People who are into marketing full time are sometimes feared or dreaded because of the thought that they only consider selling to be the most important thing. That is why many people/consumers I know do not like marketers or blame them if something goes wrong in a business, like increasing music prices.

I think an effective person is one who puts focus on quality, and then along the way has the ability to get other’s attention when needed.

Also, regarding having a one-way communication with marketers [from their side], I have noticed that most big bloggers do the same once they start getting a lot of traffic. They simply post and communicate what they want, and rarely listen to other smaller bloggers.

A blogger or a marketer who is also a blogger should feel happy; they are putting focus on humans as well as selling. Otherwise, they will only be marketers who want to sell, sell and sell even more at the cost of anything that cannot be brought to court.

I hope I did not go a bit off-topic on this.

However I did try sometime and I do got response from some readers out of no where.SpeciAly when i asked what you want next on my blog.I had like 3-4 ppl coming from no where and 2 on email to tell what they liked.It worked somehow and I am still trying to get some more ideas.

@MArk: Dont chew lol This discussion is still not to its end.

In my mind it works better and for lower costs. It’s just a shame there are so few good case studies yet but they will come for sure.

In regards to this statement

With Internet Marketing the communication is mostly one-way

I couldn’t agree more. That was what I share with Darren the other day. “It’s almost impossible to have a conversation with them. Think of it as a one way traffic.” Another thing I notice, “no moolah, no JV deal, and certainly no free link.”

I might be stoned by some after this comment!

Yes, I agree the blogging and IM worlds overlap but thankfully blogs just don’t work if traditional hype-copy is used constantly.

The need for conversational-selling is crucial I believe in the web 2.0 world and Internet marketers are going to need to understand that more and more as their lists become less and less responsive to what has worked in the past.

We should chat sometime over skype – trade stories

Yaro

@Greg, “because it has always been this way” or “it should only ever be this way” are always warning signs that a new wave is coming

@Mark, I think it is two circles overlapping but there are a ton of tactics that work for either. Especially in the copywriting and usability arenas.

Which raises the real question. Which ideas work for both Internet Marketing and blogging? Which ideas work in only one context or the other?

The tension today is similar. I agree that one of the most valuable uses of blogging is to stimulate conversation. As blogging expands in popularity and use, I think we should be open-minded about how the next wave of adopters will use these tools.

Sometimes the ultimate use of an innovation is not what was originally intended.