We announced Round 5 about a month ago, and today is the day to submit your blog if you’d like to join the prestigious 9rules community of blogs. Submit your blog here » My favorite part about our submission rounds are the metrics we can pull:
A Little Help From Friends
Oct. 3, 2006
I just read over at 9rules that some people want to nominate me for BusinessWeek’s Best Entrepreneurs Under 25. If you think I’m doing a good job with 9rules then I wouldn’t be against you nominating me as well ;)
The Next 9rules: Focusing On Content and Value
Jul. 24, 2006
People visit blogs because of the interesting content, well at least I do. The extraordinary growth of blogs in the past year could be attributed to many factors, but one factor I like to think about is that more information is now available to everyday citizens because of the Internet, and more regular people now Read more »
Blogging’s Got That Entrepreneurial Spirit
Jun. 20, 2006
One of the things that really attracted me to blogs (and now to 9rules) is the idea that one singular person can build up a veritable army of loyal supporters. He or she can build their personal brand from absolutely nothing, ending up with tens of thousands of daily readers and advertising revenue to replace Read more »
9rules Round IV Results: 111 Sites Make The Cut
Jun. 5, 2006
I opened up my feedreader of choice this morning and it seemed as though my entire list blew up with chatter surrounding the 111 sites that were selected out of the 700 who submitted (Paul forgot hyperlinks on the 9r blog entry, Tyme has a big clickable list.) The official entry received over 50 trackbacks, Read more »
9rules Round IV Over In About 9 Hours
May. 17, 2006
We’re just past the halfway point in the Round IV Submission Round and I’m proud to say that we’ve (so far) dramatically passed our expectations as far as the number and quality of weblogs who wish to be part of 9rules. As Paul noted, we were at 1 submission every minute for the first hour, Read more »
9rules Round IV in 13 Hours
May. 16, 2006
In case you haven’t heard, The 9rules Network is opening for submissions starting at 12:00am Eastern, Wednesday May 17th, for a 24-hour block of time. That’s about 13 hours from the time I’m posting this entry. What’s 9rules you ask? “The 9rules Network is a community of the best weblogs in the world on a Read more »
Some Humpday Fun: 9rules Dance Contest
Mar. 29, 2006
When Paul and I are both up at 4:30am talking on IM, you know that something crazy is bound to happen. We decided to have a little fun since it’s humpday and all, so enjoy our 9rules Dance Contest. :)
9charities: Trying To Give Back
Mar. 17, 2006
I talk with my guys at 9rules a lot about the big picture. Right now many people see 9rules as a blog network, however we never really saw it as that even when we dreamed the idea up about one year ago. We’re moving our way towards building a community of the most brilliant people Read more »
Guy Kawasaki Joins 9rules, We Win Best Community Site of the Year
Mar. 16, 2006
This is a huge week for 9rules. First, we won the SXSW Web Award for Best Community Site of the Year on Sunday night, and now today we announce that venture capitalist and brilliant business mind Guy Kawasaki has joined the 9rules Network. Read the launch entry over at the 9rules blog. And boy do Read more »
Getting Real, Web 2.0 “Businesses”, Edgeio Secrets, Upcoming 9rules Plans
Feb. 27, 2006
Sometimes I wish I had a linklog where I could post links and small bits of commentary, but because I don’t my 3 readers will have to suffer through this mishmash of the latest tech news in a regular blog entry :)
New 9rules Community Director
Jan. 19, 2006
I’m very pleased to announce that the 9rules team and I have brought on the brilliant Tyme White to be our new Community Director. As many of you know, 9rules has been growing more rapidly the past month or so (we’re now at around 150 members) and our private 9rules member forums are now reaching Read more »
9rules Ad Network Buzz
Jan. 6, 2006
It’s only been a few days since we launched 9rules Communities, and already people are singing the praises of it, which is totally flattering. The only opinions that truly matter to us are our members’, and they have been giving it the thumbs up all week (and for the past month since when we first Read more »
Introducing A Few More Rules: 9rules Communities and 9rules Featured Blogs
Jan. 3, 2006
When Paul first pitched me his 9rules idea last March while down in Tampa, I think today was the day that he envisioned. We originally had no homepage, then a homepage with just links, then a homepage with just a big list of sites, then a homepage with sites grouped by tags, and now today Read more »
10 Questions on 9rules
Dec. 15, 2005
David Newberger just published an interview with me on 9rules, business, weblog networks, and a lot of other juicy information. Check it out!
