Protected: Engage in the Conversations Taking Place (Day 5-31 Kick Butt)
Hey, Grant: Good stuff. I often feel like my comments just go out into never-never land without being able to use them in another way. So my question is: is there a way to aggregate comments you make on other blog posts, other than copy and paste them as word docs on your own computer? (time consuming). Thanks!
Backtype might do what you are wanting. http://www.backtype.com/ I plan to check it out a bit more and see.
Hey, Grant: Good stuff. I often feel like my comments just go out into never-never land without being able to use them in another way. So my question is: is there a way to aggregate comments you make on other blog posts, other than copy and paste them as word docs on your own computer? (time consuming). Thanks!
Backtype might do what you are wanting. http://www.backtype.com/ I plan to check it out a bit more and see.
As Michael and Demond were talking about,, consistency is my biggest hurdle. I'm trying to get more focused to get consistent with all aspects of blogging -- writing posts, visiting and commenting on other blogs and forums, engaging in Twitter and Facebook (that is mostly for friends and family for me).
I'm balancing that with spending time off line with my family and friends as well and finding it hard to get the time that I need online. I'm sure that I'll get there eventually.
I do find that when I'm on Twitter I tend to engage in topics that don't really relate to my blogs. This brings visitors but while they often like what they see it isn't an area of interest for them. I need to spend more time in my niche(s).
As Michael and Demond were talking about,, consistency is my biggest hurdle. I'm trying to get more focused to get consistent with all aspects of blogging -- writing posts, visiting and commenting on other blogs and forums, engaging in Twitter and Facebook (that is mostly for friends and family for me).
I'm balancing that with spending time off line with my family and friends as well and finding it hard to get the time that I need online. I'm sure that I'll get there eventually.
I do find that when I'm on Twitter I tend to engage in topics that don't really relate to my blogs. This brings visitors but while they often like what they see it isn't an area of interest for them. I need to spend more time in my niche(s).
Hi Grant,
I'm with Christine, I hadn't considered #2 prior to your post today. What a great idea!
I am also happy to see less "getting started" coaching and more "improve what you have" ideas.
It is great to meeting everyone here in the comments, too.
Cheers!
Lori
Hi Grant,
I'm with Christine, I hadn't considered #2 prior to your post today. What a great idea!
I am also happy to see less "getting started" coaching and more "improve what you have" ideas.
It is great to meeting everyone here in the comments, too.
Cheers!
Lori
Thank you for posting this series, your timing could not have been better. After starting out my blog with gusto I actually got busy with work -- the thing the blog was designed to bring in -- and neglected posting to my blog. Your series is giving me the added motivation that I needed to make it happen! I also like the action items at the end. Spoon feeding is a good thing!
Glad you are finding it all useful and that it is giving you the boast you need to get back to posting.
Thank you for posting this series, your timing could not have been better. After starting out my blog with gusto I actually got busy with work -- the thing the blog was designed to bring in -- and neglected posting to my blog. Your series is giving me the added motivation that I needed to make it happen! I also like the action items at the end. Spoon feeding is a good thing!
Glad you are finding it all useful and that it is giving you the boast you need to get back to posting.
It has never crossed my mind to write posts that carry on a conversation that's gone on somewhere else and link back to it. That's a really useful one.
Doing that one activity was one of the reasons my own blog took off like it did. Of course when I started blogging almost 5 years ago, there were not nearly as many blogs. While the number of blogs is growing, there is always room for good ones that "get it."
I tried starting a blog, but without traffic, there are no comments. I never thought about taking the conversations from other blogs back to my own (I am taking time now to reassess before I relaunch). By taking the conversation back to my own blog, I see that if I can't get the comments coming to it, I can bring the comments there myself.
Great idea.
It has never crossed my mind to write posts that carry on a conversation that's gone on somewhere else and link back to it. That's a really useful one.
Doing that one activity was one of the reasons my own blog took off like it did. Of course when I started blogging almost 5 years ago, there were not nearly as many blogs. While the number of blogs is growing, there is always room for good ones that "get it."
I tried starting a blog, but without traffic, there are no comments. I never thought about taking the conversations from other blogs back to my own (I am taking time now to reassess before I relaunch). By taking the conversation back to my own blog, I see that if I can't get the comments coming to it, I can bring the comments there myself.
Great idea.
I think the real key to this engagement strategy is that you must do these actions consistently. There are times I get really busy, but I always have a moment or two to take a break and engage with my audience. If you don't keep that connection open, it dries up, and the opportunities and blog traffic dry up with it.
I wanted to start by saying I am getting a lot from this challenge. Michael, in my blog, I know I am guilty of not being consistent with my postings, which does hurt overall visitors to my site. If I don't have the time to commit to everything necessary to build a strong blog, do you think it would be a good idea to outsource some of the work?
