Comments on: An Active Mindset: 100 new RSS subscribers and the power of endorsements http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/ Advanced Search Engine Marketing Tips to Succeed Online Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:12:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Arham | Blogpreneur http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-6319 Arham | Blogpreneur Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:46:58 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-6319 Hi hamlet :-) thanks for traffic spike list... I wish that would be useful 4 me.. oh ya, I like your traffic spike number 2 "Encourage people both to praise and critique " and That's happened for everyone Hi hamlet :-)
thanks for traffic spike list… I wish that would be useful 4 me..

oh ya, I like your traffic spike number 2
“Encourage people both to praise and critique ” and That’s happened for everyone

]]> By: 10 Things to Think about your Business pt.2 | My Way To Success http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-6190 10 Things to Think about your Business pt.2 | My Way To Success Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:59:30 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-6190 [...] show that I practice what I preach why don’t you read more about the power of endorsements especially to your rss subscriber count. I learnt something about traffic spikes in relation to rss [...] […] show that I practice what I preach why don’t you read more about the power of endorsements especially to your rss subscriber count. I learnt something about traffic spikes in relation to rss […]

]]> By: SiteMost’s Blog Recap 28/11/07 at Brisbane SEO Blog http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3920 SiteMost’s Blog Recap 28/11/07 at Brisbane SEO Blog Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:17:06 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3920 [...] An Active Mindset: 100 new RSS subscribers and the power of endorsements [...] […] An Active Mindset: 100 new RSS subscribers and the power of endorsements […]

]]> By: Hamlet Batista http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3905 Hamlet Batista Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:57:55 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3905 Drivelmaster, welcome to my blog and thanks for your encouraging words. This kind of appreciation really motivates me to keep blogging. Drivelmaster, welcome to my blog and thanks for your encouraging words. This kind of appreciation really motivates me to keep blogging.

]]> By: Drivelmaster http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3888 Drivelmaster Sat, 24 Nov 2007 23:12:53 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3888 I want to open by saying that I Stumble, and I am a JohnChow.com reader. I think that Hamlet has hit the nail on the head. I have noticed that the comments people leave when they stumble a site runs the gamut from a one word response to an intelligent review. However, a majority of the comments I have seen from the sites I have stumbled has been a "cut and paste" quote straight from the the site itself! It is a sad commentary, in my opinion, but something that needs to be paid attention to when you are marketing a website or other product on the internet. Hamlet Batista, for me, seems to have very good information and insight. I will continue to read this blog, and I encourage anyone who is interested in SEO or internet marketing to subscribe to this blog. Email or RSS it doesn't matter, do it. You won't regret it. Thanx. I want to open by saying that I Stumble, and I am a JohnChow.com reader. I think that Hamlet has hit the nail on the head. I have noticed that the comments people leave when they stumble a site runs the gamut from a one word response to an intelligent review. However, a majority of the comments I have seen from the sites I have stumbled has been a “cut and paste” quote straight from the the site itself! It is a sad commentary, in my opinion, but something that needs to be paid attention to when you are marketing a website or other product on the internet. Hamlet Batista, for me, seems to have very good information and insight. I will continue to read this blog, and I encourage anyone who is interested in SEO or internet marketing to subscribe to this blog. Email or RSS it doesn’t matter, do it. You won’t regret it. Thanx.

]]> By: David Hopkins http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3867 David Hopkins Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:21:54 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3867 Sounds like you are a bit of a code perfectionist too. I checked out Django and it looks like a solid base to write websites on. Sounds like you are a bit of a code perfectionist too. I checked out Django and it looks like a solid base to write websites on.

]]> By: Hamlet Batista http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3858 Hamlet Batista Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:57:03 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3858 <blockquote>Sphinn has also added a layer by having a separate comments section for Sphunn articles; honestly, I don’t like the way that circumvents the original blog.</blockquote> Dr. Pete - I am waiting for them to provide comment RSS for each story. Once that is available it will be trivial to display those comments in your blog and help make your blog look more active. David - the problem with nested comments and other plugins is that they stopped working when I moved to Wordpress 2.3. I will find the time to put them back. I really like them. Before I started blogging, I was planning to create my own blog in Django. After researching a bit, I figure that it would take time that I could better invest in writing posts, so I dropped the idea.

