Video blogger extraordinaire Steve Garfield, whom I ran into last night at a meetup of the Web Innovators Group, has a saying that I realy like: “I subscribe to people.”
And I’d suspect that most of us would say the same. While the blogs I read and podcasts I listen to need to offer compelling content on some level for me to say interested, what also ensures that I keep reading and listening are the people behind that content. As you get to know the content producers as people — either through the tidbits about their lives, interests, and passions that are revealed to their audience along on the way, or the personal relationships you develop with them on your own — you can’t help but want to read about and listen to those passions day after day, week after week.
So which people do you subscribe to?
Here are just a few on my list:
And yes, I subscribe to Steve, too.
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6 Responses
Chris Brogan...
31|Jan|2007 1Thanks, Bryan. I believe in you. I see you as the friendly face to new people entering this new world.
I’m happy to know you.
Jameson Bull
31|Jan|2007 2I love that line a lot! It really sums up why i subscribe to all the blogs/podcasts/videos that i do. i really like hearing from the people behind the feeds. There are a million technology/pr/media/triathlon/running… etc podcasts out there. I choose to listen to the ones that I do because of the people behind them, not necessarily just the content they create.
steve garfield
31|Jan|2007 3Thanks! Last night was fun getting together in real life!
Bryan
31|Jan|2007 4Agreed, Steve. Thanks, Chris. Right on, Jameson. There’s so much potentially good content out there. When all is said and done, I tend to read and listen to content from people that I like and respect and have gotten to know. It’s only natural.
Mitch Joel
01|Feb|2007 5Subscribing to people is a two-way street. Bryper, this is an interesting post and it really has got me thinking. You’re right, I do subscribe to people as well. We’ll forgive not great Blog postings or Podcasts that aren’t all stellar because we believe in the person creating the content.
Thanks for the kind words… you know I’m reading and listening and watching yours as well.
David Jones
05|Feb|2007 6I can only imagine what it must be like to subscribe to people. I’m sure it won’t be long until you can get the RSS feed from someone’s life–The Truman Show 2.0. For now, I’m happy getting just the content people are syndicating.
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