Comments on: Strategies for Blog Growth http://www.trevorhampel.com/strategies-for-blog-growth/ Trevor Hampel's Blog about Writing, Literature and Teaching Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:04:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Trevor http://www.trevorhampel.com/strategies-for-blog-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-2787 Trevor Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:37:06 +0000 http://www.trevorhampel.com/strategies-for-blog-growth/#comment-2787 Trying to engage the readers in conversation on one's blog is always a challenge. On one of my other blogs ( http://www.trevorsbirding.com/ ) I have many regular readers who do contribute frequently. It has proved a little more difficult on this blog but I keep working on it. I might try the contest idea one day. You certainly received a great response from your writing contest. Interestingly I contributed to another one exactly the same on another blog. Trying to engage the readers in conversation on one’s blog is always a challenge. On one of my other blogs ( http://www.trevorsbirding.com/ ) I have many regular readers who do contribute frequently. It has proved a little more difficult on this blog but I keep working on it. I might try the contest idea one day.

You certainly received a great response from your writing contest. Interestingly I contributed to another one exactly the same on another blog.

]]> By: Robert Hruzek http://www.trevorhampel.com/strategies-for-blog-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-2782 Robert Hruzek Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:42:46 +0000 http://www.trevorhampel.com/strategies-for-blog-growth/#comment-2782 Trevor, although I dislike "gimmick" stuff, there are some additional things you can do that might improve readership. The challenge is to find ways to engage readers that prompts THEM to evangelize your blog. Something <a href="http://www.instigatorblog.com/" rel="nofollow">Ben Yoskovitz</a> did, the "What I learned in 2006" contest he ran in December '06, was instrumental in inspiring me to run a <a href="http://middlezonemusings.blogspot.com/2007/01/contest-entries-lets-be-brief.html" rel="nofollow">contest</a> at my site. It was a silly little thing, yet participants were evangelizing it all over the place, because it was a)simple, b)fun, c)challenging, and d)easy. The results were astonishing! For instance, prior to that, "Robert Hruzek" returned approximately 150-225 hits on Google. Three weeks later that number is about 11,500! Readership went WAY up, and it's still up, at least for now. And my Technorati rank went from about 298,000 to around 52,000. Of course, it remains to be seen if readership remains, but for now the onus is on me to continue to produce content that will keep the larger audience coming back. Hopefully a reasonable percentage of them will stick with me. Trevor, although I dislike “gimmick” stuff, there are some additional things you can do that might improve readership. The challenge is to find ways to engage readers that prompts THEM to evangelize your blog.

Something Ben Yoskovitz did, the “What I learned in 2006″ contest he ran in December ’06, was instrumental in inspiring me to run a contest at my site. It was a silly little thing, yet participants were evangelizing it all over the place, because it was a)simple, b)fun, c)challenging, and d)easy.

The results were astonishing! For instance, prior to that, “Robert Hruzek” returned approximately 150-225 hits on Google. Three weeks later that number is about 11,500! Readership went WAY up, and it’s still up, at least for now. And my Technorati rank went from about 298,000 to around 52,000.

Of course, it remains to be seen if readership remains, but for now the onus is on me to continue to produce content that will keep the larger audience coming back. Hopefully a reasonable percentage of them will stick with me.

]]> By: Trevor http://www.trevorhampel.com/strategies-for-blog-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-2451 Trevor Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:01:59 +0000 http://www.trevorhampel.com/strategies-for-blog-growth/#comment-2451 Hi there Chris. Being patient is indeed hard for today's society, and although I think of myself as being quite a patient person there are times when, like you, I want it yesterday. The impatient person's prayer: "Lord, grant me patience, and I want it right now!" Hi there Chris. Being patient is indeed hard for today’s society, and although I think of myself as being quite a patient person there are times when, like you, I want it yesterday. The impatient person’s prayer: “Lord, grant me patience, and I want it right now!”

]]> By: Chris Cree http://www.trevorhampel.com/strategies-for-blog-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-2440 Chris Cree Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:15:14 +0000 http://www.trevorhampel.com/strategies-for-blog-growth/#comment-2440 Trevor, for me the hardest part is that last one. I'm too much apart of that microwave instant gratification society. Patience comes hard for me! Trevor, for me the hardest part is that last one. I’m too much apart of that microwave instant gratification society. Patience comes hard for me!

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