Comments on: How To Add Value In A Blog Post http://freshblogger.com/2007/05/how-to-add-value-in-a-blog-post/ Fresh ideas for blogging, making money, and living a more productive life Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: ray http://freshblogger.com/2007/05/how-to-add-value-in-a-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-37258 ray Fri, 25 May 2007 04:58:22 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/05/how-to-add-value-in-a-blog-post/#comment-37258 It's my pleasure, Missy. You've got a cool blog and an interesting niche. I think you'll do great. Good luck and don't hesitate to ask if you have any more questions. It’s my pleasure, Missy. You’ve got a cool blog and an interesting niche. I think you’ll do great. Good luck and don’t hesitate to ask if you have any more questions.

]]> By: Missy http://freshblogger.com/2007/05/how-to-add-value-in-a-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-37045 Missy Thu, 24 May 2007 16:04:10 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/05/how-to-add-value-in-a-blog-post/#comment-37045 Hi---Ray: I appreciate your advice and will take it to heart. I am doing the networking half pretty good already, i need to now focus on the blogging half more extensively. Thanxs again. Missy. Hi—Ray: I appreciate your advice and will take it to heart. I am doing the networking half pretty good already, i need to now focus on the blogging half more extensively. Thanxs again. Missy.

]]> By: ray http://freshblogger.com/2007/05/how-to-add-value-in-a-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-37026 ray Thu, 24 May 2007 14:36:34 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/05/how-to-add-value-in-a-blog-post/#comment-37026 Hi Missy. That problem with focus always rears its ugly head! I feel your pain. I think part of the problem is that we just get too much information dumped into our sensory input every day. If we can just get a handle on that, it's easier to focus. My advice would be to spend less time reading about blogging and more time doing it. Yes, it's important to spend some time checking out other blogs and networking, especially when you're just starting out, but it's also important to offer something unique and original to your readers. With that said, there are a lot of different opinions out there as to what's most important to a beginning blogger. I used to think posting 3x a day was the key. Now, I'm more inclined to believe that posting 3-5x a week or so with good, thoughtful, useful content is better. In the beginning you should also spend at least half your blogging time networking with other bloggers, as in interacting with readers in your own comment section, commenting on other blogs, social networking, etc. As traffic picks up and your blog's authority grows, the balance in your blogging time may shift back more towards creating content. Again, this is my own opinion and I know others may disagree. Thanks for your comment! Hi Missy. That problem with focus always rears its ugly head! I feel your pain. I think part of the problem is that we just get too much information dumped into our sensory input every day. If we can just get a handle on that, it’s easier to focus.

My advice would be to spend less time reading about blogging and more time doing it. Yes, it’s important to spend some time checking out other blogs and networking, especially when you’re just starting out, but it’s also important to offer something unique and original to your readers.

With that said, there are a lot of different opinions out there as to what’s most important to a beginning blogger. I used to think posting 3x a day was the key. Now, I’m more inclined to believe that posting 3-5x a week or so with good, thoughtful, useful content is better.

In the beginning you should also spend at least half your blogging time networking with other bloggers, as in interacting with readers in your own comment section, commenting on other blogs, social networking, etc. As traffic picks up and your blog’s authority grows, the balance in your blogging time may shift back more towards creating content.

Again, this is my own opinion and I know others may disagree. Thanks for your comment!

]]> By: Missy http://freshblogger.com/2007/05/how-to-add-value-in-a-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-36885 Missy Thu, 24 May 2007 01:42:40 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/05/how-to-add-value-in-a-blog-post/#comment-36885 Hi---Ray: I found your blog through the social network mybloglog and i want to say that with my blog, which is a new vegetarian blog, that i dont have all the answers when it comes to both vegetarianism and with blogging. I still am not sure on what niche to pursue with my blog. My biggest problem is getting a hold of my big ole brain, and just straddling it down and focusing on a few things. I think waaaayy to much and end up not doing. Too much thinking and not enough doing. Any advice for an aspiring pro blogger who wants to focus on her main blog and do it well. By the way my name is Missy. Hi—Ray:

I found your blog through the social network mybloglog and i want to say that with my blog, which is a new vegetarian blog, that i dont have all the answers when it comes to both vegetarianism and with blogging. I still am not sure on what niche to pursue with my blog. My biggest problem is getting a hold of my big ole brain, and just straddling it down and focusing on a few things. I think waaaayy to much and end up not doing. Too much thinking and not enough doing. Any advice for an aspiring pro blogger who wants to focus on her main blog and do it well. By the way my name is Missy.

