Comments on: Tooting your own horn – the Second Most Important Skill for a blogger http://tdhedengren.com/blog/tooting-your-own-horn-the-second-most-important-skill-for-a-blogger/ The portfolio of Thord Daniel Hedengren Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:29:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: TDH http://tdhedengren.com/blog/tooting-your-own-horn-the-second-most-important-skill-for-a-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-256 TDH Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:38:04 +0000 http://tdhedengren.com/archives/208#comment-256 That is true, Peggy! That is true, Peggy!

]]> By: Peggy http://tdhedengren.com/blog/tooting-your-own-horn-the-second-most-important-skill-for-a-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-257 Peggy Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:31:41 +0000 http://tdhedengren.com/archives/208#comment-257 Hi Fellow Swede! We were not raised to toot our own horn growing up in Sweden. Living in the US for 15 years I realized it's necessary to survive. http://designformula.blogspot.com/ Hi Fellow Swede! We were not raised to toot our own horn growing up in Sweden. Living in the US for 15 years I realized it’s necessary to survive.

http://designformula.blogspot.com/

]]> By: laowaitattler http://tdhedengren.com/blog/tooting-your-own-horn-the-second-most-important-skill-for-a-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-255 laowaitattler Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:54:06 +0000 http://tdhedengren.com/archives/208#comment-255 After several weeks since posting my little comments here about leaving comments on other people's blogs, I now have even more reason to think it is a waste of time for building traffic to a site. One of my comments on a blog was immediately dismissed by some moron, probably a 15 year old fool. All his buddies started to trash me and the site. It did little to create traffic to my site, but the controversy saw all these facebook morons blogs get more. Some of the jerks even tried to bring down my site. All because they disagreed with something I wrote in a comment on another person's blog. Who needs the aggravation? After several weeks since posting my little comments here about leaving comments on other people’s blogs, I now have even more reason to think it is a waste of time for building traffic to a site.

One of my comments on a blog was immediately dismissed by some moron, probably a 15 year old fool. All his buddies started to trash me and the site. It did little to create traffic to my site, but the controversy saw all these facebook morons blogs get more. Some of the jerks even tried to bring down my site. All because they disagreed with something I wrote in a comment on another person’s blog.

Who needs the aggravation?

]]> By: laowaitattler http://tdhedengren.com/blog/tooting-your-own-horn-the-second-most-important-skill-for-a-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-254 laowaitattler Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:25:49 +0000 http://tdhedengren.com/archives/208#comment-254 Yes, I've had lousy experiences while leaving comments on other people's blogs. Most often a well thought out comment is deleted because it is something the blog owner does not want to acknowledge or challenges the bloggers opinion or facts. My site tries to present Chinese news from the source. Sure it is low rent compared to other news providers, but it is also free of the spin in the Western Media. Often I will leave a comment on political sites that have published erroneous or biased information about the PRC. Most often I end up using facts to contradict or inform the blogger of the error. I place my site's main url in the appropriate place (not usually in the message field as I did here, nor with such a long link as in my earlier comment). Perhaps, if I was agreeing with the Blogger my posts would not be deleted. But, 9 out of ten, when the blogger is in error, my post quickly vanishes. Ego or Politics? Who knows? Thanks for all the input....now if only people would follow that link ;) Yes, I’ve had lousy experiences while leaving comments on other people’s blogs. Most often a well thought out comment is deleted because it is something the blog owner does not want to acknowledge or challenges the bloggers opinion or facts.

My site tries to present Chinese news from the source. Sure it is low rent compared to other news providers, but it is also free of the spin in the Western Media.

Often I will leave a comment on political sites that have published erroneous or biased information about the PRC. Most often I end up using facts to contradict or inform the blogger of the error. I place my site’s main url in the appropriate place (not usually in the message field as I did here, nor with such a long link as in my earlier comment).

