Thinking aloud » power of blogging http://www.yobyot.com You know you heard it here first Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:26:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2006-2007 editor@yobyot.com (Thinking aloud) editor@yobyot.com (Thinking aloud) 1440 http://www.alexneihaus.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Thinking aloud http://www.yobyot.com 144 144 You know you heard it here first Thinking aloud Thinking aloud editor@yobyot.com no no TIAA-CREF to Alex: we’re reading your blog about us http://www.yobyot.com/general-musings/tiaa-cref-to-alex-were-re-reading-the-letter-you-sent-us-on-saturday/2008/02/04/ http://www.yobyot.com/general-musings/tiaa-cref-to-alex-were-re-reading-the-letter-you-sent-us-on-saturday/2008/02/04/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:12:36 +0000 Alex Neihaus http://www.alexneihaus.com/general-musings/tiaa-cref-to-alex-were-re-reading-the-letter-you-sent-us-on-saturday/2008/02/04/ Have you ever wondered if your blog reaches the people you hope it will? People beyond the immediate friends, family and business acquaintances that you are primarily blogging for? Have you heard people say that blogging is a flash in the pan…something that influences nobody…that has no impact? Are you one of my former blogging clients wondering why you should continue doing this now that our consulting engagement is over?

Well, check out this case study.

On Saturday, I blasted TIAA-CREF. Today, they’re all over this blog. And I’ve got the stats to prove it.

Here’s a a screen grab of activity from today (Monday, 2/4) from Clicky.  Almost an hour from a single IP address! (This may represent several users as I presume TIAA-CREF has routers and firewalls that share their public IPs.) And, there are multiple visits from multiple TIAA-CREF IPs that add up to more 90 minutes of time on this blog. That’s a long time for visitors to spend on a blog, even in aggregate.

tiaa-cref visits to alexneihaus.com

Wonder who is at this IP address?

tiaa-cref ip address visting alex neihaus.com 

Yup, it’s proof positive of the power of blogging. Was it more forceful to blog about the Orwellian language in the price increase letter or should I have talked to a customer service representative by phone? Which do you think got more attention?

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