More from Seth Godin offers 56 tips on how to get traffic for your weblog. Here are four that I’ve had enough of:
Use lists.
Include polls, meters and other eye candy.
Do email interviews with the well-known.
Be anonymous.
Anonymity can be cool if there’s a reason for it. If you really are Deep Throat, I’ll cut you a break. If you’re hiding behind a mask to get away with being rude or vulgar — get real.
I have had it up to here with lists. It’s magazine writer crap, and they have already milked it to death. If you really have a reason to delineate something by list, I’ll go with you. If you’re trying to hook me with the top 15 ways to hook unsuspecting weblog readers — get real.
I’m not hugely crazy about graphics in weblog posts unless you’re illustrating something mere words cannot depict. If you’re throwing in a picture either because you can’t write or you think I can’t read — get real.
As for email interviews, that’s an oxymoron. If there is any reason for an interview — as against an essay or just plain email — it’s to hear the respondent under the pressure of time and circumstance. Bill Clinton’s melt-down on Fox News Sunday this week is a perfect example of why an interview must be done live. In other words — get real…
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Michael Price says:
“If you really are Deep Throat, I’ll cut you a break. If you’re hiding behind a mask to get away with being rude or vulgar — get real.”
This is why I haven’t posted anything about the Real Estate 2.0 Blog. I want to know who I am reading in a blog.
September 26, 2006 — 10:04 am
Michael Price says:
I think if an e-mail interview is done right, it doesn’t matter who it is. It’s the content, the questions and the answers that make up a good interview.
September 26, 2006 — 10:06 am
Kristal Kraft says:
Lists are just a way for someone who really doesn’t know what to say to make a comment.
September 26, 2006 — 10:29 am
Michael Price says:
Here’s what one of the top 50 bloggers on the planet has to say
Blogger. n. Someone with nothing to say writing for someone with nothing to do
Guy Kawaski
September 26, 2006 — 10:41 am
Jim Cronin says:
RE: “I’m not hugely crazy about graphics in weblog posts unless you’re illustrating something mere words cannot depict. If you’re throwing in a picture either because you can’t write or you think I can’t read — get real.”
I hope you are referring to me… 🙂
And I quote:
“The Real Estate Tomato is a daily stop for me. Your content is great, but I love your graphic sense, too. ”
-Greg S.
September 26, 2006 — 12:29 pm
Galen says:
I agree – polls and meters are crap!
September 26, 2006 — 3:07 pm
jf.sellsius says:
Everything has its place. I reject nothing out of hand as crap. I can appreciate it all under the right circumstances. Of course, everyone can prefer one to another.
But I need a list when I go shopping (sometimes explaining how to install a computer program or widget is easier with an instruction list; we’re also using Seth’s list); I prefer voting for a President at a poll booth & having guilt or innocence decided by a jury poll; (Galen, have you not checked out the diggs on a story–that’s a poll & highly dugg stories are not always crap. We all check our Technorati & ALexa ratings, incoming links & other measuring devices); I look at the speedometer when I drive & use a thermometer when my child is sick (greg you have a post popularity meter & that’s helpful); and I’d do an e-mail interview if that was the only way to get the story. Otherwise I totally agree.
September 26, 2006 — 6:22 pm