Thank You! Celebrating my blog’s 2 year anniversary
Posted by Becky Carroll on December 7th, 2008
In the spirit of Customers Rock!, I want to take a moment and say THANK YOU to all of you who have contributed in some way over the past 2 years. I am very excited to be celebrating this milestone with all of you! This past year has been an exciting one for me and for the blog. Let’s take a quick look at what has been going on before we start the party!
Customers Rock! Blog Year in Review
- To date, I have written 270 blog posts (including this one) with 1565 comments – woo hoo!
- I moved my blog to my own domain, CustomersRock.net (with the help of Joel – thanks!)
- I did quite a bit of speaking, both locally as well as at great events such at BlogWorld and Marketing Profs Digital Mixer. I got a chance to meet (and video) quite a few wonderful bloggers as well, so thank you to all!
- Jay Ehret and I started the Re-Experiencing Starbucks project to chronicle the change agenda from Howard Schultz to see how it impacted the customer experience. (Note – while those postings have slowed down, at least on my end, expect to see a nice year-end wrap on this soon.)
- I once again participated in the infamous Bathroom Blogfest to discuss how the customer experience extends even into forgotten places!
- I had four marvelous guest bloggers this year: Brian Solis, Esteban Kolsky, Colin Shaw, and Eric Brown. Thank you all for the time you gave my readers.
- I started teaching the UC San Diego class Marketing via New Media; this has been really fun! I also started a blog to chronicle my journey there Teaching Social Media. The blogs of the students are there, too. 
- I joined Brickfish as their Director of Social Media. Brickfish helps major brands connect with their customers via the social web and turbo-charges word of mouth from brand evangelists. Plus, you can watch it all live on their Viral Map (this is an example from a current campaign with Microsoft “I’m a PC”). Very cool!
The Biggest News
The biggest news of all is YOU, my Customers Rock! readers. I have enjoyed talking with you over the past two years, and I am looking forward to many more conversations in the years to come! I really want to thank each and every one of you, but I only really know who you are when you leave me a comment.
So – I created a list of my commenters, in chronological order, from the first day of my blog up until now. I have linked to your blog/website if you left me one. It was great fun to look back at all of those who have turned Customers Rock! into a two-way conversation and to see how many I am still active with two years later!
This list of commenters also makes for a great read for the upcoming holidays of some very worthy blogs (those in my feed reader are marked with an asterisk *)! This is my gift to all of you this year.
Thank you again for your continued support. You all rock!
(Photo credit: antony84)
Commenters on Customers Rock! (and also a great blog reading list!!)
* Mack Collier (Thank you for being my first commenter, Mack!)
* Gavin Heaton (Thank you for being my first international commenter, Gavin!)
Rich G.
* KG
* Maki
Troy Worman
Ugyen
* Lolly
Threethan
* CK
Janet Green
* Daksh
* Rosa Say
Ben Thompson
Jack Jia
Maureen Valdes Marsh
Frank Phelan
Brent Applegate
L.P.
German Parra
Wes
Brit
Justin
* Tsufit
* BJ Cook
Alison Terrell
Jeff Whitton
* Nicoletta Staccioli (one of my students!)
Chad Horenfeldt
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December 7th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Happy Blogiversary!! (and thanks for the gift of linkage).
All my best wishes for many more years of joyful blogging.
Happy Holidays!
Terry
December 7th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Keep rocking, Becky! Happy blogiversary and happy holidays. There is a small chance I will be able to travel to San Diego next year. I’d be honored to meet you face to face. I will let you know ahead of time if that is the case. You’ve given us lots to think about and learn in the last two years and am looking forward to what comes next.
December 7th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Congratulations to Customer Rocks! who completed 2 years of successful blogging.
December 7th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Congratulations!
December 7th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Wow! You’ve had quite a year, Becky. Congratulations on your second anniversary and your new position at BrickFish. It’s worth saying again, You Rock!
December 7th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Happy number two, Becky. You absolutely rock!
