Comments on: 8 Blog Tips from Tim Ferriss

By: Dan Black

Dan Black — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:07:39 +0000

Thank you for your thoughts about blogging. I am a new blogger and your thoughts gave me fresh new ideas and preservative about how to blog.

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By: Chris Pedersen

Chris Pedersen — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:18:53 +0000

Yeah! I don't know about evil, but embedded music is annoying. It makes my fingers twitch around my laptop pad frantically trying to find the "off" button as I cover my ears with my shoulder and other hand. Is there a point made about music in any of the Blog Tips out there?

By: Pam Hogeweide

Pam Hogeweide — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:22:08 +0000

great tips. i have three to add:

* visit other like-minded blogs and leave comments so as to create your blog network

* acknowledge those who leave comments on your posts

* blog in your jammies

By: Jeff Goins

Jeff Goins — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:25:45 +0000

Great tips

By: Tmstreet

Tmstreet — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:20:53 +0000

A bunch of satirical blog writing tips here where I noticed at least one passing reference to Tim Ferriss... (-:

By: A J

A J — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:43:57 +0000

Thanks for the useful post. This ramping up to newer technology is daunting for some of us. Any practical, doable suggestions such as this is greatly appreciated.

The first tip I'm going to take is to have fun with my blog. The secont tip that I plan do immediately is check the key words for my title. I had never thought of doing that but it is so logical. Then I will decide the next tips to consider. I can't do all of them at once or I will get overloaded with the technology. One little step at a time toward my own great, fabulous blog.

A J
AJHawke.blogspot.com

By: Indie Business

Indie Business — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:34:20 +0000

I agree with much of what Tim Ferris said. The 2 things I question are putting the Twitter feed below the fold and putting post dates at the bottom instead of the top of posts.

My experience shows that people like to see dates at the top of posts that are featured on the home page because new posts confirm that the blogger is an active publisher. When we link from newer posts to older ones, the problem of not publicizing older posts is taken care of.

As for the Twitter feed, since it speaks volumes about how involved a blogger is in conversations, it seems nonsensical to intentionally place it below the fold. After all, if a person who comes to my blog would prefer to connect with me on Twitter, I'm just as happy.

I think it's important to meet my readers where they are, not force them to stay on my blog if they'd rather be on my Twitter page, if given the option. I think if you are posting relevant content, readers will generally go back and forth between the two, depending on which they are comfortable with at the time.

Thanks for a great summary!!

By: Kari

Kari — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:07:30 +0000

Great post, except that the link is correct to CrazyEgg.com, but the anchor text is not.