Comments on: What can you learn from Leo Laporte?

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:50:41 +0000

Just a Google fan boy? Not that I have seen. I have experienced Leo become a “Fan Boy” of a HUGE amount of items. Leo is (respectfully) a shiney object personality. Meaning if it is shiney and cool, it dazzles him .
Now, that helps us as he PLAYS with a ton of tools (software, hardware, services) and he will stick with something until either something BETTER comes out, or he feels the need to get off the big train and ‘eat the dogfood’ of something else.
Why does he like Google? I am guessing (I don’t know Leo personally), but I imagine it is the same reason MILLIONS of others do, it has the best value (features, up-time, price) of anything out there…

Mike

By: peter bowra

peter bowra — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:36:28 +0000

Leo Laporte is a big phoney!!
Nothing but a paid Google fan boy. Where is he making his money? Easy, support and praise Google on everything they do. That’s the way to make money Leo.
Very clever, and phoney guy.

By: Julie | Resume Services

Julie | Resume Services — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:12:45 +0000

Building a successful community is always the start of a great business or any other marketing endeavor. Today’s marketplace makes community more visible, as in regular blog readers / commenters, Twitter followers, Facebook Fans, but even before this social media world, community was critical in business.

The people who gathered at the general store, frequented the same dinner, met while changing their oil, and referred friends and family. Just pondering.
Julie | Resume Services´s last blog ..Maximizing Your Energy Levels

By: Garin Kilpatrick

Garin Kilpatrick — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:33:58 +0000

Be bold & be prolific. These are Leo’s two biggest secrets to success that I can see. These traits of Leo’s success are not at odds with Jim’s post, as Jim is very correct: The secret to Leo’s success is his community.

I am of the opinion that Leo’s prolific nature and his boldness are the core catalysts of his community, his niche, and thus his success. What do you think, Jim?

By: Jim Connolly

Jim Connolly — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:37:33 +0000

You make an excellent point there Michael, regarding how Leo reaches the masses, through a series of well picked niches.

Wish I’d thought of that when I wrote the post!

By: Jim Connolly

Jim Connolly — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:36:24 +0000

Hi Robert. So long as your blog does what’s required to get the results you want, keep on keeping on!

By: Michael Daniels

Michael Daniels — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:44:07 +0000

Great post Jim. Community truly is the name of the game when it comes to online. Leo seems to concentrate less on serving the masses, but rather serving the niches really well. He reaches the “masses” through a variety of shows, and no one shows tries to be all things to all people. He is a model for correctly earning returns on the Internet.

By: Dr Robert Schertzer

Dr Robert Schertzer — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:35:25 +0000

Great points Jim! As a devoted TWiT fan, I agree. Certainly AdSense and Corp assocoate links to Amazon is not going to lead any blogger to millions $$. I’m just at it as a value added service and self-education by allowing me to reflect on what I’m doing which can sometimes change how I manage my patients.

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