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Nice, I like it Julio. Keep the good stuff coming. Does this count as my blog comment for the day?
Yes, it DOES count! HA!
One blog a day? I thought I set a great resolution saying I would comment on one blog a week!
For you I will try a comment a day.
Ha! Awesome. Just try, even if you say Great post. You have met your quota for today.
Like we tweeted a few days ago, social media is definitely not a waste of time, it is an amazing tool that has allowed us to not only network, but meet great people we would have never met otherwise. Part of being “social” through social media and creating these relationships are the blogs and supporting each other on our blogs and sites. I’m going to take your advice and try to comment on a blog a day. Thanks for the recommendation, keep them coming!
Thanks, so much, Christian!
That whole “Go Red Sox” thing at the end was ALL messed up.
I am just trying to be myself and practice what I preach!
I love that you always wear your ball cap when you make videos!
With that out of the way…you’re ABSOLUTELY right about commenting on blogs. I’ve made new friends from commenting on blogs I read, as well as people who comment on my blog.
Commenting on blogs demonstrates your thinking…and positions you in new circles.
Thanks for the comment! Yes, that is an excellent point you make, GD.
Thanks for pointing out some important points. I don’t know of any relationship that works when it’s one-sided…
Exactly.
Sounds like a great idea. Just had a discussion about this same topic a few weeks ago and my goal has been to start commenting on blogs. Once a week? Seems like a worthwhile goal!
Go for it.
Hi Julio,
I am going to comment much more on blogs this year. You said it, with Twitter and Facebook, you can forget the value of commenting on blogs.
Have a great day bro!
Hey, you made your quota for the day! LOL. But seriously, I think the bad side to Twitter is that we spend too much connecting with 140 characters that we forget that we can add more perspective and insights on blogs.
Julio’s advice is easy to follow IF you do one thing first: create a list of blogs you like and build a RSS feed for them. There’s lots of ways to do this. Alternatively, you can use services like Stumbleupon.com to provide some to you.
Once you have an active stream of blog posts, finding one a day to comment on will be easy.
By the way, I think it is OK to reference something you’ve blogged about yourself (and even link to it) IF you’re not just repeating what the author already said. Rule of thumb, if it ADDS VALUE to the post, share it. It’s like brainstorming.
Nice addition to this, and a great advice on blogging. I do think adding a link to enhance the comments works well, but when you just saw that people should visit your blog because you just posted it, that doesn’t do anything at all. Thanks for commenting!
Jeff is SO right! People ask me all the time how I manage to read so many blogs every day. This is how I do it (won’t work for everyone):
1. Subscribe to SmartBrief newsletters
2. Subscribe to blogs via email
3. Create rules in Outlook to push the blogs to separate folders when they arrive
4. Scan the folders once a day to see if there is anything I want to read further
5. Comment on the posts most interesting to me
6. Share the blogs or articles – I set up my tweets in SocialOomph so they go out for me, even if I’m in meetings
You guys scare me. Way too organized! HA! I just add some feeds and then scan my twitter stream for blogs I like. I treat my blogs like browsing in a bookstore, but these a great ideas and suggestions. Thanks for posting, guys!
Thanks for the reminder of the importance of commenting on blogs. It is simple and easy to fit in to one’s schedule,but admittedly as a small business owner, I have often overlooked the strategy. Well, no more!!
I think we all feel the schedule crunch and that is why I suggest just one a day. You will feel good about it, and it won’t take you more than 5 minutes.
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Not only was the video informative, but the comments section has some great ideas for managing blog flow. Thanks for the video, go Sox!
Hey, Peter. Thanks for commenting. I was the leadoff hitter here, kind of like Ellsbury. Yes, some of the comments being posted here are fantastic. Some great information.
Go Yankees! 🙂
That’s all you got? Ha!
Does, RT their blog count the same as commenting, I agree that commenting on blogs is a good thing.
I have a few keywords set up in my google reader for things related to Kuru Footwear that alerts me to a lot of blog post. I want to comment, but my problem is I don’t want to come across spammy if I was to comment on these types of blogs. Any suggestions?
Nathan, I think if you just saw to people that you are associate with Kuru Footwear and then bring a perspective to the blog without “selling” your product, it would be welcome. Maybe you can share anecdotes about your product or maybe you reveal things that reveal your brand’s personality in a very authentic way. In the end, people will connect with you on blogs and your product because of you and not because of your product. But great idea to set up a Google Reader for your product (btw, it got me to visit your site!), since we do the same for Fernando Varela, our main passion here at v5.
Good luck!
And doing an RT on twitter is great, but I think one of the traps of Twitter is that we are living in a 140 world and we don’t take the time to expand on our ideas. Blogs and commenting allow that. Good luck!
Participation is an important element of building your online presence.
Great point. We think it is the most important element, too. Thanks for commenting.
Its like a being a good neighbor. You have to visit. I have been distracted by shiny apps lately 🙂 Will start to visit folks more!
Ha! That is a great way to put it. But in the end, we will argue that all the tweeting and status updates and FB posts mean nothing if you are not out there and actively commenting on blogs. Feel free to share you blogs with us any time, neighbor.
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