Perhaps, if I was agreeing with the Blogger my posts would not be deleted. But, 9 out of ten, when the blogger is in error, my post quickly vanishes. Ego or Politics? Who knows?
Thanks for all the input….now if only people would follow that link ;)

]]> By: gabriel bear http://tdhedengren.com/blog/tooting-your-own-horn-the-second-most-important-skill-for-a-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-253 gabriel bear Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:51:17 +0000 http://tdhedengren.com/archives/208#comment-253 The thing about tooting your own horn is, imho deeply involved with knowing what horn it is. I was at a concert last night for Halloween and the joke theme was that the tuba wasw the first musical instrumnet---cavemen then kept narrowing and shrinkingh the "niche" of sound that came out., to build the rest of the orchestra. There's a line from Arthur Kennedy about determining if what you are trying to sell is what people want. If blogging is a way to build community, then consensus, then revenue, then the idea of posting links is part of community, and "spam" stops meaning "a lot of it" ands goes back to what the original joke was...trying to provide a customer with what he doesn;t want. Our blog continually deals with this issue of the brand first. http://bridgesolution.com/news and then the worrying about the next guy's issues, whether it be google slap or i-tunes. The thing about tooting your own horn is, imho deeply involved with knowing what horn it is. I was at a concert last night for Halloween and the joke theme was that the tuba wasw the first musical instrumnet—cavemen then kept narrowing and shrinkingh the “niche” of sound that came out., to build the rest of the orchestra. There’s a line from Arthur Kennedy about determining if what you are trying to sell is what people want.
If blogging is a way to build community, then consensus, then revenue, then the idea of posting links is part of community, and “spam” stops meaning “a lot of it” ands goes back to what the original joke was…trying to provide a customer with what he doesn;t want.
Our blog continually deals with this issue of the brand first.
http://bridgesolution.com/news
and then the worrying about the next guy’s issues, whether it be google slap or i-tunes.

]]> By: TDH http://tdhedengren.com/blog/tooting-your-own-horn-the-second-most-important-skill-for-a-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-252 TDH Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:17:51 +0000 http://tdhedengren.com/archives/208#comment-252 Your absolutely right about that, Costa! Your absolutely right about that, Costa!

]]> By: costa http://tdhedengren.com/blog/tooting-your-own-horn-the-second-most-important-skill-for-a-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-251 costa Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:16:47 +0000 http://tdhedengren.com/archives/208#comment-251 You hit a nerve there. I am a lousy "tooter" myself. I think i suffer from inferiority complex :-) always thinking that what I wrote might seemed super to me but in fact will look lame when others read it. Primarily, lack of self confidence is the biggest stumbling block that prevents us from being good "tooters" You hit a nerve there. I am a lousy “tooter” myself. I think i suffer from inferiority complex :-) always thinking that what I wrote might seemed super to me but in fact will look lame when others read it.
Primarily, lack of self confidence is the biggest stumbling block that prevents us from being good “tooters”

]]> By: TDH http://tdhedengren.com/blog/tooting-your-own-horn-the-second-most-important-skill-for-a-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-250 TDH Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:04:11 +0000 http://tdhedengren.com/archives/208#comment-250 Good advice, Heidi. Thanks. :) I've also found a few readers via sites such as Pownce, Reddit and so on. They are great tools. Good advice, Heidi. Thanks. :)

I’ve also found a few readers via sites such as Pownce, Reddit and so on. They are great tools.