December 7th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Since cotton is the 2 year anniversary gift theme traditionally, maybe you need some Customers Rock tee shirts like limited edition. Glad I could provide value to your blog and look forward to another great year of getting to work together!
cheers
BJ
December 7th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Happy blog-anniversary, Becky!
I’ve learned a lot about customer service, building friendships in my journey with you. I hope for more success and more inspiration from you. Keep at it!
December 7th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Congrats!
December 7th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Congratulations – looking forward to many years more!
December 8th, 2008 at 12:01 am
Congratulations from the bottom of my heart Becky !
Your blog is and will continue to be a start-point for guys who’re trying to understand the basic facets of ‘Customer-Service’. Here’s hoping that the 3rd year brings more success to you and your blog
Looking forward to more insightful conversations on Customers Rock.
December 8th, 2008 at 1:19 am
Congratulations and merry Christmas. Keep blogging!
Paul
December 8th, 2008 at 6:44 am
Becky, you are amazing! Congratulations on reaching #2 milestone and celebrating it with us in such Customers-Rock-Style! I’m so happy I got to meet you in person at the Digital Mixer and hope I get to see you again soon. Happy Blog Bday and Thank you for sharing so much of yourself.
December 8th, 2008 at 6:47 am
Congratulations Becky. You are one of the best.
December 8th, 2008 at 6:52 am
Becky,
Happy blogiversary!!
Hard to believe it’s only been two years. Your voice is so crystal clear and valued — thanks for sharing your expertise!
Here’s to many more!
Drew
December 8th, 2008 at 8:00 am
Hey Becky, congratulations on this milestone!
December 8th, 2008 at 8:06 am
Congrats Becky!
Keep up the amazing work
Saul Colt
December 8th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Hurray, it’s a party!
Congratulations, Becky!!
December 8th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Wow, I am overwhelmed with all of these wishes! Plus, what fun to have so many friends come to my “party”.
Terry, thank you, and my pleasure for the gift of linkage. You all deserve it.
Valeria, thank you, and I would love to meet you in person if you come out this way. What would be the occasion? Please let me know; it would be an honor.
Nimish, thank you for adding to the party and for your kind wishes.
Shahar, thank you as well. BTW, I LOVE popcorn!
Jay, you are right; it has been quite a year. It has been much enhanced ever since your phone call inviting me to blog with you re: Starbucks. Thank you!
Elaine, it was such a nice surprise to see you again at Marketing Profs Dig Mixer! Thank you for the wishes.
BJ, thank you, and I love the idea! I wonder if our Collarfree friends could help out? Look, there you go adding value again.
Meikah, it has been a pleasure getting to know you and sharing ideas. I look forward to many more!
Paul, thank you very much!
Jim, I appreciate your thoughts, and thanks for coming out and commenting!
Daksh, thank you, and I really value the thought exchanges we have had via our blogs. Keep it up!
Paul, thank you, and Merry Christmas to you, too! I will definitely keep the blogging going.
C.B., you are the amazing one! In fact, you probably inspired me to do this when I went to your blog and saw the pic of the you, me, and Mack Collier from the Mixer. It was so wonderful to meet you in person, finally, and I look forward to our next meeting!
Lewis, thank you so much. You are one of my most frequent commenters, and I really appreciate the personal touch you bring to things. You rock!
Drew, thank you! You are so kind to come out and leave me your congrats – such a busy, yet giving guy! Thank you also for the kind words; it means a lot to have you say that.
Matt, thank you, thank you! It was such a pleasure to meet you at the Mixer. I admire your blog a lot, and I was thrilled that you sought me out! Thank you again.
Saul, I really appreciate the thoughts! Thank you also for inviting me to your FreshBooks customer dinner here in San Diego; it was a blast. Keep making magic!!
You are all so amazing. I am honored.
December 8th, 2008 at 10:03 am
Boy, don’t you just hate to show up late to a party like this? Congratulations Becky!! You deserve it.
December 8th, 2008 at 10:51 am
Hey, ‘Chelle, you were leaving your comment just as I was writing mine! Thank you for your wishes, and I look forward this upcoming year!
