Ryan W. Quinn
I recently received an email from the publisher of our book, Lift, that had a link to one of their author blog entries. The blog entry is entitled, “Five Ways to Be a Better Social Networker.” The entry listed five mistakes people make when social networking. The article was about media like Facebook and Twitter, but the first item on the list got me thinking about this blog. It said that one of the mistakes was to think of social networking media like television: just blasting information out at people. Even though we have invited comments on our various blog entries, we have mostly run the Lift Blog in this way–simply posting information for you to consume as you like. I would like to ask the question to those of you who follow the blog: Would you like us to run this differently? Are there ways we could have a conversation rather than blasting information? Are there things we could do to make commenting on the blog more appealing? We would love to hear your suggestions. Leaving comments is welcome. Or emailing us at the addresses on the blog home page works as well.
Thanks!
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Ryan, our blog routinely gets 60-80 hits per day, sometimes up to 200, yet we receive comments on about 1/5th of them. That said, there seems to be anecdotal evidence in off-line conversation that our readers are more engaged with our content than the number of comments would suggest. I have also found that it is not as easy to get people to contribute on LinkedIn to groups we have formed for them…so, I would value any insights to increase engagement and dialogue. I’m thinking we are all very busy and that’s one of the main causes. (BTW, I really enjoyed meeting you in C’ville last month. Jeff Ford and I are getting together next week. Thanks for the contact). –Jim Sullivan
Thanks, Jim. The pleasure was all mine. Tell Jeff Hi for me.
I agree with you about people reading it that do not comment. It’s an odd feeling sometimes sending information out into the ether, wondering what people are doing with it. Hopefully, it is useful to them…
Let me know if you’re around in C-ville again…
I follow your blog in my RSS Feed and glance at it every day, which is more than I can say for Travis Quinn. i find the content very useful. I would like to see more application to business cases including stories. A post in reference to a recent WSJ article from time to time might peak a little more interest and drive comments.
hello blogger, i was reading your posts on Seeking Your Feedback | The LIFT Blog and i really liked them. 1 thing that i noticed whilst browsing throughout your blog that a few of the links aren’t working and giving error. this makes the reading experience a little bit sour. you’ve got a nice blog and i will request you to update the links so that fascinated individuals can get all the information they intend to have. Btw are you on twitter?? i would genuinely like to follow you and get revisions in your blog.