Comments on: 4 Words Of Non-Wisdom Bloggers Give

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:44:59 +0000

Writing more frequently if your posts aren’t relevant and interesting doesn’t make you an authority blogger, writing thoughtful posts that your followers and others are going to want to read on a daily basis is what is important. Growing and keeping your following by building their trust in your word is what counts. I agree with previous commenter who says you gain trust through providing consistent and valuable information.

By: Roko Nastic

Roko Nastic — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:43:13 +0000

Heyhey!

Non-wisdom you say? It sounds offensive. Some of my points are misinterpreted so it makes me wonder if this post is written just for the sake of disagreeing. I also wonder do you really think my words are “non-wisdom” or you just wanted to write the attractive headline. Regarding misinterpreting my advices I would like to invite readers to read the original post and pay attention to few lines (not just the subtitles):
“Write less.
…Cut down your posting frequency by 50 percent and double the value of your work…”
“In every post, write more.
…and focus on delivering lengthy, high-value posts when possible.”
No where have I said cut down frequency just for the sake of writing less or write more just to increase the word count.

Another important thing to note is that I posted those tips as a way how to became authority blogger, but nowhere have I said it’s the only way. It just a way that I found to be very effective and I’m standing behind that. Strongly.

You said it was hard for you to find me on the Web, I guess you’re right there, I should work on that. I am now following you on Twitter so feel free to contact me anytime you want.

Since you said you agree with me on the last point, you might consider joining MyBlogGuest, community of guest bloggers. You have a great website so you would be great addition to our community. And, of course, since we have a lot of interesting voices there, joining could easily prove very useful to you too.

Cheers!

By: Karl Sakas

Karl Sakas — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:16:09 +0000

What makes someone an authority blogger for me? Useful content, coupled with familiarity and consistency. I’ve been reading Sean D’Souza, Marcia Yudkin, and Seth Godin for years. I don’t automatically agree with everything they say, but their marketing ideas are typically interesting and useful.

They’ve earned my dollars (Sean and Marcia’s ebooks and Seth’s printed books) because they’ve earned my trust — by freely providing valuable information on a consistent basis (weekly from Marcia, daily from Seth, and somewhere in between from Sean).

By: DanielthePoet

DanielthePoet — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:08:07 +0000

You had me at hello. I mean… wait… what? Yes.

By: Justin Kownacki

Justin Kownacki — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:07:06 +0000

It could be argued that being impossible to find actually makes a person seem like more of an authority.

Remember when Seth replied to EVERY comment on his blog? (Yeah, me neither.)

Playing hard to get doesn’t make you conversational, but it does make you rare, and people tend to believe what they’re told by those rarefied intellectuals. (Unless the people are anti-intellectual, in which case, they’re probably not listening to those hard-to-find intellectuals in the first place.)

By: Graywolf

Graywolf — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:50:44 +0000

Writing more posts is not going to get you more traffic if they are crappy and mediocre (looks in the direction of some other SEO blogs who publish daily). You need to publish at the interval that allows you to be good or better.

By: 2 Keep Forever Poems

2 Keep Forever Poems — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:41:55 +0000

Doesn’t a lot of it just depend on your subject matter and who your audience is?

By: Chris Garrett

Chris Garrett — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:21:03 +0000

Great discussion, but in my experience Authority has little to do with posting frequency or word count.

The only answer that matters is what gets you the best results taking into account blogging is probably not your full time job :)

Answer WIIFM and you are most of the way there (for your prospects and for you).

That means working out who you want to attract, how you can give them something awesome, and how that connects to the results you want to get.

It starts with the intersection of your market/audience and what you have to offer. One size does not fit all. What works for me isn’t going to necessarily work for you. Lisa is going to attract a completely different audience, with a different business strategy in mind. For a start Lisa is a trained journalist and I am some lucky internet dork with a keyboard.

By: Andrew @ Blogging Guide

Andrew @ Blogging Guide — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:19:22 +0000

Sometimes it’s also good to go against the flow especially if you have valid reasons and you know that you are correct. Having your own opinion is something that makes you stand out from the crowd and that’s good. It’s good to have someone stand and voice out her own opinion. It makes life more interesting, adds variety and adds the needed spice to life. Just continue being you, we like it that way.

By: james covert

james covert — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:10:58 +0000

I agree entirely with writing less, i had used to dedicate tonnes of content to my site, but the web copy had seemed to swamp visitors, if not bore them.

You need short and sweet powerful statements, the best bloggers have done things this way.

Great stuff