June 20, 2007 20 Comments

39000 Comments

Last night I met Liz Strauss, a true rockstar blogger from Chicago. (Mind you, last night I met a million amazing people including Wendy Piersall and a bunch of twitterers, etc). But I want this post to point out one thing.

39,000 comments.

That was how Liz described her blog. She didn’t tell me anything before she told me that she had 39,000 (closer to 40K) comments.

THAT is how New Media should view itself, as a conversation engine. That’s how I’m going to proceed here at [chrisbrogan.com].

Please, if you haven’t yet done so, SUBSCRIBE FOR FREE to my blog, and let’s have some conversations.

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

    Now Chris, it was a response. You passed a hello on from someone who comes by my blog. I told you about the people first.

    But you’re right. It is about the conversation. Heck, without that, this might as well be paper.

    You knew you’d get me over here talking. :)

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

    Now Chris, it was a response. You passed a hello on from someone who comes by my blog. I told you about the people first.

    But you’re right. It is about the conversation. Heck, without that, this might as well be paper.

    You knew you’d get me over here talking. :)

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

    Now Chris, it was a response. You passed a hello on from someone who comes by my blog. I told you about the people first.

    But you’re right. It is about the conversation. Heck, without that, this might as well be paper.

    You knew you’d get me over here talking. :)

  • http://www.chrisbrogan.com chrisbrogan

    Hey Liz- Becky McCray (http://smallbizsurvival.com) was your fan. She got me jazzed, and all your projects have me hooked. I’m a fan, too.

  • http://www.chrisbrogan.com chrisbrogan

    Hey Liz- Becky McCray (http://smallbizsurvival.com) was your fan. She got me jazzed, and all your projects have me hooked. I’m a fan, too.

  • http://www.chrisbrogan.com chrisbrogan

    Hey Liz- Becky McCray (http://smallbizsurvival.com) was your fan. She got me jazzed, and all your projects have me hooked. I’m a fan, too.

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

    Hey Chris, we need to talk about this new media phenomena . . . fan-to-fan conversation. :)

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

    Hey Chris, we need to talk about this new media phenomena . . . fan-to-fan conversation. :)

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

    Hey Chris, we need to talk about this new media phenomena . . . fan-to-fan conversation. :)

  • http://www.chrisbrogan.com chrisbrogan

    Hi Liz- The excitement becomes that with a more and more activated base, we can do more things with this energy and momentum. It’s exciting. Thanks for turning me on to engaging more in the comments.

  • http://www.chrisbrogan.com chrisbrogan

    Hi Liz- The excitement becomes that with a more and more activated base, we can do more things with this energy and momentum. It’s exciting. Thanks for turning me on to engaging more in the comments.

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

    Heck, Chris, all of the fun is in the comment box!

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

    Heck, Chris, all of the fun is in the comment box!

  • http://makeitgreat.typepad.com Phil Gerbyshak

    Chris – you definitely profiled a superstar conversationalist in Liz. 39k in a VERY short period of time. You and Liz should collaborate. I’m seeing VERY great things for the two of you!

  • http://makeitgreat.typepad.com Phil Gerbyshak

    Chris – you definitely profiled a superstar conversationalist in Liz. 39k in a VERY short period of time. You and Liz should collaborate. I’m seeing VERY great things for the two of you!

  • http://makeitgreat.typepad.com Phil Gerbyshak

    Chris – you definitely profiled a superstar conversationalist in Liz. 39k in a VERY short period of time. You and Liz should collaborate. I’m seeing VERY great things for the two of you!

  • http://ideamatt.blogspot.com/ Matthew Cornell

    Wow!

  • http://ideamatt.blogspot.com/ Matthew Cornell

    Wow!

  • http://ideamatt.blogspot.com/ Matthew Cornell

    Wow!

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    Chris,
    The number sounds impressive. But even in the matter of years, is it possible to maintain the conversation with that many people? Even if we assume that many are returning commentors.