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Thinking (Blogging) Out Loud

February 27th
2008

Quick post because I’m thinking about this right now. It’s no secret that a community (network) is forming around Blake Makes. Last Monday, we had 32 Sooper Heroes. Today, we have over 100 (and getting 5-10 news sign-ups a day).

Oh, and we’re building out the Soopz social network site (think of it as Myspace or Facebook, but only for Sooper Hereos - aka You Guys!). We’re about 60% complete, and I’ll launch it as soon as it’s ready. Stay tuned!

As much as I am enjoying exploring the possibilities for my own use, I want to explore the possibilities of helping all of you (my beloved readers) grow your own blogs and networks. I’m a pro when it comes to social neworking, and everyday I’m exploring new networks that [a] can benefit me, and [b] can benefit you (and your blog).

Two social networks I’m looking at now:

  1. Sk-rt
  2. Blogged

We can use these networks (and there are tons more like them) to grow our communities. I can show you how, and we can help each other.

I know this may seem a little vague/confusing, but it will all make sense in the coming weeks. I think I’m going to introduce social networks to the community (all of you) with instructions on how to use them. Then, for every person that takes an action to help Blake Makes, I will take an action to help their site.

What does “take an action” mean?

Most social networks are built around a ratings system. The more people that rate or review a site within the social network, the more prominence that site receives in the social network. The more prominence given to a site, the more people will see it and ultimately click to visit the site.

It’s a beautiful circle. You help promote my site in them, and I help promote yours. I will give you prominence on my site (hopefully you’ll reciprocate), so the more traffic I get, the more traffic you get.

Make sense? If not, it will. Stay tuned. bk

p.s. I’m having a meeting today with someone who can possibly get PBDDL onto grocery shelves, or at the very least, help me produce a product that I can sell online.

13 Responses to “Thinking (Blogging) Out Loud”

  • I’m in! I’d love to hear more about what you have in mind!
    And good luck with your meeting! I hope bit things happen for you!

    Posted by Joy the Baker on February 27th, 2008 at 11:40 am

  • You’ve got my attention too. Good luck with your meeting! Can’t wait to hear all about it.

    Posted by laurie on February 27th, 2008 at 11:55 am

  • Good luck with your meeting today! I can’t wait to hear more about both!

    Posted by April on February 27th, 2008 at 12:01 pm

  • I’m intrigued too! Good luck at your meeting

    Posted by Nikki on February 27th, 2008 at 1:27 pm

  • Oh, it makes sense, all right! Keep on thinking out loud. I consider myself fairly ’social network savvy’ and I’d never heard of the two you mentioned.

    There is much to be learned!

    Posted by missbhavens on February 27th, 2008 at 2:37 pm

  • I’m so in! And if you need to show whoever your presenting the proof that your product is in demand just bring up your website and show them the responses you received within seconds of posting :)

    Posted by Danielle on February 27th, 2008 at 8:02 pm

  • This comes at a good time for me. I was recently approached by an advertising company. One of their clients wanted to advertise on my site. We did a trial run. They said that while my quality was good I did not have enough traffic yet. Disappointing…

    Posted by Becca Porter on February 27th, 2008 at 8:04 pm

  • So, I get too excited and can never wait… So, I checked out the two sites you listed and I like the Blogged one best. :) I joined and rated you already. Probably premature, but fun! If you go with a different one, that’s fine because I’ll join that one too! lol

    Posted by NikkiG on February 27th, 2008 at 8:41 pm

  • Count me in, too. I would love to promote Blakemakes as well as the other SooperHero blogs.

    Good luck on getting PBDDL into the stores. I’d buy it!

    Posted by GumbeauxGal on February 27th, 2008 at 10:35 pm

  • Ok…so I have a tiny connection and definite experience in the grocery industry. Feel free to drop me a note and I’d be happy to share a some insight with you.

    Posted by Geggie on February 28th, 2008 at 8:14 am

  • Snooped around Blogged and sk*rt and have to chime in with a vote for Blogged. Better interface. Just plain better.

    You may also want to take a look at Ning (which I actually don’t love but it’s easy to customize and zillions of people use it already) and Netvibes to create interactive social networks. Netvibes is basically just a feed aggregator but you can personalize it and create “universes” and “ecosystems” with it.

    Just my two cents. Or three.

    Posted by missbhavens on February 28th, 2008 at 4:51 pm

  • how exciting, i hope your meeting went well!

    Posted by Jaime on February 28th, 2008 at 11:24 pm

  • Hope everything went smoothly with the meeting and you left happy and excited! I am a fan of blogged. Just thought I’d share that with you :O)

    Posted by Tasha on February 29th, 2008 at 8:16 am

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