Comments on: 5 Surefire Steps To Increase Readership 300% (or more)

By: Best of Performancing : Performancing

Best of Performancing : Performancing — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:22:30 +0000

[...] 5 Surefire Steps to Increase Readership by 300% or more – Ryan CaldwellTakeaway: [...]

By: Toastboy

Toastboy — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:52:37 +0000

I am going to try to implement all of these suggestions for my own blog Toastboy’s Tips. I especially think I need to incorporate the listening part. I, like you stated, are more of a talker than a listener ( my bad ). Keep up the great work you are doing. I really enjoyed this read.

Take Care and all the best in your future.

Toastboy

By: Ibrahim | ZenCollegeLife.com

Ibrahim | ZenCollegeLife.com — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:52:49 +0000

Performancing is a fantastic resource. Thank you for everything you do here, you have really aided in the success of my blog.

By: Paul @ Web Design in Ireland

Paul @ Web Design in Ireland — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:39:46 +0000

Great stuff here Ryan, I’ve bookmarked it to come back and read some of the articles in depth at a later stage.

There’s a blog post in there somewhere – “Encouraging users to subscribe via RSS instead of bookmarking” – that said, I’m already signed up to performancing in G reader so I’ve got that base covered.

By: garry

garry — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:27:28 +0000

Some good ideas to help increase traffic, and I love the idea of interviewing someone for my blog as long as they are female, extremely good looking, fantastic body and will provide some good bikini pics.

By: SureFire Guy

SureFire Guy — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:25:38 +0000

Raj,

Thank you for your feedback regarding a blog. That is some good food for thought.

Justin (a.k.a. SureFire Guy)

By: Raj Dash

Raj Dash — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:21:36 +0000

Justin: I don’t understand the reference to your friend’s blog. It’s completely irrelevant, having only one post and default navigation. There’s no effort put into it.

If you similarly have a company blog with as little effort put into it as on your friend’s, then it’s a bad idea. But if you have a blog that provides some value to readers and is somehow topically connected to your product, then it can help – regardless of whether there are comments or not.

But what should the blog be about? Flashlights? Probably not. Things to do with flashlights? That’s a bit better. What about things people with flashlights do? Hmmm.

So who would be using your flashlights? Who would buy them? What do they do? Rescue workers? Night golfers? Explorers? Campers? Hikers? Can you write blog articles that would help any or all of these people? And can you do so by labelling your blog under one category?

These are some questions you need to ask yourself, and answer, before you decide whether or not to blog.

By: SureFire Guy

SureFire Guy — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:46:24 +0000

Hi Ryan,

First of all, thanks for your advice.

In looking at a friend’s blog NickOnkenBlog.com, I’m discouraged from adding a blog to our site, LumensFlashlights.com, because I’m concerned that a blog with very few comments/visitors would reflect poorly on our image; however, if it is going to increase sales, I’ll do whatever it takes to make it successful. Do you think that a well-written blog that employs some of the techniques in your article will potentially help our sales and create more customer loyalty?

Thank you to Ryan or anyone else who helps me out by responding!

Best regards,

Justin (a.k.a. SureFire Guy)

By: The Old Vic

The Old Vic — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:26:05 +0000

Thanks for the tips Ryan – I shall soon be putting them into practice. I have my first victim lined up already !

By: Raj Dash

Raj Dash — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:55:10 +0000

Sorry, Ryan. I’ve been under a haze for the past week, healthwise. I want to have a post about the value of carnivals, to go with the announcement, and I’m hoping that this will be soon.

By: Ryan Caldwell

Ryan Caldwell — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:30:00 +0000

Hey Liz, could I do an Open Comment Night next month on Harry Potter;-)

By: Ryan Caldwell

Ryan Caldwell — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:27:50 +0000

Oh, and it helps to spell the last name of the bloggers you are interacting with correctly;-)

By: Liz Strauss

Liz Strauss — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:01:48 +0000

Hi Ryan!
Fabulous article! The one that has worked most for me, contrary to what people might think, is the last one . . . listening. People like to know they are heard in a world that more and more tunes them out.

By: Ryan Caldwell

Ryan Caldwell — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:55:57 +0000

Please Digg!

I’d appreciate a Digg and a Reddit on this story. A Netscape would be nice too.

By: Ahmed Bilal

Ahmed Bilal — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:46:26 +0000

nah man, I totally agree with your approach to it. I still think though that a) one should consolidate and b) there should be stronger editorial control on blogs.

In other words, have a blog champion for each blog, otherwise the blog will suffer.

By: Ryan Caldwell

Ryan Caldwell — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:33:14 +0000

Just to elaborate. College Startup was starting to go down the toilet because I’ve neglected it in favor of Performancing. David Krug wanted a platform to promote his new business, and College Startup was a perfect fit because the Krugmeister is trying out some very interest business models, which are of natural interest to the College Startup / entrepreneur crowd. So Krug gets some linklove, and my site gets a nice injection of fresh ideas. Certainly not a zero sum game. Everyone wins.

By: Ryan Caldwell

Ryan Caldwell — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:30:56 +0000

But Ahmed, you’ve gotta admit that that’s how this game is played. Everyone is using everyone else. That’s how life works. And it’s not always a zero sum game.

By: Ryan Caldwell

Ryan Caldwell — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:08:18 +0000

ha!

By: Ahmed Bilal

Ahmed Bilal — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:40:08 +0000

while you secretly plan to Pimp-out your own blog(s) – oh, the irony of it