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September 12, 2007
Go around the room
Today, our feed odometer rolled over to 100,000 subscribers. Crikey! We are flabbergasted to have reached such a number.
Thank you, thank you.
As any blog proprietor will tell you, the inherent anonymity of blog subscriptions presents a fundamental challenge to understanding the makeup of one's readership.
You know about us, but we don't know much about you. It's almost like a bad date, because one of us just keeps talking and talking without asking any questions like, hmmm, your name for starters.
So enough about us already. Tell us about you. In the comments section of this post, introduce yourself and tell us:
- Who are you?
- What do you do?
- Where are you based?
- What led you to this blog?
In the process of answering those questions, feel free to link to your blog, your company, your product or your dog, if you'd like. Give yourself a shout-out.
And dinner's on us.
Update: The Feedburner odometer goes up, the Feedburner odometer goes down, sometimes by significant margins. According to our friends at Feedburner, big downward swings in numbers, like what we saw a day after our 100k, are usually due to technical problems with blog bundlers reporting their subscriber numbers to Feedburner, which aggregates the results into the odometer.
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I write about mass customization, crowdsourcing and digital manufacturing over at http://www.madeforone.com/articles/ . I don't recall where I found COTC, but it's essential reading for me.
Congrats on reaching 100k.
I'm a mortgage broker in the Kansas City metro area, an MBA student and I just started a blog (yesterday) but don't have anything really interesting on it yet...WIP.
I also help my brother market his new company,(www.made2grill.com, better than Johnsonville!!) although he doesn't often take my advice.
I see I'm not the only one, but I was put in contact with the church via bulk subscription through Google Reader and have read every post since.
Keep up the good work, Ben & Jackie. I really appreciate your posts.
Hi Ben
My name is Linda. I've been in marketing for 20 years and web development for 10. I'm at http://www.lindacaroll.com and http://www.websitejuju.com.
I can't remember where I found you, but probably at Seth's Blog.
You realize I'm going to spend an hour "meeting" your other readers now, right? :)
My name's David and I'm president of an award-winning graphic design firm. The company is based in St. Petersburg, Florida and also have an office in Bermuda. You can view our website at
http://www.cosmic-studio.com
I'm also a writer and public speaker.
I found this blog as part of a general search on Yahoo! I enjoy learning about all aspects of marketing as it helps drive our work beyond just making pretty pictures.
Thank you for your insights and congratulations on your 100K mark.
My name is Matt McKee. I am a pastor to students and children in Cincinnati, OH. I love marketing, loyal customers, and finding ways to spread word of mouth. There are so many ways that your work translates to the local church and many pastors don't get that. I blog at http://www.3cords.org/blogs/remixchildrensministry/default.aspx and you were one of the first blogs in my Google Reader because I too work with the Church of the Customer. So preach on preacher. The congregation is listening and growing.
Hey to all 100k of you.
I'm a Graphic Designer/Marketing Strategist at Hester Designs.
I'm also the face behind a blog which some of you might know (but definitely not all 100,000 of you), The Marketing Fresh Peel - http://www.freshpeel.com
I read so many blogs right now that I can't recall where I found any of them.
Hi,
My name is Jake Cook and I teach a tech marketing course at Montana State University here in Bozeman, Montana. I also own a small start-up called Sweet Onion Creations that builds architecture models using a 3D printer.-http://www.sweetonioncreations.com
I found the blog through MarketingProfs.com and used many of the postings in lectures with my class and explaining technology adoption.
Keep up the great work!
I'm Seth Miller and I work as a Digital Marketing Manager for TBS/TNT/TCM. I live and work in Atlanta, GA and my job is to increase of and users/viewers for three websites:
http://tbs.com/
http://tnt.tv/
http://tcm.com/
I think I originally came to this blog from a link from Seth Godin's blog but I could be mistaken. Whatever it was, I really enjoy the discussions about empowering fans, which is so huge a part of what we try and do as a cable network(s).
I'm also a voracious blogger with a personal blog, http://mostlymuppet.com/, a group blog I run, http://bloggingharrypotter.com/ and I'm the captain of another, http://atlanta.metblogs.com/
I use Bloglines to track your every move. I blog away at http://www.cleverthink.com
I design teapots, computer cases, and other objects for mass production. My name's Joey Roth, and your blog is one of my favorites.
Hello Everybody! I really like this blog!
I'm Paul Curello, founder of glowshot.com. We do Photo Restoration and Photo Retouching online:
Best,
Paul.
