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Quoted in The New York Times - The Power of Blogging

Started by Benjamin Yoskovitz · 10 months ago

At this point, you really can’t question the power of blogging. It works. There are examples of blogging working across different industries, for different reasons. It’s great for customer service. It’s great for building up a following (that you can then ... Continue reading »

20 comments

  • Andy Strote

    11 months ago

    Does your hat fit your head anymore? ;-). Very nice being quoted in the NY Times. Time to hit the speaking circuit.
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  • Tanguy

    11 months ago

    Interesting article, great resource. See that it is interesting antiquités objets d'art
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  • Melanie

    11 months ago

    There is a lot of power in the blogosphere. We get a lot of hits from search results because the search engines love us and we can pretty much push ideas around. Look at Ron Paul for instance. I personally don't share his beliefs, but this shows what a few people can do.
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  • zaggededge

    11 months ago

    Hey congrats! Love your blog
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  • Jacqulyn Richey in Las Vegas

    11 months ago

    That's a nice feather in your cap. Did the article in the NY times help drive any additional traffic to your site?
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  • Terry Starbucker

    11 months ago

    Ben, you are the man! Getting quoted in the NYT is a big deal. Big. Congrats. Hope all is well and take care.

    Regards,
    Terry
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  • John Gillett

    11 months ago

    Very interesting that NY Times is quoting bloggers...perhaps the highest form of journalistic flattery?
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  • Barry Wheeler

    11 months ago

    I find it flattering when I have reporters calling up asking to speak to anyone from my team that runs my websites. They refuse to realize that blogging is very mainstream and that lots of people read because they are interested in the topics being discussed.
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  • Raj Krishnaswamy

    11 months ago

    Great topic. Read the article and could not agree more. This is so true of entrepreneurs both on line and offline. I know this from first hand experience. And I agree that when starting and operating a small business, all your energies are spent in taking care of the business and you seldom think about your own retirement and mortality. Running a business is like running a marathon; you cannot be thinking about lunch when you should be concentrating on running. But then again, lunch time will soon come just like retirement age will soon dawn. This article does give food for thought. Thank you for increasing the awareness.
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  • Mehdi Akiki

    11 months ago

    Nicely done Ben. I just started blogging and I am already learning many lessons on how to build a reputation in my field, Telemedicine.
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  • Bonnie

    11 months ago

    Sorry Ben, didn't see your handle comment - sure does help to have good anchor text but I understand. Good going on the write up!
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  • Julie Waldman

    11 months ago

    Congrats. I would love to get quoted by the NYTimes and drive traffic to my blog. How did you do it?

    Julie
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  • jeflin

    11 months ago

    Congrats, this is definitely a milestone in your blogging career. Next on, you may want to publishing a novel? :)
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  • Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo

    11 months ago

    I agree with Andy in #4 comment. Definitely a nice spot to be mentioned in the NYT. Speaking in public is the next step :)
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  • Laan

    11 months ago

    Sad you didn't get an active link from NY times. I guess it would have done wonders to your rankings to get a link from such a respected site as NY times.

    Congratulations anyway though.
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  • Ben Yoskovitz

    11 months ago

    @Andy: I had a big head already ... hats rarely fit well. *smile*

    @Julie: I didn't do anything specific to get quoted in the NYT, I didn't even know it happened until someone pointed it out, so the reporter didn't reach out to me first. My guess is that he was searching online for some specific things, and some of my blog posts popped up. The post was from 2007, which goes to show you that your old content can still prove relevant and valuable in the long term.

    @jeflin: No time for a novel at this point ... who knows in the future!
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  • Tom Sawyer

    10 months ago

    If you didn't think you made it before, you should now. I hope you have more fame coming, but you already got 15 minutes in one of the biggest papers in the world.
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  • Dr. Peter Sinaiko

    10 months ago

    debating on blogging for patients. I don't think it would be too hard to provide health related info...just not sure yet.
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  • Beverly London

    8 months ago

    Wow! Congratulations! I surely would want to be acknowledged too. Being a blogger for almost a year now, my post are usually from my essay and poem personal collection. I value my writings so much and I love to share it to the public. Keep on providing good blogs!:)
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  • Jonas

    1 week ago

    Sad you didn't get an active link from NY times. I guess it would have done wonders to your rankings to get a link from such a respected site as NY times.
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