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Craig Barrett
March 26, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Hey Matt, I’m glad you’ve written about your adventure as a two-wheeled caveman… Haha. Of course it’s only fitting you framed your journey as an “evolution”.
As I learned new tools, I felt like I had taken the wrong path. Recently, a good friend helped me understand that’s ok. It’s part of the process of determining what’s good for your business.
Congrats on your success!
Missy Caulk
March 26, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Matt, it takes time, but you are Rockin it now. The foundation is critical to the future health of any building or blog.
Matt Stigliano
March 27, 2009 at 8:12 am
Craig – “Two-wheeled caveman” – I think I’m going to name a band that. The wrong path is absolutely essential I think. If you only make good choices, when you do finally make the wrong move, you’ll be devastated. Making them early is always a good idea I think – get them out of the way and learn from them. Of course, if you don’t learn from them, you’re doomed anyway. I’ve actually been working on a blog post (in my head) titled “Failure is an option.”
Missy – What can I say, I’ve got good teachers (thank you). I think the biggest lesson I learned quickly was that blogging was not a quick path to success. It won’t bring immediate response, but it will bring response…over time. If you give up on it right away, its easy to see why someone would believe it doesn’t work. My foundation is strong and I’m still perfecting it – my empire will be built, but it will be a process, not build-it-in-two-days-and-then-its-done.
Clint Miller
March 27, 2009 at 8:22 am
Matt — Awesome post. Well worth the feature…
Having said that, I’m thinking that you are a bit further evolved than you assume you are…Cromagnum, maybe. But, not Neanderthal. 🙂
Keep up the good work!
Matt Stigliano
March 27, 2009 at 8:37 am
Clint – Thanks. If I get to be anyone, I want to be the caveman that knows about car insurance. Wait, that guy’s show got canceled – nevermind.
John Palmisano
March 29, 2009 at 4:52 am
Matt, Great story. Matt, I love the headline “Stigliano Chronicles.” Much success to you.
JohnP
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Matt Stigliano
March 29, 2009 at 10:34 am
John – The title is Lani and Benn’s creation (and Lani did the graphic for it). Glad you enjoyed it.
Karen Highland
March 30, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Matt, what an encouraging post, thanks! It seems that there is often one local post that first puts a blogger on the map, and it all gets better from there. For me it was a post about challenging your home assessment in mid-cycle. I wrote it at just the right time, and it has brought me tons of traffic. Congrats on your success.
Matt Stigliano
March 30, 2009 at 7:55 pm
Karen – I enjoyed writing this one and what its leading up to in my head will make it even better. It is pretty amazing how you can feel like your blogging to no one and then suddenly, some people start appearing. Thanks!
Claudia Gonella
April 2, 2009 at 7:54 am
“Blogging to yourself” – it does feel like that sometimes.
Matt Stigliano
April 2, 2009 at 10:59 am
Claudia – And when it does, I just read my post like I had never wrote it. Sometimes trying to step away from what I wrote and reading it as someone else helps me think of what I could do to improve.