Comments on: 6 Lessons a Barista Taught Me About Building Community on a Blog

By: Allen - Montreal Web Design

Allen - Montreal Web Design — Mon, 04 May 2009 01:59:25 +0000

Tips are good,

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Allen

By: Timo

Timo — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:45:34 +0000

Hmm… I’d like to visit that cafe to see for myself. Darren, could you tell me where this place is? I live in Melbourne as well, so it would be great for me to try the coffee at this cafe you are talking about :) If you do not want to reply here, you can just send the address to my email. Thanks!

By: Pereca

Pereca — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:45:12 +0000

Cat must be one very beautiful barista, right? Sum of skills Cat owns can be found in less then 5% of population. It seems like some imaginary person to me, or you are very subjective.

However if she is so much successful and has all those qualities you described, she can make it anywhere, in any job, in any business. She could run for President if she wanted! (instead of Clinton) But since she is still a barista, she is modest also. Another important virtue. Even for Cat, it’s too much, Darren :)

By: Winning Startups

Winning Startups — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:22:59 +0000

Sounds like someone likes his barista friend a little more than the coffee!

By: Jess

Jess — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:56:25 +0000

I used to be a barista for years….never thought it would help with blogging but there you go…

Have to say you’re good at drawing analogies Darren….

jess

By: AMiRU

AMiRU — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:21:02 +0000

Lol.. I was wondering what Barista is.. Its a coffee house right ?
Well, such place is always a good place to have a chit chat and improve our relationship with the community :-)

Thanks for the tips, will try to implement it in my future post.

By: Philip

Philip — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:49:43 +0000

Nice post, but one thing wasn’t taken into consideration – the LOOKS. Trust me when i say i can bring one hotty girl wearing shorts (without any coffee knowledge) and you get 100k people gathering around the bar every day, no matter how good the coffee is. This one (regretfully) is valid on blogs traffic as well, bring hot girls into your posts and you can fix yourself millions of unique user visits.

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:46:23 +0000

should be fixed now

By: Alex Cristache

Alex Cristache — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:27:51 +0000

Read the post but unfortunately, I couldn’t comment there. The post is great and shows how important it is to develop a natural relationship with your readers, how an actually community reacts. Real-life examples usually have more to teach us than we expect them to.

Also, Darren, maybe you or the guys over at ScribeFire, could close the link tag on the second link in the post’s footer. Because of that unclosed link, people clicking the input boxes are automatically driven away, without having a chance to comment.

Cheers and great post!

By: dinu

dinu — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:56:13 +0000

Oh.. Barista coffee and blogging ….. will check that out for sure :)

By: Shanel Yang

Shanel Yang — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:37:37 +0000

Outstanding post! Thank you for these wonderful tips! : )

By: jsanderz

jsanderz — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:19:11 +0000

Darren,
Whether you are running a blog or a business your tips are very essential, but can be easier said than done. You are right that you need to go that extra mile, and most importantly you need to be different.
You say “Be willing to share a little of yourself (with appropriate boundaries),” this is one area I cannot seem to get right.
Regards and thanks for the great article.
Forever hooked.
Jsanderz