Comments on: Blogging for Readers http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/ Build your business by sharing what you know Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:38:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: linkbaiting services http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-7364 linkbaiting services Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:14:36 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-7364 Nice post! We've been doing humor hook linkbait on the web since 1995 at Zug.com It would be great to get your feedback on the comedy linkbait angle! Nice post!

We’ve been doing humor hook linkbait on the web since 1995 at Zug.com

It would be great to get your feedback on the comedy linkbait angle!

]]> By: linkbaiting services http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-18604 linkbaiting services Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:14:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-18604 Nice post! We've been doing humor hook linkbait on the web since 1995 at Zug.com It would be great to get your feedback on the comedy linkbait angle! Nice post!

We’ve been doing humor hook linkbait on the web since 1995 at Zug.com

It would be great to get your feedback on the comedy linkbait angle!

]]> By: Full-Time-Blogger.com :: Keiron http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-7173 Full-Time-Blogger.com :: Keiron Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:54:04 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-7173 Hi Chris, A fantastic post, and sums up nicely some of my recent thoughts, unless your blog is for your own therapy (one of mine might just be!) you really need to be focussing on your readers. If nobody watches a TV program - it gets pulled, if nobody reads a magazine - they stop printing it, if nobody reads your blog (and your not writing it for the above reasons) then the question ultimately becomes why are you doing it.... It's that old, "is there anybody out there?" question! Hi Chris,

A fantastic post, and sums up nicely some of my recent thoughts, unless your blog is for your own therapy (one of mine might just be!) you really need to be focussing on your readers.

If nobody watches a TV program – it gets pulled, if nobody reads a magazine – they stop printing it, if nobody reads your blog (and your not writing it for the above reasons) then the question ultimately becomes why are you doing it…. It’s that old, “is there anybody out there?” question!

]]> By: Full-Time-Blogger.com :: Keiro http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-18603 Full-Time-Blogger.com :: Keiro Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:54:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-18603 Hi Chris, A fantastic post, and sums up nicely some of my recent thoughts, unless your blog is for your own therapy (one of mine might just be!) you really need to be focussing on your readers. If nobody watches a TV program - it gets pulled, if nobody reads a magazine - they stop printing it, if nobody reads your blog (and your not writing it for the above reasons) then the question ultimately becomes why are you doing it.... It's that old, "is there anybody out there?" question! Hi Chris,

A fantastic post, and sums up nicely some of my recent thoughts, unless your blog is for your own therapy (one of mine might just be!) you really need to be focussing on your readers.

If nobody watches a TV program – it gets pulled, if nobody reads a magazine – they stop printing it, if nobody reads your blog (and your not writing it for the above reasons) then the question ultimately becomes why are you doing it…. It’s that old, “is there anybody out there?” question!

]]> By: Kidblogger :: Carl Ocab http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-7166 Kidblogger :: Carl Ocab Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:17:29 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-7166 I found your twitter account and it led me here. Wow, I missed tons of posts. Just got back from reading your blog Chris. Just when I came back, you killed me on the money and widgets part. Keep it up, I'll be back for more. By the way I'm at http://twitter.com/kidblogger :) I found your twitter account and it led me here.

Wow, I missed tons of posts. Just got back from reading your blog Chris.

Just when I came back, you killed me on the money and widgets part.

Keep it up, I’ll be back for more.

By the way I’m at http://twitter.com/kidblogger :)

]]> By: Kidblogger :: Carl Ocab http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-18602 Kidblogger :: Carl Ocab Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:17:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-18602 I found your twitter account and it led me here. Wow, I missed tons of posts. Just got back from reading your blog Chris. Just when I came back, you killed me on the money and widgets part. Keep it up, I'll be back for more. By the way I'm at http://twitter.com/kidblogger :) I found your twitter account and it led me here.

Wow, I missed tons of posts. Just got back from reading your blog Chris.

Just when I came back, you killed me on the money and widgets part.

Keep it up, I’ll be back for more.

By the way I’m at http://twitter.com/kidblogger :)

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-7165 Chris Garrett Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:44:11 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-7165 Whatever floats your boat(s) :) I am happy with the idea that blogging need not have any motive other than the joy of the process, I love blogging and would continue even if I won a huge lottery win or found I was married Bill Gates due to some comedic legal mix up :) Whatever floats your boat(s) :) I am happy with the idea that blogging need not have any motive other than the joy of the process, I love blogging and would continue even if I won a huge lottery win or found I was married Bill Gates due to some comedic legal mix up :)

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-18601 Chris Garrett Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:44:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-18601 Whatever floats your boat(s) :) I am happy with the idea that blogging need not have any motive other than the joy of the process, I love blogging and would continue even if I won a huge lottery win or found I was married Bill Gates due to some comedic legal mix up :) Whatever floats your boat(s) :) I am happy with the idea that blogging need not have any motive other than the joy of the process, I love blogging and would continue even if I won a huge lottery win or found I was married Bill Gates due to some comedic legal mix up :)

