Comments on: SEO and Personal Brand is not dead. If you innovate. http://technosailor.com/2008/11/11/seo-and-personal-brand-is-not-dead-if-you-innovate/ Business and Technology with Common Sense Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:20:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-alpha-19888 By: Bill Murray http://technosailor.com/2008/11/11/seo-and-personal-brand-is-not-dead-if-you-innovate/comment-page-1/#comment-45945 Bill Murray Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:13:38 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=4804#comment-45945 I liked the June blog entry you did on Doers vs. Talkers, Aaron, and realize that I've been a bit prejudiced against Talkers ("Oh, he's nothing but a talker.") when they do have something to add to the table with visionary ideas and sometimes challenging conventional thinking. With whether SEO is dead and personal brand, I work for a tech-focused PR agency, and the more I know about different components of social media and traditional PR - including brand management and organic SEO - the better I am as a counselor to my clients, many of whom have limited background in these areas. I'm sure over time SEO will evolve, just like anything else. My perspective is that organic SEO is a tool in the arsenal that I can bring forth to serve clients. I liked the June blog entry you did on Doers vs. Talkers, Aaron, and realize that I’ve been a bit prejudiced against Talkers (“Oh, he’s nothing but a talker.”) when they do have something to add to the table with visionary ideas and sometimes challenging conventional thinking.

With whether SEO is dead and personal brand, I work for a tech-focused PR agency, and the more I know about different components of social media and traditional PR – including brand management and organic SEO – the better I am as a counselor to my clients, many of whom have limited background in these areas. I’m sure over time SEO will evolve, just like anything else. My perspective is that organic SEO is a tool in the arsenal that I can bring forth to serve clients.

]]> By: Aaron Brazell http://technosailor.com/2008/11/11/seo-and-personal-brand-is-not-dead-if-you-innovate/comment-page-1/#comment-45944 Aaron Brazell Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:03:38 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=4804#comment-45944 It takes awhile for my readers to marinate on my deep thoughts. They are not impulsive. :) It takes awhile for my readers to marinate on my deep thoughts. They are not impulsive. :)

]]> By: Micah Baldwin http://technosailor.com/2008/11/11/seo-and-personal-brand-is-not-dead-if-you-innovate/comment-page-1/#comment-45943 Micah Baldwin Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:39:47 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=4804#comment-45943 Given the number of comments on Geoff's post (48) and on my post (53) versus yours (0), I would say, that you might not be correct here... :) Given the number of comments on Geoff’s post (48) and on my post (53) versus yours (0), I would say, that you might not be correct here… :)

]]> By: scott http://technosailor.com/2008/11/11/seo-and-personal-brand-is-not-dead-if-you-innovate/comment-page-1/#comment-45942 scott Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:48:56 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=4804#comment-45942 I really liked the article on doers vs. talkers. I couldn't comment on his post about it, so I figure I should comment on it here. Anyways, here's a snippet from a post I created last week, "Why Ideas are Worthless." <i>"As a VC Analyst, I hear a lot of pitches. A lot. And most people come to me with an idea–a thought–and of course, they’ve hit the honeymoon period where they think it’s the next google. Every single one of them is coming to me for one reason: money. I love it! It’s my job. And, I love entrepreneurs. The passion, the energy and the brain-power is mind-opening. However, many come for the wrong reason. The reason many want the money is so that they can test the idea. They say to themselves, “Well, it’s clearly a great idea because I think so. All I need is a programmer. And that means I need money. Let me go apply to 100 local VC’s and tell them all that my idea is the best thing ever, and that I don’t need them–I just need their money to use on a programmer.” Technical, or not, I tell them all the same thing, “Put up or shut up.” Even if it’s a poor sketch of what your product is, launch it. Just slap up a [beta] tag next to your logo as a proclamation of, “Hey, here I am. I think this could be great. It may have some kinks, but tell me what you think and we can grow from here.” At the end of the day, ideas are worthless."</i> http://scottdig.com/2008/11/06/why-ideas-are-worthless/ I really liked the article on doers vs. talkers. I couldn’t comment on his post about it, so I figure I should comment on it here. Anyways, here’s a snippet from a post I created last week, “Why Ideas are Worthless.”

“As a VC Analyst, I hear a lot of pitches. A lot.

And most people come to me with an idea–a thought–and of course, they’ve hit the honeymoon period where they think it’s the next google.

Every single one of them is coming to me for one reason: money. I love it! It’s my job. And, I love entrepreneurs. The passion, the energy and the brain-power is mind-opening.

However, many come for the wrong reason. The reason many want the money is so that they can test the idea. They say to themselves, “Well, it’s clearly a great idea because I think so. All I need is a programmer. And that means I need money. Let me go apply to 100 local VC’s and tell them all that my idea is the best thing ever, and that I don’t need them–I just need their money to use on a programmer.”

Technical, or not, I tell them all the same thing, “Put up or shut up.”

Even if it’s a poor sketch of what your product is, launch it. Just slap up a [beta] tag next to your logo as a proclamation of, “Hey, here I am. I think this could be great. It may have some kinks, but tell me what you think and we can grow from here.”

At the end of the day, ideas are worthless.”

http://scottdig.com/2008/11/06/why-ideas-are-worthless/

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