Commenting is Marketing
I was looking through the nominations for the SEMMY awards and came across this great post by Darren Rowse over at Problogger. He talks about 10 ways to hurt your blogs brand by commenting on other blogs. It’s all pretty informative stuff that seems like common sense to me. This read comes at a particularly pertinent time for me as I was recently asked to compile a list of blogs that we should respond to as a company.
I grabbed a few to check up on and added them to my Google Reader to subscribe. I’m very sensitive to spam and I don’t want to be “that guy” (or girl, as is the case). I learned after reading Darren’s post that I’m not doing anything wrong. I’ve been making relevant comments (of course) and throwing in the PsPrint URL when it adds to the conversation of the bloggers post.
I post Darren’s question to my few readers here:
- What practices would you add to the posted list?
- Which would you remove from it (or modify)?
- What advice would you give bloggers when it comes to commenting on others blogs?
- As a blogger – do you police any of these types of things? Do you have a comment policy of any kind?
Another Day of BlogOnExpo
It never ends! Well, actually, it ends tomorrow, so get in while the getting is good! I wish I could give more of a ‘play by play’ for this unique blogging expo, but there’s honestly not a lot of interaction. So go check out the great content that Aditya Mahesh has served up for you!
Sessions
- WordPress Plug-Ins
- Public Relations
- Increasing Comments
- RSS Success Story: LeopardTricks.com
Interviews
- Ben Popken
- Rand Fishkin
- Neil Patel
- Jason Chen
BlogOnExpo – Day 2
It’s day 2 of the BlogOnExpo. It seems slow going, so get on over there and check out the content!
Sessions
- Which Blogging Platform?
- Go Beyond AdSense on Your Blog with Jeremy Schoemaker from Shoemoney
- Video Blogging
- Blogging Productivity
Interviews
- ShoeMoney
- Marshall Kirkpatrick
- Robert Scoble
- Pete Cashmore
Don’t just stand there… go read!
Read MoreBlogOnExpo – The Day is Here!
Let the games begin! The BlogOnExpo started today, with PsPrint as an exhibitor. There are some great sessions available online FOR FREE! This is the first free online bloggers expo of its kind. Setting precedents is important people! The organizer has done a bang up job of getting some pretty knowledgeable people interviewed and contributing to the online sessions. Today’s contributions are:
Sessions
- Social Media – Neil Patel from ACS SEO
- Logo Design Trends
- What to Do When you lose your Biggest Traffic Source – John Chow
- SEOmoz Guides – Rand Fishkin from SEOMoz
Interviews
- Matt Mullenweg
- Guy Kawasaki
- John Chow
- Darren Rowse
- Ryan Block
Having personally attended sessions with Neil Patel and Rand Fishkin on the panels, I can say that those will be great quality and I’m looking forward to checking them out. Darren Rowse is also a great guy (man behind ProBlogger.net) whom I enjoy following on Twitter, so that should be a good interview as well.
The expo will run for a few days, so mosey over and check it out.
Read MoreBlogOnExpo – We’ll Be There!
BlogOnExpo is a collaborative effort that was started by Aditya Mahesh. The goal of the website is to make the experience of attending an industry conference available to all. With prices reaching up to $1000 per ticket plus airfare, hotel bills, and other travel expenses, it is not much of a surprise that many individuals and companies cannot afford to attend these conferences. Hence, they have attempted to recreate the conference experience online, where it can be accessed at no cost.
This particular conference will be covering the topic of blogging. When launched on January15th, 2008, the conference will feature sessions, interviews, videos, and more. The sessions featured in the expo will be written by Aditya and some of the other blogging experts met along the way. Each session is written with the mindset of helping you improve your blog and ultimately increase your blog’s readership, impact, and revenue.
PsPrint is a proud exhibitor at BlogOnExpo. Remember to read their blog to keep updated on the expo and stop by on January 15th to see all the exhibitors and read the valuable tips and sessions available to bloggers out there.
Read MoreGenius Level… Is it such a bad thing?
In catching up with my Google Reader subscriptions I see a post on Writing Forward about the reading level of one’s blog. This little widget allows for a nice bridge into writing for the broadest audience possible. In my infinite curiosity, I went and had this blog analyzed.
Is this really a bad thing? Blog author Melissa Donovan seems to think so:
Writers who use big words and fancy phrases will not reach the broadest audience possible, and in fact, will turn many potential readers away. Who wants to expend a whole lot of energy to decipher a short story or understand a blog post? When a writer tries to come off as brilliant by using complex language, the effort usually outshines the material.
Personally I’m not so sure it’s a bad thing to exhibit my intelligence. I wouldn’t say that I write in a manner that excludes people… I’m pretty sure that anyone I know could chime in and join the conversation. And I don’t know many geniuses. So what is it about a post that makes the reading a genius level read? I’m very curious what standards this particular website is using on making that assessment.
Thoughts? Do I need to dumb this down, so to speak?
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