BlogRush seems to be making something of a splash (for anyone paying enough attention to see it). So, in spite of being generally skeptical of widgets, I’ve decided to give it a try. You will see that the BlogRush widget now appears somewhere down the left side of Mission to Learn. What it is, in a nutshell, is a syndication tool that highlights links to five other blogs—purportedly with content at least tangentially related to the content here. Mission to Learn, in return, will show up in this same widget on other blogs. The result is supposed to be more traffic for all involved.

I have no idea whether this will work, but given the sorts of things that I write about here at Mission to Learn—including a recent posting on product promotion—I feel compelled to experiment from time to time to keep up with what is going on “out there.” So, you will see the occasional widget pop up here, and I continue to use things like Google ads and Amazon’s affiliate program, just to know how they work and to get a feel for the kind of results they are capable of producing (which so far are not likely to lead to retirement, of even a cup of coffee, anytime soon).

I suspect more than a few readers will recognize the title of this posting as a reference to the (appropriately) ubiquitous Seth Godin’s concept of the ideavirus.  Sneezers are typically people who take up your idea, product, etc and—because they feel strongly about it one way or another—spread it like an infection. Whatever its actual merits as a widget, this seems to be happening pretty well with BlogRush—many bloggers out there are telling other bloggers about it. If you are a blogger and in the mood for some experimentation, I encourage you to click through on one of the BlogRush links here (Mission to Learn gets some mysterious form of “credit” for this) and give it a try. I’ll keep you posted on the results I experience.

And whether or not you are a blogger, if you are finding any value in what you read here at Mission to Learn, please send a brief e-mail, an IM, a Skype message, or whatever to tell someone else about it. In other words, give it a sneeze, please.

JTC

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