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Posted (admin) in Uncategorized on March-26-2006

A fellow blogger recently sent me a thank you note from one of his readers who started reading his blog and is now working and living in the region. I am sure there are many others out there like this person. It is nice to capture one every so often. This is why we blog.

"Just wanted to drop you a note about a couple of things. First, I enjoy your writing – please don’t be shy getting your ideas and observations out there. Weblogs like yours keep the standard for online journaling high, to the betterment of all. Second, a comment with background: I just started working with a company last month, and will be a new transplant (after a long absence) to Blacksburg. One of the things that encouraged me to make that move with my family was the realization that the vitality, innovative spirit, and collegial atmosphere of the region around B-burg was a good bit higher than I realized. Your weblog was a key part of that, along with the discovery of a growing community of writers, musicians, and creative businesses."

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Sean Pecor 3 years ago 1 point
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David St. Lawrence over in Floyd, VA maintains a blog (http://ripples.typepad.com/ripples/) and has begun to organize a Floyd Bloggers group that I think represents an interesting concept that you might consider for the Roanoke area. He's promoting the idea of blogging as a way for Floyd to reach out to entrepreneurial type folks who are interested in the sort of country life that Floyd is particularly suited for. You might consider executing a similar strategy for Roanoke. Perhaps recruiting new bloggers who live in Roanoke city, people who work I.T. jobs and live in the city, people who work financial jobs and live in the city, and so on. Inspire them to blog about their lives and how the city is largely a great place to live and so on. Then as you're recruiting them, buy a specific domain for the purpose of collecting these blogs together (suggestion: something like roanokeclicks.com which is available). Start with blogs but continue with categories on the web site that appeal to your target market (health food stores, like a feature on Roanoke Co-Op). Interview young professionals who blog and put up bios. Make it easy for visitors to get to know the area through it's people. The more people can learn about Roanoke through it's people, the more enticing a trip to Roanoke will be. Spotlight upcoming events of interest, outdoor adventures and so on. If Roanoke is truly interested in headhunting this flavor of citizen then it has to get aggressive. Just some thoughts.

Sean

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