The (continuing) power of online comunities
I’ve recently had the need to seek advice from a couple of the more popular online communities. I dropped by the QuickBooks community to ask a question about using QuickBooks template features. A forum moderator stepped up and saved the time and dime of calling tech support.
I then hopped over to Craigs List to find out if anyone knew where we could plan a Birthday Party at a local movie theatre.
Key was response time in both instances. The info delivered was right on-target and the people were friendly. Both exchanges worked without a hitch- if I can only remember passwords now! No Spam either!
These exchanges both left a smile on my face and took me back to earlier days of online communities. For the first time, I also thought about upgrading Quicken!
Pinging with a Twist
I read over on Business Blog Consulting about new pinging service FeedShot. Actually, FeedShot not only pings but registers your feed with blog engines as well. This answers my question about whether I need to register blogs with each service separately if I’m going to ping them anyway.
Looks like I’ll continue to use Robin Good’s RSSTop55 list as I register with individual services and directories.