IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Move complete! I’m on a new host. And there is a new blog and RSS feed addresses.

If you’re still subscribed to this feed, please update your subscription – the new feed address is http://blogjet.com/blog/feed

There’s also a new forum. Unfortunately, I was not able to move user profiles to a new forum, so please, if you want to post, register again here: http://blogjet.com/forum/

If you have posted questions lately, and didn't receive my answer, could you please repost again in the new forum, or email me - dmitry-at-blogjet.com? If you have troubles with this address, write to dmitry-at-blogjet.ORG.

My apologies for this inconvenience. I hope you'll like new blog and forum since they are now more flexible and powerful than the old ones.

Finally, *good* news for you: the new version of BlogJet will be available in a few days. It's a free update for customers. To receive a notification, please subscribe to a free BlogJet Newsletter (http://blogjet.com), or to our new RSS feed: http://blogjet.com/blog/feed/

If you have any difficulties with blogjet.com, please try accessing blogjet.ORG instead.

Thanks for your attention!
If you have questions, don't hesitate to contact me by email or by Skype (my account: dchestnykh).

Best regards,
Dmitry Chestnykh
BlogJet.com

There’s a competitor to BlogJet. I won’t call its name but it has something to do with rockets and posts . One more hint: it costs $150.

I’ve noticed it when I typed “blogjet” in Google and found its AdWords ad that claimed: “Faster than BlogJet” (update: now it’s smarter ). He-he. I sent a letter to Google and ask them to remove this ad. They didn’t answer. That’s OK ‘cause I don’t care too much. Maybe I should put an ad on “blogjet” keyword: “Don’t believe this guy”?

OK. Today I surfed and found their page. What did I see? “It’s the only blog editor with WYSIWYG editing”. Ha-ha. Have you seen BlogJet? WB Editor? Qumana? Sure you have, since you advertise with “Faster than BlogJet” slogan.

The guy just doesn’t get the nature of the Web and the power of blogs. If you don’t tell the truth, somebody will notice it and blog about it. Then somebody else will see the post and blog about it. Then everyone will be blogging that you’re a liar. Do you want this to happen? No? Tell the truth.

I’ve done a mini-interview with Jack Trout for my Russian marketing-related blog. I decided to publish it here too. If you don’t know who Jack is, you don’t know what “positioning” means.

Dmitry Chestnykh: What do you think about weblogs (blogs)?

Jack Trout: Like "letters to the editor" in newspapers, some are interesting. But most are of little value. If you're going to read, there are many books far better than blogs. I don't read blogs because they are not properly edited.

Dmitry Chestnykh: How do you think marketers can use the power of direct talk with customers via blogs?

Jack Trout: Maybe. But you have to organize them so that opinions represent a good cross-section of your market.

Dmitry Chestnykh: Do you think blogsphere will be a 'PR-medium of the 21st century'?

Jack Trout: Blogs that are perceived as "independent" might have some PR value. If not, they will lose credibility or third party validity.

Dmitry Chestnykh:  Thank you very much for your answers! Keep up a good work.

Seth Godin:

Many in the flak community are trying to turn blogs into just another media outlet. They're not. Instead, they are a terrific home for the remarkable. Make stuff worth talking about first. Then talk about it.

In yesterday’s post I’ve cited the short review of BlogJet from The Great Software List, which contained the comparison with ecto – another blog client available for PC and Mac. Someone might think that I did this to make a bad PR for my competitors. No. No way.

Let me cite Guy Kawasaki (Selling The Dream book):

There are two types of enemies: conceptual and tactical…

When I was sa president of ACIUS, our tactical enemy in the Macintosh database market was Fox Software. Both companies, however, shared a conceptual enemy: ignorance among people that Macintoshes can manage databases.

The problem for ACIUS and Fox Software was not achieving greater market share but expanding the market size. In this kind of situation, tactical enemies have to stop fighting each other and fight the conceptual enemy. For example, ACIUS and Fox Software could have jointly sponsored Macintosh database seminars to show people how Macintosh databases can improve their productivity. Then, when the pie was bigger, ACIUS and Fox Software could have focused on market share.

So instead of fighting each other, we want every blogger to know that she can improve her blogging productivity by using a blog client.

That’s why I joined with Yiyi Sun, author of another blog client – WB Editor, to create BlogClients.Info –  a wiki where any developer can write about her blog client, share information on blogging APIs, etc. (Are you a blog client dev? Go ahead and let others know about it!)

That’s why I want you to choose the best blog client for your needs. I’ll be happy if you choose BlogJet, and I’ll be happy even if you choose ecto, w.bloggar, WB Editor or any other – at least, I’ll know that you use a blog client and you understand how it improves your blogging experience.

Finally, if you use a blog client, tell your friends about it!

Congratulations to the winners of Business Blogging Awards 2005! Three of them (Best Law Blog, Best Blog About Small Business, Best PR Blog) plus Chris Pirillo received BlogJet as their prize.

Wonder why “plus Chris”, if BlogJet was not in the list of prizes for “The Chris Pirillo Award (For Shameless Self Promotion)”? Hell, it’s a shameless self promotion – because I want him to write a word about BlogJet in his blog

Which technology is better for your business? Tris Hussey has an answer: 

“I think all three are important and serve different purpose and are an excellent example of how the three web technologies co-exist extremely well.”

Read: http://www.blogcatalyst.com/blog/_archives/2004/8/25/129541.html

By the way, we now has a Wiki—another great web technology.

Radiant Marketing Group Blog has a good article about the future of blogging in two parts: part 1, part 2.

New offer - funny "flying" discount on BlogJet available:

Here are four steps to get $7 discount on BlogJet:

1. Make an airplane from a sheet of paper.
2. Draw or print BlogJet on it.
3. Throw your paper airplane out of your window and take a photo of it on the fly.
4. Send the photo to fly (at) blogjet (dot) com and we'll send you a coupon code on US $7.

The best photos will be published on our web site.
Hurry up, this is a limited time offer!

Here are a lot of links on how to make a paper airplane.

Update:  now this offer is available only for readers of this blog. So if you read this, you can apply; if you don't read, you just don't care