Gavin Heatons last blog post..A Man’s Got to Do What a Man’s Got to Do

I liked reading CK’s story of the name of her blog. Would be fun to know the stories behind the blog titles. “Diva Marketing” began life as a column I wrote for an online pub; the pub closed its doors. I was looking for a new “home” for the column and thought it would be a fun title for the blog. Turned out to be a good tactic and has helped build a sort of ‘blog brand.’

And a new segment airs on Tuesday, keep your eyes on Daily Fix for launch (woo-hoo!)

Phone #: I had a number and then a few people abused it (I do not believe these were from the marketing community). But to get some phone calls from some weirdos wasn’t worth it. We women have enough to deal with ;-).

Ads: I don’t place ads on my blog nor do I blog about my clients. It’s a personal decision. I do have info. on how to hire me/etc. accessible from my sidebar.

Seth Godin is not the only A-Lister that I don’t have on my blogroll. I change and update my blogroll a good bit as I learn of new, great blogs. It’s a big ’sphere and I really want to introduce readers to other blogs they may not have heard of.

I want to thank you again for the work you put into this. To be honest, I’m just thankful that readers invest time into what I have to say…and that they teach me so much.

That book club is/was a great idea. I just wasn’t able to commit the time to being so involved. Perhaps someday.

Thanks for stopping by. This analysis did take some time, but it was fun.

http://moblogsmoproblems.blogspot.com/2006/04/viral-gardens-top-25-marketing-blogs.html

“I added this nifty Firefox extension that gives a blog’s Alexa ranking and Google PageRank when you visit, and I thought it would be fun to do a Top 20 ranking of the marketing blogs, a la the AP Top 25. The rankings are according to Alexa, and basically if I think your blog either focuses mainly on marketing, or marketing is at least half the content, then I added you(and the content couldn’t be all news-related, like Marketing Vox). Certain judgment calls had to be made, like including Creating Passionate Users and What’s Next, and not including Micro Persuasion and AdRants.”

Also, my blog is on Typepad, not Wordpress. Just FYI.

Nope, I’m not an author…but I sure put a lot of work into creating and hosting a book club. No worries, I do it because I love it–and I do it for the community that I so love learning with and from. In a way I consider a lot of bloggers as authors being they put so many hours into publishing thought leadership on their blogs…and they do it for free.

Dan: I believe that Mack uses “Alexa” to measure the rankings. Honestly, rankings are different according to different systems (e.g. technorati).

All that said, and I say this a lot, it’s the relationships–not the rankings–that matter. I’ve been so fortunate through my travels and others coming to NYC to meet up with so many fine colleagues and friends. That’s where the value is.

Thanks again Jim, I know the analysis took a good bit of time. You rock!

How did they get to be the top 25?

Just curious!
Doug