Comments on: Give Away Your Best Stuff http://www.chrisbrogan.com/give-away-your-best-stuff/ Learn How Human Business Works - Beyond Social Media Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: microREVIEW: Chapter 8 of “microMARKETING” by Greg Verdino | The Crossing of Marketing and IT http://www.chrisbrogan.com/give-away-your-best-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-279870 microREVIEW: Chapter 8 of “microMARKETING” by Greg Verdino | The Crossing of Marketing and IT Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:51:17 +0000 http://grasshopperfactory.com/cbc/give-away-your-best-stuff/#comment-279870 [...] Chris Brogan is someone who also advocates “giving it away.” Despite that it might seem counterintuitive, giving away ideas, tips and tricks as well as some intellectual property actually brings back more than it’s worth. Look at the vast amount of information Chris, Seth Godin and many others give away. For their efforts they get back a tremendous amount of business, clientèle and paying readers. Greg was quite right to include such an example in his book to demonstrate the power of sharing to earn attention. [...] [...] Chris Brogan is someone who also advocates “giving it away.” Despite that it might seem counterintuitive, giving away ideas, tips and tricks as well as some intellectual property actually brings back more than it’s worth. Look at the vast amount of information Chris, Seth Godin and many others give away. For their efforts they get back a tremendous amount of business, clientèle and paying readers. Greg was quite right to include such an example in his book to demonstrate the power of sharing to earn attention. [...]

]]> By: Matthew Cornell http://www.chrisbrogan.com/give-away-your-best-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-47802 Matthew Cornell Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:37:52 +0000 http://grasshopperfactory.com/cbc/give-away-your-best-stuff/#comment-47802 Very nice - I agree. At one point I was afraid people would take something I came up with, then I moved in the opposite direction! Very nice – I agree. At one point I was afraid people would take something I came up with, then I moved in the opposite direction!

]]> By: Matthew Cornell http://www.chrisbrogan.com/give-away-your-best-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-235577 Matthew Cornell Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:37:00 +0000 http://grasshopperfactory.com/cbc/give-away-your-best-stuff/#comment-235577 Very nice - I agree. At one point I was afraid people would take something I came up with, then I moved in the opposite direction! Very nice – I agree. At one point I was afraid people would take something I came up with, then I moved in the opposite direction!

]]> By: Matthew Cornell http://www.chrisbrogan.com/give-away-your-best-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-235578 Matthew Cornell Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:37:00 +0000 http://grasshopperfactory.com/cbc/give-away-your-best-stuff/#comment-235578 Very nice - I agree. At one point I was afraid people would take something I came up with, then I moved in the opposite direction! Very nice – I agree. At one point I was afraid people would take something I came up with, then I moved in the opposite direction!

]]> By: Alex Turner http://www.chrisbrogan.com/give-away-your-best-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-41723 Alex Turner Sat, 16 Jun 2007 09:24:38 +0000 http://grasshopperfactory.com/cbc/give-away-your-best-stuff/#comment-41723 Arrrr - I meant East - not West - and there is no edit button. Hay ho - another addition to my ever growing pile of web typos :( Arrrr – I meant East – not West – and there is no edit button. Hay ho – another addition to my ever growing pile of web typos :(

]]> By: Alex Turner http://www.chrisbrogan.com/give-away-your-best-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-235575 Alex Turner Sat, 16 Jun 2007 09:24:00 +0000 http://grasshopperfactory.com/cbc/give-away-your-best-stuff/#comment-235575 Arrrr - I meant East - not West - and there is no edit button. Hay ho - another addition to my ever growing pile of web typos :( Arrrr – I meant East – not West – and there is no edit button. Hay ho – another addition to my ever growing pile of web typos :(

]]> By: Alex Turner http://www.chrisbrogan.com/give-away-your-best-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-235576 Alex Turner Sat, 16 Jun 2007 09:24:00 +0000 http://grasshopperfactory.com/cbc/give-away-your-best-stuff/#comment-235576 Arrrr - I meant East - not West - and there is no edit button. Hay ho - another addition to my ever growing pile of web typos :( Arrrr – I meant East – not West – and there is no edit button. Hay ho – another addition to my ever growing pile of web typos :(

]]> By: Alex Turner http://www.chrisbrogan.com/give-away-your-best-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-41722 Alex Turner Sat, 16 Jun 2007 09:23:02 +0000 http://grasshopperfactory.com/cbc/give-away-your-best-stuff/#comment-41722 Chirs, This is 'open source blogging'. The idea has been around in software of a very long time. Infact, it predates the 'Open Source Movement' (what ever that is). In academic software writing, quantum mechanics being where my experience comes from, it has been common practise since forever to put the source code at the back on ones thesis or to publish it. Unfortunately, over a period of time starting in the 90, an attitude that money should be made form the code rather than the people who wrote it has spread. I am not going to point any fingers, but it travelled west across the Atlantic! Slowly but surely, people in software are realising that trying to make money from the software alone is a mugs game. Some people manage, but they are the exceptions, not the rule. The real place to make money is from giving away software so that someone learns about you and then plays you to write something for them or do some other form of technical consulting. Am I correct in thinking this is much the same as you are proposing for blogging an vlogging? I hope so :) AJ Chirs,

This is ‘open source blogging’. The idea has been around in software of a very long time. Infact, it predates the ‘Open Source Movement’ (what ever that is). In academic software writing, quantum mechanics being where my experience comes from, it has been common practise since forever to put the source code at the back on ones thesis or to publish it.