Chris, you aren’t late at all! I was actually saving some of my best wine for later.
Thank you so much for your kind words.
The party is just getting going!!
December 8th, 2008 at 10:54 am
Becky, congratulations on this anniversary … I wish you many, many more! Thanks for sharing such wonderful content, including inspiring some of my blog posts. (Thanks, also, for the shout out.) It’s been great meeting you in the blogosphere and I hope some day we meet in person. In the meantime, I look forward to reading more Customers Rock posts in the New Year. Happy Holidays!
December 8th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Congratulations – and many more blog-iversaries to come!
December 8th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Congratulations, Becky! You’re truly a gift to the world of blogging. Keep it up!
Suzanne
December 8th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
That’s fantastic, Becky! You’re a pro now and your blog espouses everything positive about business and corporate blogging. Customers DO Rock!
December 8th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Happy blogday, Becky! Keep up the great blogging.
December 8th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Wow Becky has it already been two years? Congrats on your Blogging Birthday, and all the dozens of well wishes here in the comments proves how popular and respected Customers Rock! really is!
Happy (Blogging) Birthday to you!
December 8th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Wow, you really went the extra mile today. Nice walking the walk and all that. Thanks for the gift of good stuff.
December 8th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Wow, … love a celebration! Glad I was your first international commenter … but I am sure I wont be your last
December 8th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Happy Birthday, Becky and best of the season. THanks for your posts every day…customers DO rock!
December 8th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Becky; What a difference you have made in a short two years. Congrats on the achievement, it isn’t easy to be consistent day after day as you have been.
December 9th, 2008 at 3:18 am
Becky, happy blogging!!!
I had the honour to meet you at UCSD as a teacher. You gave the class not only your experience, but also your passion!
Thank you so much.
Nicoletta
December 9th, 2008 at 7:53 am
You Rock, Becky!
As others have said, hard to believe it’s only been two years. I’m so thankful you share your voice in my (our) conversphere! Keep Rock-ing
December 9th, 2008 at 7:55 am
Hello Becky:
Congratulations on your successful blogiversary! Here’s wishing you more blogging power from Muscat, Oman.
Have fun!
Arun
December 9th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Sybil, it has been great getting to know you this year – through your book, your blog (you have inspired me, too!), and through our conversation. I hope to meet you in person as well!
Megami, thanks for coming on over; I appreciate your wishes!
Suzanne, you are too kind. It has been great talking with you in the past months; I hope our paths cross soon.
Douglas, thanks so much for all the compliments! I am blushing. I am glad you see the positive I am trying to bring; that was my goal when I started!!
Ron, thank you very much. I will do my best.
Mack, I so appreciate you and your encouragement, everywhere I go! It was a real joy to meet you at the Marketing Profs Digital Mixer, and I hope we get to share a stage this year. You totally rock!!!
Jody, thank you for feeling that I ‘walk the walk’; that means a lot. Glad you liked it! Wish I could put more of your humor into my posts.
Gavin, yes, aren’t parties fun? Thank you for all of your support since nearly day 1 (I think it was day 2, with your comment about Innocent Drinks) that continues even up to now. When are you getting out here to California?
Richard, I love the Customers Rock! attitude you have been bringing to the table. Keep it coming, and thank you for your kind words.
Kami, thank you very much, and also thanks for the help you have given me with case studies for my UCSD class. You are amazing.
Nicoletta, it was absolutely my pleasure to have you in my class, as you gave your passion back to us as well. I am so thrilled to see you continuing to blog. Here’s to your blog-iversary!
Mike, thanks!! Yes, in one way, the two years have flown by. Looking at the conversation over the last two years, I realize how much has been going on. And you are one of my inspirations. Thank you!
Arun, I feel your blogging power coming my way from Oman. Thank you, and I look forward to working with you in the future.
