Comments on: How to Write Blog Posts Other Bloggers Will Link To

By: kino berlin

kino berlin — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:03:30 +0000

Gut!

By: Iv

Iv — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:38:57 +0000

Very interesting!
Thank you
http://www.theyoutube.info

By: Enea

Enea — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:06:31 +0000

Great advice. You are right: it is easy to say but hard to do….

By: Enea

Enea — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:05:51 +0000

Great advice. You are right: it is easy to say but hard to do….

By: B.L. Ochman

B.L. Ochman — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:20:18 +0000

I agree that writing your own blog is best, but there’s still no tool that search engines like better, or that allows you to engage in conversation with current and potential clients.
A group blog is a great idea. After all – look at this one!
Why now engage others to write with you. That way, you can do a post a week, or whatever works, and provide content that is valuable to your market.

By: Sandra Renshaw

Sandra Renshaw — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 18:25:08 +0000

Elaine,
Why not record your post and let a VA transcribe it, select a graphic, and post for you. The blog reflects “your voice” – which is critical – and you save time.
I’m not a fan of professionally written blogs – that makes it another marketing piece. I want to hear the voice of the author.
Sandy
http://purplewren.typepad.com/purplewren/hire_sandy.html

By: M Arnold

M Arnold — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:05:43 +0000

Elaine,
You said, “These suggestions are great, but do you have any advice for marketers who spend time each day on marketing their own businesses or companies, see and/or service clients/customers, and try to fit in some personal or family time? How can we add a blog to the mix and still get some sleep?”
If you’re using your blog for building business, hire a professional with blog expertise to do it for you. You’re not only purchasing excellent writing, but you’re also buying back the time you need to spend on other things.
Just a thought…

By: B.L. Ochman

B.L. Ochman — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:59:33 +0000

Adele: Here's the link to my post about it http://www.whatsnextblog.com/archives/2007/01/todd_andrlik_has_started_a.asp

By: Adele McAlear

Adele McAlear — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:19:27 +0000

Ahhhh, how easy it is for even an experienced blogger to slip on these basics! BL, I’d love the link to the “Power 150″ you referenced in one of your replies. (So much for #5!)
Thanks for a great post.

By: Elaine Fogel

Elaine Fogel — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:18:07 +0000

Thanks, guys. I’m already exhausted and the idea of starting my own blog in addition to my monthly e-newsletter, quarterly print newsletter, marketing and business development activities – which, incidentally, include face-to-face meetings, B.L. – managing clients and their projects, contributing to publications, ….phew. I’m so glad I asked and learned that I’m on the right track.
Ann, whenever I have a few minutes each morning, I come here to the Daily Fix to see what I can learn or to add my two cents to the dialogue. Thanks to MarketingProfs for providing us with this stimulating outlet.
Have a great day!

By: Tim Jackson

Tim Jackson — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 05:30:47 +0000

Ann/ Mack- Exactly! Commenting on other blogs, going out and finding other blogs to read and speak with… that’s the ticket! I can’t believe I didn’t jump on that sooner. (It’ll be a whole chapter when I write my book…)

By: B.L. Ochman

B.L. Ochman — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:05:24 +0000

You are so right about participating in the blog community!
And I should also add: get out a meet people. Go to conferences, have geek dinners. People will always be more likely to link you if you’ve met in person.
And pick up the phone (gasp) to talk to bloggers you admire. I feel another post brewing. :>)

By: Mack Collier

Mack Collier — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:00:21 +0000

“Which also leads me to what I’d put as a Bonus-Bonus, or #11: Get off your own blog, and participate elsewhere, as well. Giving is as much part of the equation as getting.”
Bingo. I am amazed at the number of bloggers that still don’t get this. A shame, they are missing out on probably the best way to build community.

By: Maureen Rogers

Maureen Rogers — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 23:56:31 +0000

BL – Nice job with excellent blog-minders.(I’m with Robert Hruzek on blog titles depending on the type of blog. They’re a great way to inject humor.)
As for endless blog lists, my rule of thumb is to list blogs the I read regularly and comment on (at least occasionally). My list, which is still relativey short, is a combination of well-traveled blogs and some that are excellent, but might not get as many viewers and commenters.

By: Ann Handley

Ann Handley — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:21:42 +0000

Elaine — One solution is to participate in blogs without necessarily publishing your own. Via properties like the Daily Fix, of course. But also through commenting on other blogs and generally being part of the conversation.
Which also leads me to what I’d put as a Bonus-Bonus, or #11: Get off your own blog, and participate elsewhere, as well. Giving is as much part of the equation as getting.

By: B.L. Ochman

B.L. Ochman — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:51:28 +0000

sleep is for sissies.
no, just kidding.
there is no answer to your question Elaine. how i wish there was!

By: Marc Chase

Marc Chase — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:49:01 +0000

Thanks for the info. My biggest hurdle is learning to “write well”.

By: Elaine Fogel

Elaine Fogel — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:42:34 +0000

BL, what about those of us who contribute to the Daily Fix (or add comments) but don’t write our own blogs?
These suggestions are great, but do you have any advice for marketers who spend time each day on marketing their own businesses or companies, see and/or service clients/customers, and try to fit in some personal or family time? How can we add a blog to the mix and still get some sleep?

By: B.L. Ochman

B.L. Ochman — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:16:47 +0000

You’re so right Lewis! Graphics really help.
Michael: The lists I’m so tired of are the A,B,Z list bloggers. They’re nothing but an attempt to get all the bloggers on the list to link back to your (generally obscure) blog.
I much prefer to learn of a new blog because of its substantive content.
The only one I liked recently was the Power 150 because he combined several rankings plus his own opinion to come up with a list of top marketing blogs. At least he really worked to put his list together.

By: Ellen Weber

Ellen Weber — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:31:46 +0000

Great post and a real keeper – as are the comments! Thanks! I’d add 2-footed questions to your list. For instance, in a post today I ask for readers’ ideas through asking…
“How can we use language and math to draw from the best in men’s and women’s brains?”
Questions can hook to the wonderful expertise of diverse readers’s brains, but they also raise curiosity all around if the topic fits what’s asked. What do you think?
Thanks for the cool inspiration at this site!

By: Tim Jackson

Tim Jackson — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:38:11 +0000

Wait, wait wait…
We’re NOT the 8th Wonder of the World? I guess I have to stop wearing that new jacket I had made…
All good points. I’m especially fond of #10.

By: Claire Ratushny

Claire Ratushny — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:12:44 +0000

Hi B.L.,
Sage advice. Short, sweet and to the point. Loved it.
Claire

By: Michael Morton

Michael Morton — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:03:17 +0000

Why not make lists? They seem to work very well.

By: Lewis Green

Lewis Green — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:48:41 +0000

BL,
Good information. I would add one item: Include graphics that help tell the story. They are often times the only thing other than the headline viewed. They are the ways we get readers to read on.

By: Robert Hruzek

Robert Hruzek — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:36:42 +0000

#1 – I hope so!
#2 – no problem
#3 – but I hate lists!
#4 – amen!
#5 – working on it
#6 – absolutely, positively
#7 – guilty! guilty! guilty! (sorry)
#8 – I’d say that depends on the type of blog – but it should make them want to read it
#9 – hopefully good there
#10 – should be rule #1