The technology blogosphere is rife with complaints about a group of highly visible but insular “A-listers.” But none of them seem directed at Jeremiah Owyang, who is about as engaged a person as you'd ever hope to encounter. He publishes a popular, high-volume blog on social media called Web Strategy by Jeremiah; he finds time to comment on other people's blogs as well; he is ranked #1 by a landslide in Tekrati's survey of “top analyst Twitterers”; and in his day job he's an analyst for Forrester Research, advising real businesses about how to make real use of social networking technologies.
*I was a lowly 15th, even before I pretty much gave up on Twitter for the time being ... but I digress.
The center of Jeremiah's coverage seems to large enterprises using large social media services (e.g. Twitter, Facebook) for brand marketing. But he covers numerous adjacent areas as well. Jeremiah is one of the opinion leaders in social media, and deservedly so. If care about the area at all, you should at least check his blog out.
Blog name: Web Strategy by Jeremiah
URL: http://www.web-strategist.com/blog
Editor/Author: Jeremiah Owyang, an analyst at Forrester Research
Archives go back to: 2006, but another URL has archives back to 2005
Post frequency: High, and they're long -- but there's a weekly digest
Look and feel: Straightforward custom WordPress (theme customized by Jeremiah himself)
Topics: Social media, both for external and internal use; brand marketing
Strength: Comprehensive coverage of social media; focus on actual enterprise concerns
Weakness: Potentially overwhelming volume
This is part of a series highlighting blogs that may be of interest to NetworkWorld.com readers. A list of all the blogs covered may be found at the bottom of the introductory post to the series.
Curt Monash is a leading analyst of and strategic advisor to the software industry. Praised by Lawrence J. Ellison for his "unmatched insight into technology and marketplace trends," Curt was the software/services industry's #1 ranked stock analyst while at PaineWebber, Inc., where he served as a First Vice President until 1987. He subsequently co-founded Evernet, Inc., a $40 million networking systems integrator. Since 1990, he has owned and operated Monash Research, an analysis and advisory firm covering software-intensive sectors of the technology industry. In that period he also has been co-founder, president, or chairman of several other technology startups.
Curt has served as a strategic advisor to many well-known firms, including Oracle, Microsoft, SAP, AOL, CA, and Netezza. Curt earned a Ph.D. in mathematics (Game Theory) from Harvard University. He has held faculty positions in mathematics, economics and public policy at Harvard, Yale, and Suffolk universities.
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Thanks, from the "Fire Chief"
Great analysis, much appreciated review.
Yup, I know that I produce a lot of content, but believe it or not, I leave a lot of it off the blog, there's so many interesting things I want to share, I realize I've got to hold back. I'm now down to 1 blog posting a day usually, it used to be 3 a day!
Perhaps the most important question I could ask of you is: What could I improve on? I'm listening.
Well-deserved. He knows his stuff!
Jeremiah is a must-read. This is well-deserved. I've learned so much through his posts and have become a better blogger myself. He knows his stuff AND he makes you think. In this world of information overload, one has to be picky but if you have room for another blogger in your life, I'd say add Jeremiah to your blog aggregator, ASAP. Or just follow him on twitter. He tweets the important stuff and that's a time-saver for me as a follower.
Great on point review
Great review. Jeremiah deserves it. I find his blog posts very helpful - sometimes they can be long :) Though lengthy, his posts include pertinent often helpful information. Keep up the good work Jeremiah!
When people remark on the content of your blogs ...
Jeremiah,
I may well put up as much content on DBMS2 as you do on your blog. What I do differently from you is that I use short excerpts, and make the post title highly prominent in the look-and-feel. I also really emphasize the post categories as a way to navigate the clutter -- but that, too, works better if you have many post excerpts appear quickly per page.
You also don't do much in the sidebar to help people navigate your blog.
I presume you have a LOT of readers, and anything you bother posting will probably be read, happily, by many people. So throttling back your actual posting volume, if you have the time to keep going, isn't the best approach. Rather, you could look at better navigability.
Best regards,
CAM
Thanks
Wow, thank you all for the positive feedback, I'm very appreciative of readers --it's why I do this.
Curt, thanks for the feedback, I know I'm in need a of a redesign, something I'm thinking about later this year --once my heavy research is done.
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