Comments on: Will 2007 see the death of blogging? http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/12/will-2007-see-the-death-of-blogging News, commentary, tools and tips about business blogging and the world of corporate blogs Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:35:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Writing Great Ezines http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/12/will-2007-see-the-death-of-blogging#comment-89173 Writing Great Ezines Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:03:51 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/12/will-2007-see-the-death-of-blogging.html#comment-89173 <strong>Blog Writing Goals for 2007...</strong> I'm a bit early on the New Year's goals thing, but I was thinking after writing a post over on Build a Better Blog about Gartner's predictions that the numbers of blogs will peak and fizzle at 100 million in... Blog Writing Goals for 2007…

I’m a bit early on the New Year’s goals thing, but I was thinking after writing a post over on Build a Better Blog about Gartner’s predictions that the numbers of blogs will peak and fizzle at 100 million in…

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Business Blog Consulting Blog asks the question: Will 2007 see the death of blogging? Originally posted by Sally Falkow of Expansion Plus on 12/18/06, The analysts at Gartner have made their predictions for 2007 and they say that blogging will…

]]> By: Blogging RIP 2007? | Strategic Business Blogging http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/12/will-2007-see-the-death-of-blogging#comment-88844 Blogging RIP 2007? | Strategic Business Blogging Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:41:16 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/12/will-2007-see-the-death-of-blogging.html#comment-88844 [...] Sally Falkow posted over at Business Blog Consulting, asking the question of whether Gartner is correct in their assertion that blogging will reach its apex in 2007, then begin to wane. [...] [...] Sally Falkow posted over at Business Blog Consulting, asking the question of whether Gartner is correct in their assertion that blogging will reach its apex in 2007, then begin to wane. [...]

]]> By: Paul Chaney http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/12/will-2007-see-the-death-of-blogging#comment-88757 Paul Chaney Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:39:19 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/12/will-2007-see-the-death-of-blogging.html#comment-88757 Gartner's prediction leaves a lot to be desired. First, how many of those 100 million are business blogs? Not the majority to be sure. Second, and I'll make a little prediction of my own based on my observations of what I've seen in the real estate industry, blogging has gone wide, but in 2007 it will go deep. I mention the real estate industry because that's where I hang my hat these days. Realtors are just now catching on to blogging, and one visit to a site like ActiveRain.com, a real estate blog network comprised of approx. 10K bloggers, is alive and kicking! These people are excited about blogging and the numbers in that network alone continue to rise. One piece of evidence is the "Five Things You Don't Know About Me" meme that recently made its way around the blogosphere. I introduced it to a well-known real estate blogger who introduced it to others in the industry and the thing went wild! You'd think they never saw anything like that before. Truth is, they probably hadn't. We've been a part of memes before. It's no big deal to us. To them, it was. That leads me to a second prediction. I believe the kinds of trends we've already seen take place in more established areas of the blogosphere (the tech industry for example) will be repeated in burgeoning industries like real estate. Those bloggers will go through the same gyrations the rest of us have already been through. That's good news for those of us who make our living doing blog consulting. We've already been where they're headed. We know where they're going and we can help them get there. My advice is look for verticals that are really just waking up to blogging (and let me throw social media in there as well) and become a fixture there. That's what my real estate blogger friend did. Mary is not a Realtor (she runs a blogging company in fact), but she has become the "high priestess" of the Active Rain network. Realtors look to her for advice on how to blog, and express their appreciation and devotion by leaving scores of comments. What Mary has done the rest of us can do, and should if we're smart. Gartner’s prediction leaves a lot to be desired. First, how many of those 100 million are business blogs? Not the majority to be sure. Second, and I’ll make a little prediction of my own based on my observations of what I’ve seen in the real estate industry, blogging has gone wide, but in 2007 it will go deep.

I mention the real estate industry because that’s where I hang my hat these days. Realtors are just now catching on to blogging, and one visit to a site like ActiveRain.com, a real estate blog network comprised of approx. 10K bloggers, is alive and kicking! These people are excited about blogging and the numbers in that network alone continue to rise.

One piece of evidence is the “Five Things You Don’t Know About Me” meme that recently made its way around the blogosphere. I introduced it to a well-known real estate blogger who introduced it to others in the industry and the thing went wild! You’d think they never saw anything like that before. Truth is, they probably hadn’t. We’ve been a part of memes before. It’s no big deal to us. To them, it was.

That leads me to a second prediction. I believe the kinds of trends we’ve already seen take place in more established areas of the blogosphere (the tech industry for example) will be repeated in burgeoning industries like real estate. Those bloggers will go through the same gyrations the rest of us have already been through.

That’s good news for those of us who make our living doing blog consulting. We’ve already been where they’re headed. We know where they’re going and we can help them get there.

My advice is look for verticals that are really just waking up to blogging (and let me throw social media in there as well) and become a fixture there. That’s what my real estate blogger friend did. Mary is not a Realtor (she runs a blogging company in fact), but she has become the “high priestess” of the Active Rain network. Realtors look to her for advice on how to blog, and express their appreciation and devotion by leaving scores of comments.

What Mary has done the rest of us can do, and should if we’re smart.

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