tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9554091.post113327492720761883..comments2023-10-12T11:32:27.836-04:00Comments on paulconley: The future of distributionUnknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07278569290198583553noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9554091.post-1133475649294819802005-12-01T17:20:00.000-05:002005-12-01T17:20:00.000-05:00Hi Sue,Thanks for the comments.I promise -- I'll t...Hi Sue,<BR/>Thanks for the comments.<BR/>I promise -- I'll try to say more about email, list fatigue, etc. soon.<BR/>And I'll promise to post something soon on community building and mash-ups too.<BR/>Thanks for the questions!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07278569290198583553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9554091.post-1133458678839988582005-12-01T12:37:00.000-05:002005-12-01T12:37:00.000-05:00I think we're a few years away from being able to ...I think we're a few years away from being able to invite readers to mash us up, mainly because our readers just aren't there yet, technologically. I'd love to invite them to do it, but it would be pretty sad if no one took me up on it, which I'm fairly sure would be the case at this point. So I end up doing some mashups of my own, just to play with our content in new ways. <BR/><BR/>Are other Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9554091.post-1133392796887132262005-11-30T18:19:00.000-05:002005-11-30T18:19:00.000-05:00Hi Anonymous,I guess I haven't written much about ...Hi Anonymous,<BR/>I guess I haven't written much about email as a distribution method. And that would certainly imply that I'm not very fond of it.<BR/>But that's not telling the whole story.<BR/>I certainly see value in email today. And I expect to see value there in the near future. But as time passes, I expect that value to decline.<BR/>There are two basic reasons for that. First, young peopleUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07278569290198583553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9554091.post-1133377574250937222005-11-30T14:06:00.000-05:002005-11-30T14:06:00.000-05:00This may be off topic, but I'm interested in your ...This may be off topic, but I'm interested in your opinion of e-mail as a distribution tool (in your blog, you discuss almost everything but). I read this article in Business Week (http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_48/b3961120.htm), which seems to sound the death knell for e-mail as a relevant tool for the dissemination of content. I'd be curious to hear your opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9554091.post-1133360059354616572005-11-30T09:14:00.000-05:002005-11-30T09:14:00.000-05:00I see both sides of the B2B community fence. When...I see both sides of the B2B community fence. When Paul and I were at About.com, developing B2B communities was difficult to say the least. They were even more difficult to monetize. I do believe that is changing. Many industries have seen communities spring up out of nowhere, obviously filling a void in the market. In the past two years, I've seen strong communities in entertainment Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9554091.post-1133298280291224642005-11-29T16:04:00.000-05:002005-11-29T16:04:00.000-05:00Hi guys,Thanks for your comments.I agree with Matt...Hi guys,<BR/>Thanks for your comments.<BR/>I agree with Matt here. I think the readers of most B2B magazines do, in fact, constitute a community. In some industries that sense of community is quite strong -- agriculture and trucking, for example. In others, the community is so very big that it may be easier to think of it as a culture -- IT, for example.<BR/>And in either case, I would argue thatUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07278569290198583553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9554091.post-1133297550329818012005-11-29T15:52:00.000-05:002005-11-29T15:52:00.000-05:00Dave - I think B2B publishing has at least as much...Dave - I think B2B publishing has at least as much to gain by taking advantage of all of this as consumer publishing. The whole premise of B2B publishing is that people need to know what's going on in their market. Don't underestimate what people will do to get ahead in their careers. The community is there. It's just underserved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9554091.post-1133290375257350932005-11-29T13:52:00.000-05:002005-11-29T13:52:00.000-05:00All well and good but I think you're missing the p...All well and good but I think you're missing the point and clumping all things web/ internet together. That's like clumping print, tv, and radio together. The key is separating content from display/distribution so you serve the content (maybe different content) in different ways to different devices through different distribution channels. In fact, that's part of what CSS and a content managementAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9554091.post-1133278504988050592005-11-29T10:35:00.000-05:002005-11-29T10:35:00.000-05:00Paul, I agree wholeheartedly about the dangers of ...Paul, I agree wholeheartedly about the dangers of focusing too much on design. While it's important, we all know that users mainly want a lightening fast site that's mostly text (with images as appropriate, depending on the audience). Google and Craig's list (even Yahoo) didn't get because of their with flashy design. And in terms of advertising, research abounds that text ads (google!) trump Dave Newcornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16220822856643605874noreply@blogger.com