Comments on: How NOT to respond to comments ***Updated*** http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/09/26/how-not-to-respond-to-comments/ online mother Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:57:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: skittedig http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/09/26/how-not-to-respond-to-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-14602 skittedig Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:55:24 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=1847#comment-14602 Hello, I am, Donald great posts on here my site: http://LrNnPv.spaces.live.com/ Hello,
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]]> By: the mama bird diaries http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/09/26/how-not-to-respond-to-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-11772 the mama bird diaries Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:17:22 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=1847#comment-11772 Some very good points here. An automated response is not a pretty thing. Glad he emailed you for real. the mama bird diariess last blog post..<a href="http://www.mamabirddiaries.com/?p=1723" rel="nofollow">mothers and daughters</a> Some very good points here. An automated response is not a pretty thing. Glad he emailed you for real.

the mama bird diariess last blog post..mothers and daughters

]]> By: Kelly King Anderson http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/09/26/how-not-to-respond-to-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-11702 Kelly King Anderson Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:12:59 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=1847#comment-11702 Hello Jane, It's been awhile and wanted to say hello...this post intrigues me because I get these automated things all day long and I can't stand it from people I am friends with, extra emails to delete that are just annoying. I do appreciate the service for auto-responders for vacation though..or maternity leave, etc. ;) Head's up emails are cool, but not just for your standard email deal. I'd rather wait a couple of days/hours/weeks if need be. My fav problogger is YARO STARAK. love him. slight crush. he's just so darn nice and generous. Hello Jane,
It’s been awhile and wanted to say hello…this post intrigues me because I get these automated things all day long and I can’t stand it from people I am friends with, extra emails to delete that are just annoying. I do appreciate the service for auto-responders for vacation though..or maternity leave, etc. ;) Head’s up emails are cool, but not just for your standard email deal. I’d rather wait a couple of days/hours/weeks if need be. My fav problogger is YARO STARAK. love him. slight crush. he’s just so darn nice and generous.

]]> By: MereCat http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/09/26/how-not-to-respond-to-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-11411 MereCat Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:33:02 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=1847#comment-11411 Must check into this. Never heard of him. MereCats last blog post..<a href="http://moremerecatherine.blogspot.com/2008/09/three-totally-unrelated-topics-all.html" rel="nofollow">Three Totally Unrelated Topics All Rolled into One Post</a> Must check into this. Never heard of him.

MereCats last blog post..Three Totally Unrelated Topics All Rolled into One Post

]]> By: Jordan (MamaBlogga) http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/09/26/how-not-to-respond-to-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-11304 Jordan (MamaBlogga) Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:23:02 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=1847#comment-11304 It's not easy. One thing I like about writing for Marketing Pilgrim is that it's got enough of a following that the promotion feeds on itself. With a ton of subscribers (relatively speaking), your subscribers do a lot of the promotion for you (voting on social sites, passing posts along through email, blogging about interesting things you've covered, etc.). Until we get to that point, however, we <em>do</em> have to do a lot of the legwork. When I stumbled my own stuff, I tried to make sure only to submit the best posts. And then, of course, to make sure it does well, you have to promote voting on those social sites almost as hard as you're already promoting your own content. I've gotten to the point, however, where I don't submit my own things to social sites because it does feel weird for me (that, and it hasn't made a huge, instantaneous difference on MB to date). On the other hand, I'm okay with voting for my own materials on social sites once they've been submitted by someone else. So it does depend on your comfort level. And, of course, it depends on the nature of the blog and its goals. Are you (the general you, not you specifically ;) ) trying to make a living off your blog or are you okay with considerably less? Are you trying to reach the most people possible, or is a limited audience fine? Jordan (MamaBlogga)s last blog post..<a href="http://www.mamablogga.com/those-kids/" rel="nofollow">Those kids!</a> It’s not easy. One thing I like about writing for Marketing Pilgrim is that it’s got enough of a following that the promotion feeds on itself. With a ton of subscribers (relatively speaking), your subscribers do a lot of the promotion for you (voting on social sites, passing posts along through email, blogging about interesting things you’ve covered, etc.).

Until we get to that point, however, we do have to do a lot of the legwork. When I stumbled my own stuff, I tried to make sure only to submit the best posts. And then, of course, to make sure it does well, you have to promote voting on those social sites almost as hard as you’re already promoting your own content.

I’ve gotten to the point, however, where I don’t submit my own things to social sites because it does feel weird for me (that, and it hasn’t made a huge, instantaneous difference on MB to date). On the other hand, I’m okay with voting for my own materials on social sites once they’ve been submitted by someone else. So it does depend on your comfort level.

