Here is an email I wrote today to Dr. Carlos N. Velez, Ph. D. thanking him for using our Wijit on his The Life Sciences in New York State Blog. His recent post concerns the Chinese beginning to understand the importance of FAILURE, and I am a personal fan of Failure as it relates to raising children. Here is my email sent today:
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Hey there Carlos. I noticed that you signed up for an account with us recently and wanted to thank you for putting our Search Wijit on The Life Sciences in New York State.
In the interest of insuring a positive Lijit experience, I was wondering if you had any feedback for us concerning the sign-up process and the installation of the wijit. We are a growing company and the development team counts on your comments to improve what we’re doing.
My job is to help Lijit Blog users with any questions about using Lijit. Let me know if there is anyone of your blog peers you think would also benefit from using our network search tool as well. I grew up in Suffern, NY, and my mom taught elementary in Spring Valley, NY for over 30 years. I see so many blogs that all try to tackle some big issue, and it’s rare and welcome when a blog takes a unique and helpful niche, such as Life Sciences. (Whispers: It’s the true power of the blog platform).
I am lucky enough at Lijit to be given as much time as I need to read our Lijit Blogs, and I like to dig around, and avoid just commenting on recent posts. However FAILURE! I love failure. I love the Chinese are understanding failure. It is a sign of maturity, both for an individual, and a state, to embrace and ponder failure and all it communicates. As a father of two daughters, I am often a “Failure Cheerleader.” An in Boulder, where we moved from the east coast over a decade ago, and back in NYC, there are many parents who run from failure, are frightened by it, protect against it. One of my favorite questions asked by my first daughter was “Daddy, do you know everything?” She was 6 or 7 then, and I was taken totally off guard. I did not answer immediately, though one voice in my head said, “Say ‘YES’ Dads are supposed to know everything.” But I pondered for what seemed a forever pause, her looking at me with big eyes, me picturing some other kid at school declaring her dad “Knew Everything.”
“Well”, I finally answered, “I learn things from YOU. So I don’t know everything.”
Also, I wanted to make sure you’ve checked out your Lijit stats page. We offer information about how your readers came to your blog and what they searched for while on your blog, both of which can be used to get a better sense of your audience. Along with the weekly stats email that we send you, we’ll also include tips on how to better utilize your wijit, news of recent upgrades and the addition of new features. Thanks for taking the time to check us out, for Life Sciences in New York State, and have a great day!
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