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Measuring Engagement, Measuring Conversation

When Can I Stop?

File this under “how did I miss this?”:
Alec Cochrane, one of our web analytics gurus at RBI has been blogging for a little while now. [When Can I Stop](http://www.whencanistop.com/) is of the “occasional post, but in great depth” school of blogging, but gives a real insight into the sort of thought processes we’re going through when measuring our success (or not) on the web.
His recent post, [Engagement is Conversation](http://www.whencanistop.com/2008/06/engagement-is-conversation.html) is well worth a look.
Now, if only I could wean my colleagues off starting their personal blogs on Blogger…

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