Box Scores: Aug 3-9 – “Horrible Blog Posts and Rapping About Twitter”
Happy Monday! We’ve got a heaping pile of delicious Box Scores for you to read for breakfast this fine morning, so we hope you’re excited. We’ve got some great stuff, from horrible blog posts to rap songs about Twitter. So read up on some of the best the blogosphere had to offer last week, and don’t forget to let us know what you thought about them when you’re done. First up, the most horrible blog post ever…
-“The Most Horrible Blog Post Ever”
This post is brilliant and is a fantastic way to kick off the week for Box Scores. Coming from Michelle Russell at Copyblogger, it is neither a horrible post (obviously) nor a critique on a horrible post (somewhat surprisingly). No, Michelle simply explains that, no matter how terrible you think the blog post YOU are writing may be, it’s probably not “the most horrible blog post ever.” In her words, “…your readers aren’t looking for the “perfect” blog post. They’re looking for the blog post that’s perfect for them. Your job is to write it.” Sage wisdom from an excellent writer. Read up, get smarter…then write something.
-“Get More Twitter Followers TODAY”
In a blog post that starts off dripping with the sarcasm we’d all love to unleash upon the loathsome “get hundreds of Twitter followers in one day” spammers, Chris Brogan eventually shares some genuine, legitimate ideas for getting more followers on Twitter (though not necessarily hundreds per day). As of the week’s end, the post was one of Chris’s most popular as of late, so give it a read and let us know what you think about his post (and feel free to tell him on his own blog too, if you’d like).
This post from Narciso at Method + Moxie encourages us to find the inner kindergarten psyche which allows us to do that which truly makes us happy (often resulting in some fun and exciting creativity). He does this by listing some songs that help him tap into the impulsive kindergarten psyche that spurs his creativity along. The logic is sound, and, as he puts it, “…music has often worked in helping me step outside of myself to just enjoy the moment…which has, ultimately, given me a breather from life and some quality time with my creativity.” So…what inspires you to find your happy, inner kindergartner?
Amber Naslund over at Altitude Branding takes a closer look at why Dunbar’s Number may not be as restrictive as it implies. Rather than the 150 relationship maximum Dunbar believes humans can maintain, Amber looks at it this way: “I believe the fabric that group of 150 is dynamic. In other words, people move in and out of that circle over time. It’s an ebb and flow.” To her, this dynamic ebb and flow encourages relationship-forming and, equally as important, relationship connecting. The potential in human relationships is boundless…and that makes it quite powerful.
-“Form and Content, Not Length, Key to Online Video’s Future”
This AdAge article discusses the future of online video and criticizes the mindset that “the medium is growing up” due to an increase in longer-form (longer than 2 minute) videos. Writer Matt Wasserlauf emphasizes the quality of the videos and their entertainment value as the means to attract an audience (not necessarily the length). What do you think? Is it length that gets you to watch a video, or is it what you expect to see as entertainment that is the key factor?
-“MySpace is to Facebook as Twitter is to ______”
This insightful post from Cody Brown compares the current incantation of Twitter to MySpace in its prime. Unfortunately for Twitter, Cody’s comparison also includes why MySpace is now struggling to succeed and how Twitter could follow suit. The post is worth reading, and we’d love to know whether you feel his claims about/vision for Twitter’s future are reasonable. Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below.
-“Mistah F.A.B. – Hit Me On Twitter”
Our final post comes from our Minneapolis friend Kareem, who works for a great agency in Minneapolis called Risdall Marketing Group. Kareem recently posted the new Mistah F.A.B. song called “Hit Me On Twitter.” We’re embedding the video below, but wanted to credit Kareem for the early find. What do you think…will we see more music about Twitter in the future? Is Mistah F.A.B. simply jumping on a trend while it’s hot or is he serving as a trendsetter in the industry? Watch the video and let us know what you think.
And another week ends with a stellar selection of posts from last week in the blogosphere. We here at Deep Bench had a great week and plan to make this one even better, so we hope you plan to do the same (and hopefully this week’s Box Scores serve as a way to help you kick things off right). Let us know what you thought (or if we forgot any posts worth mentioning) by leaving a comment below, hitting us up on Twitter, or dropping us a line on our Facebook fan page.
“Happy Monday Rainbow Sky” photo by Pink Sherbet Photography.