Sometimes I Wonder about (Business) People

Sometimes I wonder about business people…

Three times in the last two days, I’ve had leading professionals tell me they (their company) don’t have time or desire to blog. Mind you, this is NOT after a presentation on my part – just in casual, introductory conversation.

They almost seem to be laughing at the whole blogging "craze" as something that’s about to pass. Maybe it’s their Perception of Bloggers. I make a quick attempt to remind them that Blogging has Two Roles – talking and listening (writing and reading, author and audience…)

Like a doctor trying to bandage a wound, I quickly share stories about the impact that blog and feed reading has made on business, and how it provides more knowledge in less time.

If every business leader used the Search Once and Subscribe prescription and Get Started Reading Feeds, in fact – Make it a Habit – they would find that blogging and the conversations taking place is a blessing to them – not a something to whistle away as a fad.

(psst – it’s human nature that we can only listen for so long. if business leaders listen to the conversations – they’ll soon want to join in. either by comments or by publishing a blog. introduce the idea of feed reading, the blogging will sell itself)

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  • http://www.successful-blog.com Liz Strauss

    Mike,
    They sound like publishers I’ve spoken to who are defending the fact that there will always be books. I agree with them. There will always be books, but I don’t agree that there will always be giant warehouses. That’s the fact that the publishers cannot accept. I wonder if the reason is tied around fear for their jobs.
    Many business folks think blogging means they will lose control of the conversation, when the real story is that blogging is the only way that they might get some part of participation in the conversation back.

  • http://www.kylescove.com Kyle Eslick

    Couldn’t have said it better myself Liz!
    They’ll come around eventually, but will eventually be to late?

  • Mike Basten

    Hey Mike… you were right. They are going to try do the split profit with the user on google ads. Good idea!
    http://gigaom.com/
    I went to wordcamp last week too… you would have enjoyed it :)

  • http://www.converstations.com Mike Sansone

    Right Liz, TV didn’t replace radio either, radio just changed a bit. I agree that fear may be a crutch businesses lean on most -but speaking of lean….doesn’t reading feeds and blogging help towards that in the end? Interesting thought.

  • http://www.converstations.com Mike Sansone

    Hope not Kyle…especially with folks like us continuing our clarion ways.

  • http://www.customersarealways.com Maria Palma

    Mike,
    To this day my boyfriend still laughs when he hears the word “blog” – like “blah-g”. (The online world is a big mystery to him.) However, he can’t laugh too hard because that’s what I do for a living!
    Well, I guess it’s true…sometimes you can’t teach an old dog new tricks!

  • http://www.converstations.com Mike Sansone

    Maria, I can empathize…I still picture someone running through the Shire with barefeet in a Tolkien novel. But even Barefoot blogs:-)

  • Chuck Brady

    Hello Mike,
    Thank you for the note back on the 1st, sorry it has taken me a bit to respond to you. I loved this post about people thinking the “craze” is going to pass.
    It is quite comical to me hearing these things from the people I talk to as well. I am always drawn back to those who stuck to the belief the Earth was flat. In this case woe is them when business starts to go south.
    Keep up the good work,
    Chuck

  • http://www.converstations.com Mike Sansone

    Thanks Chuck. No worries on the time. We’re patient (and in Iowa). Ditto on the great work.

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