"Mindy! How cool is this? I'm glad to hear things are going well for you, and let's definitely catch up. I'll send you a note separately." - John Hassell
I tend to look for bloggers and alerts on sites that I've never heard of rather than those big hitters online. I love the underdog! - Douglas Karr
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was recently reminded of the importance of doing this. I'm overcompensating a bit this weekend. - Mark Dykeman
Every day. That's 85% of what I do in Google Reader and FriendFeed by sharing and "Liking" other people's posts. That passes them to my friends and helps them out. - Robert Scoble
I do a lot of that all the time, especially finding small, new blogs and promoting them, mixing their links with the links to Big Ones, hoping this will make them see each other, so the other Big Ones start promoting those newbies. - Bora Zivkovic
Very often. Many of the posts I make here are promoting others sites and stories. Some of the blogs I follow are very niche or have small followings so hopefully they get additional traffic from their exposure here. - Jeff P. Henderson
@RobertScoble Curious, do you have time to read comments on blogs, or just the posts? Thanks. - Ed Shaz/NextInstinct
Ed: I often read the comments too and participate in them a lot, although FriendFeed is changing my behavior there. - Robert Scoble
Robert- Do you mean FF has enabled more time for more in-depth intake? I'm trying to understand how folks like you and Brogan, and... absorb the volume of info you do. Can't say more out loud. And thank You for replying -Ed - Ed Shaz/NextInstinct
Ed, I read a lot in Google Reader, which makes it hard to see comments unless I get interested enough to see what's going on and click over. FriendFeed makes it a LOT easier to post comments on posts, like what I'm doing here. - Robert Scoble
Chris Brogan asks an excellent question here. For me, blogging is about sharing great information. I always link to anything I think my readers will enjoy. I also blog about the blog I read - and recommend people like Robert Scoble, so my readers can discover new places to find great content. - Jim Connolly
I try to only link out to personal blogs when possible, end many posts with "What others are saying" like to give readers more backstory than my own - sean percival
Not so much promote, but if someone is looking for an intern, assistant, or advice of some nature and I know a friend or acquaintance (weak ties), then I will put them in touch with each other. - Phillip Jeffrey
I try to do it often, mentioning people in my posts and retweeting, linking, etc. I also maintain my blogrolls. I try to promote who I see as the "up and coming" more than the current bigwigs. I am more likely to mention Mona or Rahsheen than Scoble, for example. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
Brogan is very smart about asking, sincerely, the question "What do You think?" constantly. Beyond giving folks an open voice, with the notion they're really being heard, it encourages a mindset where linking out no longer feels like reader leakage. - Ed Shaz/NextInstinct
Aww shucks, thanks Neal :) -- I actually enjoy promoting those that deserve it. I also think promoting blogs/individuals that are not necessarily on the radar helps keep things interesting and keep us from getting trapped in a box. I'm going to avoid the buzzword here, you all know what I'm alluding to. :) - ♫ Rahsheen™
as much as I can, it's one of the key reasons we've added a range of external links to the front page. It's good form. - Duncan Riley
It's crazy when you don't sneak over to FriendFeed, and then find another whole conversation going on over here. Cool! - Chris Brogan
As often as I can, hence the constant linking, sharing Google Reader items, highlighting five new bloggers each month, and increasing guest posts. - Louis Gray
often, if it's a good read/watch/listen I'll promote it - scott
Only when someone punches through my incredibly low boredom/interest boundary layer. - Slippy Lane
Offline very much so, online not so much, I need to change that. - Ron Amundson
Sharing daily .... or more. In posts, I try to at least once or twice a month. More often than not, here on FF and Twitter. - Charlie Anzman
"Sorry for the confusion. To clarify, this is my personal blog, in which I write about a range of things but mainly about what we're up to at The Star-Ledger. I work for The Star-Ledger, and our home on the web is at NJ.com. We just debuted a new nooncast, Ledger Live, which you can find at http://www.nj.com/ledgerlive. In any case, thanks for your post about the show. We're off and running..." - John Hassell
"Hmm. Not sure what you mean, John. This is my personal blog, and if you click on the About link, it explains who I am and where I work. Sorry for any confusion, but I guess I don't understand the problem." - John Hassell
"Mathew and Rich,
Thanks for the kind early reviews. (We're big fans of Rocketboom, so that comparison made me smile.) We're going to keep plugging away at this and see where it takes us. If you have ideas to improve it, we're all ears.
Cheers,
John" - John Hassell
"Ken, thanks for the nice words. And you know, it's not everyday people say things like "I don't live anywhere near NJ, unfortunately." That you DO say this speaks highly of your character and taste." - John Hassell
"Agreed. One of the advantages we have, in this respect, is that our online company's CMS is Movable Type. So our newsroom is really just a bunch of bloggers (from a technical point of view), and when we link out, it's blog-to-blog." - John Hassell
