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A VC是我從2006年底開始track daily的Blog,日前作者Fred Wilson回顧了一篇正巧發表在06年底的文章;套句股市的說法,06年底適逢Web2.0熱潮的末升段,當時Business 2.0雜誌邀文,請他寫一段關於Blogging如何成功建立商業模式的專欄。與大家分享三個我也認同的Key Point:

 

1. 部落格至少每天一篇新文章

I started writing at least one post every day and have done that ever since. When I go on vacation, I write a bunch of posts in advance and then autopost them on a regular schedule. I’ve found that having something new on the blog every day is the single most important thing to building an audience.

2. 下引人注意的標題

I also like to use a sensational headline. Many people read blogs in aggregators, which generally show only the headline. So you have to give people a reason to click through.

 

3. 真實性與親切感。讀文章時,彷彿坐在你身滂和你本人聊天

Blogs need to be real and personal. Reading it should be like hanging out with you. I play music for my readers. I show them videos I like. I tell them what I did over the weekend. And I tell them what is happening in the technology, Internet, and VC markets.

 

Fred Wilson本身是創投家,投資標的以seed stage的網路服務為主,因此躍升成為知名部落客 / 趨勢分析家,能帶給他的好處遠超出廣告金錢報酬。A VC的Target Audience大多是潛在創業者、網路重度使用者、或其他創投同業。因此他可以在部落格上:

 

1. 宣傳他的投資組合

2. 發掘潛在投資標的

3. 與創業家建立關係

 

Fred也常在部落格上提出自家公司的缺點與改進建議,而創業團隊往往在文章後頭直接回應,有時討論激烈,連讀者也加入戰局,彷彿變成wiki版董事會議,無形中也為投資公司建立形象與能見度。

 

身為一個widget重度嘗鮮者,Fred往往先成為重度使用者,接著才在部落格提筆分析;如果碰上讓他exciting好服務,就會看到他一連寫好幾天,可能連在蹲馬桶時,如何投過twitter和老婆確定今晚約哪家餐廳都寫進去…然後呢,過不久讀者就會發現,此新服務已經成為他的最新投資對象…如Disqus就是近期例子。

 

總之,A VC值得一看,不但能吸收到作者對產業insightful的分析,也能習得如何將部落格發揮到120%的影響力。

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