Comments on: Quotable Seth Godin – From ‘Who’s There?’

By: Gone Away

Gone Away — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 21:26:46 +0000

That’s interesting Martin. I’m at the point now where I can predict fairly accurately which posts will draw lots of attention and which will just have a solid core of regulars commenting on. The question facing me now is: Do I stick with the original vision for the blog and so please some of the people some of the time, or do I forget the main goal and just go for the big hitters? Something tells me I should stay with my original intent but I could be wrong…

By: Martin Ralya

Martin Ralya — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 17:51:22 +0000

(Michael) I’m trying to learn to just write “good enough” posts and let the readers decide whether they’re important enough.

I’ve also found that the posts I expect to do well (as defined by generating interest among readers) often don’t, and the posts I didn’t expect much out of are the ones that generate the most attention. This has been one of my favorite parts of the learning process, actually. :)

By: Allan Burns

Allan Burns — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 15:45:40 +0000

I have downloaded Seth’s book but have not had a chance to read it, maybe tonight, although Lost is on tv tonight.

What Seth say’s is common sense although we rarely use this sense.

Darren I notice you will be hitting 1000 RSS subscribers soon, I am so envious. How about giving us some insights into how you use RSS over your sites.

PS. Sorry didn’t intend to hijack your post.

By: Michael Moncur

Michael Moncur — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 15:37:39 +0000

Every blog post should be designed to be important enough to get another blog to eagerly post a link or quote you or reprint the whole thing.

I just wanted to mention that having this attitude somewhere in the back of my head has been one of the biggest issues for me writing weblogs. I spend too much time worrying about whether a post is “important enough” and half the time it means I don’t post at all. I’m trying to learn to just write “good enough” posts and let the readers decide whether they’re important enough.

I like Darren’s line better: does this post add to or subtract from the vision and goals that I have for this blog? – I can definitely write posts that add at least a bit of value or inch a little closer to my goals without necessarily writing “important” posts.

By: Gone Away

Gone Away — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 15:19:06 +0000

Whilst I agree with you that it’s wise to wait until the blood has cooled before posting, I have noticed that I get more comments on posts that are (for me) controversial. I suppose the answer is to know your readers and what they’re likely to be able to cope with.