You wrote an amazing post, and just as you are about to click publish, an evil elf (damn him!) shows up on your desk. He tells you that you may publish the post, but that the readers can’t choose how to share it. You have to decide for them, and they only get one option. Your readers can either:Leave a comment on the post itself. Retweet the...
2 years and 7 months ago, this was my blog. My thoughts, perspectives, opinions and research. However, 2 years and 6 months ago, when I received my first comment, I realized I was wrong. This blog wasn’t mine, it was you, the readers, who controlled it. I shifted from “I’m writing this blog as my creative outlet” to “I’m writing this blog to hear my readers creativity”....
Writing a blog is great for business – it can help paint you as an expert in your field, help your audience with tips and advice and can improve your SEO. But, without comments, it can get pretty dull and frustrating. Unfortunately, there is no short cuts to comments, but there are some tips I can share that will help to get your audience started...
So apparently, I am one in a million – or at least my blog and its reaction to Disqus is unique. For those who missed it, last week I tried to uninstall Disqus (for a couple reasons) and it did not go well at all. In fact, we are still in the process of figuring out how to get my comments to sync properly so...
I installed disqus over a year and a half ago. I did so because I was looking for a simple comment system that would make for easier commenting, subscribing to comments, facebook/twitter integration and threaded replies. The system was good – did what was asked of it and rarely had issues. However, as time has gone on and my blog has increased in readership, I...
Last week I discussed my intense issues with the shortening of blog posts in RSS feeds. It was a bit of a rant (okay, a lot of a rant), but the overall response was positive. All of the commenters and tweeters agreed that blog reading needs to be made simple, and if someone subscribes, you shouldn’t make it harder for them to get to your...
As a blogger myself, you would assume I was really good at commenting and adding thoughts to other peoples blogs. Unfortunately, that is just not true. And something I really need to fix. Don’t get me wrong, I read a lot of blogs…probably about 30 or so posts per day from both blogs I subscribe to and links I click on through twitter. Of those 30,...
If you’re anything like me, you have a whole heck of a lot of blogs that come via rss every morning. Currently, I have about 50 that I subscribe to and read every day. I also love leaving comments on the blogs that I read, but as I was commenting on a couple posts this morning, I found something very interesting: I rarely comment on...
