Seth Godin’s Blog

Who’d'a thunk it? I got hit with two firsts today.

First, there’s Seth Godin’s first post. He doesn’t bother with an introduction (or any other sort of meta-blogging), instead jumping straight into the concise and insightful style that he’s known for. If this post was republished today, I wouldn’t know the difference.

Also, if you look at the trackbacks, there was apparently a blog that used to do the exact same concept as this one: “First Post!“. They haven’t posted anything since 2005, though; they were also only around for a month.

I can still say that, to the best of my knowledge, I’m the only one in this niche today.

“Boring”

Six Pixels of Separation

Mitch Joel is a well-known name in both the Canadian and the international marketing scene. His knowledge of and insight about the uses of social media is among the best on the web.

His first post isn’t great, but it’s not terrible, either. An apology of the failings of his old blog, and a promise of new things to come, all short and sweet. I’d give it a Bad-plus: you don’t know what’s coming and you don’t know who Mitch is… but he’s being concise and honest about it.

As a bonus, I’m giving you the link to his first post on his old blog, Multimarketing, as well. It’s more of a sales pitch than anything, but it establishes the fact that he’s a well-read thinker.

“Back from the Blogger” (SPOS)

“Reading” (Multimarketing)

Pow! Right Between The Eyes

Full disclosure: Andy’s my dad, and I’ve been reading his blog with varying frequency since he started.

With that said, check out Andy’s first post for his blog about surprise marketing. Keeping in mind who reads first posts, I thought it was a very appropriate choice for mine:

“Welcome Back(wards)”