A Thinking Communicator - a Peek Inside Lorelles Head
An essential part of Circular Communication is to reach out, establish connections and build bridges. In an attempt to expand the communication even more I decided to make a link post guest series where bloggers I read and appreciate list and comment on what they consider to be their five best articles together with their five favorite reads from other blogs. One of the bloggers I admire the most is Lorelle from Lorelle on WordPress. Knowing her I guess I should have been prepared for an unusual response and still hers blew me away. What you are about to embark …
Cocomments - Keeping Track of Your Online Conversations
Having used to be very frustrated when I lost track of the conversations I was participating in via my blog comments I was delighted when I some time ago stumbled over a service called coComment. If I remember correctly was it Alister Cameron who featured it on his blog.
Following the comments on your own blog is easy. Just as easy is it when people offer a way to subscribe to comments. Not everyone does or can though. All those who are on a hosting service like WordPress.com are limited to what features they can offer and this …
Structure How You Deal With Comments to Find the Right Response
Having previously written about how I embrace comments and why as well as how commenters should be commenting is it time to tackle what your role as blogger is when responding to comments and not least what you do if they despite all your good intentions don’t comment as they ideally should. Making clear, at least to yourself, how you will deal with comments is something you do well by doing before you get overwhelmed with them.
10 Tips That Will Make Anyone a Better Commenter
Part of the blogging platform is the comment feature that give readers of a particular article the ability to provide instant feedback. I have previously revealed why I am a strong believer in allowing comments on blogs. In Comments or No Comments That Is the Question - or Is It? I argued that comments add to the experience and make it more enjoyable. Furthermore does it help grow and expand communities on and across blogs. For this to work do we all have to honor our responsibility. As a blogger should you always try to aim high and give …
Comments or No Comments That Is the Question - or Is It?
Apparently is there about once a year an omnipresent war on words going on about whether a blog that doesn’t allow comments is indeed a blog. As with most heated discussions is the interesting aspect not so much who is right or wrong, but what you can learn from it. The real substance lies in the middle so to speak. It is thus more interesting to look at why you would lean in one direction or the other as in which direction you are actually leaning. Matthew Ingram, one of the most prominent bloggers who was against calling a blog …
