Comments on: Three lessons from first week of MarkTzk.com http://marktzk.com/3-lessons-1st-week/ Writer. PR & marketing thinker. Problem solver. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:21:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mark Tosczak http://marktzk.com/3-lessons-1st-week/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Mark Tosczak Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:42:54 +0000 http://marktzk.com/?p=28#comment-35 @David: Thanks for the link! And I will definitely share things that seem to work. @Ron: Stay tuned! I have an idea or two for a contest that I think will be more successful than my first attempt. But I will let the blog's readership grow a little more, first. @David: Thanks for the link! And I will definitely share things that seem to work.

@Ron: Stay tuned! I have an idea or two for a contest that I think will be more successful than my first attempt. But I will let the blog’s readership grow a little more, first.

]]> By: Ron http://marktzk.com/3-lessons-1st-week/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Ron Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:29:42 +0000 http://marktzk.com/?p=28#comment-34 I relate to #1. I started Distinctions For Life last week and added a contest. The problem is I don't have many people subscribed so there aren't many people in the contest. Which means they have a good chance of winning, but there also isn't much spread of the contest. Ron I relate to #1. I started Distinctions For Life last week and added a contest. The problem is I don’t have many people subscribed so there aren’t many people in the contest. Which means they have a good chance of winning, but there also isn’t much spread of the contest.

Ron

]]> By: David Mullen http://marktzk.com/3-lessons-1st-week/comment-page-1/#comment-33 David Mullen Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:35:09 +0000 http://marktzk.com/?p=28#comment-33 Mark - thanks for sharing some of the lessons learned. I've learned more than a few so far since starting mine about two months ago. I think converting visitors to subscribers is harder than we think, though we can definitely do things to convert more of them. Most folks already have a lot of feeds in their reader, so they're pretty choosy about who they add. I'm learning that sometimes the post you don't expect to do much will be the one to take off and give you more subscribers. Last week I wrote a post called 5 Ways Twitter Will Make You Smarter. I didn't expect it to do much, since I assumed most people reading blogs already know a lot about Twitter. I didn't even tweet about it to promote it - though I did put it in my status bar on LinkedIn and Facebook. It went crazy! Tripled my previous single day visitors numbers and was featured on Wordpress.com in its "how to" category. I also more than doubled my subscribers in two days. Totally didn't anticipate that. By the way, I added you to my blogroll, aka "Share the Love" this weekend. I've enjoyed your posts so far, especially those on writing. Thanks for sharing your insights. I should also say "thanks" for sending 12 folks my way last week from your blog. It's appreciated. If any of your "sticky" ways begin working, please feel free to share them with the rest of us. Mark – thanks for sharing some of the lessons learned. I’ve learned more than a few so far since starting mine about two months ago.

I think converting visitors to subscribers is harder than we think, though we can definitely do things to convert more of them. Most folks already have a lot of feeds in their reader, so they’re pretty choosy about who they add. I’m learning that sometimes the post you don’t expect to do much will be the one to take off and give you more subscribers.

Last week I wrote a post called 5 Ways Twitter Will Make You Smarter. I didn’t expect it to do much, since I assumed most people reading blogs already know a lot about Twitter. I didn’t even tweet about it to promote it – though I did put it in my status bar on LinkedIn and Facebook.

It went crazy! Tripled my previous single day visitors numbers and was featured on WordPress.com in its “how to” category. I also more than doubled my subscribers in two days. Totally didn’t anticipate that.

By the way, I added you to my blogroll, aka “Share the Love” this weekend. I’ve enjoyed your posts so far, especially those on writing. Thanks for sharing your insights.

I should also say “thanks” for sending 12 folks my way last week from your blog. It’s appreciated.

If any of your “sticky” ways begin working, please feel free to share them with the rest of us.

]]> By: Mark Tosczak http://marktzk.com/3-lessons-1st-week/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Mark Tosczak Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:15:25 +0000 http://marktzk.com/?p=28#comment-32 Those are great tips, Lara. Thank you. I am in Technorati, but not Blogged. And you're right, I need to join some of the more relevant social networks to help build traffic and links. Thanks for your other comment about being willing to enter the contest! I am going to start a new contest in a few weeks, but I'm going to make it something a little easier and a little more fun, so stay tuned for that. Those are great tips, Lara. Thank you.

I am in Technorati, but not Blogged. And you’re right, I need to join some of the more relevant social networks to help build traffic and links.

Thanks for your other comment about being willing to enter the contest! I am going to start a new contest in a few weeks, but I’m going to make it something a little easier and a little more fun, so stay tuned for that.

]]> By: Lara Kretler http://marktzk.com/3-lessons-1st-week/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Lara Kretler Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:24:38 +0000 http://marktzk.com/?p=28#comment-31 Hi Mark, I just recently started blogging too so I can really relate to this post. I'll share a few things I've found helpful. Don't be shy about sharing on Twitter when you have a new blog post - in fact, that's what brought me here today. I saw your Tweet. I'd love to be part of your contest now that I know about it. Also, have you submitted your blog to Technorati and Blogged? I don't get a ton of referrals from those sites, but I do get a few. Last but not least, I joined several relevant socnets (like PitchEngine, SWOM and a few others on Ning.com) and set up my blog RSS to my pages on those sites. I get a few referrals that way, too. Hope this helps! I'll be back, I like what you're doing here. Hi Mark,
I just recently started blogging too so I can really relate to this post. I’ll share a few things I’ve found helpful. Don’t be shy about sharing on Twitter when you have a new blog post – in fact, that’s what brought me here today. I saw your Tweet. I’d love to be part of your contest now that I know about it.

Also, have you submitted your blog to Technorati and Blogged? I don’t get a ton of referrals from those sites, but I do get a few. Last but not least, I joined several relevant socnets (like PitchEngine, SWOM and a few others on Ning.com) and set up my blog RSS to my pages on those sites. I get a few referrals that way, too.

Hope this helps! I’ll be back, I like what you’re doing here.

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