Comments on: 3 Simple Steps To A Killer Blog Campfire http://www.telegraphik.com/2007/3-simple-steps-to-a-killer-blog-conversation/ Tracking Trends in Online Publishing Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:46:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: David Krug http://www.telegraphik.com/2007/3-simple-steps-to-a-killer-blog-conversation/comment-page-1/#comment-83 David Krug Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:18:16 +0000 http://www.telegraphik.com/2007/3-simple-steps-to-a-killer-blog-conversation/#comment-83 Minic, I was merely trying to offer up solutions I agree 901am is a good news blog but I think that opinion is key as well. In the post I reference I didn't inject much opinion but merely sparked a conversation. I was merely offering some solutions to some issues I've seen when investigating the health the site. Overall I think you guys do a better job of covering indepth issues I probably wouldn't have. I think that's great. I was hoping to offer some positive feedback to you and not anything meant to be negative. Thanks for stopping by and sharing. D Minic,
I was merely trying to offer up solutions I agree 901am is a good news blog but I think that opinion is key as well. In the post I reference I didn’t inject much opinion but merely sparked a conversation.

I was merely offering some solutions to some issues I’ve seen when investigating the health the site. Overall I think you guys do a better job of covering indepth issues I probably wouldn’t have. I think that’s great.

I was hoping to offer some positive feedback to you and not anything meant to be negative.

Thanks for stopping by and sharing.

D

]]> By: Minic Rivera http://www.telegraphik.com/2007/3-simple-steps-to-a-killer-blog-conversation/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Minic Rivera Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:58:12 +0000 http://www.telegraphik.com/2007/3-simple-steps-to-a-killer-blog-conversation/#comment-82 901am.com is a news blog. This is the direction that I took upon taking over as managing editor. Most of 901am bloggers were trained in news reporting so the less injection of opinion is absent. It was unfortunate (for 901am whe I took over) that most of the original bloggers chose to move on to other endeavors. Maybe when I get the chance to hire someone who is highly opinionated, then we can have the conversation that you used to have. In this time and age when everyone can deliver their own piece via blogs, I still believe that straight news reporting is equally important. 901am is a great blog because of the readers who visit it daily, and I believe that it is still a great blog (and not just "once a great blog.") Minic 901am.com is a news blog. This is the direction that I took upon taking over as managing editor. Most of 901am bloggers were trained in news reporting so the less injection of opinion is absent. It was unfortunate (for 901am whe I took over) that most of the original bloggers chose to move on to other endeavors. Maybe when I get the chance to hire someone who is highly opinionated, then we can have the conversation that you used to have. In this time and age when everyone can deliver their own piece via blogs, I still believe that straight news reporting is equally important.

901am is a great blog because of the readers who visit it daily, and I believe that it is still a great blog (and not just “once a great blog.”)

Minic

]]> By: David Krug http://www.telegraphik.com/2007/3-simple-steps-to-a-killer-blog-conversation/comment-page-1/#comment-81 David Krug Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:53:01 +0000 http://www.telegraphik.com/2007/3-simple-steps-to-a-killer-blog-conversation/#comment-81 I think the key thing in any blog's development is summed up with this statement: "Focusing on solutions rather than problems" I think the key thing in any blog’s development is summed up with this statement:
“Focusing on solutions rather than problems”

]]> By: Sharon Sarmiento http://www.telegraphik.com/2007/3-simple-steps-to-a-killer-blog-conversation/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Sharon Sarmiento Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:50:14 +0000 http://www.telegraphik.com/2007/3-simple-steps-to-a-killer-blog-conversation/#comment-80 David, I wonder if they will take your advice? :-) Geez, I am sooo very tempted to make a comment about what has happened to that once great blog, but I shall resist since I really want to keep on going in the direction of your post, which is focusing on solutions rather than problems. I totally agree with you that in order for readers to be excited about any blog, that the writers/owners/managers need to be passionate about the information they are conveying. They also need to care about what the readers say/think. Conversations are everything on a blog. Sometimes they're heated, sometimes they're uplifting, sometimes they're funny, but whatever they are, every time a reader or writer has the guts to express a heartfelt opinion or emotion life is breathed into the blog. Sometimes the comments can actually be as informative as the blog post itself. Life leaves a blog the minute the opinions, the conversations and the flavor disappear. With so many choices of blogs to look at, no site can afford to be Vanilla. They must create a new and interesting flavor. David, I wonder if they will take your advice? :-)

Geez, I am sooo very tempted to make a comment about what has happened to that once great blog, but I shall resist since I really want to keep on going in the direction of your post, which is focusing on solutions rather than problems.

I totally agree with you that in order for readers to be excited about any blog, that the writers/owners/managers need to be passionate about the information they are conveying.

They also need to care about what the readers say/think. Conversations are everything on a blog. Sometimes they’re heated, sometimes they’re uplifting, sometimes they’re funny, but whatever they are, every time a reader or writer has the guts to express a heartfelt opinion or emotion life is breathed into the blog. Sometimes the comments can actually be as informative as the blog post itself.

Life leaves a blog the minute the opinions, the conversations and the flavor disappear.

With so many choices of blogs to look at, no site can afford to be Vanilla. They must create a new and interesting flavor.

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