Comments on: How Social Media Helps Grow Your Blog

By: The Blog Launch Formula

The Blog Launch Formula — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:49:28 +0000

[...] Social media presence/buildup [...]

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:00:06 +0000

Yes that’s true orkut and facebook type networks also contribute.

By: C. Laeuse

C. Laeuse — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:53:35 +0000

Social media is a necessity of this age.

By: How to Ask for Diggs and Actually Get Them

How to Ask for Diggs and Actually Get Them — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:01:13 +0000

[...] media is a great sidekick to blogging (or is it the other way around?). I mention Digg in the headline because it’s [...]

By: The_man

The_man — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:47:42 +0000

Although social media do help in growing your blog, but one must also be prepared to invest quality time into it.

By: Mark Dykeman

Mark Dykeman — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:38:44 +0000

I’ve built most of my readership and online network of contacts via social media, so I can definitely attest to its power. Like Monika says above, it does take a lot of time, so it can be quite hard to make a presence in the bookmarking/news realms while producing content, but it definitely helps establish yourself in the blogosphere. I’d even go so far as to say that it’s the contacts that you make in social media that are the most important things, not having your submissions become popular.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Wed, 21 May 2008 22:32:08 +0000

That is great info. We just spent a lot of time talking about this last night. Thanks!!!

By: Michael Martine, Blog Consultant

Michael Martine, Blog Consultant — Wed, 21 May 2008 21:23:24 +0000

@Monika - Social media is indeed time-consuming. Much of that time is front-loaded. I don’t post as much on Twitter as I did at first, because I don’t really need to. My followers continue to grow. I still make sure I provide as much value as I can when I’m on there and I love chatting with others.

I limit my participation in social media to only a few sites: LinkedIn, StumbleUpon, and Twitter. I have accounts at other places but I almost never use them. If I can’t enjoy it, I’m not going to get anywhere with it.

@Selene - It does increase visitors, and not in an artificial way. People click through because they’re intrigued. StumbleUpon in particular has a low bounce rate (percentage of people who leave immediately upon “landing”). I have gotten paying clients through social media. I have received and given opportunities through it as well.

@Lisa - I almost never leave IM open so anyone can chat for the same reason. There’s a time to get your work done, and there’s a time to rub shoulders with others.

@Dave - That’s why business and companies need to be there. Zappos and Gary Vaynerchuk are great examples. Even Comcast is on Twitter.

For time management, see what I wrote in response to Monika.

@Brain - Thanks! And… I’ve said several times that blogging is social media (having comments turned on helps). There’s no disconnect.

When blogging first hit the scene, it wasn’t viewed so much that way, even though without it I doubt social media would be what it is today (a frenzy).

It seems only in retrospect can we now say blogging is social media. Back in the year 2000, I know I wasn’t thinking of it as social media. In the minds of many, there is a disconnect. My goal with this post was to help show the connection.

By: Brian Clark

Brian Clark — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:43:16 +0000

Although I steadily maintain that blogs *are* social media. When did this disconnect occur?

By: Brian Clark

Brian Clark — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:42:09 +0000

Nice post. Most of Copyblogger’s content assumes people know this. I know now that a lot of people don’t.

I guess I’m gonna have to link to this.