Blogging a Blog Talk at PGH Pod Camp 3
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Anyways, currently at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh watching the successful bloggers take their stage. Looks to be about eight of them. They claim to be “succesful” but I’ll be the judge of that.
I am being thanked for being here by some lad wearing a blue shirt underneath an opened button down. Have some class man. “Justin” from Something to be Desired. I desire him to get his shirt fiasco under control. He is bragging of his longevity in the medium. Six years doing an online show. Tell that to Seinfield, bucko.
What is success? Defined by goals, so I’m told. My goal- to alienate all of my readers. Check?
Here come the tidal waves of introductions. Let’s break em down.
“Rich Westerfield”(Might be wrong. I’m a terrible listener) - owns coffee and a shop that sells coffee. Coincidence? Been blogging since late 2004.
“Lunchbox w/ DJ Sorg” - Podcast owners of Wrestling Mayhem. Has 138 shows
“Father Spoon” and “Sick Puppy” - of “Should I Drink That“? Hey, quit drinking weird things. You’ll hurt yourself, eventually. They review beers from EVERYWHERE. 3k d/ls a show. Started in 2006 (May)
“Rachel Butera” - ThatNight.net. She has been blogging for six years and host us. 10k hits a month. Ya, get a life. She is also a girl, fancy that.
“DJ T and DJ G” - Don’t use real names. Mysterious and talk about music. Mysterious music. Oh and they’re gay. But not the Gay as in “Kings and Queen of Cher fan club” but the edgy opposite Gay.
“Chris” - Having problems with Technorati. Yikes. 85th most popular on the Internet, according to the broken Technorati (coincidence?). You know who doesn’t care about that? My grandma.
Rich has a small shop in Mount Lebanon that has its business bolstered thanks to amazing blog. No need for a website when you got a blog! Just blogs about the local area and Panini bread.
Rachel is talking about her comments went down when she became “famous” (bloggies, duh). Has she alienated writers now? After media whirlwind has settled down she received more comments from her usual, apparently shy, community. John and G don’t get comments BUT they get direct e-mail. Readers are comfortable just writing e-mail since their podcast is so personable.
John and G talk of their search to find gay artist to appear on their podcast. Has since changed and artist request to be on their show. You guys need an agent? I need a job.
Lunchbox talks about getting real live celebrities on their show. Something I can never imagine but I guess even famous people need places to talk to. They’ve had American Gladiators? What am I doing wrong. Oh right, not having a podcast. About wrestling.
Should I Drink This Dudes say numbers don’t mean shit there. When they get free beer, thats success. I think that’s true in any venue. Have been invited to brewery tours, contacted by brewers to talk about beer.
The one thing that ties it all together? These guys have been in the biz for YEARS. Ya that’s an “s” at the end meaning more than one cycle around the sun.
Chris Rogen has the power of mind control? When he tweets the world tweets back. He can’t read either. Is this an intervention? Now he is complaining about his poor sight. Is he a robot with fading power? It might make sense seeing how he just claimed he wanted to raise an army. “Army of bloggers and success”. He has a Dad Blog and that is something large and new for the Internet. That is also successful. Does Chris have the Midas touch? Probs.
Justin is talking about how numbers lie. Like dogs. Grumpy tired dogs. His views on YouTube seems to just click and not attach themselves to their show. No one actually participates or gets involved. The impact is not felt, but it is encouraging. Key is hooking people. Like FISH. Carpe Diem.
I’d say these are some of the most successful bloggers I’ve set eyes upon. Bottom line? Do what you do because you enjoy it. Set goals. Make friends. Don’t do it to gain fame, get money, or awards. That is all a side effect of being awesome.
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Thanks for the review, but there’s no “DJ T”, except maybe on the A-Team.
i dont really pay attention to the blogging world often in terms of.. this sort of stuff (i read blogs. i click their links. i only read personal blogs and occasionally political blogs. the end.) and i know its weird to say cuz shes like, your friend and all but i’ve always found rachel’s approach to personal blogging very interesting. mostly because she reveals so little of herself or did, until recently. which is the opposite of how i do things. im such a big ball of emotional mess haha.
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How you think when the economic crisis will end? I wish to make statistics of independent opinions!