Good Question - How's the Blog Working Out So Far?
My dad, one of the smartest people I know, asked me a good question last week. "How's the blog working out so far?"
My answer was generally "I'm not sure," but as I thought about it more, I saw "good" coming from four different categories, in order of importance to me:
Thinking: One of the best things publishing a blog has done has been to force me to spend a few minutes here and there thinking about issues I encounter in a more structured way and crystallizing my point of view on them. Invaluable, but mostly for me.
Employees: A number of my employees read it, although I'm not exactly sure who since RSS is anonymous. I know this is helpful in that some of the folks in the company who I don't speak with every day can hear more directly some of the things I'm thinking about instead of getting a filtered view from normal communication channels.
Technology: One of the main reasons I started the blog was to get more experience with blog/alert/publishing/RSS tools as I try to learn more about new technologies related to my company. This has paid off for me well so far (the technology has a long way to go!).
Business development: I have met two or three other companies who may be potential partners for Return Path through this. I also believe that the postings on industry-related topics have been helpful for both business development and PR purposes.
I promised my Dad I'd do a posting on this sometime soon...so happy Father's Day, Pops! (I also got him a real present, don't worry.)
Who got him the present?
Posted by: Michael Blumberg | June 21, 2004 at 09:54 AM
Correction -- my brother got him the present for both of us. :-)
Posted by: Matt Blumberg | June 21, 2004 at 10:03 AM
Sorry, didn't mean to be pushy, I just couldn't let you take the credit for one of the few instances in which I executed something both well and on time...:)
Posted by: Michael Blumberg | June 21, 2004 at 11:14 AM