Comments on: Creating Interest in Your Posts – Persuasive Blogging Part II

By: shirazi

shirazi — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:21:49 +0000

I like the way you give breating space to your readers. Useful post.

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Bloggers Buzz » Blog Archive » Creating Interest in Your Blog — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:37:49 +0000

[...] Darren Rowse continues his Persuasive Blogging series with Part 2, Creating Interest in your Blog: Getting Attention for your posts is a relatively easy part of being a persuasive blogger but in order to truly persuade your readers you need to go deeper and pique the interest of your reader. [...]

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 22:07:38 +0000

I am a relative newbie to all this, but just wanted to say your site has become an indispensible part of my day, Darren.

Cheers and keep up the great work

By: Matt D

Matt D — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:43:53 +0000

Great post. Of all the series you put on here, this one interests me the most.

My wife would kill me if I didn’t point out that it’s “pique interest” not “peak interest.”

By: Scott Howard

Scott Howard — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:50:51 +0000

I agree with Steve, as long as your not rambling and you are getting your point across with good content I don’t think it makes a tremendous difference whether it is a long post or a short post.

By: Amrit Hallan

Amrit Hallan — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:29:59 +0000

One can also deal with burning issues in order to raise the interest level. People particularly want to read something they’ve been watching a lot on TV — something like a national debate. For instance, these days in India we are having agitations against the government’s reservation policy. On my literary blog I always get more comments when I write on this issue. Another blogger I know publishes “bizarre” news from around the globe. I doubt if such blogs can be “monetized”.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:07:44 +0000

In my opinion the length of post should convey what you are trying to get across especially in your giving subject. It should be concise and to the point without rambling. The interest can be for the few or for the multitude depending on the given subject.

As in Darren’s case he caters for many people who want to earn money from their blog/website.

By: James

James — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:28:57 +0000

Hello Darren,

This is a very interesting post. Sparking interest is the challenge. I am new to the blogging world–and this advice is something I will definately use. I have one question though… I read on Seth Godin’s blog that your posts should be kept short. What is your take on this? I try to keep posts short but find it difficult to get my point across.

Thanks,

James

By: katiebird

katiebird — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:17:11 +0000

“Creating interest in your posts”, this is the biggest challenge of blogging. …

And I know that I’m still very much a learner. I’ve got a lot of ideas, but making them jump off the page — that doesn’t always happen. It’s tempting on those days to leave the page blank, to let people think that I just didn’t have anything to say that day. But, I think that the public struggle is part of the process of blogging. And it’s probably part of the process of learning to write.

As someone said to me earlier today (on another blog), I’m going to print this out and look at it again. Thank you Darren, this one’s a keeper.

By: Online Business Websites

Online Business Websites — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:41:24 +0000

Darren,
You have made some good points. Catchy headline will grab the attention of reader but if content is not meaty, they will keep it aside. Once the headline fever is over, author should hold the reader by giving good content. Now this can be a good story, solution to the problem or any other interesting thing which reader would like to read. Ultimately if you write for reader, they will be happy and recommend it their friends/ relatives. And word of mouth will generate additional publicity. This is true for website/ blog. I think, this is an art which you have implemented successfully on your blog. Keep it up.

regards

Sumukh