I just bought Adam Snider a beer! He lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and I live in Minneapolis, Minnesota. But, he has a fun widget on his blog that lets you buy him a beer. Great idea - check it out!
The reason I bought Adam a beer is because it was time to highlight a subscriber and quality contributor. Us writers/bloggers/site owners can put up content and features until we’re blue in the face, but until a community of people visits and contributes, we have nothing.
Adam visits The Lonely Marketer often and contributes with insightful comments. I very much appreciate that as it’s that interaction I was after when I started this site. Thank you Ink Slinger!
I encourage other bloggers to pick out a quality contributor and highlight them and their efforts in building the community on your site. Let’s make July - Recognize a Subscriber Month!
By the way, Adam offers a variety of services such as copywriting, social media services, proofreading….
Patrick,
I love this idea. There are so many friends for whom I would buy a beer, but they live far and wide across our planet. How can I buy you a beer? Guess you’ll just have to come to the East Coast.
Thanks again for the beer and the link love, Patrick.
[…] While I personally feel that this sort of interaction and sharing of knowledge is its own benefit, sometimes more can come from it. I’m a regular reader of The Lonely Marketer, and yesterday Patrick was kind enough to buy me a beer (despite living in Minnesota), and feature me, and this blog, on the Lonely Marketer. Patrick’s blog gets a fairly high readership (quite deservedly), so his little plug will probably give my freelance work a nice boost. This is one of the ways that social media “marketing” should work. […]
Lewis,
Thanks! I thought it was time to recognize a loyal reader. As for the beer, we’ll have to work on that. It would be great to meet you in person. I make it to the east coast a few times a year so we might just be able to make that work.
No problem, Adam! Thanks for the support. This site would get pretty boring without reader participation.