]]> By: John Cow http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-7164 John Cow Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:40:49 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-7164 Well...we like talking to ourselves. so there :) Well…we like talking to ourselves. so there :)

]]> By: John Cow http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-18600 John Cow Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:40:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-18600 Well...we like talking to ourselves. so there :) Well…we like talking to ourselves. so there :)

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-7163 Chris Garrett Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:11:23 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-7163 @Lin - As always you have to see what works. What I would say though is an audience has only so much patience for anything that doesn't make sense for them. Something tucked away in a corner will not matter so much, but these things add up to an overall tone of self indulgence sometimes @John - Write a blog without thinking about the audience? Blogging for yourself is tantamount to talking to yourself. Personally I prefer communicating with other people :) (To be fair my personal blog is written without concern for any goal, specific audience or agenda). What I recommend is we write to communicate something worthwhile to our audience to our own satisfaction. IE. Do the best you can to serve your reader. If the reader can not answer "what's in it for me?" or "so what?" then we have failed, which also means no quality. @Lin – As always you have to see what works. What I would say though is an audience has only so much patience for anything that doesn’t make sense for them. Something tucked away in a corner will not matter so much, but these things add up to an overall tone of self indulgence sometimes

@John – Write a blog without thinking about the audience? Blogging for yourself is tantamount to talking to yourself. Personally I prefer communicating with other people :) (To be fair my personal blog is written without concern for any goal, specific audience or agenda). What I recommend is we write to communicate something worthwhile to our audience to our own satisfaction. IE. Do the best you can to serve your reader. If the reader can not answer “what’s in it for me?” or “so what?” then we have failed, which also means no quality.

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-18599 Chris Garrett Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:11:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-18599 @Lin - As always you have to see what works. What I would say though is an audience has only so much patience for anything that doesn't make sense for them. Something tucked away in a corner will not matter so much, but these things add up to an overall tone of self indulgence sometimes @John - Write a blog without thinking about the audience? Blogging for yourself is tantamount to talking to yourself. Personally I prefer communicating with other people :) (To be fair my personal blog is written without concern for any goal, specific audience or agenda). What I recommend is we write to communicate something worthwhile to our audience to our own satisfaction. IE. Do the best you can to serve your reader. If the reader can not answer "what's in it for me?" or "so what?" then we have failed, which also means no quality. @Lin – As always you have to see what works. What I would say though is an audience has only so much patience for anything that doesn’t make sense for them. Something tucked away in a corner will not matter so much, but these things add up to an overall tone of self indulgence sometimes

@John – Write a blog without thinking about the audience? Blogging for yourself is tantamount to talking to yourself. Personally I prefer communicating with other people :) (To be fair my personal blog is written without concern for any goal, specific audience or agenda). What I recommend is we write to communicate something worthwhile to our audience to our own satisfaction. IE. Do the best you can to serve your reader. If the reader can not answer “what’s in it for me?” or “so what?” then we have failed, which also means no quality.

]]> By: John Cow http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-7162 John Cow Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:18:04 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-7162 You should be blogging for yourself. Do things how you like them. If you're trying to become someone you're not, the fun will soon be gone and it'll take the quality of your blog down with it. No quality equals no readers. You should be blogging for yourself. Do things how you like them. If you’re trying to become someone you’re not, the fun will soon be gone and it’ll take the quality of your blog down with it.

No quality equals no readers.

]]> By: John Cow http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-18598 John Cow Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:18:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-18598 You should be blogging for yourself. Do things how you like them. If you're trying to become someone you're not, the fun will soon be gone and it'll take the quality of your blog down with it. No quality equals no readers. You should be blogging for yourself. Do things how you like them. If you’re trying to become someone you’re not, the fun will soon be gone and it’ll take the quality of your blog down with it.

No quality equals no readers.

]]> By: Lin http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-7161 Lin Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:57:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-7161 Chris, you've made some interesting points here. I recently subscribed to your blog, and am enjoying going through your archived posts to learn as much as possible (and as quickly as possible). You bring up an interesting point about blog rolls, whether they are helping your readers or not. I've got a pretty good list of blogs on my blog roll, and all of them are those I currently subscribe to (including yours). Speaking only for myself, I don't use my blog roll as "link bait", with selfish hopes that these blogs will link back to my blog. My blog roll is simply showcasing the blogs that I recommend for my readers and visitors to check out for themselves. A recent comment on my blog by one of my readers pointed out the fact that I (at that time) only had four blogs on my blog roll. It occurred to me that showcasing blogs that I find of interest and subscribe to just might be of interest to my readers/visitors, so now I have a much longer list. It's interesting that there are so many varying opinions on link exchanges or link swaps as you put it. One "A-lister" might say it hurts your blog's authority and rank, while another blogger like Courtney Tuttle recently posted the immense benefits derived from it. So, I'm confused on that one, but I guess I just have to see what works for me. Chris, you’ve made some interesting points here. I recently subscribed to your blog, and am enjoying going through your archived posts to learn as much as possible (and as quickly as possible).

