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Just showing a car in your header won’t make you John Chow
Friday, March 28th, 2008
I have posted this article in the blogging section, but I assume it’s as valuable as advice for anything we do online (even in real life). I see way too many people try to mimic others, copy sites, copy articles, take an idea and use it too, just because they think their copycat site would be as successful as the original.
We talk about the car on the John Chow blog, even if this is just an example: we can refer here to many things, not just stealing a famous header idea. So the guy makes lots of bucks. OK, let’s find a prototype car, the most UFO like the better, put it in the header and see what else we can take. (more…)
Get something more from that crappy Entrecard traffic
Monday, March 24th, 2008
I know how you all hate Entrecard related posts, so I won’t chime in with yet another useless one to tell you how cool it is and how much traffic I am getting from it. I will though talk about HOW to make sure that traffic is less crappy as it should be in such a program.
If you want repeated QUALITY visitors and many comments, then just don’t go to Entrecard. Just like StumbleUpon, Digg and other schemes like these, Entrecard is a good way to get visitors, but the bounce rate is HORRIBLY HIGH. Yes, Entrecard traffic is crappy traffic, but it’s traffic in the end. It’s still good because you do get some visits (quite many if you are active there) and you might also discover some nice blogs to befriend with. Some of the biggest blogs are also present in the program, so maybe it’s not that bad anyway.
Let’s see now HOW to make sure some of this non-quality traffic turns into repeated visitors who are actually interested in what you write there, not just to drop that stupid card and be out of the blog before you can say “spam”.
1. You do get what you give.
So, you know about some scripts that can help you drop 300 cards in 3 minutes. Or less, or automate this process and earn as many credits as possible while not giving a damn about the blogs you visit? I think you have the big chance of getting the same result as the poeple you try to “fool” in this game.
Before you download that script think about this: “Would I like my visitors to use such scripts so that they don’t have to spend less than 1 second on my blog?”. Are you happy thinking you spent yet another hour writing that meaningful post 99% of your visitors won’t even bother reading, because they are interested in just dropping a card and be on their way?
In the end how DO YOU FEEL about this?
I can tell you with all sincerity that it saddens me, especially since I know how much I work for my articles and how useful some of these are. In the end I didn’t open my blog just to be ignored, I love it when people come and read and why not, even comment.
This is why I DO NOT use ANY automation script. I do visit each blog, even if it does take a while. And from hundreds of crappy blogs (yes, so many are just junk) I have found some excellent ones I also commented. And I am thrilled to be able to visit them daily and read some more of their great articles.
2. Search for relevant blogs.
Weekly revision
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
I have seen many blogs offer this “roundup” or revision thinggy and I thought it’s a good idea to try this too. Even if we all hated revisions at school, now it’s a good idea to bring back to your attention the articles we have posted in this blog the last week.
Get a domain! - Yes, I am a total snob and I am just getting sick of seeing free hosted sites on God knows what subdomains. I have been there too 5 years ago and I can tell you it’s not a blast. The best thing I was able to do for my sites was to put them on their own domains.
Be consistent! - There is a word in Romania: “you won’t make it spring with just a flower”. So, in order to succeed in anything we need to be consistent. Find out what this means for your site/blog.
How to make sure you don’t escape the validation filter in forums - this is a “mean” article, a parody if you like to call it like this. Some of the things that make me delete an account as soon as I see it created on my forums. Laugh a bit, but do think about these tips next time you register in a community.
Build your BRAND on the forums - speaking of forums: learn how to be easy to recognize on them as an authority, how to build your own “brand” through the communities. For 6 years this has been the BEST way I was able to get quality traffic and business to my network, I think something there does work.
Why I don’t like some star blogs - this is again a “mean” article. I do know about the big bloggers, I do visit them frequently and some of them still attract me like a magnet. Still, there are some things I just dislike and some top bloggers I don’t visit for more than 2 seconds. What to read there in the end aside of tens of paid reviews and way too many affiliate links? Read all about my “problem” in this last article we have posted.
That would be all for this week, let’s hope in a week’s time I’ll be able to link you to even more interesting articles 
And since you’re also here why not tell me which article you loved the most?
Why I don’t like some star blogs
Friday, March 21st, 2008
I was responding to some topics lately about blogs and I recall at least 2-3 instances the topic was about the most famous bloggers and their uber blogs. I know them and visited them. And still .. I am shocked to see so many people discuss about them in such nice ways. With due respect to such people who made the blogging world what it is today .. some of the blogs are totally uninteresting to me. Weird .. I know.
I hear people chat about johnchow, techcrunch, shoemoney and other assorted names in awe about how nice and interesting the stuff there is. I visited and tried to read them in another day too .. may I am having a bad hair day or something.
Still… no .. no sweet taste in my mouth. Am I a total idiot? How can I not like them when thousands of people like them? Why do I like problogger and some small blogs that are far from being famous? I tried to think more about this and here are some of my reasons:
1. First, I don’t like herds. If people worship something like sheep because they know others think it’s cool and not because THEY feel this I just go nuts. A lot of the hype on some blogs is just .. hype. A very good promotion effort some good content (they won’t become famous with crappy posts) and consistency. (more…)
The importance of quality comments on blogs
Friday, March 20th, 2009I have written this article on my Romanian blog and the feed-back was amazing, so I thought I’d translate it for you too, those who are not that proficient in a not too famous language. It deals with comments we write on other blogs and the need for them to be of a top quality.
Most of the times we think our job as a blogger ends when it comes to the content we create on the project. We think of interesting unique articles and hope this is all we need to do. Still, many of us are also avid blog readers and comment on them, not thinking too much of the advantages we can get from doing this the right way.
Here are some of my reasons to take my comments seriously:
1. By posting a good quality comment I show the blogger how much I appreciate the effort he/she put in the article.
Yeah, I know it’s recession and people get fired. We’re less inclined to think about others when all we hear on the news is about the financial problems the entire world is facing. So how do I come to tell you we need to be more interested in others too, not just ourselves?
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