Comments on: Why Your Blog’s Readers Should be Able to Contact You

By: Orna Ross

Orna Ross — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:05:46 +0000

Couldn’t agree more, Darren. We surf blogs regularly for a variety of reasons:
* trying to organise conversations between writers and other writers/readers
* organising virtual book touring for our authors
* talent spotting writers that we think might be worth signing up or at least encouraging to write/finish a book that might be of interest to us/publishers

If we go to a blog and we can’t contact the writer, it’s extremely frustrating — and often spells a lost opportunity for them

Love your site, btw — we’re new to the blogosphere and you’re the best guide we’ve found…

all best
Orna Ross
http://www.fontlitagency.com
http://www.ornaross.com

By: Jared Schwager

Jared Schwager — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:05:00 +0000

Thanks for this great article! The WordPress plugin you mentioned has some bugs unfortunately and is only an alpha. After a little bit of searching, I found a form plugin for WordPress which I like much more.

It’s called cforms. Here’s a link: http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-plugin

By: Cindy Sue Causey

Cindy Sue Causey — Wed, 30 May 2007 15:24:02 +0000

Had been hiding behind the once-removed wall of using a website link instead of my direct email addy until recently.. Realized I needed to practice what I was preaching of those within my.. field? being easily accessible.. Oopsie.. :)

*LOVE* that you brought up CNET.. I tried to drop a *possible* lead to one of theirs.. Jumped through major hoops to email him through their networking setup then never got so much as a, “Hey, howdy-do.. Thanks for stopping in..”

Tried to drop the same, again, *possible* lead to another blogger last week.. Ditto..

That said………

No promises it actually _is_ something, but.. You want it anyway..? :P

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By: Lea

Lea — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 01:34:40 +0000

Actually, I find it amazing how many people take what should be a private message and happily leave it in the comments!
Silly people! Hit the ‘Contact Me!’ link! :)

By: Kuanyin

Kuanyin — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:30:24 +0000

I signed up with google or gmail for short. I think it’s fantastic, and this way all sorts of neat people contact me. Gmail has a great spam catch and lots of other neat features…I use their archive a lot! Leaving comments on Word Press is impossible. I like to be able to contact others too.

Blessings…Kuanyin

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Why Blog Readers Should Be Able to Contact You by Blogging Pro — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 19:14:10 +0000

[...] Why Blog Readers Should Be Able to Contact You Darren Rowse, on Problogger.net, put up a great post today about the lack of open contact on many blogs these days. He spent a bit of time trying to contact a writer on CNET’s Alpha Blog and was unable to. [...]

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eMoms at Home » Blog Archive » Connecting via Blogging — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 18:46:51 +0000

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By: Matthew Bennett

Matthew Bennett — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:09:39 +0000

Wow, just yesterday another blogger that wanted to contact me brought this up because he had to fish my email out of his feed page or something like that. I said there must be a wordpress plugin that would help me do that and hey presto, today I read your blog and you point me straight to it. Thank you.

By: John Hood

John Hood — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:15:19 +0000

Ironically I’d totally overlooked this! And have now set-up a contact form. Thanks.

By: James Thoenes

James Thoenes — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:12:47 +0000

Ever try to contact eBay about something other than an auction?
It is nearly impossible.

By: jim

jim — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:09:06 +0000

Communication is key in blogging, that’s what separates it from mainstream media and what makes it incredible… not having a contact page is ludicrous! On my contact page I have an image with my email as well as a form, so anyone can contact me any way they like. I enjoy getting email too, it’s like a gift every single time! :)

By: Squirrelinabox

Squirrelinabox — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 21:51:30 +0000

I totally agree. I always add 3 pages to my blogs – an about page, a links page, and a contact page that has a contact form. Actually, I don’t always include a links page, but I do always include the other two.

By: Eric Gregoryh

Eric Gregoryh — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 21:30:19 +0000

I found a quiz site yesterday (which shall remain nameless) that’s filled with errors. I wanted to inform the webmaster, but there’s no contact info anywhere on the site! Their loss, not mine.

Anyway, if you have to get in contact with a webmaster, you can always do a WHOIS lookup on their domain.

By: razib

razib — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:54:28 +0000

Yes, so true indeed. Blogging is so popular because of its interactive nature and contact info is a part of it. So, if you dont people to contact you then why not simply go back to Web 1.0.

By: Keeton

Keeton — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:26:36 +0000

I actually encourage user questions on my importing website. Sometimes when you’re too close to a subject it’s hard to think of article ideas that are worthwhile to your readers. The Q&A section of my site is one of the most popular and it comes 100% from reader questions.

By: ShoeMoney

ShoeMoney — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:20:09 +0000

Very good tip ;)

I get 2-3 comments just on my bad grammar. Its like I have my own proof editors