I don’t agree that email is out, but rather would say, we have to use and nurture it differently than in the past.

However, a strong email list is still an asset, like your website — as long as you host it on your domain.

Who owns — and most importantly has jurisdiction so to speak over — your social media profile?

The inherent benefit of email is it’s independence from any given email marketing service provider on the sender side. Maybe the Google Wave protocol will push email type communication into this century and at a same time allow a merger with social media. I am looking forward to it. Maybe in 2011, 2012.

Yours
John

The focus on Authenticity has been growing for a while now, and may be what’s behind the growth of Social Networking sites.

As for Hype … I think most people would be happy just being able to pay their bills every month without having to worry about losing their job. But the price of everything seems to be falling, so it takes more sales to get to that point. But once you crack that nut, you’re pretty much home free!

-David

and in the “how-to-make-money” industry and a few

others, a bit of a shake-out is in-store.

Willie

I landd up in your blog-site following one email to my inbox advertising a Free Book – from there on to many web-pages one by one. I am amazed by the wealth of knowledge you are imparting, particularly at a time I was thinking of blogging to earn my future income (presently a freelance writer after retirement) and my friend (who is buying my writings regularly) suggested me that we start blogging since I have a lot to give to others by way of my experience and writing skills. Kindly accept my profund gratitude for explaining everything about stumbleupon, which was the first choice of my friend. I just went to that site and did not find it impressive – possibly because of my ignorance as how to navigate the site. I was pleasantly surprised you touched the same point in your article and enlightened the reader how to overcome this problem. A great help as otherwise I would have lost a great opportunity. Thanks Thanks and Thanks again Doctor.

p.s. I could not resist the temptation to reveal this – I am disappointed that while you have given the choice of translating this blog on an array of languages – I am very much disappointed to find that there is no room for your and my mother tongue – Tamil. Given a chance I can translate your blog in Tamil.

Blogs are great, but i still think newsletters with true content and value are better.

But I am biased, I like ranting in my newsletter…

I tell people toe LISTEN and LOVE.

New tools help us do what we always new we should be doing. In the future, we’ll be responding to customers, acknowledging each other and treating people right.

Sounds like a Sunday School lesson.. turns out it’s also good business.

Hype and faking and stuff, I don’t recall them ever being in, so you get those as freebies.

Guru being out. I can’t wait. Truly. : )

I think you’ve got lots of points to consider. I wonder what others will do with them.