Comments on: Strategic Blogging – Values

By: SEO UK

SEO UK — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:55:25 +0000

I think it is important at the start of any persons blogging career to have a goal in sight and strategies to achieve this goal. A blogger should know themselves and should be able to answer the question “why they are blogging?” as well as this they should have aims to help achieve their long term goals.

Great article.

By: A long look in the Blogging mirror at Tales from the Raven

A long look in the Blogging mirror at Tales from the Raven — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:33:16 +0000

[...] With this illustrious track record to bolster my ego I paid a visit to my favorite blogging guru for some insights on how best to proceed from here. I thoughtfully considered banning Harry Potter and going straight for world domination, but have decided to keep my goals both more reasonable and attainable. [...]

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By: Purva Mewar

Purva Mewar — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 01:01:02 +0000

I am wondering… Since I plan to blog to add value and growth to my business, I am obviously not going to be against using anything that sells. But for explicit, vulgar displays, stealing content etc. I will keep away from tactics. I’d rather have strategies. Will work better in long run. But I will use Harry Potter. Irrespective of the fact that I have read it, I like it or I have an opinion on it.. OR NOT. Its selling. So I will cash on it.
I will always try to strike a balance between useful content, easy language and popularity of topic. NO necessarily in that order, though.

By: Martin (HomeOfficeVoice)

Martin (HomeOfficeVoice) — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 14:34:50 +0000

As we’re all trying to make some money out of blogging my big thing is being loyal and upfront to my readers. Remember, credibility is hard to establish and hold onto, but oh so easy to destroy.

So when I include an Affiliate link (cj.com, Amazon etc) I want to let everyone know that’s it’s an affiliate link and that I’m going to benefit from it.

I would not feel comfortable merging editorial and advertisements together without a clear line.

And guess what : in one of the business forums I post on I was approached with an offer to place a pre-arranged post (an already written highly praising review) on my blog for wait for it …. $5 paid via PayPal. Even if it was for $500 and I took it I might as well pack up my blogging bag and never look back. I really fear/can see PR agencies infiltrating blogs for positive mentions for big name clients.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 19:51:48 +0000

[..] two of the Problogger 31 days to a better performing blog, and today it’s all about values. Darren has suggested writing down and displaying, in a public forum if you’re feeling brave, the core values of your blog(s). So I sat down and had a think about it. [..]

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 06:36:58 +0000

I actually had forgotten about the amount of anti Harry people out there and was using it as an attempt at humour. But you’re right Darren, for some this will be against their values.

By: Darren Collins

Darren Collins — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 06:18:28 +0000

Jason, I think that’s what Darren was getting at. If you’re philosophically opposed to the Harry Potter books (and a surprising number of people are), then by expressing it in your values statement you’ll help yourself to resist the temptation of blogging about it just because it’s popular. No matter how much extra traffic it would bring, it’s something you’ve decided ahead of time not to do because it’s against your personal values.

Of course, your particular poison might not be Harry Potter – it might be porn, or Paris Hilton, or South Park, or US politics, or whatever.

By: Jason Gilman

Jason Gilman — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 21:59:50 +0000

I had a good chuckle when I read that line about not blogging about Harry Potter. The review/spoilers post I wrote about Harry Potter 6 a few weeks back has driven the majority of my google traffic the last couple weeks. Not that it generates any AdSense revenue, but it’s an interesting study in the impact of choosing a popular google topic to write about I guess.

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Mon, 01 Aug 2005 18:49:14 +0000

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