Comments on: Productive Blogger: Promotion vs. Production

By: John Jaworski

John Jaworski — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:31:02 +0000

Great Post! The best message shouted in a vacuum is as good as no message!

I’ve also found that commenting on my blog about great posts I find on other blogs is a wonderful way to start a relationship and creates great content for me!

Win-Win!

Good stuff! Thanks a lot for the tip!

By: Jared

Jared — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:02:20 +0000

All good points, I’m not so sure about the value of Technorati though.

By: Anelly

Anelly — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:00:32 +0000

I must thank you for this because i was thinking about how could i develop relationships with other blogs. But you just ease my situation providing the answer.

PS: I know that promoting is very important because in this way your post will be spread. But it must be a good post because if the writing is poor than we still keep on promoting the post. Nobody will be interested.

By: Mark Shead

Mark Shead — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:16:39 +0000

@Eric – I’m sorry you aren’t happy with the current articles. I would be very interested in knowing which one you thought was good.

My point is that somehow you found that entry that you considered good. If I can write five good posts each week that no one reads as opposed to one good one that gets shared, I’m going to be better off with a single post per week. I’m not advocating writing with lower quality and then trying to promote junk. :)

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:51:38 +0000

I disagree. I don’t write a blog, but read a bunch of them. All it takes is one good post, and I’ll add you to my reader feed. That is content. Then I will read your blog as long as there is good content. End of story. Take, for example, this blog. There was one post a while back (sorry don’t know which one) that was a decent entry, and I added it to my list.

However, the content quality just isn’t there. So, this will probably be the last time I visit. Quality content really is king.

By: FIAR

FIAR — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:05:55 +0000

You’re welcome, Mark. It reads much smoother now.

By: Mark Shead

Mark Shead — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 03:48:17 +0000

@WildBill – The funny thing is, I wasn’t even thinking about trying to network when I left you that suggestion. :) I just knew it made a big difference for me and thought I’d pass it on.

@FIAR – Thanks for the suggestion. I’m made a change along the lines of what you suggested.

By: FIAR

FIAR — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 03:22:24 +0000

Mark, This is something I need to get back to working on. I used to worry more about commenting and networking, and then at some point content became king. Thanks for the reminder.

I do have one suggestion, though. Revise the part that says:
Once you have a relationship established, it isn’t inappropriate to email them once in a while to say “what do you think of this post?”

to say:
Once you have a relationship established, it’s perfectly appropriate to email them once in a while to say “what do you think of this post?”

The double negative threw me off and I thought you were saying that it is in appropriate. I had to read it 3 times to realize what you said and what you meant matched up.

By: Tom Spanton, TRCoach

Tom Spanton, TRCoach — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:55:03 +0000

As a new blogger, I have been spending a lot of time making my site look nice – a tweak here, a tweak there and half the day is gone. Posting then takes priority until I realize, as you say, /that blogging is 97% promotion and 3% writing. Good advice for us Blookies (Blogging Rookies) Thanks, Tom – TRCoach

By: Wild Bill

Wild Bill — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:17:13 +0000

Mark this is a great tip. I have done a lot of the networking ideas you talk about in this post, but I stopped sending tips and posts to blogs that were not already in my immediate network of friends and contacts. I know your tip works because that is how I found your blog. You sent me and email with a tip that said I could increase my feed subscription numbers by installing the Feedsmith plugin. Well I listened to you and installed it Thursday. When I woke up Friday I was showing 13 more subscribers and by Saturday 54 more subscribers! I’m glad to see you practice what you preach. You have gained another reader because of it.

Thanks for the tip Mark! ;)