[epub] Re: Blogs and email

[Sharon & Roy Montero <iwomen@xxxxxxxx>]

At 12:29 PM 7/24/2003, Janet Roberts wrote:

>Hey, listers, Mani is on to something here. The discussion about
>blogs possibly replacing email is becoming a hotter topic now.
>What do you all think? Will blogs replace email?

Hi Janet & List-Mates,

Nothing will ever REPLACE eMail, but many things will enhance it
and complement it, and just like the Online Forums that send eMail
notifications when there is a new post, so you can go back and
visit the Website, so too will Blogs complement our eMail, but not
ever replace it.

If people are given the choice between a Blog or eMail for
receiving their daily news and information, we believe that no one
would choose a Blog, not WITHOUT at least receiving an eMail note
saying to come visit the Blog, that is.

>I'm not ready to write off email despite the problems.

Totally agree!

>Yes, undeliverables are still higher than they should be. But in
>order to be successful a blog has to develop a wide base of people
>who will make the deliberate effort to go to the site every day or
>multiple times a day to see what's there. What is one of the
>conventional wisdoms about email and Web interaction? That an
>email newsletter will remind people to go to the site.

Truer words were never spoken, Janet.

>Personally, I don't usually go to a Web site unless I get an
>email reminding me to do it. For example, I love reading Anne
>Holland's blogs. But I don't go to the site every day unless I get
>an email reminder.

With so MANY "voices" all calling for our attention each day, this
is how it is for us as well. We belong to many Online forums, but
won't visit every one of them every day, but we will visit one as
soon as we get that "audio message" on our sound system that we
have wired throughout the house that alerts us to a new forum post.

>I guess I'm just not ready to drop email despite its problems and
>rush on to the next big thing, the way prairie farmers used to
>farm a piece of land until exhaustion and then find a new farm.

Blogs are good and can be very useful if a viable campaign can be
built around one or several, but you still need eMail to notify
folks of new messages.

Just our 2 cents' worth.

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