Sphinn has also added a layer by having a separate comments section for Sphunn articles; honestly, I don’t like the way that circumvents the original blog.

Dr. Pete - I am waiting for them to provide comment RSS for each story. Once that is available it will be trivial to display those comments in your blog and help make your blog look more active.

David - the problem with nested comments and other plugins is that they stopped working when I moved to Wordpress 2.3. I will find the time to put them back. I really like them.

Before I started blogging, I was planning to create my own blog in Django. After researching a bit, I figure that it would take time that I could better invest in writing posts, so I dropped the idea.

]]> By: David Hopkins http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3850 David Hopkins Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:24:03 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3850 Thanks for your kind words Hamlet, I think being a regular on your blog has certainly helped my understanding of online marketing. Another thought is that it can be good to foster relations between your readers. I will always read Jez's comments, but are less likely to read comments from newbies with spammy names. One thing that I think help socialisation on your blog is if you have the nested comments that you had on your old K2 blog. As for starting a blog, I suffer severly from only being able to work with high quality OO code, so I will have to make my own software with RSS feed and trackback intergration. That isn't to much work, but I work many hours. At the moment my main thing is working on a PHP framework and XML subset called eXtensible Server-side Interface. Thus far it is reducing PHP code by about 1000% and spliting development time in half. Its extremely flexiable, so I plaan to build a blog platform of it. Thanks for your kind words Hamlet, I think being a regular on your blog has certainly helped my understanding of online marketing.

Another thought is that it can be good to foster relations between your readers. I will always read Jez’s comments, but are less likely to read comments from newbies with spammy names. One thing that I think help socialisation on your blog is if you have the nested comments that you had on your old K2 blog.

As for starting a blog, I suffer severly from only being able to work with high quality OO code, so I will have to make my own software with RSS feed and trackback intergration. That isn’t to much work, but I work many hours. At the moment my main thing is working on a PHP framework and XML subset called eXtensible Server-side Interface. Thus far it is reducing PHP code by about 1000% and spliting development time in half. Its extremely flexiable, so I plaan to build a blog platform of it.

]]> By: Dr. Pete http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3849 Dr. Pete Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:59:21 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3849 My numbers are almost in total agreement with Paul's; shout-outs on industry sites have a solid conversion to subscribers for me, but the day I got 700 visitors from StumleUpon converted at less than 1% (even though their metrics looked good). I think you're right about the mindset; there's a bit of a channel-surfer mentality to stumbling and social media. Sphinn has also added a layer by having a separate comments section for Sphunn articles; honestly, I don't like the way that circumvents the original blog. My numbers are almost in total agreement with Paul’s; shout-outs on industry sites have a solid conversion to subscribers for me, but the day I got 700 visitors from StumleUpon converted at less than 1% (even though their metrics looked good).

I think you’re right about the mindset; there’s a bit of a channel-surfer mentality to stumbling and social media. Sphinn has also added a layer by having a separate comments section for Sphunn articles; honestly, I don’t like the way that circumvents the original blog.

]]> By: Hamlet Batista http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3847 Hamlet Batista Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:54:02 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3847 Mack - Thanks for your comment Gab - Thanks for the link, I'm glad you liked the post. Keep up the great posts on Youmoz. Jez - Yes, I know you always liked that line :-) I am not saying there is no value in social media traffic; but I think it is a little bit overrated at the moment. Paul - thanks a lot for your comment and for sharing your experience. I'd be interested in learning who has experienced the opposite. Olivier - Some will stay but you need a lot more that 100=200 page views Mack - Thanks for your comment

Gab - Thanks for the link, I’m glad you liked the post. Keep up the great posts on Youmoz.

Jez - Yes, I know you always liked that line :-) I am not saying there is no value in social media traffic; but I think it is a little bit overrated at the moment.

Paul - thanks a lot for your comment and for sharing your experience. I’d be interested in learning who has experienced the opposite.

Olivier - Some will stay but you need a lot more that 100=200 page views

]]> By: The certain Way http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3846 The certain Way Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:52:03 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3846 I had the same effect you noticed with StumbleUppon. I myself can genrate some 100-200 page views by submitting my own articles. But they never stay. I only do it very occasionally. And only for the best content, and still ... nobody stays. I asked my 10 rss subscribers to give me some feedback on the site, or articles, got none either. So feel free to come by and give some feedback ;-). Olivier. I had the same effect you noticed with StumbleUppon. I myself can genrate some 100-200 page views by submitting my own articles. But they never stay. I only do it very occasionally. And only for the best content, and still … nobody stays.

