Comments on: ROI follow-up http://twopointouch.com/2006/blogs/roi-follow-up/ web 2.0, blogs and social media Mon, 30 May 2011 20:58:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Ian Delaneyhttp://twopointouch.com/2006/blogs/roi-follow-up/#comment-593 Ian Delaney Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:55:08 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/10/03/roi-follow-up/#comment-593 I am not religious about any of these so-called rules. It's the idea that is good. Your advice seems sound - assuming they choose appropriate blogs, of course... There are certainly too many blogs that just seem to imitate other blogs. An authentic voice is worth a lot. You're correct on the fun element too. Blogging on your own is none whatsoever! I think it encourages you (me) to over-analyse and get carried away trying to create the perfect post. When really, what you're looking for is relationships - and strangely enough, I reckon that applies as much to business blogs as it does to personal ones. I am not religious about any of these so-called rules. It’s the idea that is good. Your advice seems sound — assuming they choose appropriate blogs, of course… There are certainly too many blogs that just seem to imitate other blogs. An authentic voice is worth a lot.

You’re correct on the fun element too. Blogging on your own is none whatsoever! I think it encourages you (me) to over-analyse and get carried away trying to create the perfect post. When really, what you’re looking for is relationships — and strangely enough, I reckon that applies as much to business blogs as it does to personal ones.

]]> By: Amy Gahranhttp://twopointouch.com/2006/blogs/roi-follow-up/#comment-591 Amy Gahran Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:09:52 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/10/03/roi-follow-up/#comment-591 Actually, I encourage people new to writing and reading blogs to find just 3-5 blogs written by people whom they'd like to influence or engage in conversation, read them for a couple of weeks, and start posting comments to them -- before you even start to blog. That way, when you do start to blog, you already have begun some relationships that will help you build your blog usefully. No blog is an island, after all. And in the long run, I encourage bloggers to spend at least as much time reading *and commenting on* other blogs as they do writing their own blog entries. That not only builds your reputation and expands your audience, it's all more fun, and you're more likely to maintain enthusiasm for blogging over the long haul. Treating it like a conversation, rather than a publication, is more fun for you and your community. IMHO, of course, and others disagree with me. - Amy Gahran Actually, I encourage people new to writing and reading blogs to find just 3–5 blogs written by people whom they’d like to influence or engage in conversation, read them for a couple of weeks, and start posting comments to them — before you even start to blog. That way, when you do start to blog, you already have begun some relationships that will help you build your blog usefully. No blog is an island, after all.

And in the long run, I encourage bloggers to spend at least as much time reading *and commenting on* other blogs as they do writing their own blog entries. That not only builds your reputation and expands your audience, it’s all more fun, and you’re more likely to maintain enthusiasm for blogging over the long haul. Treating it like a conversation, rather than a publication, is more fun for you and your community.

IMHO, of course, and others disagree with me.

- Amy Gahran

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