December 9th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Well, Becky, ironically, I was just thinking of you yesterday at the Program for the Future Conference of visionaries celebrating Doug Engelbart’s collective knowledge vision…
You’ve given me the ‘don’t forget to say it’ mantra that I’ve applied to daily life, and in fact, shared with Mei Lin Fung who’s been heading up the team and is chair of the Institute for Service Organization Excellence…. http://programforthefuture.org/speakers/mei-lin-fung
As I handed her a piece of ‘bottlecap art’ from the Batsiranai Project in Zimbabwe which I picked up at OWCF.org’s gala on Friday (Batsiranai translates to ‘helping each other’) I thanked her profusely for all her hard work bringing the collective knowledge vision to fruition, and mentioned ‘a friend of mine’ reminds me to speak appreciation aloud. That friend is YOU!
So thanks, Becky, for rocking my world back when AOC was just beginning…you’ve continued to be a guiding light for what is right and just in the media/marketing realm and continue to find cool ways to pay it forward. Anyway…thanks for the link love above, the generosity you extend to all will no doubt boomerang. I for one ascribe to the concept, “Silent gratitude isn’t much use to anyone. ~G.B. Stern”
p.s. Sorry to be a blog hog in comments, but you know how windy I get on the passionista front when I have something to emote!
YOU ROCK, Becky…happy 2nd anniversary from ‘all of us’ at http://www.ShapingYouth.org!
(er, that would be ‘me, myself and I on the author front!)—Appreciatively, Amy
December 9th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Thanks for the shout out. I’m in awe of your listing with links! That took some time! congrats on your blogging bday!
December 9th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Wow, 2 years! Congrats Becky! I look forward to many more years of greatness from you in the years to come.
December 10th, 2008 at 12:22 am
Happy Day!
It’s so nice to be part of the circle! I’m also happy that we’ve also been able to meet in person. We need to meet again soon
December 10th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
Becky,
Many congratulations on your two-year blog anniversary! What a milestone–and what a community!
Best wishes for the future success of Customers Rock!
Thanks for the link!
Jeanne
December 11th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Hi Becky –
Thanks for the shout out link! You have inspired me over the past year in my blogging. For example, I am ending the year with a 30 Tips in 30 Days Blitz.
Best wishes as we head into 2009.
Brandon
December 12th, 2008 at 9:20 am
Amy, I am so honored to have gotten to know you via blogging and that I have given you a “mantra”. Wow! Thank you for all that you do, and keep it up. You are doing good stuff!!
Tammy, you are so welcome.
Thank you for being part of my community.
Phil, thank you for your kind words, and for helping me “make it great” these past 2 years. You have been a great encourager for me.
Maria, I am glad you are part of the circle! Yes, let’s meet up again, maybe after the holidays?
Jeanne, thank you for coming out here and for your wishes; it means a lot!
Brandon, I am glad to hear you are giving back to your blogging community, too. Thank you!
December 17th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
This is really cool how you shouted out all your commenters, really shows you care and a great way to give a little recognition!
December 20th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Congrats! Happy anniversary–looking forward to another year of good, thought-provoking reading.
December 23rd, 2008 at 8:21 am
Congratulations – that’s an impressive rate of growth for a new blog! Name-checking the commenters was a nice touch – thanks.
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Congrats on the two years! You have some compelling content. I look forward to keeping up with you in 2009. M
January 7th, 2009 at 10:41 am
Becky, congratulations on rocking our world for 2 years already! Amazing and impressive all that you have made happen through this wonderful resource. Thank you for all that you do to keep us on our toes as it relates to the customer experience. Happy 2009!
February 17th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Well done on the two years. Is two years in the internet like 2 dog years?
March 20th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
Nice list. Thanks for the mention.
March 24th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Becky,
Customers do rock. We are in business to serve our customers. Wishing you another 10 years!
June 9th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Nice one. Without customers we have nothing except expenses.
July 29th, 2009 at 5:56 am
Great work. Patience and persistence always pays.
October 10th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Congrats!
November 2nd, 2009 at 4:33 am
Thanks, a great way to give a little recognition. I am glad to hear you are giving back to your blogging community
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