And, of course, it depends on the nature of the blog and its goals. Are you (the general you, not you specifically ;) ) trying to make a living off your blog or are you okay with considerably less? Are you trying to reach the most people possible, or is a limited audience fine?

Jordan (MamaBlogga)s last blog post..Those kids!

]]> By: Jane http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/09/26/how-not-to-respond-to-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-11298 Jane Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:00:48 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=1847#comment-11298 Jordan -- I think the marketing of personal blogs is very, very tricky. Some (very few) personal bloggers become successful (however you define that) through completely organic channels. People like them, word spreads, in two years they are Pioneer Woman. For the rest of us, we write our posts, and for each one you have several options for promotion -- from SEO plugins to comment responses to friendfeed/facebook/stumbleupon/twitter/plurk/etc. What interests me is how one balances the creation of content with the marketing of that content. For a Marketing Pilgrim professional like yourself, the marketing itself is a creative (as in creating content) endeavor. For me, I feel almost "dirty" when I promote my own stuff. My mom was vaguely horrified when she saw me doing something (submitting to Kirtsy, I think?) to promote myself, as if that is just so . . . so tacky. How do you negotiate those feelings (preconceptions?) about self-promotion? Jordan — I think the marketing of personal blogs is very, very tricky. Some (very few) personal bloggers become successful (however you define that) through completely organic channels. People like them, word spreads, in two years they are Pioneer Woman.

For the rest of us, we write our posts, and for each one you have several options for promotion — from SEO plugins to comment responses to friendfeed/facebook/stumbleupon/twitter/plurk/etc.

What interests me is how one balances the creation of content with the marketing of that content. For a Marketing Pilgrim professional like yourself, the marketing itself is a creative (as in creating content) endeavor. For me, I feel almost “dirty” when I promote my own stuff. My mom was vaguely horrified when she saw me doing something (submitting to Kirtsy, I think?) to promote myself, as if that is just so . . . so tacky. How do you negotiate those feelings (preconceptions?) about self-promotion?

]]> By: Jordan (MamaBlogga) http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/09/26/how-not-to-respond-to-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-11272 Jordan (MamaBlogga) Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:49:27 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=1847#comment-11272 I never realized that this might not be welcome. The note that I have sent out is just intended to thank people for commenting. The plugin that does it just checks to see if the email address you provide has been used by a commentator before, so it doesn't know if someone is really an email friend (or, say, my grandma, who was probably pretty confused by the email!). Jordan (MamaBlogga)s last blog post..<a href="http://www.mamablogga.com/those-kids/" rel="nofollow">Those kids!</a> I never realized that this might not be welcome. The note that I have sent out is just intended to thank people for commenting. The plugin that does it just checks to see if the email address you provide has been used by a commentator before, so it doesn’t know if someone is really an email friend (or, say, my grandma, who was probably pretty confused by the email!).

Jordan (MamaBlogga)s last blog post..Those kids!

]]> By: Jane http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/09/26/how-not-to-respond-to-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-11268 Jane Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:21:24 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=1847#comment-11268 Memarie Lane -- Crazy thing was that he responded for real abt 2 minutes after I published my post (which was only 5 minutes after I got the "mailbox full" message, so he responded REALLY quickly. Toni -- Thanks! (and, I think you're kidding, right? About the emails? Because I'm pretty sure I've always responded to you . . . seeing as we are BBFFs!) Gladis -- He just answered my questions. I might have overstated my overwhelming loyalty for exaggeration's sake :P but I was impressed at how quickly he responded. My mom doesn't even respond that fast! Beth -- So, blogging etiquette is weird. At first on Twitter I tried to follow everyone back, and usually I will follow people back at least to start, but then I just can't handle it. Anyway, Jonathan said you can use Tweetdeck to group people you follow into different folders. Then you could appear to be following everyone back, even though for all practical purposes you're not really. It's weird -- Shannon at Rocks in My Dryer didn't follow me back, and I am SO HURT. I still follow her, though. But I don't know that it would be good etiquette to "follow" people you're really not interested in following, you know? Tracey -- So, the weirdest thing on Twitter, that I've felt bad about is, I'll follow someone whose blog I've read or I've just come across them IRL or online, and then their tweets are just toooooo not what I want to read, and so I stop following, but by then often they have followed me back, so it could look like I was just tricking them into following me and then dropped them, but I really was in good faith. That probably makes no sense, but. Memarie Lane — Crazy thing was that he responded for real abt 2 minutes after I published my post (which was only 5 minutes after I got the “mailbox full” message, so he responded REALLY quickly.

