There Are Different Steps For Growing Blogs
If you are not focused on the iPhone hype, you probably noticed that some good content was written this week. Louis Gray posted about how he thinks The Importance of Blog Linking Seems to be Declining. There was some good discussion in the blog comments as well, so I highly recommend that you read [...]
Would You Prefer Your Articles To Be Dugg or Shared?
Lately I’ve been noticing that I pay more attention to how many times my articles are shared on RSSmeme and Readburner rather than how many times they’ve been voted for on Digg. I think I can safely say that it’s much easier to get your article shared rather than dugg, though I’m not sure why [...]
Blog Comments Aren’t Dead, But Your Activities May Be Keeping Them Away
Robert Scoble made a post a while back about blog comments being dead. Well, if you look at one of my recent posts, Identi.ca Apps & Why It Could Blow Twitter Away, I have 30 comments on it thus far on SheGeeks.net. How’d my identi.ca post go over on FriendFeed? Not very well actually. [...]
Comments: Are They For The Author Or The Audience?
Everyday we crank out posts for readers to respond. We try to contribute to the conversation. We aim to solve a problem or have a problem solved for us by our readers. Everyday. The overall point is to receive feedback among other things. Can we all agree with that?Yet, there’s a huge stir about conversation [...]
Is It Necessary For A-listers To Get First Dibs?
When it comes to promoting a service or site, the "smartest" startups will contact the big names to get their start. This leaves a very wide gap open for the taking for smaller blogs. However, for all it’s worth, is it really necessary for A-listers to get first dibs?
A-List Benefits
There’s no [...]
What I Mean By Being An "Information Filter"
Jarred of Tropophilia has a unique response to a conversation started by Steven Hodson and one that I also supplied my thoughts about (see: Be A Great Human Information Filter). To quote Jarred’s post:
But Steve states that bloggers can be “most useful” by essentially filtering information for readers. Our task, he says, is to master [...]
Be A Great Human Information Filter
Steven Hodson has an awesomesauce post on how bloggers are becoming news anchors in their own way. While he uses the term "gatekeepers", Frederic of The Last Podcast prefers "filters (but not gatekeepers)". Why the change in terms? Frederic notes:
However, our readers can get their information from a million different sources, so I don’t think [...]
