Comments for Remarkablogger http://michaelmartine.com Remarkable Blog Consulting and Coaching Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:43:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on What Smurf Are You on Your Blog? by In The Sphere: Geeks and Blogs Edition | BlueFur.com http://michaelmartine.com/2008/07/22/what-smurf-are-you-on-your-blog/#comment-92612 In The Sphere: Geeks and Blogs Edition | BlueFur.com Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:02:58 +0000 http://michaelmartine.com/2008/07/22/what-smurf-are-you-on-your-blog/#comment-92612 [...] in everyday life. Michael Martine develops this theory a little further by asking, “What Smurf are you on your blog?” Are you the carefree Smurfette? Maybe you’re the tool-wielding Handy [...] [...] in everyday life. Michael Martine develops this theory a little further by asking, “What Smurf are you on your blog?” Are you the carefree Smurfette? Maybe you’re the tool-wielding Handy [...]

]]> Comment on Teaching Sells is Closing the Doors by Michael Martine, Blog Consultant http://michaelmartine.com/2008/07/24/teaching-sells-is-closing-the-doors/#comment-92611 Michael Martine, Blog Consultant Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:03:43 +0000 http://michaelmartine.com/2008/07/24/teaching-sells-is-closing-the-doors/#comment-92611 @Dan - it is much more than that, and no blogging is necessary. It's about how to create a learning environment online that can truly teach people about a subject. If you're on the fence, all I can say is that you won't be able to join while they're closed, and when they re-design and re-open, they'll be more expensive. @Dan - it is much more than that, and no blogging is necessary. It’s about how to create a learning environment online that can truly teach people about a subject.

If you’re on the fence, all I can say is that you won’t be able to join while they’re closed, and when they re-design and re-open, they’ll be more expensive.

]]> Comment on How to Ask for Diggs and Actually Get Them by Michael Martine, Blog Consultant http://michaelmartine.com/2008/07/15/how-to-ask-for-diggs-and-actually-get-them/#comment-92610 Michael Martine, Blog Consultant Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:59:46 +0000 http://michaelmartine.com/2008/07/15/how-to-ask-for-diggs-and-actually-get-them/#comment-92610 @Theresa - You get traffic and readers. You make new friends and network with people. I don't do a blogroll, I link to sites in my posts. I don't think they hurt or help, but they do take up space. Might be better to have a dedicated links page. Here are some posts I've written that may help you out: <a href="http://michaelmartine.com/2008/05/21/how-social-media-helps-grow-your-blog/">How Social Media Helps Grow Your Blog</a> <a href="http://michaelmartine.com/2008/03/21/what-twitter-does-for-me/">What Twitter Does for Me</a> <a href="http://michaelmartine.com/2008/04/29/video-tutorial-basics-of-how-to-use-twitter/">Video Tutorial: Basics of How to Use Twitter</a> @Theresa - You get traffic and readers. You make new friends and network with people.

I don’t do a blogroll, I link to sites in my posts. I don’t think they hurt or help, but they do take up space. Might be better to have a dedicated links page.

Here are some posts I’ve written that may help you out:

How Social Media Helps Grow Your Blog

What Twitter Does for Me

Video Tutorial: Basics of How to Use Twitter

]]> Comment on Teaching Sells is Closing the Doors by Dan Fletcher http://michaelmartine.com/2008/07/24/teaching-sells-is-closing-the-doors/#comment-92608 Dan Fletcher Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:23:37 +0000 http://michaelmartine.com/2008/07/24/teaching-sells-is-closing-the-doors/#comment-92608 Interesting - I've long debated trying to put a program together. It seems like a great way to monetize established blogs and provide a service to readers. Good luck on your program! Interesting - I’ve long debated trying to put a program together. It seems like a great way to monetize established blogs and provide a service to readers. Good luck on your program!

]]> Comment on How to Ask for Diggs and Actually Get Them by Theresa Zagnoli http://michaelmartine.com/2008/07/15/how-to-ask-for-diggs-and-actually-get-them/#comment-92606 Theresa Zagnoli Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:32:18 +0000 http://michaelmartine.com/2008/07/15/how-to-ask-for-diggs-and-actually-get-them/#comment-92606 OK, new blogger here. Trying to get my feet wet and am overwhelmed by all the information. What will getting "diggs" or "stumbled upon" do for my blog? Do you already have a beginner level post on this that you can direct me to? Also, on another blogging site, I read a lot about blogrolls. What is your opinion on those? Beneficial? Pros/cons? I have concerns about whether it will alienate some readers if they aren't part of my blogroll. Any insights from those clearly more experienced in blogging? OK, new blogger here. Trying to get my feet wet and am overwhelmed by all the information. What will getting “diggs” or “stumbled upon” do for my blog? Do you already have a beginner level post on this that you can direct me to?

