Comments on: 7 Steps to Successful Networking

By: Managed Services

Managed Services — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:32:56 +0000

WOW…this is an absolutely fantastic resource for every blogger like me. As I am a fresher in this line it will give me a solid direction. Thank you for sharing this informative post with us.

By: Tom Ross

Tom Ross — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:42:18 +0000

Good points. My favorite was the last point about being sincere. I think a large part of this is to try and network with people that you admire instead of strangers.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:54:58 +0000

I started using Twitter for a while but soon found it to be more hassle than it’s worth. Twitter isn’t for everyone in my opinion. It’s a bit like marmite..you either love it or hate it.

By: Aaron at FullTiltBlogging.com

Aaron at FullTiltBlogging.com — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:26:36 +0000

Just a heads up…this post was a featured post on today’s Daily Blog Summary. Great post.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:52:30 +0000

Ben,
Thanks for this post. My wife and I recently launched a blog about shopping in the Nashville area and are really working hard and researching ways to drive traffic to the site. Since I found BloggingExperiement, we’ve tried to employ some of the tactics you outline. We’ve been at it less than a week and we’ve already gotten some great ideas. Once we get up and running with a good deal of content, I’d love to have you give us an honest review of the site!

By: Ben Cook

Ben Cook — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:55:34 +0000

@ Andy, glad you enjoyed the post. Pointing out the benefit of the relationship for both people is important as well. If you struggle to find a benefit in it for them, there’s probably not one and it will be a favor if they agree to do it at all.

@ Terry, there’s definitely room for praise or encouragement. I simply meant don’t go overboard and treat them like a deity or something.

By: Terry Tay

Terry Tay — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:39:04 +0000

That was worth the read! Thanks for posting!

I agree that you need to be sincere when commenting or talking to other bloggers and you don’t want to K.A., but I do think it’s ok to give praise where praise is do when it comes to a very well written post or if they do something for charity or help someone out.

~Terry

By: Andy MacDonald

Andy MacDonald — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:30:33 +0000

I was looking forward to this post, and im happy to say, reading it fulfilled my expectations. Specifically your last point where you said not to put the bloggers on a pedestal. I agree with you on this one. Nobody likes an ass licker (well, some might, but i don’t), i think we all wanted to be treated like humans, so talk to the blogger as human. Be down-to-earth, tell the blogger what BOTH of you can gain out of the ‘relationship’, and dont go on and on and on and…you get the message.

Good post Ben. Keep up the good work.