by M. J. Joachim
Networking
is the name of the game in Blog Land, so we need to make ourselves easy to find.
Leaving a
comment on someone’s blog is a great way to start a conversation, spark an
interest, make a new connection and perhaps even develop a friendship. Upon
initiation, reciprocation is almost guaranteed to be automatic.
Live a little
and allow for the unexpected. Don’t worry. This is Blog Land. Most of us are
pretty darn friendly here!
Blank Profiles
Please take
the time to fiddle behind the scenes and make yourself visible. There’s nothing
more frustrating for me than clicking on your name, only to see a blank screen.
I can’t find your blog. I can’t find any blogs you follow. All I know is that
you left me a comment, and I’d like to meet you out there in your part of
cyberspace.
If you are
on Google +, please, make some of your post public, so people can click on your
links, thereby reaching your blog, thereby being able to comment on your blog –
providing you make it easy enough to do so, by eliminating over-the-top
security measures on them.
Follow Me
Where???
Make
yourself easy to follow…PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!!! I ran into one blog
this week – twice! I want to follow it in the worst way…there’s no email…there’s
no followers list…it’s a blog, not a website, and the fortress is built mighty
tall! I know the name of it and will type it in at random, whenever I have a
mind to find out what they’re up to. (They are part of some limited blogging
group I don’t want to join.) EASY – that’s the keyword here!
Perhaps you
don’t want to be public. That’s okay. Send a note and leave a link privately.
If you took the time to comment on someone’s blog, there’s no sense in having a
one-way conversation. Whoever it is might truly appreciate your comment, have
something to add to it or just want to say “Hi!”
Many of us
are going to be running into each other in the A – Z Challenge this year.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could sort out some of these dreaded kinks
beforehand? I mean, it’s only Thursday, and I’ve had the most frustrating time
responding to a few comments this week.
I’m not some
mad scientist, working behind the scenes, attempting to ruin anyone’s blogging
experience. I’m a blogger just like you – a writer and crafter, sharing my work
with the world, like most of the friendly folks you’ll meet here in Blog Land.
C’mon! Take
a chance! You might be truly delighted when you discover what you’ve been
missing all this time!
That’s all
for now,
Thank you
for visiting Writing Tips,
M. J.
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credit: M. J. Joachim
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Rights Reserved
Yea, the link is working now! Shout out to A - Z Challenge!
ReplyDeleteExcellent tips, MJ! Yes, it's frustrating when I get a new follower and I click on his icon only to find... nothing. No blog listed and I can't even access the profile.
ReplyDeleteThese are excellent tips! I too, get extremely frustrated when I can't follow or even comment on a blog.
ReplyDeleteHear, hear! (I believe you're preaching to the choir, sister.)
ReplyDeleteTakes a bow and thanks Alex, Sherry and Susan for their generous support in my hour of blog reciprocation denial challenges! My hat is off, my glass is raised - to you and all the fine and wonderful people here in Blog Land!
ReplyDeleteHave a great day, everyone! :)
I have a couple of people who comment occasionally, and I have no way of returning the visit. I feel bad, but I've done as much as I can.
ReplyDeleteYou may speak for many of us who have encountered those same obstacles in finding someone. Good post!
ReplyDeleteMore great A to Z tips! Help us help you by making it easy to follow you. Great post.
ReplyDeleteLove this post! Thank you! I need to check my profiles, but I know I tried to make sure they were accessible in the past. I get frustrated when I can't find people either - especially if someone follows my blog and I can't find theirs!
ReplyDeleteWe can only do what we can do, Annalisa. Feeling bad - no, not gonna go there. If people want to be found, they usually make themselves known.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Al. From what I can tell, a lot of bloggers who post regularly and respond to comments feel this way - another reason this post needed to be published.
Oh, the A - Z is ever on my mind these days, Stephen. My first guest post on the A - Z blog is tomorrow, in fact. I'm working oh, so diligently preparing my own blogs. It seems A - Z has given me an overload of things to write about this year!
Missing comments in the crosshairs...
ReplyDeleteIf this post helps make us all the more visible, Tyrean, then I couldn't be happier. We don't blog in a vacuum, after all, and it really is fun to receive and respond to comments on our posts!
I found you through Alex Cavanaugh. That is some good advice. I wouldn't even know if it is difficult to follow me. Can you do me a favor and try to follow me if you alrady aren't and email me if you can't @ reviewsyoucantuse@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI hope to visit your blog more for some good tips.
Clicked on your name, clicked on the link to your blog and became your newest follower...happy to be of service. You can be found easily enough:)
DeleteGreat post, M.J.! Some people just want to be anonymous. That's okay for me, but to others, it won't work. I think it's called netiquette (short for 'network etiquette'). Commenting or having a conversation over the Internet is pretty much like talking to someone in person. Imagine, you're talking to this person for an hour and you still haven't introduced yourself. That's why I understand your concern about people leaving comments on your blog yet they don't leave any trace of their persona. It's kinda frustrating, especially if you want to follow that person back.
ReplyDeleteDarryl Tay