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How to Enhance Your Blog Comment: Focus on KeywordLuv and CommentLuv

Feb. 17, 2010

If you frequently add comments on blogs, please accept my thanks. I and other bloggers enjoy reading your thoughts. We jump in joy (really, we do; ask Darren, Chris, Danny, Andrea, Kirsten, or Craig) whenever there is a new comment. If there is a request for response or a call to action, we add a [...]

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35 Wordpress Plugins I Use Today

Feb. 2, 2010

It’s been five months since I last profiled the plugins residing on my blog, a topic I am prone to revisiting every few months. December 2008 included 15 plugins, March 2009 increased to 23 plugins, September 2009 shifted to 22 plugins, and I have 35 today.
Before I continue, it’s important to keep in mind that [...]

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Why Do You Subscribe to Blog Comments?

Jan. 11, 2010

Sometime yesterday, this email message arrived in my inbox:
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It is a blog comment from someone named Steve to Joanna Penn, who had previously written a post opining why writers should embrace technology. As you scroll down that blog post, you will see I added the second comment. Par for [...]

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What I Did For 5 Minutes Last Night That Could Have Changed How Blog Comments Are Added

Jan. 6, 2010

Comments are the lifeblood of most blogs, especially those of us who write about social media. (Some marketers like Seth Godin opt not to enable commenting, but like them or hate them, he has his reasons.)
While my peers and I would continue churning content even if nobody adds comments, we get a thrill of excitement [...]

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Dumbfounded by Customer Service

Nov. 23, 2009

I wear eyeglasses and sporadically enter random optician offices to request adjustments. The cosmetic changes last no longer than five minutes, and I’m never charged.
When I bring my car into Jiffy Lube for an oil and filter change, air pressure in the tires is typically checked by the mechanics without their asking me and filled [...]

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From One to Two and Back to One

Nov. 6, 2009

Columns, I refer.

Why must your blog be designed with two or three columns? Everyone’s blog looks like that! I keep experimenting with a single-column look and I keep nixing and changing it. I think it’s time to keep the single view, don’t you?
I awoke this morning to a 2-column design at AriWriter. I will sleep [...]

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1 Essential Plugin for Your Wordpress Blog

Oct. 17, 2009

Take a look at the following comment sections of Wordpress blogs:

Do you see what’s missing?
Here are another four examples:

Do you see what these four comment sections contain that the first four lack? The answer lies in an optional check box a person writing a comment can tick to receive follow-up comments by email.
If I have [...]

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