Comments on: What Do You Want Out Of Blogging?

By: BloggerBroad

BloggerBroad — Sun, 17 May 2009 19:02:39 +0000

Late to the party, but hey, I just stumbled across your video on embedding YouTube video into a blog post in WordPress last night (thank you!), so I’m doing some catching up on your site(s). Great stuff, BTW.

To answer your question:

1) I want to write. All the time. (I will occasionally do dishes, but that’s it.)
2) I want to be a professional dilettante. (I’m not kidding.) I love learning about new stuff, even in areas I already know a good bit about, and I love sharing the info. (On the latest blog I’m developing, I’ve been sharing it with a small group of friends who happen to be in the target market, and their response is generally, “Oh, that’s so cool! Now I know how to do X!” Love it, love it, LOVE IT.)
3) I am the youngest child of two of the world’s great smart alecks, so being opinionated is not just a job for me, it’s a calling.
4) Blogging fulfills both sides of the brain for me — the creative right brain (coming up with new content) and the logical left brain (who but an ex-IT person would write up a Microsoft Project plan for launching a blog?).

In short, I think it’s the perfect job. But I’m weird that way.

By: JackHumphrey

JackHumphrey — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:23:50 +0000

Absolutely – it's one of the most common situations members find themselves in. A lot of interest, but not so sure how to create content for their blogs. Many ideas and training sections on this inside. Thanks for asking!

By: roger bris

roger bris — Wed, 06 May 2009 18:49:07 +0000

I'm interested in finding out how to get the most from blogging the business websites I have. I'm not much of a writer, but would like to get training on blogging my business. Does your system teach this?

By: Nancy Marmolejo

Nancy Marmolejo — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:50:10 +0000

Hey Jack-

I'm enjoying reading the comments here, especially your convo w/ my nephew Christopher.

Like we talked about in our interview (http://www.jackhumphrey.com/fridaytrafficreport...) , I am all about giving people so much value that they build the know-like-trust factor to become leads and clients.

Blogs are more important now than ever in the way they connect with social networking sites. My blog is the hub of my web presence and all my social networking profiles lead back to it. The relationships I create on Twitter and Facebook encourage people to read my blog. From there they can subscribe to my free report, learn about products and programs, find out more about me, and get acquainted with my business.

So yes, it helps all those things you outlined above: fame, money, trust, respect, etc.

P.S. Have fun in London!

By: chris_flores

chris_flores — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:50:41 +0000

That really cleared up a lot of blogging issues for me and connected some loose dots I never spoke up about before. I could imagine the tens of thousands of bloggers who burn out getting to the popularity building phase.

My blog is definitely low to no readership for now and it is frustrating to think that this thing I'm publishing on is supposed to end up bringing me the right kind of people to make money with.

In your blog consulting, do clients usually have specific things they mention they want or need? What do they say mostly?

By: Oje

Oje — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:54:00 +0000

To help people, maybe help them avoid making some mistakes

By: Update MoNYC: May 4th 2009 | Merchant Of New York City

Update MoNYC: May 4th 2009 | Merchant Of New York City — Mon, 04 May 2009 12:52:56 +0000

[...] type things going on. Jack asks readers why we blog. I started to ask myself the same questions. Check out our ongoing comments here and answer for people what you want out of [...]

By: JackHumphrey

JackHumphrey — Mon, 04 May 2009 12:17:45 +0000

Well then I'd say you have to keep reaching out with content that speaks to those folks and make sure you are moving those people from your social network to that content as well.

Make sure your friends know when you've written and enlist them to help you reach your crowd.

Then watch the reaction to your stuff. Are you creating real discussion through comments? Are they indifferent? Can you encourage them to give you feedback, possibly through surveys in addition to comments?

Are you assuming things about your target market and what it wants/needs?

Once you know what your crowd positively reacts to, can you bottle it and keep producing that kind of content and the solutions that come with it?

By: chris_flores

chris_flores — Mon, 04 May 2009 08:30:07 +0000

Hmm ... there is a preference now that I look at it. And that would be blogging.

I know this much, I like publishing my blog to showcase that I'm one of few men who can deliver that message, Money to the People. When I blog, it's about showing people a different side of money so people don't feel so awkward about their chances at making a lot of it with me and the information I have. I want to get directly to the people, where they are.

so now, watcha say to dat??

By: Jack Humphrey

Jack Humphrey — Sat, 02 May 2009 15:28:27 +0000

Chris – the next question is what would do it for you if not blogging? Sorry for a question in answer to a question, but that seems the next logical step in the process. It could well be the topic itself that makes your blogging a take it or leave it kind of thing as opposed to an “I wouldn’t be doing it any other way” type of thing.