Tag: Comments

Until comments begin to show up, new bloggers often feel like they’re in an echo chamber – talking to themselves. For some blogs, it can take months before someone comments. For others, a matter of days. It’s when we feel what we’re sharing isn’t being read, we think of giving… read more 5 Ways To Increase Blog Comments

After you’ve blogged for awhile, you realize there’s more to blogging than just writing. There’s behind the scenes maintenance; a task some of us would rather forget about. Today’s Lesson Over the past few weeks, I learned two great lessons. If my blogs load slow, chances are, I haven’t done… read more Taking Responsibility

For the new blogger, receiving a comment can be a memorable experience. We feel validated. We’re excited our blog got found. Unfortunately, some of those comments which make us so happy, can be spam. In the past, spam comments were easy to spot. They were usually comments filled with links… read more You Like Me. You Like Me.

It’s in the comments where the value lies is this blog. For everyone who reads this blog and/or has shared your thoughts, thank you. Comment sections are where bloggers are found. Where bloggers meet up. Where readers can interact with one another. Where community is born and where sometimes conflict… read more Commenting Know How

I think I have the best community in the blogosphere. If you’re a regular reader/commenter here, you are a part of that awesomeness. 8) For that, I say “Thank you”. Today’s Lesson When I started blogging, I didn’t even know there was such a thing as “community”. Sure, I saw… read more How to Build a Blog Community

One of the biggest gripes bloggers have is how their visitors do not read their posts. It’s maddening. After all, we meticulously craft our posts, carefully choose each word, spend time adding SEO (search engine optimization), tags and the perfect picture(s), ensure we’re providing value, double check to see if… read more Blogging Pet Peeve Number One

It doesn’t surprise me Facebook has over 500 million active users or that in a week, one billion tweets are published on Twitter Facebook and Twitter are about communicating and people want to be heard. Today’s Lesson Blogging is the same. Many bloggers will admit their real life friends don’t… read more You Heard It Here First

When I look at the hobby of blogging, I realize it has taught me a lot about writing, coding and social networking, but it’s more than that. Today’s Lesson When we start blogging, we usually have some sort of agenda. Maybe it’s to make some extra cash, practice our writing… read more What Blogging Tutorials Don’t Tell You About Blogging

Do you remember when you first started blogging? Although I don’t think about it often, I still do. I was scared to hit “publish” the first few times, and I worried because I kept switching my theme. I didn’t know any of the blogging terms either. Being self taught, I… read more I Shoulda…

It’s that time again. Time to revisit the topic of blogging myths. Buried in the archives you’ll find a previous post on blogging myths. Today we’ll expand on them and add a few more. Today’s Lesson We can blog for free. It’s true. In some instances we can blog without… read more Dont Believe Everything You Read

Any blogger who blogs for any length of time will probably receive a derogatory comment or two. Sometimes, a visitor, for whatever reason, feels a need to demean us with cruel words. Other times, it’s unintentional. Unfortunately, the words can hurt. Even leave a scar. Today’s Lesson With blogging you’ll… read more Ouch! That Hurt!

As a small business owner, we know we get the most bang for the buck if we use our advertising dollars to target specific clientele. Being in the construction industry, we know those who prefer to rent won’t need our services. And because we don’t have the man-power and equipment,… read more Don’t Blog For Me (If I’m Not Your Target Audience)

When I started blogging in 2007, I didn’t see anyone else with the name of “Barbara” commenting on the blogs I frequented, so “Barbara” become the name I signed onto blogs with. Within a short period of time that changed and I started seeing other commenters with the name Barbara…. read more Which One Are You

You know those little pictures you see posted next to comments on blogs, Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites which identify the author? Sometimes you’ll hear them called gravatars (globally recognized avatars), but many just say “avatars”. I like to call them ADvatars since they “ad”vertise who we are…. read more Who’s Who In Blogosphere

I don’t know about you, but I love getting comments on my blog posts. Granted, they do take time to answer, but for me, there’s nothing better than the sense of community that forms in the comment section. Recently I’ve noticed some blog authors have totally closed their comment sections… read more A.S.K. Darren Rowse – How Does A Problogger Deal With Comments

First, let me introduce Andy Bailey. He is the developer of the famous CommentLuv plugin and has kindly agreed to participate in my A.S.K. (Answers Sharing Knowledge) series. It’s not often a developer of a plugin stays as active in the progress of a plugin as Andy does. Since its… read more A.S.K. Andy Bailey – What Was The Inspiration Behind The CommentLuv Plugin

Hi All, Another busy week has come to an end. To recap the week: 1) On Monday we looked at how blogging can fill a void in our lives. 2) Tuesday Davina and her blog Loving Pulse were showcased as New Blog of the Week (NBOTW) 3) Wednesday was a… read more Updates – Time Tracking – Open Mic

Don’t you love getting comments on your blog? I know I do. Unfortunately when I last checked, my spam comments outnumbered my real comments by almost three to one (Akismet has caught 14,628 spam comments thus far) Today’s Lesson When I first started blogging, I would have welcomed some of… read more How Can You Tell If They Are Real