Demond, your blog is the headwater from which everything else flows. You don't want that to dry up. If that means you hire writers or VAs to help out, go for it.
I think the real key to this engagement strategy is that you must do these actions consistently. There are times I get really busy, but I always have a moment or two to take a break and engage with my audience. If you don't keep that connection open, it dries up, and the opportunities and blog traffic dry up with it.
I wanted to start by saying I am getting a lot from this challenge. Michael, in my blog, I know I am guilty of not being consistent with my postings, which does hurt overall visitors to my site. If I don't have the time to commit to everything necessary to build a strong blog, do you think it would be a good idea to outsource some of the work?
Demond, your blog is the headwater from which everything else flows. You don't want that to dry up. If that means you hire writers or VAs to help out, go for it.
Thanks for finnaly getting to some meat. After the first few begginer posts, I was about to unsubscribe because you seemed to be targeting those just starting out.
Now on to this topic:
I like the action points at the end with numeric targets (still too low IMHO). #4 is particularly usefull to get your voice beyond your circle of friends.
I find iPhone + TweetDeck w/ keyword search (more comprehensive than just hashtag) as one column to be the best way to do this - reply when you are on break from other tasks. You can also use EasyTweet on a computer to schedule tweets to give you an even update schedule.
By the way, where is the "tweet this comment" button? A great way to spread meme and get readers tweeting.
Thanks for finnaly getting to some meat. After the first few begginer posts, I was about to unsubscribe because you seemed to be targeting those just starting out.
Now on to this topic:
I like the action points at the end with numeric targets (still too low IMHO). #4 is particularly usefull to get your voice beyond your circle of friends.
I find iPhone + TweetDeck w/ keyword search (more comprehensive than just hashtag) as one column to be the best way to do this - reply when you are on break from other tasks. You can also use EasyTweet on a computer to schedule tweets to give you an even update schedule.
By the way, where is the "tweet this comment" button? A great way to spread meme and get readers tweeting.
Thanks for outlining the 4 steps at the end; I found that particularly useful.
Number 1, 3 and 4 I'm reasonably good at, but when you talk about number 3; do you mean ReTweeting a good blog post that someone else is talking about?
I can definitely look in to number 2; it's a great way to share the link love and I probably do nowhere near enough of it. Off to write something now!
Yes, number 3 is using twitter to leave links to blog post you are reading on twitter. This is something I try to do daily as I read the blogs I read. Doing this is a great way to not only pay it forward to those blogs you read. But your followers will appreciate the fact you are a source of information too.
Thanks Grant - do you have a particular tool you like for sharing what you are reading on twitter?
I recently started using Shareholic (it's a firefox adon) and find that to be really easy, straight foward and quick to use:
I use and highly recommend http://easytweets.com The free version is plenty for most people.
does easytweets post blogs from your RSS feed automaticly for your blogs and ones you subscribe to? I couldnt find the free version and was trying to figure out if it is worth the money. I love hootsuite but I am always looking for a more efficient way.
Yes, you can feed your blog's feed to twitter with easytweets. You can also feed other blogs. I am feeding over 300 legal blogs to twitter who are also on twitter for a project I am working on. More on that to come.
Thanks!
Well I am a bit behind on the daily routine of going through your classes. I do enjoy and am learning much about what you post. I am a regular on #1 and #2 yet must work in #4 and #5.
Thank you much.
Thanks for outlining the 4 steps at the end; I found that particularly useful.
Number 1, 3 and 4 I'm reasonably good at, but when you talk about number 3; do you mean ReTweeting a good blog post that someone else is talking about?
I can definitely look in to number 2; it's a great way to share the link love and I probably do nowhere near enough of it. Off to write something now!
Yes, number 3 is using twitter to leave links to blog post you are reading on twitter. This is something I try to do daily as I read the blogs I read. Doing this is a great way to not only pay it forward to those blogs you read. But your followers will appreciate the fact you are a source of information too.
Thanks Grant - do you have a particular tool you like for sharing what you are reading on twitter?
I recently started using Shareholic (it's a firefox adon) and find that to be really easy, straight foward and quick to use:
I use and highly recommend http://easytweets.com The free version is plenty for most people.
does easytweets post blogs from your RSS feed automaticly for your blogs and ones you subscribe to? I couldnt find the free version and was trying to figure out if it is worth the money. I love hootsuite but I am always looking for a more efficient way.
Yes, you can feed your blog's feed to twitter with easytweets. You can also feed other blogs. I am feeding over 300 legal blogs to twitter who are also on twitter for a project I am working on. More on that to come.
Thanks!
Well I am a bit behind on the daily routine of going through your classes. I do enjoy and am learning much about what you post. I am a regular on #1 and #2 yet must work in #4 and #5.
Thank you much.
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