I asked my 10 rss subscribers to give me some feedback on the site, or articles, got none either. So feel free to come by and give some feedback ;-).

Olivier.

]]> By: Paul Robb http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3845 Paul Robb Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:46:34 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3845 Hamlet Interesting post. My own short experience mirrors yours. For example, Stumble Upon Traffic: less than 1% subscribe to my blog Sphinn Homepage Traffic: around 5% subscribe to my blog Traffic from SEOmoz (contest and blog posts): around 15-20% subscribe to my blog. This is only based on 100 subscribers, and the numbers are my best estimates (I don't have strong analytics in place on my blog)... but I thought I would share these numbers with you. All the best, Paul Hamlet

Interesting post. My own short experience mirrors yours. For example,

Stumble Upon Traffic: less than 1% subscribe to my blog

Sphinn Homepage Traffic: around 5% subscribe to my blog

Traffic from SEOmoz (contest and blog posts): around 15-20% subscribe to my blog.

This is only based on 100 subscribers, and the numbers are my best estimates (I don’t have strong analytics in place on my blog)… but I thought I would share these numbers with you.

All the best,

Paul

]]> By: Jez http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3844 Jez Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:51:20 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3844 Hi Hamlet, I had not seen that review, but just read it... good that its favorable but I don't suppose you were too worried about getting a bad one... I liked the fact they quoted the line: “pay-per-click, Viagra, and the almighty dollar… was enough to get Hamlet started.” That still amuses me after all this time. As for social bookmarking... I describe it as being "cheap, disposable traffic". I think people find gaming social bookmarking addictive as it provides an instant rush of traffic, which depending on the site you are gaming can be monetized. For example some sites got a large PR boost from Netscape.com (before it moved off to Propeller) and the users from that site are known to be "click happy" regards advertising. I had a few stumbles on my sites... they were completely organic which was nice, but, ultimately of no value to me. A quick blast from social bookmarking sites is no substitute for sustainable passive income / traffic... On another note, I see you looking for images that match your theme now ;-) Regards Davids comment on comments and commentors... I think you probably have quite a serious audience who don't make time to leave their RSS reader... Hi Hamlet,

I had not seen that review, but just read it… good that its favorable but I don’t suppose you were too worried about getting a bad one…

I liked the fact they quoted the line:

“pay-per-click, Viagra, and the almighty dollar… was enough to get Hamlet started.”

That still amuses me after all this time.

As for social bookmarking… I describe it as being “cheap, disposable traffic”.

I think people find gaming social bookmarking addictive as it provides an instant rush of traffic, which depending on the site you are gaming can be monetized.

For example some sites got a large PR boost from Netscape.com (before it moved off to Propeller) and the users from that site are known to be “click happy” regards advertising.

I had a few stumbles on my sites… they were completely organic which was nice, but, ultimately of no value to me.

A quick blast from social bookmarking sites is no substitute for sustainable passive income / traffic…

On another note, I see you looking for images that match your theme now ;-)

Regards Davids comment on comments and commentors… I think you probably have quite a serious audience who don’t make time to leave their RSS reader…

]]> By: Jez http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3843 Jez Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:47:43 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3843 Hi Hamlet, I had not seen that review, but just read it... good that its favorable but I don't suppose you were too worried about getting a bad one... I liked the fact they quoted the line: “pay-per-click, Viagra, and the almighty dollar… was enough to get Hamlet started.” That still amuses me after all this time. As for social bookmarking... I describe it as being "cheap, disposable traffic". I think people find gaming social bookmarking addictive as it provides an instant rush of traffic, which depending on the site you are gaming can be monetized. For example some sites got a large PR boost from Netscape.com (before it moved off to Propeller) and the users from that site are known to be "click happy" regards advertising. I had a few stumbles on my sites... they were completely organic which was nice, but, ultimately of no value to me. A quick blast from social bookmarking sites is no substitute for sustainable passive income / traffic... Hi Hamlet,

I had not seen that review, but just read it… good that its favorable but I don’t suppose you were too worried about getting a bad one…

I liked the fact they quoted the line:

“pay-per-click, Viagra, and the almighty dollar… was enough to get Hamlet started.”