]]> By: ray http://freshblogger.com/2007/05/how-to-add-value-in-a-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-34987 ray Wed, 16 May 2007 11:14:50 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/05/how-to-add-value-in-a-blog-post/#comment-34987 Hi Jay. I agree. If a blogger is honest, he or she will admit that they don't know everything. Like you and many others, I'm sure, I like to read about other bloggers' journeys to find these answers. We can all learn from each other. Thanks for commenting! Hi Jay. I agree. If a blogger is honest, he or she will admit that they don’t know everything. Like you and many others, I’m sure, I like to read about other bloggers’ journeys to find these answers. We can all learn from each other. Thanks for commenting!

]]> By: Can’t Think of Anything Else to Write? Re-Blogging and Fresh Ideas at FreshBlogger http://freshblogger.com/2007/05/how-to-add-value-in-a-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-34980 Can’t Think of Anything Else to Write? Re-Blogging and Fresh Ideas at FreshBlogger Wed, 16 May 2007 10:42:46 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/05/how-to-add-value-in-a-blog-post/#comment-34980 [...] information on your site at one time. If you want to keep them coming back, make sure that your posts have real value, either new information that your readers will find useful or an entertaining perspective. Above [...] [...] information on your site at one time. If you want to keep them coming back, make sure that your posts have real value, either new information that your readers will find useful or an entertaining perspective. Above [...]

]]> By: Jay Peterson http://freshblogger.com/2007/05/how-to-add-value-in-a-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-34950 Jay Peterson Wed, 16 May 2007 08:07:41 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/05/how-to-add-value-in-a-blog-post/#comment-34950 Why bother to blog if the target audience do not bother, right? I have found that bloggers who show that they do not hold all the answers in this world are the ones that I can relate to and their blogs are the ones that I want to read. Why bother to blog if the target audience do not bother, right?

I have found that bloggers who show that they do not hold all the answers in this world are the ones that I can relate to and their blogs are the ones that I want to read.

]]> By: ray http://freshblogger.com/2007/05/how-to-add-value-in-a-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-33298 ray Thu, 10 May 2007 19:54:37 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/05/how-to-add-value-in-a-blog-post/#comment-33298 Hi Ralf and Robert. Thanks! I agree about the questions, too, Robert. I've found that it's better to ask a question if I don't know the answer than to blog about it as if I were an expert. FreshBlogger's readers have a lot of knowledge to share. Thanks for your comments! Hi Ralf and Robert. Thanks! I agree about the questions, too, Robert. I’ve found that it’s better to ask a question if I don’t know the answer than to blog about it as if I were an expert. FreshBlogger’s readers have a lot of knowledge to share. Thanks for your comments!

]]> By: Robert Greenshields http://freshblogger.com/2007/05/how-to-add-value-in-a-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-33195 Robert Greenshields Thu, 10 May 2007 13:54:19 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/05/how-to-add-value-in-a-blog-post/#comment-33195 Asking questions on a blog is a good tactic, gets conversation going. Asking questions on a blog is a good tactic, gets conversation going.

]]> By: Ralf Skirr http://freshblogger.com/2007/05/how-to-add-value-in-a-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-32917 Ralf Skirr Wed, 09 May 2007 20:01:36 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/05/how-to-add-value-in-a-blog-post/#comment-32917 Great tips. Blog bookmarked Great tips. Blog bookmarked

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