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Your Top 2008 Posts

I threw down the challenge on Twitter earlier this week for you to share with me your favorite blog post, that you wrote, in 2008. Got some great responses and more importantly some terrific reading for you over this holiday weekend. In order to make it manageable I’ve chosen the seven that resonated the most for me out of the responses.  Enjoy and Happy New Year!

Kate_headshot_cutoff_b_w_avatar_normal just_kate: @KyleFlaherty Nice! I liked one that I did on ROI http://bit.ly/v3uB but got a lot of hits on “Best Practices” http://bit.ly/N72h


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astrout: @KyleFlaherty I have 2 that I like 4 different reasons: Hiring 2.0: http://budurl.com/hiring20 & Keep it in a Box: http://budurl.com/inabox


Adam Cohen
adamcohen: @KyleFlaherty Not sure it it was my best 2008 post but it got the most comments, & that conversation was really valuable http://zi.ma/8a30a8


Seth
dunkind: @KyleFlaherty Probably my Sharpie post http://tinyurl.com/56wesq


TwitterMichaelDowns: @KyleFlaherty re: best blog post, hope this isn’t too long for you, but here’s “On Strategy And Google” – http://snurl.com/8vz0p


Avatar_normalmubix: @KyleFlaherty Best blog post in 2008? Defcon 16 Tools list – http://tinyurl.com/8tgxkn


Im_normal lizmoise: @KyleFlaherty here’s my best blog post in 08: http://snurl.com/980ij

I can’t wait to see what these folks do in 2009!

Posted in Social Media Marketing.

By Kyle Flaherty
December 31, 2008

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  1. Todd Defren said
    on December 31, 2008

    Great idea.

  2. Kyle Flaherty said
    on December 31, 2008

    Thanks Todd!

  3. John Johansen said
    on December 31, 2008

    I missed this tweet, so I’ll just hijack things down here in the comments. One thing I wish had gotten more attention in 2008 was the trend with social media for two people to know about each other (following on Twitter, friends on facebook, reading each others blogs) without actually knowing each other (no replies, or wall comments, or blog comments back and forth).

    I wrote a short post to give it a name: Bi-directional Parasocial Relationships. (What? That’s not a mouthful.)

  4. Kyle Flaherty said
    on December 31, 2008

    Hijack away John, I love it! Great post, thanks for including it on this list.

  5. Adam Cohen said
    on December 31, 2008

    Thanks Kyle, I appreciate it and great idea. You pointed out some great new blogs to read. Looking forward to more great conversations in ‘09!

  6. Kyle Flaherty said
    on December 31, 2008

    Adam, thanks for all the great content in 2008. I’m really looking forward to expanding my reading in 2009 as well, so much out there, a perfect time to introduce new voices.

  7. Tommy Landry said
    on December 31, 2008

    This is a great list. If you get more, keep ‘em coming.

  8. Kyle Flaherty said
    on December 31, 2008

    You got it Tommy!

  9. Aaron Strout said
    on December 31, 2008

    Kyle – great idea. And thank you for including me in your top 7 list. The good news is that I have a few of the folks you mentioned above in my RSS already but look forward to reading all of these posts again.

    BTW, the blogs I sent to you on Hiring 2.0 and Keeping It in a Box were both on my old, Mzinga blog. If anyone wants to see posts after 10/30, they can check out http://blog.stroutmeister.com.

    Thanks again and Happy New Year!

    Best,
    Aaron | @astrout

    p;.s. I’d love to know what YOUR favorite post that you wrote in 2008 was.

    p.p.s. Can’t wait to read @jljohansen’s post on bisexual paranormal relationships.

  10. Kyle Flaherty said
    on December 31, 2008

    Aaron, great point on your new blog, good stuff. Although some of the posts on BigPapelbon might have made this list too!

    My fave post of ‘08 was actually pretty mundane, but it was the moment I started not to worry about so called ‘authority’ membership back in October. I had just posted my three part social marketing case study and was met with only silence…when I had expected a ton of comments, reactions, money and fame ;). Ever since that moment I actually feel like my writing has been better and I felt terrific about my contributions to my blog and the community…and haven’t worried about the numbers since!

    And thanks for putting the keywords “bisexual paranormal relationships” on my blog, I’m hoping Akismet can handle the new spam comments I’m now going to get ;)

  11. John Johansen said
    on December 31, 2008

    Aaron: I’ve really embraced the “Keep Austin Weird” concept.
    But maybe I can do it as a guest post on your site? I’ll generously donate the search traffic to your blog for those keywords. ;)

  12. Aaron Strout said
    on December 31, 2008

    Kyle – can’t wait to go back and read your post you reference above. No problem on adding some great key words to help boost your SEO.

    -John, I would LOVE to have you guest post about bi-sexual ghosts on my blog except that I kind of signed an agreement with my company that prohibits it. ;)

  13. Chad Horenfeldt said
    on January 1, 2009

    This is a great way to find great bloggers and tweets. Great concept Kyle. I enjoyed reading the blog posts above.
    @chadhorenfeldt

  14. Kyle Flaherty said
    on January 1, 2009

    Thanks Chad! It certainly helped me find some great new bloggers and posts to read.

    /kff

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