That's funny, cause I just subscribed to this blog and I have no idea who you are or what I subscribed to. Just saw an article that gave it thumbs-up so I signed up. Well, hopefully we'll both break ice today. Congrats on your 100K! That's incredible!
Dinner's on you? Chuey's here I come!!
* Who are you? I am Spike. Spike I am.
* What do you do? I am the Firestarter for Brains on Fire, THE identity company that build WOMM tools and techniques into the DNA of companies, products and services.. I play on the strategy side of the biz, but my main gig is that of new biz.
* Where are you based? Greenvegas (that's Greenville), South Cakalackie
* What led you to this blog? Fate, baby. Fate.
LOL@Spike.
I'm Lindsey from Canada, more specifically Winnipeg, Manitoba. I'm a marketing/PR person for Smartpark Research and Technology Park (www.smartpark.ca). I found out about your blog from another blog a short time ago and have been getting great little tips from it. Keep up the good work!
I'm Travis Seitler (25), part of a small team that publishes Disney comic books in the U.S. We're currently based near Baltimore, MD, but are relocating to York, PA in a few weeks.
I'm a bit of an "armchair marketer," and so many people recommend posts here so often that I had to just subscribe to your feed. Congratulations on meeting such a milestone! =D
Hi, my name is Darren. Enough with formalities, let's get straight to the heart of this thing?
1. I'm a guy
2. I live in Vancouver, Canada
3. I'm a consumer
4. I'm passionate about good service
5. I hate mosquitoes
But enough about me, here's where I really get into what makes me tick:
http://www.timinganddelivery.com
What is that? Well, it's my blog that's dedicated to customer service experiences, good or bad?
Why do I have have a blog that's related to customer service? Do I every stop asking questions? Here's your answer:
In Tipping Point terminology, I’m somewhere inbetween a Salesman and a Maven. That said, when I’m treated well, it gets noticed. If I think highly of somewhere I’ve been or the way I’ve been treated, others will know. Enter www.timinganddelivery.com
Enjoy...would love to hear you...
darren
I'm Lindy Dreyer from Washington, DC. I help associations communicate with their members, their industry and the world through great marketing. Thanks, Jackie, for attending the Bloggercon at the ASAE Annual Meeting and giving me my first glimpse of the chicken mcnuggets guys.
I'm a regular visitor/reader of your blog. It has certainly become the place for the latest worthy things. I have a local search company, http://www.inyellow.com/. One of my goals is to eventually see it reviewed/posted on techcrunch.com.
I'm a photographer.
I do portrait photography - ranging from dark/alternative to high fashion and beauty.
I live in Los Angeles.
I just signed up for the blog - I'm looking at going freelance in photography and starting my own business, and am researching all that I can about small business. I found this blog as part of a group put together by Google.
My name is Shawn Pearson and I work as the Web Marketing Manager for EBSCO Reception Room Subscription Services based out of Birmingham, AL.
Found your blog through your both your books. Which are excellent by the way! I link to your posts in my email newsletters and corporate blog at http://www.ebscoincentives.com/blog every once in a while.
Hi and congratulations with the 100K's. I'm an Icelandic self-employed graphic designer living in Reykjavik, Iceland. I may have stumbled on your blog from Seth Godin's but I can't remember.
Your blog is one of the few I subscribe to along with the likes of Seth Godin's, Guy Kawasaki's, Speak Up, A list apart and Information Aesthetics.
My own blog is at hringbrot.is, in the olde language of Icelandic.
I'm always looking for insights into marketing — and you do provide well :)
Greetings!
I am an entrepreneur from California. Your blog is one of about dozen that repeatedly escapes the axe when I attempt to reduce my subscription load... you are in good company with the likes of:
* Buddist thought of the day
* Duct tape marketing
* Spanish word of the day
* Dilbert
* Small business trends
* Lifehack.org
* The entrepreneurial mind
* ...etc...
Best,
--Brian
* Who are you?
Banker, social lending founder, and blogger http://thebankwatch.com
* What do you do?
CMO & Product at CommmunityLend
* Where are you based?
Canada
* What led you to this blog?
Your customer focus
Cool idea. I'm Ben Martin, CAE, Director of Communications & New Media with the Virginia Association of REALTORS in Richmond. I saw Jackie speak probably 5 years ago before y'all got famous and have been a watcher/subscriber ever since. And, y'all linked to me once so now you've got the golden handcuffs on me.
