Name dropping being compared to Robert Scoble

Over at my other blog on ITToolbox, one of my friends got a marketing letter from IEntry about wanting to syndicate their content. I have my ITToolbox stuff syndicated by IEntry as well, and it has worked out to be great for name recognition. What is interesting is that in their marketing proposal to my friend, they compared my ITToolbox blog along with Robert Scoble.

My friend writes:

I just received a message on facebook titled “Blog Partnership with iEntry and WebProNews” where they first called me Nathan and ended calling me by my correct name (LOL). They invited me to join them and be up in the ranks with names like Robert Scoble and others as well as….you Like WOW! Are you an ‘A’ list blogger? I bask in your glory ;P

There is a lot of humor in this for me, first of all I like Robert and hope to hook up with him at Gnomedex if he is there, the second, I have never thought of myself as an A-List blogger. While stuff shows up on Techmeme, Dark Reading, ZDNet, Wired, and other sites, it was more of a matter of “hey thanks for the link, you spelled my name wrong” rather than anything else.

This raises the idea of what is an “A List Blogger”, is it more attitude or number of readers? Is it the cross links or the platform that you blog from. My independent blog here at techwag is something I do to keep track of things that are not appropriate for ITToolbox, or the niche I have carved for myself over there. Here I get to talk about all the other shiny things that I really love.

While I have my own issues with IEntry, most of which are minor, and being used for marketing purposes is a lot out of range for me, the question still remains, what makes or constitutes an “A List Blogger”. Still don’t feel one, maybe that is the whole answer right then and there. If you don’t think you are, then you are probably not.

Tags: Robert Scoble, a list blogger, comparison, ientry, webpronews, humor