It's Good to Talk

I recently had a great email exchange with Herman Martinus of BearBlog fame and wanted to talk about that a little bit more.

After reading Hermanโ€™s post, Forced to Upgrade, I dropped him an email, as I was going through the whole iPhone upgrade vs Android conundrum myself.

Anyway, I hit the send button and went about my day. The next day I received a response from Herman and we ended up passing emails back and forth for a few days. We started by talking about mobile phones, but quickly pivoted to our shared love of motorbikes, and the fact that we each own a Royal Enfield.

This is just one example of many email conversations I have every week with people who read my blog, or when Iโ€™ve read a post on someone elseโ€™s blog and emailed them. I think it shows the power of adding a simple โ€œemail meโ€ button to the end of oneโ€™s posts, and why I think that this is far better than a commenting system.

If Herman had a commenting system on his blog, I donโ€™t think I would have reached out - it feels too impersonal to me. Sure, itโ€™s better than nothing, but email is justโ€ฆbetter.

So I implore you; if you have a blog, please, please add a way for your readers to email you - Iโ€™m sure you wonโ€™t regret it.

After all, itโ€™s good to talk.

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