Comments on: When Failings, Mistakes and Half Finished Thoughts can Help Grow Your Blog

By: Michele Price

Michele Price — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:16:41 +0000

I love how I have been given lots of compliments and received comments on my radio shows for being vunerable recently and sharing my mistakes and what I did when they happened.

People are tired of hearing how perfect or smart or evolved people are, they want to know you are just like them, you just have another answer how to move forward.

Thanks for putting a spotlight on this topic. It really helps you to be more authentic, transparent valuable. Build that know, like and trust factor – shazam!

By: Dustin

Dustin — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 22:56:11 +0000

Well that is good to know cuz a make a ton of mistakes

By: Peter Flaschner

Peter Flaschner — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 19:14:17 +0000

Couldn’t agree more. I just posted a review of the past 18 months on my personal blog (peterflaschner.com), and nearly fell out of my chair when I read your post Darren. It’s high time we take the veil off making mistakes.

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By: Carolyn Manning

Carolyn Manning — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:34:20 +0000

Great reminder that a little ego-smackdown never hurt anyone.

By: Griffin

Griffin — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:33:27 +0000

To err is human…people love vulnerability and to show our readers that we makes mistakes sometimes…okay…most of the times, helps us to take off the Superman facade and be real.

By: Marti

Marti — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:39:19 +0000

Last week – LOL

I ran a really stupid contest…too hard, too lame, nobody cared, nobody entered. I fessed up and said I was sorry.

By: Cyndi L

Cyndi L — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:21:41 +0000

You said: “Ask yourself – when was the last time you wrote about a mistake you made?”

My answer: “Wednesday, the 13th!”

By: Shannon

Shannon — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:07:59 +0000

Hah.. I totally live by this rule. See, I run a food blog and I am by no means Julia Childs-ish like some other bloggers out there. I post my greatness as well as my disasters. Just sprinkle a little humor in there to make it not so painful.

By: Michael From The Future

Michael From The Future — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:51:08 +0000

Hi Darren & All,

I completely agree with this article. Again, as a reader, I have experienced this while reading someone elses blog. Showing a mistake or speaking about something they wished they had done differently only helps to show that they are a ‘real’ person and makes them easier to relate to often.

Take Care : )

By: graydon

graydon — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:29:55 +0000

Of course, posting everyday about your screwup could make for an interesting comedy blog.

Make it a “what not to do” blog…

i.e. Today the wife asked if these pants make her look fat… I said yes. Don’t do that.

Today my bank sent me an email saying they had issues with my account… I clicked the link and after entereing in my account information I only heard some maniacal laughing sound… I’m thinking that’s a bad thing.

I found this neat trick where you change the text color on part of your posting to match the background and then write out 500 times the keyword you want to score for… oh yeah, I made the font like 4 so that it wouldn’t show up a big blank space. We’ll see how this works.