]]> By: Heidi Cool http://tdhedengren.com/blog/tooting-your-own-horn-the-second-most-important-skill-for-a-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-249 Heidi Cool Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:31:19 +0000 http://tdhedengren.com/archives/208#comment-249 You're absolutely right. This is something we all need to do more often. My problem is usually one of time. I have to make the time to read the other blogs, and then respond. And as you indicate content is still the most important thing, whether one is writing an entry or a comment. Laowaitattler, it sounds like you've had some bad experiences, but I really don't think that is the norm. I am happy to approve comments with links in the text, if the link and comment add value to the discussion. As I wrote awhile back in my <a href="http://blog.case.edu/webdev/2007/05/08/comments" rel="nofollow"> Comments Conundrum</a> entry, I try to determine if a comment is on topic or not, if the link is relevant, and if it will be helpful to the other readers. When I'm not sure I try to give people the benefit of the doubt, but if a comment makes no sense in relation to the entry, and neither does the link, then I'll usually delete it. I feel people have to earn their links by actually reading the entry and sharing a valid idea in response. If I don't agree with the comment, but it is on topic, I will approve it, then follow up with a (polite) comment of my own as to why I disagree. Social Media is also a good way to spread the word. My readership has gone up since I joined Pownce, and I've also discovered a number of good blogs, such as this, through that community. You’re absolutely right. This is something we all need to do more often. My problem is usually one of time. I have to make the time to read the other blogs, and then respond. And as you indicate content is still the most important thing, whether one is writing an entry or a comment.

Laowaitattler, it sounds like you’ve had some bad experiences, but I really don’t think that is the norm. I am happy to approve comments with links in the text, if the link and comment add value to the discussion.

As I wrote awhile back in my Comments Conundrum entry, I try to determine if a comment is on topic or not, if the link is relevant, and if it will be helpful to the other readers. When I’m not sure I try to give people the benefit of the doubt, but if a comment makes no sense in relation to the entry, and neither does the link, then I’ll usually delete it.

I feel people have to earn their links by actually reading the entry and sharing a valid idea in response. If I don’t agree with the comment, but it is on topic, I will approve it, then follow up with a (polite) comment of my own as to why I disagree.

Social Media is also a good way to spread the word. My readership has gone up since I joined Pownce, and I’ve also discovered a number of good blogs, such as this, through that community.

]]> By: TDH http://tdhedengren.com/blog/tooting-your-own-horn-the-second-most-important-skill-for-a-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-248 TDH Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:53:29 +0000 http://tdhedengren.com/archives/208#comment-248 Thanks Chris, appreciate it! Laowaitattler, you must have very bad experiences with posting comments on other people's blogs. While there are eggheads out there for sure, I still think they're in a minority. Sure, you can get slammed for your comment if the readership and/or owner of the blog in question doesn't agree with you, but that's something you'll have to to expect since everyone's entitled to an opinion. As for links in comments, that could of course be due to bloggers not wanting them there since you've got the URL field already, but also some spam settings might zap the comment. Personally, I think long links in the comments look boring, but that's about it. As for you link at the end of the comment, for instance - you could just as well use the URL field to get it out there since it has nothing to do with the actual comment. If it did, however, I'd think it was fine. Doing like you did now, yes, that probably pisses some bloggers off for sure. So no, I don't agree with you at all. I've built up strong blogs with commenting on other people's blogs, as well as commenting on their blog posts using trackbacks, and overall I think it works, and know a lot of people doing this for a living that second that. I urge you to give it another go! You might be positively surprised... Thanks Chris, appreciate it!

Laowaitattler, you must have very bad experiences with posting comments on other people’s blogs. While there are eggheads out there for sure, I still think they’re in a minority. Sure, you can get slammed for your comment if the readership and/or owner of the blog in question doesn’t agree with you, but that’s something you’ll have to to expect since everyone’s entitled to an opinion.

As for links in comments, that could of course be due to bloggers not wanting them there since you’ve got the URL field already, but also some spam settings might zap the comment. Personally, I think long links in the comments look boring, but that’s about it. As for you link at the end of the comment, for instance – you could just as well use the URL field to get it out there since it has nothing to do with the actual comment. If it did, however, I’d think it was fine. Doing like you did now, yes, that probably pisses some bloggers off for sure.

So no, I don’t agree with you at all. I’ve built up strong blogs with commenting on other people’s blogs, as well as commenting on their blog posts using trackbacks, and overall I think it works, and know a lot of people doing this for a living that second that. I urge you to give it another go! You might be positively surprised…

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