Unfortunately, over a period of time starting in the 90, an attitude that money should be made form the code rather than the people who wrote it has spread. I am not going to point any fingers, but it travelled west across the Atlantic!

Slowly but surely, people in software are realising that trying to make money from the software alone is a mugs game. Some people manage, but they are the exceptions, not the rule. The real place to make money is from giving away software so that someone learns about you and then plays you to write something for them or do some other form of technical consulting.

Am I correct in thinking this is much the same as you are proposing for blogging an vlogging? I hope so :)

AJ

]]> By: Alex Turner http://www.chrisbrogan.com/give-away-your-best-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-235573 Alex Turner Sat, 16 Jun 2007 09:23:00 +0000 http://grasshopperfactory.com/cbc/give-away-your-best-stuff/#comment-235573 Chirs, This is 'open source blogging'. The idea has been around in software of a very long time. Infact, it predates the 'Open Source Movement' (what ever that is). In academic software writing, quantum mechanics being where my experience comes from, it has been common practise since forever to put the source code at the back on ones thesis or to publish it. Unfortunately, over a period of time starting in the 90, an attitude that money should be made form the code rather than the people who wrote it has spread. I am not going to point any fingers, but it travelled west across the Atlantic! Slowly but surely, people in software are realising that trying to make money from the software alone is a mugs game. Some people manage, but they are the exceptions, not the rule. The real place to make money is from giving away software so that someone learns about you and then plays you to write something for them or do some other form of technical consulting. Am I correct in thinking this is much the same as you are proposing for blogging an vlogging? I hope so :) AJ Chirs,

This is ‘open source blogging’. The idea has been around in software of a very long time. Infact, it predates the ‘Open Source Movement’ (what ever that is). In academic software writing, quantum mechanics being where my experience comes from, it has been common practise since forever to put the source code at the back on ones thesis or to publish it.

Unfortunately, over a period of time starting in the 90, an attitude that money should be made form the code rather than the people who wrote it has spread. I am not going to point any fingers, but it travelled west across the Atlantic!

Slowly but surely, people in software are realising that trying to make money from the software alone is a mugs game. Some people manage, but they are the exceptions, not the rule. The real place to make money is from giving away software so that someone learns about you and then plays you to write something for them or do some other form of technical consulting.

Am I correct in thinking this is much the same as you are proposing for blogging an vlogging? I hope so :)

AJ

]]> By: Alex Turner http://www.chrisbrogan.com/give-away-your-best-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-235574 Alex Turner Sat, 16 Jun 2007 09:23:00 +0000 http://grasshopperfactory.com/cbc/give-away-your-best-stuff/#comment-235574 Chirs, This is 'open source blogging'. The idea has been around in software of a very long time. Infact, it predates the 'Open Source Movement' (what ever that is). In academic software writing, quantum mechanics being where my experience comes from, it has been common practise since forever to put the source code at the back on ones thesis or to publish it. Unfortunately, over a period of time starting in the 90, an attitude that money should be made form the code rather than the people who wrote it has spread. I am not going to point any fingers, but it travelled west across the Atlantic! Slowly but surely, people in software are realising that trying to make money from the software alone is a mugs game. Some people manage, but they are the exceptions, not the rule. The real place to make money is from giving away software so that someone learns about you and then plays you to write something for them or do some other form of technical consulting. Am I correct in thinking this is much the same as you are proposing for blogging an vlogging? I hope so :) AJ Chirs,

This is ‘open source blogging’. The idea has been around in software of a very long time. Infact, it predates the ‘Open Source Movement’ (what ever that is). In academic software writing, quantum mechanics being where my experience comes from, it has been common practise since forever to put the source code at the back on ones thesis or to publish it.

Unfortunately, over a period of time starting in the 90, an attitude that money should be made form the code rather than the people who wrote it has spread. I am not going to point any fingers, but it travelled west across the Atlantic!

Slowly but surely, people in software are realising that trying to make money from the software alone is a mugs game. Some people manage, but they are the exceptions, not the rule. The real place to make money is from giving away software so that someone learns about you and then plays you to write something for them or do some other form of technical consulting.

Am I correct in thinking this is much the same as you are proposing for blogging an vlogging? I hope so :)

AJ

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