogs so I will continue reading Leo and
hope to change my opinion.
Review of Michael Arrington
June 08, 2009
On the surface, Michael Arrington has one of the most
enviable jobs in the world. He runs the largest tech
blog with millions of readers every day and is privy to
every new Internet or technology release. However, a
few incidents last year highlighted the negatives of
his job. Apparently, he has received numerous threats
before and there was an incident with a woman spitting
on him a conference.
I gained a lot of respect for the way that Michael
handled these events and I think the time he took away
from Techcrunch allowed him to come back with a renewed
zeal for his work. Some might call him arrogant (and
perhaps its true) but he has set the tone for
Techcrunch and made them one of the largest blogs in
the world.
Review of Matthew King
June 01, 2009
I used to live in Boston and never went to Dorcester
(probably because I had heard that it was dirty and had
nothing work seeing). However, I realize now the error
in my ways after reading this fantastic blog.
The Dot Matrix is a cool blend of local history and
local pride that you don't see today. People are so
transient nowadays that its hard for us to develop any
real attachment with a particular place. I love how the
author refutes Boston resident's elitist notions toward
Dorcester without flinching. He is truly proud in the
Dot
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Review of Josh Gans
May 27, 2009
One of our new users Adam P told me about Josh Gans's
sports blog. I got a chance to check it out and was
pretty impressed though not for reasons that Adam
brought up in his review. In particular, I liked the
discussion that Josh has on steroids in baseball and
the lively discussion that it generated.
I think this is a great blog for any avid Boston
sports fan. I don't follow the Red Sox (being a
Cincinnati Reds fan) but for BoSox fans, this is a good
addition to your daily read.
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Review of Tim Jahn
May 13, 2009
Tim's blog layout is stunning and his content is
equally compelling. Jahn asks rhetorical questions to
challenge readers to become better marketers. Jahn (and
Danny Brown who sometimes employs the same strategy)
are on to something. Readers are constantly on the go
and don't have time to digest full length blog posts
anymore. These short but challenging snippets are the
perfect fusion between a full-length blog post and a
Tweet. This may just be the future of blogging and it
is exciting to read cutting-edge authors like Jahn who
are blazing a new trail in blogging.
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Review of Danny Brown
May 06, 2009
Danny has a much different style than many PR and
social media bloggers. He asks deep and interesting
questions rather than spoon-feeding reader with advice
and his experiences. More often than not, Danny's post
will have a challenge to think about what type of
marketer you are, when should you quit, and even what
is a hero. This strategy wouldn't work for most
bloggers but Danny is fortunate enough to have a very
strong community which immediately chimes in. Danny
does an excellent job of fostering debate by responding
to the comments very quickly.
Overall, a cool experiment in blogging and its been
fun participating in it.
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Review of Maria Reyes-McDavis
April 29, 2009
Maria writes some excellent post on Twitter, a service
where my expertise is really limited. In particular, I
struggle with using Twitter to cultivate relationships
with authors that I read or people that I admire. Maria
has a great examples of how you can use Twitter as a
networking tool here:
http://www.mariareyesmcdavis.com/social-marketing-with-
impact-tweets-for-2009-04-26/
Another good post dealt with whether following too
many people should be considered spam. One area that I
would like her to tackle is what is the optimal number
of people one should follow. Obviously, the answer
would depend on how deeply you engage with the service,
but I think anyone who follows thousands of people
can't possibly be actively participating in those
conversations.
Review of Adrian Grabicki
April 24, 2009
Adrian is lucky enough to spend the early spring months
in Saudi Arabia where the temperature is warm (unlike
Boston where its April and still freezing). He writes
about the cultural differences of living in Saudi
Arabia, a country where women dress extremely
conservatively and alcohol is not served. Luckily, you
can follow Adrian as he travels throughout the Middle
East and recounts his adventures(my favorite Beirut).
The Middle East was never high on my list of travel
destinations but after reading Adrian's blog I am
almost ready to buy my ticket to Beirut.
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Review of Bob Gilbreath
April 23, 2009
There are a number of marketing blogs on the Internet
written by those without any formal training in
marketing. Gilbreath is completely different. As a
former brand manager for P&G (a company with a history
of training innovative minds), Gilbreath has the
experience to be taken very seriously. One thing that I
really enjoy about his writing is that it is clear that
he breathes and lives marketing. He is constantly on
the lookout for good marketing techniques whether he is
at the airport or exploring Twitter. Also, there is an
experimental element to his blog. I love the post when
he actually uses the "Featured Users" section on
Twitter as an attempt to determine whether it is a
cost-effective way of generating followers. Most
marketing blogs give broad advice but real marketing is
about quantifiably showing how the tactics you use help
you reach customers more and increase the likelihood
they will make a purchasing decision. Gilbreath always
seems to keep this in mind even when discussing
services like Twitter.
