Comments on: How Social Media Amplifies Blog Marketing

By: Why journalist bloggers should read other blogs and comment on them « Save the Media

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:41:24 +0000

[...] niche, you’re reaching out to an audience that’s likely to be interested in your blog. But it’s one tool of many, not the only tool, as Remarkablogger points out. There’s no guarantee bloggers or other commenters will connect to your blog, especially on [...]

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Why Blog Marketing is Cheap Marketing — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:33:43 +0000

[...] and yet another is interacting socially with people online (this is called social media). Blog marketing and social media go hand-in-hand. Neither of these need to cost any money, and they offer a huge payoff from a [...]

By: Takumi86

Takumi86 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:23:19 +0000

Actually commenting and doing social media is something really powerful to build up your marketing, and you’re right most people will do commenting on other people blog, its obvious and i used to do that thing when i was a noobie. While Social media is probably something new that major people haven’t thought on how to use it. They may feel its only to build relationship with other people, but actually there’s more use to that and marketing is most people will use for this media.

By: Michael Martine, Blog Consultant

Michael Martine, Blog Consultant — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:29:02 +0000

@Conrad – Exactly. And the best relationship-building happens behind the scenes: private emails & phone calls, DMs on Twitter, and the ultimate is face-to-face meetings.

By: Conrad Hees

Conrad Hees — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:17:27 +0000

I’m glad you pointed this out about commenting, Michael. While I love commenting and receiving comments back, it can take alot of valuable time away from writing and other important tasks.

I would say that the most important thing is to build good relationships with a few key players, rather than try to be everywhere.

By: Michael Martine, Blog Consultant

Michael Martine, Blog Consultant — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:42:35 +0000

@Kimberlee – You have explained yourself very well, yes. I understand perfectly! You must be a writer, or something. Thanks for clarifying.

By: @Stephen

@Stephen — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:45:11 +0000

Well,nice discussion. I have been following along in my e-mail in-box all afternoon, and I like how it is progressing.
I think that Kimberlee is commenting for the right reasons, even if she thinks she is doing something else entirely.
As for myself, I used to comment all over the place, in an effort to drive traffic. Then I found that some of the bloggers were really cool to talk to and the commenting was replaced by e-mail/phone/guest-posting.
Now I comment to engage, provide value, and establish “name recognition” around teh interwebs.
I get e-mails all the time from people who saw a comment someplace (even from a year ago) and had a follow-up question.
So I do think that commenting is valuable, but as with all things, moderation is the key.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:36:07 +0000

Michael,

Agreed. I’m afraid that may happen to me about Twitter. I do spend an odd moment, once every couple of weeks, thinking about that very possibility. Yet, that work-life balance thing is there, saying sorry, “work” is full, and “life” is delightfully overflowing. Where would I stick Twitter? Something else would have to go.

Maybe someday when I’ve missed the bus entirely, I’ll regret not jettisoning some other activity for it. For now, I think of the blog-world as my social medium, and I’m pretty happily social within it.

Until later,

Kelly

By: Toma Bonciu

Toma Bonciu — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:27:24 +0000

Hi Michael,

Totally true. This post of yours comes as a glove. The reason is because today I was thinking at this when I looked at my web analytics. I was looking to see a blog that I post everyday if it sends me some traffic.

The answer is NO. It doesn’t matter how much thought I’ve put in a comment the best thing that it offered to me was some followers on Twitter or some friends on LinkedIn. This is it. Maybe if I would add a tag near to my name will help a little bit but I don’t think it would make a big difference.

So why I keep commenting on your blog for example or on other blogs. I think I comment on blogs that offer me something and this is the way I’m giving back : I’m helping to create a community on that blog. Because, for me at least, comments are a powerful thing that makes me go forward.

By: Michael Martine, Blog Consultant

Michael Martine, Blog Consultant — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:21:08 +0000

@Kelly – Yes, I did say that. I’m not dissing on comments, I’m just contrasting them to social media for a clearer picture of the benefits. There are a lot of people who are going to reach a point where the world has moved on without them, and they’re going to have one hell of a time playing catch-up. Maybe I shouldn’t care, but I do, because I see social media as imperative to success in internet business.