Copyblogger does it. Duct Tape Marketing does it. Even the smaller, one-person blogs are in on it.
Now it’s time for our own year in review. Pagely has grown and what better way to commemorate that than a look back at some of our favorite posts? The following were chosen by a arbitrary system of me liking them. We didn’t use page views, comments or any kind of statistical measuring system, so in that aspect we’re just like more social media campaigns!
Enjoy.
Page.ly donating 1% of profits to charity
According to Umair Haque, the future of successful businesses will rely on producing thick value, e.g. more than just profit and revenue. Businesses should measure their impact not only in shareholder returns, but in their positive affect in both their immediate community and our larger, global one. And thanks to Josh and Sally Strebel’s decision to donate 1% yearly profits to St. Jude Children’s Research hospital, Pagely can proudly say it provides more than a just a service for customers and a living for their employees.
PodcampAZ | November 12-13 | Tempe, AZ
The giving didn’t stop with helping kids. We also sponsor the annual PodcampAZ event (now TechPhx) with rock-solid hosting that holds up to spikes in traffic as event buzz builds.
This year’s event boasted 200 attendees, four expert panels and some of the best attendee prizes in the five year history.
We’re proud to support TechPhx as it evolves into the premiere AZ tech event for user-generated content and relevant media. Did we mention it’s totally free AND run by volunteers?
At scale, everything breaks
Excellent post by Josh on the issues he’s faced in growing his business and Pagely’s offerings. No matter how well anyone plans, there are just some things that can’t be avoided, and scaling issues are one of them.
When plugins just stop working, it’s not always a simple fix, especially if that problem only happens on a larger scale than most users will ever face. While I’m not envious of the trial and error it took to identify which plugins are the worst, we can all be glad the Pagely guys and gals behind the scenes know which ones tend not to work.
Own Your Content
Now that social networks have become ubiquitous, many people have replaced their blogs with long posts on Google+, in the notes section of Facebook or bursts of 8-10 tweets.
While we certainly don’t begrudge anyone’s personal publishing preferences, we do know that unless you control the domain on which you’re publishing, you run the risk of a) not owning your content, b) having it repurposed for use by the system admins, and c) no way of ever monetizing.
These concerns won’t affect those who don’t publish for a living, but it’s important that everyone understand the limitations they face when not publishing directly on the domain they own.
What were your favorites from around the internet?