Toni — Thanks! (and, I think you’re kidding, right? About the emails? Because I’m pretty sure I’ve always responded to you . . . seeing as we are BBFFs!)

Gladis — He just answered my questions. I might have overstated my overwhelming loyalty for exaggeration’s sake :P but I was impressed at how quickly he responded. My mom doesn’t even respond that fast!

Beth — So, blogging etiquette is weird. At first on Twitter I tried to follow everyone back, and usually I will follow people back at least to start, but then I just can’t handle it. Anyway, Jonathan said you can use Tweetdeck to group people you follow into different folders. Then you could appear to be following everyone back, even though for all practical purposes you’re not really.

It’s weird — Shannon at Rocks in My Dryer didn’t follow me back, and I am SO HURT. I still follow her, though. But I don’t know that it would be good etiquette to “follow” people you’re really not interested in following, you know?

Tracey — So, the weirdest thing on Twitter, that I’ve felt bad about is, I’ll follow someone whose blog I’ve read or I’ve just come across them IRL or online, and then their tweets are just toooooo not what I want to read, and so I stop following, but by then often they have followed me back, so it could look like I was just tricking them into following me and then dropped them, but I really was in good faith. That probably makes no sense, but.

]]> By: tracey http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/09/26/how-not-to-respond-to-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-11255 tracey Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:23:08 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=1847#comment-11255 I am trying to refrain from Twitter for that reason. It's too public who I follow. I read a LOT of people, but if I no longer am interested in someone anymore, I don't want to hurt feelings by deleting them publicly.... traceys last blog post..<a href="http://tracey-justanothermommyblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/going-on-lego-hunt.html" rel="nofollow">Going on a Lego Hunt...</a> I am trying to refrain from Twitter for that reason. It’s too public who I follow. I read a LOT of people, but if I no longer am interested in someone anymore, I don’t want to hurt feelings by deleting them publicly….

traceys last blog post..Going on a Lego Hunt…

]]> By: Beth http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/09/26/how-not-to-respond-to-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-11253 Beth Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:53:26 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=1847#comment-11253 Well, now I feel bad because I don't even come close to following everybody who follows me on Twitter. As a matter of fact I barely follow anybody who follows me. Is that being rude? I had no idea I was following bad blogging etiquette. Well, now I feel bad because I don’t even come close to following everybody who follows me on Twitter. As a matter of fact I barely follow anybody who follows me. Is that being rude? I had no idea I was following bad blogging etiquette.

]]> By: Gladis http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/09/26/how-not-to-respond-to-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-11247 Gladis Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:52:56 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=1847#comment-11247 I'm so curious... What in the world did he say that won you over? Gladiss last blog post..<a href="http://gladisr83.blogspot.com/2008/09/nerd-alert.html" rel="nofollow">nerd alert</a> I’m so curious… What in the world did he say that won you over?

Gladiss last blog post..nerd alert

]]> By: toni http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/09/26/how-not-to-respond-to-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-11234 toni Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:49:39 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=1847#comment-11234 I've responded like dozens of times and you haven't once posted that you are my "loyal follower" geez... But, I didn't drop by to give you crap about that, though I may have to change my mind about this now... I came to say that I have given you the "I Love Your Blog" award: http://3amdesigns.blogspot.com/2008/09/somebody-loves-my-blog-d.html Feel free to toss it out since I'm just one of your loyal readers, not up there with the likes of Dooce and Jonathan Fields. tonis last blog post..<a href="http://3amdesigns.blogspot.com/2008/09/somebody-loves-my-blog-d.html" rel="nofollow">Somebody Loves My Blog :D</a> I’ve responded like dozens of times and you haven’t once posted that you are my “loyal follower” geez…

But, I didn’t drop by to give you crap about that, though I may have to change my mind about this now… I came to say that I have given you the “I Love Your Blog” award:

http://3amdesigns.blogspot.com/2008/09/somebody-loves-my-blog-d.html

Feel free to toss it out since I’m just one of your loyal readers, not up there with the likes of Dooce and Jonathan Fields.

tonis last blog post..Somebody Loves My Blog :D

]]> By: Memarie Lane http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/09/26/how-not-to-respond-to-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-11186 Memarie Lane Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:12:29 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=1847#comment-11186 Those automatic replies have always annoyed me. Nice that he did end up responding for real! Memarie Lanes last blog post..<a href="http://memarielane.com/2008/09/26/you-must/" rel="nofollow">You must…</a> Those automatic replies have always annoyed me. Nice that he did end up responding for real!

Memarie Lanes last blog post..You must…

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