Comments on: Jon Rays Blogging Tips for Beginners

By: chrisbrogan

chrisbrogan — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:21:49 +0000

Hi Jessica– The best way to make conversations happen is to make people feel they have something to contribute. If you talk about huge things that other people might not “get,” you’re destined to be the only voice. If you give your ideas handles, that is, make the ideas such that other people can run with them and use them, everyone has an opinion.

Case in point: bacn. The guys who made that at PodCamp Pittsburgh (Andy Quayle, Tommy Vallier, Jessy Hambley, Val Had, Jason Head) have a winner. EVERYONE gets it; EVERYONE has an opinion. Hate it or not, they all get it.

Thus, Bacn is a hot search term.

For our blogs, the goal is to make things that others can run with and use. That’s how people participate.

Oh, and remove captcha, remove “you must be registered to comment,” add the feature “subscribe to comments.” Those things help, too.

By: chrisbrogan

chrisbrogan — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:21:00 +0000

Thus, Bacn is a hot search term.

For our blogs, the goal is to make things that others can run with and use. That’s how people participate.

Oh, and remove captcha, remove “you must be registered to comment,” add the feature “subscribe to comments.” Those things help, too.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:12:23 +0000

IMHO, “Make it useful” and “Start a conversation” are two of the big principles most amateur bloggers miss.

What do you think is the best way to engage readers in a conversation on blogs? Asking direct questions? Writing as if you are speaking directly to your audience? Thoughts?

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:12:00 +0000

IMHO, “Make it useful” and “Start a conversation” are two of the big principles most amateur bloggers miss.

What do you think is the best way to engage readers in a conversation on blogs? Asking direct questions? Writing as if you are speaking directly to your audience? Thoughts?