Protected: Find the Conversations in Your Niche or Target Market (Day 3-31 Kick Butt)
Makes sense, of course, but does it actually happen?
Sure it does. I have seen bloggers from different areas, businesses and industries refer business back and forth. Competitors need to realize, instead of always working about competing, perhaps it is time to collaborate instead.
Makes sense, of course, but does it actually happen?
Sure it does. I have seen bloggers from different areas, businesses and industries refer business back and forth. Competitors need to realize, instead of always working about competing, perhaps it is time to collaborate instead.
I certainly understand how reaching out to other blogs can generate traffic to one's own blog. It's not unlike making friends face-to-face. Reaching out makes people reach back. But if I'm blogging with my competitors, especially in my niche, how exactly would that generate more business for me? It's not like they'll give me their own customers.
Why wouldn't they. If they are successful and are getting more business then they can handle, who better to send their customers to than someone else who will take care of them.
I certainly understand how reaching out to other blogs can generate traffic to one's own blog. It's not unlike making friends face-to-face. Reaching out makes people reach back. But if I'm blogging with my competitors, especially in my niche, how exactly would that generate more business for me? It's not like they'll give me their own customers.
Why wouldn't they. If they are successful and are getting more business then they can handle, who better to send their customers to than someone else who will take care of them.
Now i have even learned about search on Twitter. Great help. Really so very elementary, but I hadn't done it.
Now i have even learned about search on Twitter. Great help. Really so very elementary, but I hadn't done it.
What a help to just learn about Google "Blog Search", wow! I haven't had a chance to really investigate Google because I have been trying to do so much else just getting started.
What a help to just learn about Google "Blog Search", wow! I haven't had a chance to really investigate Google because I have been trying to do so much else just getting started.
I echo the comments on the great tips! The Advanced Search features on Twitter open up many options! Thanks, Grant, for this series!
You are welcome and I am glad you are getting some things you can use from the series.
I echo the comments on the great tips! The Advanced Search features on Twitter open up many options! Thanks, Grant, for this series!
You are welcome and I am glad you are getting some things you can use from the series.
I definitely plan to follow these tips before starting a blog on consumer issues in the law. I did not know that there was a way to search blogs other than casting a line into Google blindly. Keep the good information coming.
I definitely plan to follow these tips before starting a blog on consumer issues in the law. I did not know that there was a way to search blogs other than casting a line into Google blindly. Keep the good information coming.
Really interesting and very quick way to find your niche. As many are saying, like those tools and Mark thanks for sharing that search tip. Really makes it interesting. Now back to searching!
Really interesting and very quick way to find your niche. As many are saying, like those tools and Mark thanks for sharing that search tip. Really makes it interesting. Now back to searching!
I'm really enjoying this Google Blog Search (have been using Twitter Search a bit recently as well).
It's great to get alerts when new pages or posts go up regarding your niche topics. You can always sift through older material (that's already been published), but you can relate to newly published material in a different way, and you are in a better positions to notice trends. Thanks Grant!
You are very welcome and I am glad it is helping you with your blogging.
I'm really enjoying this Google Blog Search (have been using Twitter Search a bit recently as well).
It's great to get alerts when new pages or posts go up regarding your niche topics. You can always sift through older material (that's already been published), but you can relate to newly published material in a different way, and you are in a better positions to notice trends. Thanks Grant!
You are very welcome and I am glad it is helping you with your blogging.
Google Blog Search is new to me, as well. Also liked Mark's Twitter search example. Already have played with both and commented on a neighboring blog. I use Tweetdeck to categorize those I'm following. It makes it easier to find the tweets on which you're llikely to reply.
Google Blog Search is new to me, as well. Also liked Mark's Twitter search example. Already have played with both and commented on a neighboring blog. I use Tweetdeck to categorize those I'm following. It makes it easier to find the tweets on which you're llikely to reply.
Wow, Grant. Like Rae, I had never heard of the Google Blog search tool. I have now spent some time using it and there are thousands of things that could be relevant to my blog. I can see endless possibilities, both in terms of getting ideas for posts and for Twittering things that relate to me.
Hope you're having a good Saturday!
Wow, Grant. Like Rae, I had never heard of the Google Blog search tool. I have now spent some time using it and there are thousands of things that could be relevant to my blog. I can see endless possibilities, both in terms of getting ideas for posts and for Twittering things that relate to me.
Hope you're having a good Saturday!
Great lesson today - I use a search routine in twitter to find various points of contact to communicte with using a very simple search string .
First go to the site http://search.twitter.com/
Then in the search window enter "field names"
You can search twitter help or google for that matter for field names such as "Near", "within" and qualifiers
here is what I used
near:dallas within:500mi "social media" OR " promote your business"
FYI - spammers use this method to collect email address, so I would only Direct Message your email address in twitter so that it is not harvested by spammers our use the method of UserNameMyLocationcom
Thanks Grant
Mark - What a great tip on how to use twitter search to go to the next level of searching. It really is amazing what you can do with these tools.
Thx Grant - yes it is amazing - I used a similar search to find organic ranches within 100 miles of our BnM location we are building to compliment our blog. - you can qualify your contacts down to every detail.
Great lesson today - I use a search routine in twitter to find various points of contact to communicte with using a very simple search string .
First go to the site http://search.twitter.com/
Then in the search window enter "field names"
You can search twitter help or google for that matter for field names such as "Near", "within" and qualifiers
here is what I used
near:dallas within:500mi "social media" OR " promote your business"
FYI - spammers use this method to collect email address, so I would only Direct Message your email address in twitter so that it is not harvested by spammers our use the method of UserNameMyLocationcom
Thanks Grant
Mark - What a great tip on how to use twitter search to go to the next level of searching. It really is amazing what you can do with these tools.
Thx Grant - yes it is amazing - I used a similar search to find organic ranches within 100 miles of our BnM location we are building to compliment our blog. - you can qualify your contacts down to every detail.
Great stuff. I had never heard of the Google blog tool, so I'm checking it out now and finding some interesting results.
I use twitter already, but I probably don't search as often as I should.
I like the alltop site and I'm set up on a google alert for a few key words; that's a good way to discover other people in your niche. What I like about google alert is the information is sent to my email, so I don't have to remember to search myself ;)
Great stuff. I had never heard of the Google blog tool, so I'm checking it out now and finding some interesting results.
I use twitter already, but I probably don't search as often as I should.
I like the alltop site and I'm set up on a google alert for a few key words; that's a good way to discover other people in your niche. What I like about google alert is the information is sent to my email, so I don't have to remember to search myself ;)
I cant wait to do a twitter search for my niche. I have been using twitter for a few monthes and it as increased the traffic to my blog. I do not follow a large number of people that I am interested in their tweets. This should help get the conversations started. thanks
I cant wait to do a twitter search for my niche. I have been using twitter for a few monthes and it as increased the traffic to my blog. I do not follow a large number of people that I am interested in their tweets. This should help get the conversations started. thanks
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