Comments on: What’s so great about bloggers? http://imseekingbalance.com/whats-so-great-about-bloggers/ The Life of Michelle Mackintosh | Faith, Family & Fulfillment Sun, 13 May 2012 03:43:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Michelle Evans http://imseekingbalance.com/whats-so-great-about-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Michelle Evans Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:04:58 +0000 http://imseekingbalance.com/2008/09/16/whats-so-great-about-bloggers/#comment-22 Thanks for your insight Duane. I really have learned so much over the last few weeks and I completely agree with you. I've also come to understand that trying to access blogs for business purposes isn't something worth doing. At first I thought it was like an extension of public relations, but I really don't see it that way now. In just the last couple of weeks I have come to realise that social media is its own discipline and more like an extension of customer service rather than a function of PR or Marketing. Thanks for your insight Duane. I really have learned so much over the last few weeks and I completely agree with you. I’ve also come to understand that trying to access blogs for business purposes isn’t something worth doing. At first I thought it was like an extension of public relations, but I really don’t see it that way now. In just the last couple of weeks I have come to realise that social media is its own discipline and more like an extension of customer service rather than a function of PR or Marketing.

]]> By: Duane Storey http://imseekingbalance.com/whats-so-great-about-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Duane Storey Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:40:38 +0000 http://imseekingbalance.com/2008/09/16/whats-so-great-about-bloggers/#comment-21 I think in terms of marketing, part of being effective nowadays is being honest and transparent. If you don't like a product, don't give it a rave review (even if you got something free out of it) If you do like something, then say you do. In terms of marketing, I think companies have to be honest about what they are trying to accomplish. I've always purposefully avoided any kind of advertising on my blog, simply because I only want to attend functions I actually care about, and blog about topics I find are relevant. I looked at your list Cindy, and I have to disagree with most of it. I don't think traffic or number of friends on a social media site make a person or a site an authority. I think the focus is too much on stats and traffic nowadays, instead of the relevancy of the writer or the discussions that a website generates. I've seen many popular blogs (in terms of traffic) with low Google page ranks, and many blogs with high Google page ranks that I think are just completely irrelevant. I think in terms of marketing, part of being effective nowadays is being honest and transparent. If you don’t like a product, don’t give it a rave review (even if you got something free out of it) If you do like something, then say you do. In terms of marketing, I think companies have to be honest about what they are trying to accomplish. I’ve always purposefully avoided any kind of advertising on my blog, simply because I only want to attend functions I actually care about, and blog about topics I find are relevant.

I looked at your list Cindy, and I have to disagree with most of it. I don’t think traffic or number of friends on a social media site make a person or a site an authority. I think the focus is too much on stats and traffic nowadays, instead of the relevancy of the writer or the discussions that a website generates. I’ve seen many popular blogs (in terms of traffic) with low Google page ranks, and many blogs with high Google page ranks that I think are just completely irrelevant.

]]> By: Cindy http://imseekingbalance.com/whats-so-great-about-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Cindy Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:49:00 +0000 http://imseekingbalance.com/2008/09/16/whats-so-great-about-bloggers/#comment-24 M<br/>We took a cut at this "defining authority". You can see it at http://news.buzzgain.com/?p=27 M
We took a cut at this “defining authority”. You can see it at http://news.buzzgain.com/?p=27

]]> By: David Jones http://imseekingbalance.com/whats-so-great-about-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-23 David Jones Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:53:00 +0000 http://imseekingbalance.com/2008/09/16/whats-so-great-about-bloggers/#comment-23 As a guy who pitches bloggers and who works for Molson's social media agency, I'll tell you what we use to determine who gets pitched. In a word: relevance. It's often very clear who the best read bloggers are in any community, but that's just one measure that's important. The H&K Digital team are bloggers ourselves, so we know what it's like to have 0 subscribers. We also know that it doesn't stay that way for long if you've got a passion, point of view and great content. As a guy who pitches bloggers and who works for Molson's social media agency, I'll tell you what we use to determine who gets pitched. In a word: relevance. It's often very clear who the best read bloggers are in any community, but that's just one measure that's important. The H&K Digital team are bloggers ourselves, so we know what it's like to have 0 subscribers. We also know that it doesn't stay that way for long if you've got a passion, point of view and great content.

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