That still amuses me after all this time.

As for social bookmarking… I describe it as being “cheap, disposable traffic”.

I think people find gaming social bookmarking addictive as it provides an instant rush of traffic, which depending on the site you are gaming can be monetized.

For example some sites got a large PR boost from Netscape.com (before it moved off to Propeller) and the users from that site are known to be “click happy” regards advertising.

I had a few stumbles on my sites… they were completely organic which was nice, but, ultimately of no value to me.

A quick blast from social bookmarking sites is no substitute for sustainable passive income / traffic…

]]> By: SEO ROI Services http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3840 SEO ROI Services Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:28:54 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3840 And here's something related: http://www.smallbiztrends.com/2007/11/how-a-sitepal-avatar-increased-newsletter-signups-144.html And here’s something related:
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]]> By: SEO ROI Services http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3839 SEO ROI Services Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:59:35 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3839 I really enjoyed this post here Hamlet. Developing a subscriber base is something that is in my long term plans for growth and it's good to see how someone else went about it. I love seeing case studies (and have shared my own, especially on Facebook (at SEO ROI) and PPC (at Youmoz)). Keep up the good blogging! Cheers, Gab Goldenberg I really enjoyed this post here Hamlet. Developing a subscriber base is something that is in my long term plans for growth and it’s good to see how someone else went about it. I love seeing case studies (and have shared my own, especially on Facebook (at SEO ROI) and PPC (at Youmoz)). Keep up the good blogging!

Cheers,

Gab Goldenberg

]]> By: Mack http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3838 Mack Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:49:53 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3838 I think user participation is extremely important to a blog's success. Like David mentioned, I really enjoy when I receive comment from the writer. <blockquote>Encourage people both to praise and critique your content. We all like to hear applause, but it is the criticism that makes the blog better. Learn to listen and act on good critiques.</blockquote> I find this to be a very good tactic (if you will) to encourage participation simply because everyone has some sort of opinion. Great Post, Thanks for sharing. I think user participation is extremely important to a blog’s success. Like David mentioned, I really enjoy when I receive comment from the writer.

Encourage people both to praise and critique your content. We all like to hear applause, but it is the criticism that makes the blog better. Learn to listen and act on good critiques.

I find this to be a very good tactic (if you will) to encourage participation simply because everyone has some sort of opinion.

Great Post, Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Hamlet Batista http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3834 Hamlet Batista Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:32:21 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3834 David - I always enjoy your insightful comments. As soon as you decide to start a blog, let me know. I will be the first one to subscribe. Honestly! I try to encourage commenting at the end of my posts, and fortunately I average a reasonable number of comments per post. Unfortunately, I lack the time to do as much commenting or networking as I should. Hopefully that will change in the coming months. David - I always enjoy your insightful comments. As soon as you decide to start a blog, let me know. I will be the first one to subscribe. Honestly!

I try to encourage commenting at the end of my posts, and fortunately I average a reasonable number of comments per post. Unfortunately, I lack the time to do as much commenting or networking as I should. Hopefully that will change in the coming months.

]]> By: David Hopkins http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3832 David Hopkins Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:11:34 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/11/20/an-active-mindset-100-new-rss-subscribers-and-the-power-of-endorsements/#comment-3832 I'm not a blogger, so can't really offer anything from that end of the stick, but from being someone who just comments on blogs without a blog of my own, the thing that really keeps me coming back to blogs is if people actually respond to my comments. Particularly if they are meaningful responses, such as Mr. Slawski and Mr. Airey's. If you are looking to have a good number of regular commentors, I think personal interaction is more important than quality content. One thing I don't understand is how you can have so many readers, but only two seasoned commentors. That just seems to be the way it is. I’m not a blogger, so can’t really offer anything from that end of the stick, but from being someone who just comments on blogs without a blog of my own, the thing that really keeps me coming back to blogs is if people actually respond to my comments. Particularly if they are meaningful responses, such as Mr. Slawski and Mr. Airey’s.

If you are looking to have a good number of regular commentors, I think personal interaction is more important than quality content.

One thing I don’t understand is how you can have so many readers, but only two seasoned commentors. That just seems to be the way it is.

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