On Listening to Those That Make Your Blog What It Is

Listening to your blog community

A couple of weeks back, I sent an email out to my subscribers asking about blog comment systems. The main gist of the question was centered around which option readers preferred – the WordPress native system, or third-party options like Livefyre and Disqus. The reasoning was simple – while I might provide the original content, [...]


Blog Comments and Experimentation – Or Why @Livefyre Is Here to Stay

Livefyre comments system

So, if you’re a regular reader of this blog (and thank you!), I think I owe you an apology for any dizziness I may have caused you in the last couple of months. As a regular visitor, you’ll know that I’ve been experimenting with what comment system to go with – native WordPress (in use [...]


Quit Treating Your Blog Readers Like Second Class Chumps

Blog readers and chump bloggers

Bloggers are a breed apart from many other online outlets. That’s not meant in a grand or condescending way – just that it takes a very different mindset to be a blogger, and one that stays the course. Of course, a large part of this success comes from the readers a blogger attracts. These readers [...]