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Monday, March 17th, 2008In order to effectively build a relationship with a reader, you have to do more than just build great content that Google loves. It’s important build relationships with readers through conversation. Think about your friends in real life. One of the primary things that characterizes the level of relationship you have with a friend is [...]
5 Reader Contact Techniques to Build Powerful Relationships
Saturday, March 8th, 2008In developing a relationship-building strategy for your blog, it’s important to have a strategic linking plan, to comment constructively, and last but not least, to make the effort to connect on a personal level with your readers.
Navigating the stages of reader contact
Contact with you readers is critical at all stages of blogging: when you’re brand-new, [...]
7 Insider Tips for Befriending Top Bloggers (Or Anyone Online)
Friday, February 22nd, 2008Wanna become friends with the big guys?
1. Leave insightful comments on their blog. It’s probably not going to make you BFF, but it’s a step toward a relationship. You’ve got to get on a blogger’s radar screen before friendship can happen. And becoming a member of their community, adding value to their conversations, and engaging [...]
27 Secrets to Linking Like a Master Networker
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008As I’ve mentioned before, one of the best ways to build relationships online is using a combination of three strategies: 1) Comments 2) Links and 3) Contact. I’ve promised my readers I’d get more into this Personal PR strategy, and what better time than Brian’s recent Copyblogger headline remix challenge? So without further ado, we’ll [...]
One Blogging Command and Seven Sacred Tips to Beat Burnout and Avoid the Lazysphere
Friday, February 1st, 2008If you’re going to blog, here’s one piece of advice you should follow: write great stuff.
There are a zillion blogging tips out there, but this is the most important one. For a lot of reasons: It makes your ideas more relevant, and thus more popular, especially to the power bloggers. It works better than linkbaiting. [...]
The Kind of Life You Lead
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008It was strange, walking into the house to see his grey chair empty, or to see someone else nestled into it as we sat around and reminisced about his life. His was such a constant, consistent presence in all of our lives. Sitting in that chair just inside the backdoor to watch the game, or [...]
Blogging’s Golden Rule
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008Why you should be blogging if you’re not already and how to be more successful if you are.
In your life and career, relationships play an integral part in your success. Your personal network can open doors to opportunities that can otherwise elude you. When I started blogging professionally, I realized very quickly that the same [...]
