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Well done Maki, you really are a credit to the community. It takes serious time to submit as much as you do. It's so easy for us to be lazy and just be consumets of the information that other people such as yourself provide. Kudos.
Really, most people can tell the difference between blatant ass-kissing and sincere and honest contributions. Dr Mani is extremely sincere and I'm sure that would show through to any of the A-listers that he wants to 'snag'. Maybe he could have used a better word there :)
This is not something that can be faked, but that doesn't mean that you can't put an effort into getting noticed.
Although I was very appreciative of Rosalind's advice, she didn't quite understand my intentions. I had not intended to make money with my blog which is what she implies in her post. I have been trying to make money in various niche markets and failing at those. The blog is merely there to tell the story.
I did leave a comment to this effect on Rosalinds post but it was deleted!
However, seeing as the blog is getting more traffic now, it seems like my best chance of actualyl making some revenue in the short time would be to monetize the blog which is somewhat ironic!
Phew, glad it's just a number and not a method to actually list the domains!
Story: Ok Who Broke Feedburner?!
Update - the numbers from Google Feedfetcher are not being counted. Hopefully it's just a glitch :) So to answer my question, I guess Google broke it heh!
I've seen this before on a programming blog and yes it is so very true.
Regardless of the content, I had to Sphinn it just for the cartoon!
This is good, but it's also the kind of thing where I just want one solution that works, I dont want to have to wade through 50 :)
I started actively commenting about a month ago and it really has worked well. I think the biggest advantage is that aside fromt he direct traffic I've got, I see many of the people whose blogs I comment on drop by my own blog. It's been a good way to get my ugly mug out there in the blogosphere!
The tricky thing of course, is managing the time. There are sooo many blogs, you can't comment on them all.
Lyndon, try reading part 7, hopefully that will solidy the benefits. If you still don't think it's worth it after that then you will never be converted :)
I didn't try to create a hook - just provide a comprehensive guide to all aspects of it, and how to use it for marketing. The description part is just part 1.
That's a really useful post, I had never really broken it down in that way before. I've tried linkbaiting a few times with limited success. Looking at that list I realise my best shot at getting it right is using the education approach.
Story: Please Don't Ask Me to Sphinn Your Stories (and How to Use Sphinn and Similar Social News Websites)
I agree, I feel awkward when I get a Sphinn request because my 'anti-begging' mechanism kicks in and I don't want to Sphinn it on principle but then I feel all guilty for being mean!
Really, I think it's self defeating anyway because the regular users of Sphinn know how to use and they WILL find the good content so there really is no need to ask for votes. The only people who would actually benefit from asking are those who are new and they would probably be ignored for that very reason!
So really, no matter how you look at it - it's pointless.
Well that's exactly one of the points I made in my post. It seems that the drops are fairly universal in which case the playing field is still level. I asked the question if anyone had seen an increase.
@Noobliminal - I did! I had a major purge and unsubscribed from loads of blogs. I then got all purge crazy and went through all my Twitter contacts removing anyone who was no longer active or just posted rubbish. I felt a lot better by the end of the day!
@Tony, a lot of the time I think the blogs started out good and gradually they run out of good stuff to say so you keep subscribing to them wondering if they're going to come up with the goods and its easy to kind of not notice if you just see one post a day. Because I had such a backlog, with many blogs having over 20 unread, it became glaringly obvious how bad a blog was when I could not find a single post to comment on or link to.
@TimDineen, I was like that too. I am fairly new to all this so I too am trying to soak up everything like a sponge but it was literally taking up hours of my day and it simply just wasn't paying off. I cant make a living by reading blogs so some had to go.
@TheRealTerry, I had a similar comment on the blog. Good point, I was certain it would get brought up. The post was not so much a complaint as a heads up to bloggers that may not even realise that they could be boring their audience. Those feeds that had nothing but fluff did indeed get unsubscribed. Plus, I'll admit I dramatised it a little to try and get attention. Unfortunately it seems that the whiny posts get the clicks these days!
Story: Congrats Maki (DoshDosh)! 100 Sphinn Submits 'Gone Hot'