Comments on: What I’ve Learned From Vendor Blogging http://blog.fosketts.net/2010/01/21/lessons-learned-vendor-blogging/ Understanding the accumulation of data Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:58:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Things I Read This Week | Brent Ozar - Too Much Information http://blog.fosketts.net/2010/01/21/lessons-learned-vendor-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-14279 Things I Read This Week | Brent Ozar - Too Much Information Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:17:31 +0000 http://blog.fosketts.net/?p=2662#comment-14279 [...] Stephen Fosketts on Vendor Blogs – I work for a vendor, but I never stopped to think about whether people might consider my blog to be Quest-sponsored propaganda.  I’m pretty hardcore about transparency, and I’d never dream of being anybody’s sock puppet.  Stephen’s excellent series made me stop to think about how I portray myself and my content, and it made me realize that I have to do better.  I know I’m not misleading anybody about anything, but if a stranger walks into this blog, how do they know I’m not a typical vendor blogger?  I gotta work on that. [...] [...] Stephen Fosketts on Vendor Blogs – I work for a vendor, but I never stopped to think about whether people might consider my blog to be Quest-sponsored propaganda.  I’m pretty hardcore about transparency, and I’d never dream of being anybody’s sock puppet.  Stephen’s excellent series made me stop to think about how I portray myself and my content, and it made me realize that I have to do better.  I know I’m not misleading anybody about anything, but if a stranger walks into this blog, how do they know I’m not a typical vendor blogger?  I gotta work on that. [...]

]]> By: Joseph Martins http://blog.fosketts.net/2010/01/21/lessons-learned-vendor-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-14247 Joseph Martins Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:47:55 +0000 http://blog.fosketts.net/?p=2662#comment-14247 Bravo. I'm pleased to read that you understand there is no "us" versus "them", or "vendor" versus "end user". We're all providers and consumers to some degree.<br><br>You might recall a long and hotly debated StorageMonkeys FTC disclosure thread in which I wrote "We are all employed by vendors [of some product or service] and we're all consumers [of products and services] so let's cut the crap. At the end of the day this is not about analysts, vendors, consumers or bloggers, Tim, this is about people, trust, accountability and responsibility - and it applies equally to all of us."<br><br>I only wish more people in the blogging community understood this. Clearly they do not. Bravo. I'm pleased to read that you understand there is no “us” versus “them”, or “vendor” versus “end user”. We're all providers and consumers to some degree.

You might recall a long and hotly debated StorageMonkeys FTC disclosure thread in which I wrote “We are all employed by vendors [of some product or service] and we're all consumers [of products and services] so let's cut the crap. At the end of the day this is not about analysts, vendors, consumers or bloggers, Tim, this is about people, trust, accountability and responsibility – and it applies equally to all of us.”

I only wish more people in the blogging community understood this. Clearly they do not.

]]> By: jayfry3 http://blog.fosketts.net/2010/01/21/lessons-learned-vendor-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-14245 jayfry3 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:47:38 +0000 http://blog.fosketts.net/?p=2662#comment-14245 Good post. I'll reiterate what I said on Twitter about this: I agree that we're all selling something, but the best vendor bloggers I've read are the ones that are bloggers first and vendors second. It's not that hard (and actually quite effective) to take a step back from the hype. The best ones also acknowledge/address their vested interests directly. There are times when it's appropriate to explain something you sell in some detail, and times to actually be much more hands off about it. In my blog, I focus on the topics that I'm running across and have knowledge about in my day job, but am also trying to be pretty representative of what's going on with cloud computing and the like even if I don't agree with it. Good post. I'll reiterate what I said on Twitter about this: I agree that we're all selling something, but the best vendor bloggers I've read are the ones that are bloggers first and vendors second. It's not that hard (and actually quite effective) to take a step back from the hype. The best ones also acknowledge/address their vested interests directly. There are times when it's appropriate to explain something you sell in some detail, and times to actually be much more hands off about it. In my blog, I focus on the topics that I'm running across and have knowledge about in my day job, but am also trying to be pretty representative of what's going on with cloud computing and the like even if I don't agree with it.

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