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><channel><title>The Todd Morris Blog &#187; community</title> <atom:link href="http://tmtips.com/tag/community/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://tmtips.com</link> <description>Thought Provoking Opinions, Ideas, Stories and Pictures</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:22:12 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1</generator> <item><title>Why encouraging comments matters to new bloggers</title><link>http://tmtips.com/why-encouraging-comments-matters-to-new-bloggers/</link> <comments>http://tmtips.com/why-encouraging-comments-matters-to-new-bloggers/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:27:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category> <category><![CDATA[comments]]></category> <category><![CDATA[community]]></category> <category><![CDATA[synergy]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://successwithtodd.com/2007/12/07/why-encouraging-comments-matters-to-new-bloggers/</guid> <description><![CDATA[]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey, finally a subject that I can write about with a bit of authority &#8230; since I myself am a relatively new blogger.</p><p><a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarchi/156681266/"><img
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/> photo credit: <a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarchi/156681266/">Sarchi</a></p><p>I&#8217;ll admit, I didn&#8217;t come up with this topic all on my own.  Earlier today, I was reading an article where Skellie said &#8220;<a
href="http://www.skelliewag.org/why-traffic-your-subscriber-count-and-money-doesnt-matter-170.htm">If you don’t have an authority-level subscriber count, your comments will need to tell the story you want them to</a>.&#8221;</p><p>This makes perfect sense to me.  And subconsciously, it&#8217;s actually something I was already doing &#8230; over the past couple of weeks I&#8217;ve installed several plugins, with the explicit intent of encouraging more reader participation. I really do want to know what you think.</p><p>Here&#8217;s why &#8230;</p><p>Since my chosen topic is relatively broad, when it comes to many specific subjects,<br
/> <strong><em>You Guys (and Girls) are Smarter than I am!</em></strong></p><p>&#8230; I&#8217;d be pretty silly not to try to leverage that.<br
/> <img
src='http://tmtips.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /></p><p>Not only that, but I find it much easier to write when it feels like<br
/> <strong><em>the start of a Conversation, rather than the beginning of a Lecture</em></strong></p><p>I&#8217;ve always been a fan of Synergy.</p><p>Obviously, I hope that people will be <em><strong>interested in what I have to say</strong></em>.</p><p>But &#8230;</p><p>I know for a fact, that people are much more likely to be <strong>interested in what WE (collectively) have to say</strong>.</p><p>Quality is Quality &#8230; regardless of the source.</p><p>&#8230; and ultimately, quality is why people visit (and revisit) blogs in the first place.</p><p>So, in case I haven&#8217;t told you already &#8230; THANK YOU for reading, and THANK YOU for sharing.</p><p>lol, and now of course it&#8217;s your turn &#8230;<br
/> <em><strong><br
/> Do you think comments are important for a successful blog?</strong></em></p><p>Why or Why not?</p><p>Keep havin FuN!<br
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