Clever... go here to see BlogPulse's review of the year. The folks at BlogPulse sent an email announcement with a link to their year-in-review page:

"BlogPulse 2004 contains something for everyone - politics, news, social trends, international topics, silly stuff and intriguing finds. The Year in Review neatly captures the major themes, ideas, people and events that bloggers were discussing and writing about in 2004."

"Some highlights: Bush

Clever... go here to see BlogPulse's review of the year. The folks at BlogPulse sent an email announcement with a link to their year-in-review page:

"BlogPulse 2004 contains something for everyone - politics, news, social trends, international topics, silly stuff and intriguing finds. The Year in Review neatly captures the major themes, ideas, people and events that bloggers were discussing and writing about in 2004."

"Some highlights: Bush was the most-cited personality, a singing llamas video was among the most forwarded "you gotta see this!" links, the transcript of Stewart's pointed pre-election appearance on CNN's "Crossfire" was the most-cited news story, and Boing Boing was the most-cited blog."

This is clever marketing. And proof that email is not dead yet. My advice for 2005? Combine blogs & RSS with your email marketing efforts. You'll be ahead of the crowd and you'll see some surprising results.

... and enter the book giveaway to win a collector's edition copy of Seth Godin's Free Prize Inside. I've got one copy for one lucky winner. It's packaged inside a cereal box. Very cool... Free Prize was selected by Forbes as one of the Top 10 Business Books of 2004.

... and enter the book giveaway to win a collector's edition copy of Seth Godin's Free Prize Inside. I've got one copy for one lucky winner. It's packaged inside a cereal box. Very cool... Free Prize was selected by Forbes as one of the Top 10 Business Books of 2004.

... and enter the book giveaway to win a collector's edition copy of Seth Godin's Free Prize Inside. I've got one copy for one lucky winner. It's packaged inside a cereal box. Very cool... Free Prize was selected by Forbes as one of the Top 10 Business Books of 2004. ... and enter the book giveaway to win a collector's edition copy of Seth Godin's Free Prize Inside. I've got one copy for one lucky winner. It's packaged inside a cereal box. Very cool... Free Prize was selected by Forbes as one of the Top 10 Business Books of 2004.

Cool... my article from six months ago is currently the "hottest" (i.e. most popular) article in today's special year-end issue of MarketingProfs.com. I'm a huge fan of MProfs. If you're not already a subscriber to their e-newsletter, I highly recommend it. Go here to sign up. Cool... my article from six months ago is currently the "hottest" (i.e. most popular) article in today's special year-end issue of MarketingProfs.com. I'm a huge fan of MProfs. If you're not already a subscriber to their e-newsletter, I highly recommend it. Go here to sign up.

John Dvorak's tips for newbies on how to understand and read a blog. Scroll down for the cool graphic that illustrates comments, permalinks, blockquotes and more. Courtesy of Steve Rubel.

John Dvorak's tips for newbies on how to understand and read a blog. Scroll down for the cool graphic that illustrates comments, permalinks, blockquotes and more. Courtesy of Steve Rubel.

Speaking of being hard-nosed about the ROI of business blogs... take a look at Intelliseek's clever BlogWebinar, that promotes (what else) their free webinars. Here's how the ROI works. Intelliseek's FREE blog promotes FREE webinars about blogging... that generate leads for their BlogPulse tool, their corporate intelligence products and other products. Speaking of being hard-nosed about the ROI of business blogs... take a look at Intelliseek's clever BlogWebinar, that promotes (what else) their free webinars. Here's how the ROI works. Intelliseek's FREE blog promotes FREE webinars about blogging... that generate leads for their BlogPulse tool, their corporate intelligence products and other products.