Need a Editor? Try Barter.

In response to my earlier post about setting yourself up with a blog coach to keep you on track and motivated, I’ve learned that potential blog coaches are more interested in food and services than money.

Tris Hussey would be a blog coach for coffee and chocolate. Toby Bloomberg would be a blog coach in exchange for wine (as long as you don’t consume your payment while you do your coaching, Toby!).

Darren Rowse would coach in exchange for blog design. And Seth Miller wants better page rank.

The lesson here is a heartwarming one—the blogosphere is full of generous souls.

But the other thing that interests me is how much blogging is related to barter. I’m no economist, but it seems to me that one of the significant ways that blogs play into business is in making connections between people who need each other’s services, and who trade those services. I love barter as a way to get what you need; there’s something so much more satisfying about dealing with individuals than there is with big companies—and if that isn’t some kind of grand statement (phrased awkwardly) about the value of the blogosphere, then I’ll eat my hat.

(I am actually wearing a hat at the moment.)

Posted by Susannah Gardner on 05/27 at 12:39 PM • Blogs
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  1. I don’t think you’ll be needing any toppings for your hat anytime soon.  I think you’re absolutely correct.

    Posted by Tris Hussey on 05/27/05 at 03:23 PM

  2. A little while ago Susie wrote a nice post about the need for a blog mentor/coach/editor to help improve your blogging--Get a Big-Picture Person…

    Posted by http://blog.larixconsulting.com/blog/_archives/200 on 05/27/05 at 03:49 PM

  3. We run a blog about barter!
    And the blogger - BarternBob, is all about it.  I’m posting here because I’m sure he’d be happy to help anyone in any way on a barter basis.  Not only would he likely be glad to coach, he’s always bartering advertising on his online radio show.
    Great Guy too.  Here’s his Barter Blog

    Posted by Omni Solomon on 04/09/06 at 12:55 AM
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