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David Meerman Scott

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David Meerman Scott's personal blog at webinknow.com covers business and writing. Since 2009, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.

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3HN people?
2009–2013first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 2 in 2009

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

The linked posts cover business blogging and content marketing as a way to attract consulting clients, by publishing expertise and interviews that address the audience's pain points.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

I write about strategies to turn fans into customers and customers into fans. I also share ways to use real-time strategies to spread ideas, influence minds, and build business.

What Hacker News says?

  1. The new way to find clients is by following the below principles ........... 1.Start a blog 2a.Write the content which showcases your expertise 2b.Identify pain points and share your expertise in those areas 2c.publish the interviews of various persons who are (experts / kind of popular ) in the area in which you are doing consulting.(or) any good content which will of interest to target audience. 2d.in above way yo…

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  2. Submitted Web Ink Now: How to Pitch a Blogger as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Top Gobbledygook phrases used in 2008 and how to avoid them as a story · 1 points

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