How to Be Appropriate on a Blog
I'm learning a lot teaching my 'Blog Your Way to a Bestseller' course with Andy Wibbels. In particular, it's fun observing what Andy calls the 'Geek Underground Etiquette Among Bloggers'. This is the practice of not going on blogs and leaving spammy comments that sell stuff. Or ingratiating yourself with bloggers just so you can sell something to their people.
Instead, you need to be an upright blogging citizen. Andy says: 'operate from the right place of integrity and it all works'. I actually think most people who violate those little rules above simply don't know how the game is played - after all, it's all pretty new, right?
I love that spreading the word about your blog simply means going out, making (honest-to-God) friends, introducing yourself here and there, and letting yourself be heard. That's neat!
On that note Suzanne, allow me to introduce myself. I have been editing and authoring my blog for over 2 years now and have built up quite a lot of information and quite a following (5000 a month) www.nourished.com.au, my blog, is a practical guide to living a lifestyle that is nourishing, healthy, wholesome and wise. Filled with articles written by healthy people who walk their talk, nourished has information on anything from ancestral nutrition to parenting help to the nature of abundance. Mainly I try to concentrate on the concept of nourishing one's body, family, environment and connection to spirit. I would like to let my readers know about you're work. What would you say about it?
Posted by: Joanne Hay | March 24, 2006 at 08:21 PM