Comments on: using blogs to boost the bottom line:

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:39:06 +0000

Good blogs do need continuity. It’s a good point to stress out since bloggers are not motivated to write everyday. Keeping it up to date is nice in order to be active in the blogging community

By: Gray

Gray — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 05:57:00 +0000

Anything to boost your Blogs bottom line. It sounds like you need a targeted audience, and lots of traffic. Where and how much, that comes with experience.

By: John

John — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 04:43:18 +0000

I just gave you a shout out on my new blog, and I am always glad to see posts like this where you give what should be nigh-invaluable information out for free. Rising tide and boats and all that, I assume.

By: Saurabh Kulkarni

Saurabh Kulkarni — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 20:36:05 +0000

Hey, how did the Online Traffic Optimisation conference go?
btw, your ‘notes’ act as guidelines to new bloggers like me. Thx.

By: Ny Nj

Ny Nj — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 14:12:40 +0000

Robert Scoble appears to come off as a friend not just a blogger — impressive and intimate writing style

By: nabila

nabila — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:57:11 +0000

Started my day with your post, thanks, my day is good already. Dear Hugh, always the right words!
Good day,
nan

By: tk

tk — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:56:55 +0000

Hello Hugh,
I wanted to translate your cartoons and some of the text into French but you are so prolific, I had to give up the idea.
However, I will probably translate some of these great posts or a summary and point to your blog when I launch mine in two weeks finally (cross fingers).
Great job again and good luck for the move
thierry

By: hugh macleod

hugh macleod — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:30:21 +0000

You’re welcome, Dee
Yeah… the last 2 days have been crazy. I’m moving into a new flat this week, plus the job…
Hugh

By: dee

dee — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:44:52 +0000

“blogs don’t write themselves”, he says while neglecting to update for 2 days
seriously though-thanks for this

By: Randy Charles Morin

Randy Charles Morin — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:08:11 +0000

I disagree. About half the bloggers you list are simply people who succeeded otherwise and walked into blogging with immediate success because of their previous successes. They write horrible blogs and people read and link to them solely to pander to their success.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:07:13 +0000

Hugh, FYI, your link to Guy Kawasaki's blog is broken, it should be http://blog.guykawasaki.com/

By: Pamela

Pamela — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:16:20 +0000

Good blogs do need continuity. It’s a good point to stress out since bloggers are not motivated to write everyday. Keeping it up to date is nice in order to be active in the blogging community

By: David Brain

David Brain — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:32:35 +0000

Hugh I think the great service you do all bloggers is the bit about being true to what you see and feel. Be aware of the readers but never pander to them. Blogs are just more personnel.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:42:07 +0000

After about a year of reading your blog daily I finally managed to get hold of a bottle of Stormhoek when back in the Uk this weekend (can’t get it in Madrid) — a 6 quid Shiraz from Threshers and damn it was good. Won’t be buying any more French stuff when I am back in the uk from now on!
Back to the post, “Blogs are a good way to make something happen indirectly.” — quite right, my Spain blog has led to work with Fodors and Lonely Planet and meeting all sorts of interesting people — I would easily go as far as to say that my blogs and podcasts have changed my life, but it took a LOT of hard work. As you say, these things don’t write/record themselves.

By: Scott Randolph

Scott Randolph — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:50:56 +0000

I wanted to blog about this post, but I had nothing to add…well said!