Also, on another blogging site, I read a lot about blogrolls. What is your opinion on those? Beneficial? Pros/cons? I have concerns about whether it will alienate some readers if they aren’t part of my blogroll.

Any insights from those clearly more experienced in blogging?

]]> Comment on What Smurf Are You on Your Blog? by Shevonne Polastre http://michaelmartine.com/2008/07/22/what-smurf-are-you-on-your-blog/#comment-92605 Shevonne Polastre Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:38:19 +0000 http://michaelmartine.com/2008/07/22/what-smurf-are-you-on-your-blog/#comment-92605 Ok, I will say I am a mix between Handy and Vanity. This was hysterical and very unique. =D Ok, I will say I am a mix between Handy and Vanity. This was hysterical and very unique. =D

]]> Comment on The Best Book on Blogging isn’t about Blogging at All - A Review of Made to Stick by Steven Bradley http://michaelmartine.com/2008/07/21/the-best-book-on-blogging-isnt-about-blogging-at-all-a-review-of-made-to-stick/#comment-92604 Steven Bradley Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:07:25 +0000 http://michaelmartine.com/2008/07/21/the-best-book-on-blogging-isnt-about-blogging-at-all-a-review-of-made-to-stick/#comment-92604 Michael I read Made to Stick a few weeks ago and it was one of the best books I've read in a long time. Funny you make the comparison to it being a book about blogging, since that was my first thought too. I'm still trying to absorb all the lessons and will probably need a reread, but I plan on incorporating as much as I can from the book into my blog posts. Michael I read Made to Stick a few weeks ago and it was one of the best books I’ve read in a long time.

Funny you make the comparison to it being a book about blogging, since that was my first thought too.

I’m still trying to absorb all the lessons and will probably need a reread, but I plan on incorporating as much as I can from the book into my blog posts.

]]> Comment on If You Can’t Blog It, Don’t Do It by What Is A Blog And Will It Feed You Or Eat You? | Catherine Lawson http://michaelmartine.com/2008/02/28/start-bloggable-business/#comment-92603 What Is A Blog And Will It Feed You Or Eat You? | Catherine Lawson Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:59:02 +0000 http://michaelmartine.com/2008/02/28/start-bloggable-business/#comment-92603 [...] As top blog consultant Michael Martine pointed out: “Some businesses don’t have blogs and shouldn’t have blogs: oil companies, Blackwater, KBR, Ha... [...] [...] As top blog consultant Michael Martine pointed out: “Some businesses don’t have blogs and shouldn’t have blogs: oil companies, Blackwater, KBR, Ha… [...]

]]> Comment on How I Brought My Business Back from the Dead with Blogging by Michael Martine, Blog Consultant http://michaelmartine.com/2008/07/14/how-i-brought-my-business-back-from-the-dead-with-blogging/#comment-92602 Michael Martine, Blog Consultant Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:06:16 +0000 http://michaelmartine.com/2008/07/14/how-i-brought-my-business-back-from-the-dead-with-blogging/#comment-92602 @Alice - Thanks and welcome! Success doesn't happen without failure, and the more you fail the more you succeed. Funny how people want to pretend like failure doesn't exist. If you're not failing, you're not trying hard enough! @Alice - Thanks and welcome! Success doesn’t happen without failure, and the more you fail the more you succeed. Funny how people want to pretend like failure doesn’t exist. If you’re not failing, you’re not trying hard enough!

]]> Comment on How I Brought My Business Back from the Dead with Blogging by Alice http://michaelmartine.com/2008/07/14/how-i-brought-my-business-back-from-the-dead-with-blogging/#comment-92601 Alice Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:01:41 +0000 http://michaelmartine.com/2008/07/14/how-i-brought-my-business-back-from-the-dead-with-blogging/#comment-92601 I'm glad I stumbled onto your site! I love the realistic tone and the honesty about failure. As someone who is making some major changes in life and career, I get tired of the sites that never acknowledge the possibility of failure. That's not the way the world works. I look for the best advice I can get, and I appreciate it when people admit their mistakes and what they learned from them. Believe me, I've made a couple of doozies already, and someday I may actually blog about them!! If someone hasn't experienced setbacks or failures, then I believe they haven't learned anything. And those folks have nothing to say that I want to hear. Great site! I'm looking forward to reading more. :-) I’m glad I stumbled onto your site! I love the realistic tone and the honesty about failure. As someone who is making some major changes in life and career, I get tired of the sites that never acknowledge the possibility of failure. That’s not the way the world works.

I look for the best advice I can get, and I appreciate it when people admit their mistakes and what they learned from them. Believe me, I’ve made a couple of doozies already, and someday I may actually blog about them!! If someone hasn’t experienced setbacks or failures, then I believe they haven’t learned anything. And those folks have nothing to say that I want to hear.

Great site! I’m looking forward to reading more. :-)

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