Comments on: A Blogger’s Guide to Branding with Social Media

By: tehreem

tehreem — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:49:34 +0000

Nice stuff..Now onwords i am going to take social media seriously…thanks

By: Janet25

Janet25 — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:18:34 +0000

Cool. It took almost a day to find this info. Thanks! Good job. :)

By: Stan Dubin

Stan Dubin — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:50:56 +0000

Thanks Darren and Steven for this post. Social media is an ever-growing fact of internet life and figuring out ways to make this area work efficiently is absolutely key.

On a disrelated note, I’m about two-thirds of the way through Darren’s Pro Bloggier Book. Without a doubt the best collection of useable data on blogging in one publication. A steal at Amazon.

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:05:25 +0000

Thanks, great article. We have to overthink our branding policy.

By: Mary@GoodlifeZen

Mary@GoodlifeZen — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:09:17 +0000

This article has come at a good time. I’ve been thinking a lot about branding lately.

One of Skellie’s posts at Skelliewag woke me up to the fact that branding is more than just having a particular slant of topic. It’s also about the tone of one’s blog. By that I mean the central message.

By: Roger Billington

Roger Billington — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:12:38 +0000

A very good post for bloggers out there. Soimething I think anyone should read when thinking of starting up a blog. Not surprising social networkers have worked out social media quicker than brands have.

Found another blog on social networking thiniking from a brand perspective http://facevaluebook.blogspot.com/

By: Amir Ahmad | MindValley Labs

Amir Ahmad | MindValley Labs — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:42:29 +0000

Cool post! Thanks!

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:16:44 +0000

The Social Media route does fairly well depending on the niche but I’ve had some great success with it, with a different site of mine. It’s also a great place to network and meet fellow businesses/websites.

By: vignesh

vignesh — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:12:03 +0000

As I think that bloggers are more benefiting by social media as they are trying to advertise there blog more effectively as we can develop strong connection with others.

By: amirulcyber

amirulcyber — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:36:30 +0000

Thank you darren for your useful information.thanks again.

By: Steven Snell

Steven Snell — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:21:43 +0000

Darren,
Thanks for publishing the post!

Adam,
Good point. Avatars are also helpful for branding and making yourself recognizable.

By: Sierra Night Tide

Sierra Night Tide — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:44:44 +0000

I continue to enjoy your posts and throughout the last year I have learned a lot. I review, consider and really think about what you say and how it reflects to myself. Being a real newbie, I have found that practice makes perfect but good old fashion experience is the key to success.

Thanks

By: Rudy from Trulia

Rudy from Trulia — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:30:57 +0000

Word!

Rudy
Social Media Guru at Trulia

http://www.retaggr.com/Card/trulia

By: Travel Central America

Travel Central America — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:59:19 +0000

I’ve been hearing a lot lately about social media and blogging. I would like to thank both Steven and Darren for sharing with us this particular post. Here we have a very precise and brief set of guidelines about social media, the basics I would say.

A very good way to start with social media is through the steps described here. I will definitely try to follow the steps as soon as possible.

By: Bill K.

Bill K. — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:14:54 +0000

Great post, Steven. I’m just now preparing to venture into social media as I build my brand and my blogs. You’ve done a great job here of spelling out what’s important and why. A very useful guide.

By: Hendry Lee

Hendry Lee — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:10:49 +0000

Interesting read, Steve. Too many bloggers are thinking about traffic but not branding.

Even personal branding can be important nowadays, especially in a crowded niche. You need to be seen every where for people to recall your name.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:42:37 +0000

Great article. I have been spending a lot of time the last few weeks on my Social media sites and have been very impressed with the results. There is a lot to learn but for those that put the time and effort in the results can move you from average to outstanding very quickly!

By: The Masked Millionaire

The Masked Millionaire — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:28:55 +0000

Good article. Branding is very important and Social Media is one way to accomplish it. Of course there is more to it then just Social Media.

The Masked Millionaire

By: joe

joe — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:17:34 +0000

i have never taken social media seriously because im terrible at it. blogging has always been the place where i get way more hits and people seem to care more. social media is weird like that like it takes alot of effort and time and would take me a hundred years to get the social thing right. i would rather just blog and read pro blogger daily

By: Adam Singer

Adam Singer — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:09:20 +0000

Also – be sure to use a consistent picture/image of yourself across platforms. Have that image on your blog somewhere too, this will help with branding.

Social media is my #1 traffic driver to my blog (mostly Digg and Stumble-Upon). Be active in these networks, it DEFINITELY pays off.