Comments on: In Praise of Our Competitors: BlogBusinessSummit.com shows us how to do it right http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/10/in-praise-of-our-competitors-blogbusinesssummitcom-shows-us-how-to-do-it-right News, commentary, tools and tips about business blogging and the world of corporate blogs Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:26:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Steve Broback http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/10/in-praise-of-our-competitors-blogbusinesssummitcom-shows-us-how-to-do-it-right#comment-59624 Steve Broback Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:12:40 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/10/in-praise-of-our-competitors-blogbusinesssummitcom-shows-us-how-to-do-it-right.html#comment-59624 Allies-- yes!! Competitors, hmmmmm. As someone who is mainly concerned with trying to create a place where all business bloggers can converge to share best practices, I want all authors and business blogging sites to feel like the blog business summit can be home to them. That's why our book promotion is about giving the title away (vs selling it), so we can spread the word about the conference. In fact, any other business blogging authors who want to promote their book, let me know and I'll email every person who ordered ours, with any discounts or related special offers that you've got. I'm steve AT you-know-what summit.com It's true that we also do some consulting, which moves us into a mildly competitive arena with some of what this site is pursuing, but we view consulting as critical editorial development for the conferences, not so much as our core revenue generation center... Allies– yes!! Competitors, hmmmmm. As someone who is mainly concerned with trying to create a place where all business bloggers can converge to share best practices, I want all authors and business blogging sites to feel like the blog business summit can be home to them.

That’s why our book promotion is about giving the title away (vs selling it), so we can spread the word about the conference.

In fact, any other business blogging authors who want to promote their book, let me know and I’ll email every person who ordered ours, with any discounts or related special offers that you’ve got. I’m steve AT you-know-what summit.com

It’s true that we also do some consulting, which moves us into a mildly competitive arena with some of what this site is pursuing, but we view consulting as critical editorial development for the conferences, not so much as our core revenue generation center…

]]> By: Principled Profit » Andy Bourland Understands–Competitors are Allies http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/10/in-praise-of-our-competitors-blogbusinesssummitcom-shows-us-how-to-do-it-right#comment-59198 Principled Profit » Andy Bourland Understands–Competitors are Allies Sun, 29 Oct 2006 12:26:26 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/10/in-praise-of-our-competitors-blogbusinesssummitcom-shows-us-how-to-do-it-right.html#comment-59198 [...] Andrew Bourland, founder of ClickZ and a very successful entrepreneur, did a wonderful blog post on how proud he was of his competitors, and how their strategy of offering great information all year round made their expensive conference a very easy sell. So chances are good that they are one of the resources you would have turned to, along with Business Blog Consulting, for information and guidance on business blogging. You might have bookmarked us both in your list of RSS feeds you check regularly, and if you haven’t already, you should. [...] [...] Andrew Bourland, founder of ClickZ and a very successful entrepreneur, did a wonderful blog post on how proud he was of his competitors, and how their strategy of offering great information all year round made their expensive conference a very easy sell. So chances are good that they are one of the resources you would have turned to, along with Business Blog Consulting, for information and guidance on business blogging. You might have bookmarked us both in your list of RSS feeds you check regularly, and if you haven’t already, you should. [...]

]]> By: Shel Horowitz, Ethical Marketing Expert http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/10/in-praise-of-our-competitors-blogbusinesssummitcom-shows-us-how-to-do-it-right#comment-59196 Shel Horowitz, Ethical Marketing Expert Sun, 29 Oct 2006 12:16:41 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/10/in-praise-of-our-competitors-blogbusinesssummitcom-shows-us-how-to-do-it-right.html#comment-59196 Hi, Andrew, great post. One of the things I absolutely love about the blogosphere is that the assumption is networking with competitors is good for all of us. And another thing is the way it's such a powerful tool to promote products and services without overtly selling. In fact, I'm off to post an article on my blog urging people to read this post. http://www.principledprofit.com/good-business-blog/ I have been accused, perhaps, of taking it too far. In my book Principled Profit: Marketing That Puts People First, for instance--which is all about driving business success through ethics, cooperation, and building relationships with others in the same space (even competitors)--I actually list 20 other copywriters, their areas of specialization, websites, and full contact information. But in order to get listed, each of them had to show they understood the abundance game by nominating at least one other copywriter. Hasn't seemed to hurt my own copywriting practice any . Shel Horowitz http://www.principledprofit.com http://www.business-ethics-pledge.org Hi, Andrew, great post. One of the things I absolutely love about the blogosphere is that the assumption is networking with competitors is good for all of us. And another thing is the way it’s such a powerful tool to promote products and services without overtly selling.

In fact, I’m off to post an article on my blog urging people to read this post.
http://www.principledprofit.com/good-business-blog/

I have been accused, perhaps, of taking it too far. In my book Principled Profit: Marketing That Puts People First, for instance–which is all about driving business success through ethics, cooperation, and building relationships with others in the same space (even competitors)–I actually list 20 other copywriters, their areas of specialization, websites, and full contact information. But in order to get listed, each of them had to show they understood the abundance game by nominating at least one other copywriter.

Hasn’t seemed to hurt my own copywriting practice any .

Shel Horowitz
http://www.principledprofit.com
http://www.business-ethics-pledge.org

]]> By: SAID http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/10/in-praise-of-our-competitors-blogbusinesssummitcom-shows-us-how-to-do-it-right#comment-59069 SAID Sat, 28 Oct 2006 21:58:14 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/10/in-praise-of-our-competitors-blogbusinesssummitcom-shows-us-how-to-do-it-right.html#comment-59069 I have just read your review and I thank you for it, but take time to see for my home business and do a review for it too, here is the link: <a href="http://www.my-personal-portal.com" rel="nofollow">Work at home business</a> I have just read your review and I thank you for it, but take time to see for my home business and do a review for it too, here is the link:
Work at home business

]]> By: Tris Hussey http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/10/in-praise-of-our-competitors-blogbusinesssummitcom-shows-us-how-to-do-it-right#comment-58850 Tris Hussey Sat, 28 Oct 2006 05:45:26 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/10/in-praise-of-our-competitors-blogbusinesssummitcom-shows-us-how-to-do-it-right.html#comment-58850 Great insight ... but I think you confused Dave with me as a contributor to the BBS blog. Great insight … but I think you confused Dave with me as a contributor to the BBS blog.

]]> By: Dave Taylor http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/10/in-praise-of-our-competitors-blogbusinesssummitcom-shows-us-how-to-do-it-right#comment-58842 Dave Taylor Sat, 28 Oct 2006 04:47:37 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/10/in-praise-of-our-competitors-blogbusinesssummitcom-shows-us-how-to-do-it-right.html#comment-58842 Great post, and it also points out the reality that there's really plenty of space in this market for more than one savvy competitor. Dave "#6 for business blogging" T. :-) Great post, and it also points out the reality that there’s really plenty of space in this market for more than one savvy competitor.

Dave “#6 for business blogging” T. :-)

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