My Own Coffeehouse

January 13, 2009 · Posted in Community 

Yesterday, ChurchCrunch launched the “Do Bloggers Need Business Cards CONTEST”. These are my thoughts…

I crave great conversations. In my case, blogging is a means for sparking great conversations. I like to imagine that my readers and I are having coffee and chatting about big ideas, mundane details, and artistic differences on a daily basis. This little chunk of cyber-land is one piece of my contribution to the global conversation. This is my coffeehouse and I want to invite as many people as possible to come in, sit down, grab a cup of coffee, and engage the conversation.

The problem is, I’m not great at initiating that invitation aside for my catch phrase “ryanbrymer.com… go there.” Having a business card, for me, would be an invitation to conversation. It’s saying, “hey, I like the way you think. Please, come share more.” I’m a lot less concerned with getting my own ideas out there than I am with giving others an opportunity to flesh out their own.

I want to get more people in on the conversation and I’m just looking for new ways to do that.

image by paintMonkey

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One Response to “My Own Coffeehouse”

  1. Ancoti on January 13th, 2009 3:13 am

    What is interesting is that this piece of low tech social media, the business card, is still a vital part of business and social interaction.

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