Comments on: Give Your Readers What They Want

By: Barbara Swafford

Barbara Swafford — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:42:08 +0000

Hi George – Thank you for sharing how you approach a blog you land on for the first time. If the current post is well written and valuable, that usually will entice a reader to subscribe.

Hi Liara – Thank you for your kind words and for visiting. I hope to see you here again soon.

Hi Kevin – You’re welcome. I agree, creating archive pages on our blogs is much easier when we can using a plugin. Like you, the formatting part of blogging often discourages me from proceeding.

Hi Matt – Thank you. Isn’t it funny how we can be inspired by our own work? I like the idea of the “flashback” posts. That is a great way to bring an old topic back to the surface.

Hi Ricardo – Exactly. When we pay attention to what we do when we visit other blogs, gives us an insight into how others might be viewing ours.

By: Ricardo Bueno

Ricardo Bueno — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:42:01 +0000

You know Barbara, now that you mention it, this is one area where I could be doing much better. Sure I have a section in my sidebar that says "Favorites" and hi-lights some of the older posts I've written and that others seem to particularly like, but when I visit my own site, I've noticed that they can be pretty tough to spot. Maybe what I could do is add an archive link or a "Best Of" link to my navigation bar... I mean, when I visit other blogs, I know that I like to dig through the archives so I could imagine other folks feel the same about my own blog. Ricardo Bueno´s last blog post..My Social Media System

By: @mattstratton

@mattstratton — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:02:09 +0000

What a useful post! I definitely love the value of pointing people to older posts (I just get so caught up in the “brilliance” of what I’ve written before…for some reason, a lot of my posts seem much better after they’ve “aged” a bit). I try to backlink to older posts (when I remember that they exist), and I do get a lot of value from the Yet Another Related Posts plugin for WordPress (in fact, I often times find myself surfing through my own blog just to amuse myself by what the plugin considers “related”).

One of my favorite bloggers does “flashback” posts, where once a week he highlights a post from over a year ago. I love that idea, but always forget about it when I’m looking for something to write about.

By: Kevin Sandridge

Kevin Sandridge — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:34:26 +0000

Hey Barbara – I’ve toyed (off and on) with a blog archive page. I think it may be time to implement one. Thanks for the notion re: using a plugin. The main thing that keeps me from moving ahead is the formatting, etc.

As always, thanks for keeping us up to speed!

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By: Liara Covert

Liara Covert — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:41:00 +0000

Barbara, your insights offer uplifting energy to your readers. Great to discover your blog. The image you choose encourages readers to recognize energy beings exist within layers of coinciding realities. We learn from them all. Liara Covert´s last blog post..What if you made a radical shift?