on Oct 24th, 2006
Soliciting quality comments on your blog
One of the things we are graded on in my internet marketing class is whether or not we are soliciting comments to our blog; i.e. invited readers to make a comment on your blog.
For example, the other day Paul Allen wrote an article on how Apple is taking a presence in the PC market. At the end of his post he wrote this:
I’ve been in the Microsoft/Intel/Windows camp for almost 20 years, but even I’m thinking that my next PC should probably be a Mac. I don’t think I could ever switch completely, but for so many applications, Macs just seem better.
What do you think?
I was already thinking about the Mac I just bought and how much I love it, but that little question, “What do you think?†was enough that I spent 10 minutes and wrote a comment about this entry.
Ben and I had a great customer experience at Harmon’s (great name by-the-way) grocery store while preparing for the FamilyLearn BBQ the other day. I had talked about the experience throughout the night trying to figure out how Harmon’s trained Nate to sell me a $10 steak, but Ben blogged about it. At the end of his entry he extended his invitation for others to make a comment on his blog:
There is a lot written on effective question asking, but I haven’t read anything yet on how to instill a question asking attitude in an organization. How do you train a team of Nates?
Let me know your thoughts. Please refer me to some good books, articles, or posts.
One of the main purposes for blogging is to develop and learn more about a thought. If you are truly writing your blog to learn, the content your writing will automatically drive comments to your blog. But if you will solicit comments you will dramatically up the chances of your blog getting more comments.
So, what are some other ways I can get people to comment on my blog? I would love to hear your ideas.
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Since you are soliciting comments on your blog I thought I’d tell you that I enjoyed reading it and that it has me wanting to explore an idea you included in your quote from Seth Godin about education being broken. I’d like to know what it would look like fixed. (I don’t think broken is a very good metaphor because it implies that something used to work, but now it doesn’t.) How would an ideal (LDS) elementary and secondary education work?