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Things I’ve learned from blogs

February 24, 2007 in misc by JDA

Build a community.
Don’t listen to them.
You are smarter than your community.
Your community doesn’t know what they want.
It’s all about the community; give them what they want.
Use SEO.
Don’t be an SEM.
Use Digg and others for viral marketing.
Digg is gamed and pointless.
Build links.
Don’t pay for links.
Don’t be conventional.
Stick to the rules.
Paying for press is bad.
Indirectly paying for press is good.
Form relationships.
Take advantage of relationships.
Evaluate products for what’s behind them not who is.
Promote your friends products, even if they’re lame.
Start a fight to gain notoriety.
Be extremely positive about all products and people will like what you have to say.
Build a product and a business will follow.
Don’t launch without a business model.
Be concise.
Explain everything.

Or… don’t listen to anyone. With all of the people blogging you’re going to find at least one person taking nearly every position. Don’t listen, find out what works on your own.