You bring up an interesting point about blog rolls, whether they are helping your readers or not. I’ve got a pretty good list of blogs on my blog roll, and all of them are those I currently subscribe to (including yours).

Speaking only for myself, I don’t use my blog roll as “link bait”, with selfish hopes that these blogs will link back to my blog. My blog roll is simply showcasing the blogs that I recommend for my readers and visitors to check out for themselves.

A recent comment on my blog by one of my readers pointed out the fact that I (at that time) only had four blogs on my blog roll. It occurred to me that showcasing blogs that I find of interest and subscribe to just might be of interest to my readers/visitors, so now I have a much longer list.

It’s interesting that there are so many varying opinions on link exchanges or link swaps as you put it. One “A-lister” might say it hurts your blog’s authority and rank, while another blogger like Courtney Tuttle recently posted the immense benefits derived from it. So, I’m confused on that one, but I guess I just have to see what works for me.

]]> By: Lin http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-18597 Lin Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:57:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-18597 Chris, you've made some interesting points here. I recently subscribed to your blog, and am enjoying going through your archived posts to learn as much as possible (and as quickly as possible). You bring up an interesting point about blog rolls, whether they are helping your readers or not. I've got a pretty good list of blogs on my blog roll, and all of them are those I currently subscribe to (including yours). Speaking only for myself, I don't use my blog roll as "link bait", with selfish hopes that these blogs will link back to my blog. My blog roll is simply showcasing the blogs that I recommend for my readers and visitors to check out for themselves. A recent comment on my blog by one of my readers pointed out the fact that I (at that time) only had four blogs on my blog roll. It occurred to me that showcasing blogs that I find of interest and subscribe to just might be of interest to my readers/visitors, so now I have a much longer list. It's interesting that there are so many varying opinions on link exchanges or link swaps as you put it. One "A-lister" might say it hurts your blog's authority and rank, while another blogger like Courtney Tuttle recently posted the immense benefits derived from it. So, I'm confused on that one, but I guess I just have to see what works for me. Chris, you’ve made some interesting points here. I recently subscribed to your blog, and am enjoying going through your archived posts to learn as much as possible (and as quickly as possible).

You bring up an interesting point about blog rolls, whether they are helping your readers or not. I’ve got a pretty good list of blogs on my blog roll, and all of them are those I currently subscribe to (including yours).

Speaking only for myself, I don’t use my blog roll as “link bait”, with selfish hopes that these blogs will link back to my blog. My blog roll is simply showcasing the blogs that I recommend for my readers and visitors to check out for themselves.

A recent comment on my blog by one of my readers pointed out the fact that I (at that time) only had four blogs on my blog roll. It occurred to me that showcasing blogs that I find of interest and subscribe to just might be of interest to my readers/visitors, so now I have a much longer list.

It’s interesting that there are so many varying opinions on link exchanges or link swaps as you put it. One “A-lister” might say it hurts your blog’s authority and rank, while another blogger like Courtney Tuttle recently posted the immense benefits derived from it. So, I’m confused on that one, but I guess I just have to see what works for me.

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-7154 Chris Garrett Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:46:51 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-7154 @PT - I think the content column needs white space on the left, and I would get rid of the blogrush widget @Lorelle - Yup, just like in face to face communication, "enough about me ... what do YOU think about me?" soon gets dull :) @PT – I think the content column needs white space on the left, and I would get rid of the blogrush widget

@Lorelle – Yup, just like in face to face communication, “enough about me … what do YOU think about me?” soon gets dull :)

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-18596 Chris Garrett Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:46:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-18596 @PT - I think the content column needs white space on the left, and I would get rid of the blogrush widget @Lorelle - Yup, just like in face to face communication, "enough about me ... what do YOU think about me?" soon gets dull :) @PT – I think the content column needs white space on the left, and I would get rid of the blogrush widget

@Lorelle – Yup, just like in face to face communication, “enough about me … what do YOU think about me?” soon gets dull :)

]]> By: Lorelle http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-7152 Lorelle Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:54:29 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-7152 Well said, Chris. While what we write on our blogs are about "us" and our needs, when we hit the publish button, it becomes about who reads. We can never forget them. Well said, Chris. While what we write on our blogs are about “us” and our needs, when we hit the publish button, it becomes about who reads. We can never forget them.

]]> By: Lorelle http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-18595 Lorelle Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:54:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/blogging-for-readers/#comment-18595 Well said, Chris. While what we write on our blogs are about "us" and our needs, when we hit the publish button, it becomes about who reads. We can never forget them. Well said, Chris. While what we write on our blogs are about “us” and our needs, when we hit the publish button, it becomes about who reads. We can never forget them.

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