Comments on: Final Word on the "A-List" – Or is It? http://www.lastpodcast.net/2007/03/22/final-word-on-the-a-list-or-is-it/ Opinionated Web 2.0 News and Commentary Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:58:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Frederic http://www.lastpodcast.net/2007/03/22/final-word-on-the-a-list-or-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-31369 Frederic Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:36:46 +0000 http://www.lastpodcast.net/2007/03/22/final-word-on-the-a-list-or-is-it/#comment-31369 Jason - I really think we agree for the most part. I just don't think that hard work + luck + timing is a necessary chain of events. It takes all three of these to come together to create real success - you can't just say if you work hard, you will make it (in blogging, or anywhere else) Nobody can hold you back - but at the same time, nobody has to pay attention to you either. Maybe I just need to be more of an optimist... I don't even know why I keep drawing myself into these discussions. At the end of the day, we are all in it because we enjoy what we are doing. Jason – I really think we agree for the most part. I just don’t think that hard work + luck + timing is a necessary chain of events. It takes all three of these to come together to create real success – you can’t just say if you work hard, you will make it (in blogging, or anywhere else)

Nobody can hold you back – but at the same time, nobody has to pay attention to you either.

Maybe I just need to be more of an optimist… I don’t even know why I keep drawing myself into these discussions. At the end of the day, we are all in it because we enjoy what we are doing.

]]> By: Jason http://www.lastpodcast.net/2007/03/22/final-word-on-the-a-list-or-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-31366 Jason Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:24:22 +0000 http://www.lastpodcast.net/2007/03/22/final-word-on-the-a-list-or-is-it/#comment-31366 Success is basically hard work + luck + timing. That's it... you make your own luck by working hard and picking the right beach to surf. That's it. And in terms of pointing out the logic flaw, I think the concept is that Loren doesn't think these is an A-List, and even if there is an A-List it a) doesn't matter and b) the folks who are there worked their way on to it. The point is that no one can hold you back in blogging/podcasting/vlogging--you can only hold yourself back. Success is basically hard work + luck + timing. That’s it… you make your own luck by working hard and picking the right beach to surf. That’s it.

And in terms of pointing out the logic flaw, I think the concept is that Loren doesn’t think these is an A-List, and even if there is an A-List it a) doesn’t matter and b) the folks who are there worked their way on to it.

The point is that no one can hold you back in blogging/podcasting/vlogging–you can only hold yourself back.

]]> By: Frederic http://www.lastpodcast.net/2007/03/22/final-word-on-the-a-list-or-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-31365 Frederic Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:23:55 +0000 http://www.lastpodcast.net/2007/03/22/final-word-on-the-a-list-or-is-it/#comment-31365 Loren - luck plays a big part - bigger than most people (especially those who made it in any business) would want to admit. You have to be in the right place, at the right time - and maybe more than once. But you also have to be smart - you have to have something to say. You have to be good at marketing yourself and be good at networking (and yes - all of that also takes a lot of work, too). You have to have the right personality and it helps to be in the right place in the right time (being the first mover in a new medium - good thing -- being the millionth one - tough luck, even if you are good). You are a hard worker - you put out a video almost every day - you deserve to be seen because the stuff you make is great. Once there are a thousand great people producing great content, getting known gets that much harder, though. Just look at the music business. Lots of great, hard-working bands -- lots of them can't live of it. Lots of mediocre bands that were in the right place at the right time break through. At the end of the day, though - I just disagree that there is no hierarchy in blogging. There is - and I don't even think it is a bad thing - it gives people something to strive for and it creates order for newcomers. Given the right circumstances - anybody could make it to the top of the hierarchy, but it does take the right circumstances! As Jason said earlier, though - it's just blogging - it's a game. Loren – luck plays a big part – bigger than most people (especially those who made it in any business) would want to admit. You have to be in the right place, at the right time – and maybe more than once. But you also have to be smart – you have to have something to say. You have to be good at marketing yourself and be good at networking (and yes – all of that also takes a lot of work, too). You have to have the right personality and it helps to be in the right place in the right time (being the first mover in a new medium – good thing — being the millionth one – tough luck, even if you are good).

You are a hard worker – you put out a video almost every day – you deserve to be seen because the stuff you make is great. Once there are a thousand great people producing great content, getting known gets that much harder, though. Just look at the music business. Lots of great, hard-working bands — lots of them can’t live of it. Lots of mediocre bands that were in the right place at the right time break through.

At the end of the day, though – I just disagree that there is no hierarchy in blogging. There is – and I don’t even think it is a bad thing – it gives people something to strive for and it creates order for newcomers. Given the right circumstances – anybody could make it to the top of the hierarchy, but it does take the right circumstances! As Jason said earlier, though – it’s just blogging – it’s a game.

]]> By: Loren Feldman http://www.lastpodcast.net/2007/03/22/final-word-on-the-a-list-or-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-31364 Loren Feldman Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:09:56 +0000 http://www.lastpodcast.net/2007/03/22/final-word-on-the-a-list-or-is-it/#comment-31364 Maybe a little luck. Maybe. What else do you think it takes? Maybe a little luck. Maybe. What else do you think it takes?

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