Article posted on Apr 30
If you read Blogs in Utah at all you have probably seen a fair amount about Seth Godin recently. 
You might ask yourselves why… Why have so many Blogs been trying to get you to think about Seth Godin… and who the heck is he anyway?
Well, let’s start with who Seth is: He’s a writer. He’s a writer who get’s to the point, and says some of the things we all really knew anyway, in a very in your face way that hopefully gets us off our butts. He’s also one heck of a speaker. Odds are that if you’ve read any good self help, or energizing books recenlty Seth either wrote them or is quoted in them.
Okay, that’s all fine and good… but there are a lot of cool writers and speakers out there. Why are the local Blogs so active on this guy? The answer: Because it’s not just about Seth Godin. It’s really about a bunch of people who are not making any money on any of this, who sat down and wondered why it seems that Utah gets less of these types of opportunities than most other big cities. Who wondered why the technology community here in Utah doesn’t have the pull it should. Now note: I say the technology community. There are some very powerful technology leaders. But the grass-roots, sheer force of numbers and will community has not had the ability to make itself heard.
This is not about Seth. It is the first effort of several folks to “rally the troops”, and come up with a way to give the folks pounding out code, building sites, testing products, supporting customers, making sales, and building brands to make their voices, and their wills heard.
So if you have wished that there was a way to get events, people, and opportunities here… and have always wondered why “someone” wasn’t getting it done… then come become part of that “someone”. Join up with a bunch of someones who are in the process of becoming “something” that can get these things done. I have put my Blog, and my corporate sponsorship dollars behind this effort. Maybe you are luke-warm on Seth or maybe you love him… either way, support this bigger effort to build wordmob so it can help with this, and it can be a force to bring the people and the opportunities here for you and for all of us.
So I ask you, either click here, or get passing this along to someone who you think might.
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