Monday, October 20, 2008

Promote others for success

I found this article while reviewing Chris Brogan's shared items on google reader, a regular read. It looks like Chris and Louis Gray have a mutual admiration society going, that will benefit both of them. Are you promoting others?
clipped from www.louisgray.com


Making Your Blogging Much More than Just "You"

On Sunday, Chris Brogan asked an important question: "How Often Do You Promote Others?", asking how often many of us are highlighting lesser-known people, sharing their items, or promoting their work, to expand awareness. One of the people Chris gave credit to was Robert Scoble, who Chris said "points me to new stuff all the time".

It's no secret a lot of my own online activity is the result of having watched watching Scoble's efforts. It was his pushing toward Google Reader, creating a link blog, and linking out to people big and small that has guided some of my own behavior. So, as I mentioned on Chris' stream in FriendFeed, here's what I'm trying to do
clipped from www.louisgray.com

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2 comments:

Chris Brogan said...

I called it first. : )

daltonsbriefs said...

Chris, thanks for dropping into my sites when I quote you. My consulting business keeps me pretty busy and don't have the time yet to make the move to a hosted blog platform and affiliate programs and such.

I hope my little links help, I guess they all add up.