1 User to 1,000,000 Users with Kevin Rose
Commanding Influence: Build A Strong Online Presence
Kevin Rose is the founder of Digg, the popular social bookmarking site. He’s developed Digg into an incredibly popular online service and he’s created a tremendous fortune by doing it. When it comes to site development, usability, and marketing, this man knows what he is talking about because he has done it.
Although this video is focused on developers building online applications and attracting millions of users, the advice is so incredibly practical to bloggers that I feel compelled to share it on here. Why not strive to take your blog from 1 reader to 1,000,000 readers? I am.
If you’re reading this by RSS, you’ll have to stop by the site to check out this awesome video with Kevin Rose. I promise that you won’t regret it.
Nicholas Cardot
Nick uses his blog Site Sketch 101 to express his passion for helping bloggers and webmasters connect with real people through brilliant designs, unique content, and genuine creativity. Nicholas Cardot has 200 post(s) at Site Sketch 101
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Eric Bannatyne said:
There are some very good ideas in this video. Thanks for sharing!
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Eric Bannatyne –> You’re welcome. I just know how many good things I learned from it and I figured that I could share that knowledge with all of my readers.
Senthil Ramesh said:
Thanks for the post. I liked the video.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Senthil Ramesh –> You’re welcome. I’m glad you liked it.
Randall G. Leighton said:
Thanks for sharing that video. Very interesting, indeed. The use of ratings systems, having different levels of users and leaderboards (like the one 2 inches from my cursor) to create involvement are noteworthy and definitely applicable to blogging.
But, first things first. Right now I’m going to head over to elegantthemes.com and see how to get the thumbnail images to show up on my blog. Ya gotta have priorities. Thanks again for that video.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Randall G. Leighton –> If you need help with that, let me know. I’ve helped a couple of friends of mine track down the issues and get the thumbnails working on their templates and I would be glad to help you do the same.
Greg Ellison said:
This was a great video I saw this somewhere else posted. It has a lot of information that bring over to the blog world. Greg Ellison
Nicholas Cardot said:
Greg Ellison –> I agree. It’s not even about blogging at all and yet so much of it can be directly applied to blogging.
ZXT said:
Okay I don’t have 30 mins right now but I’ll check this video later.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
ZXT –> I hope that you do. It’s really worth the time to watch it. There’s a lot of very valuable information in there.
Gabe | freebloghelp.com said:
When Kevin speaks, people listen. Some really great tips for blogging on that list.
But I’m also working on a web app and all ten of his tips applies!
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Gabe | freebloghelp.com –> I’m excited to see what web app you are working on. I hope that you’ll stop by and let me know about it when you are ready to launch your application. I’d love to see it.
Dan “Diggler” Proczko said:
Really Kevin’s presentation was an overview of Game Theory! I remember my “Technology and Play” class at the University of Illinois-UC and the part I loved most was “EGO”. If the user of your product, site, or “game”, doesn’t get some sort of value or feeling of increased self-worth they won’t use it!
Nicholas Cardot said:
Dan “Diggler” Proczko –> You went to University of Illinois? That’s awesome. I’m actually from Amboy, IL just south of Rockford.
Ron Boracay said:
Great video and insights. I know, someday, somehow, I can do better.
Nicholas Cardot said:
Ron Boracay –> Remember that it doesn’t just happen. You have to put these principles to work. It takes hard work and smart planning.
Teen Blogger said:
Interesting video.
Learned a few things. Was a long video,but worth it.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Teen Blogger –> It is long, but I’m glad that you agree that it is well worth it.