Posting for Comments

Posted on November 17, 2006 -- Drew Stauffer

Writing articles and posts for blogs is a great way to articulate your thoughts. Being involved with a community is the best way to get trusted information and insight from your peers. What do you do when no one ever comments on your posts? I was recently reading some posts from seoroundtable about topics that are being covered at PubCon. I was immediately intrigued with an observation that Rand Fishkin made. He pointed out that, when writing posts, if you have a “matter-of-fact” point of view you aren’t really promoting comments. If you want community involvement you need to pose questions, which makes sense…right?

Are you more likely to post comments on a blog that poses questions, or do you read blogs for more general information?


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Brian Bielmann Joins Wildfire Productions

Posted on November 10, 2006 -- Drew Stauffer

World-renowned professional surf photographer Brian Bielmann has teamed up with Wildfire to develop an online database, which will allow users to purchase all the superior surfing shots that aren’t in the magazines. Even better, you can hire Brian or any member of the team to come along and document your life and surfing adventures.

If you love surfing, you have to check out yoursurfshot.com


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Why is vacation more stressful?

Posted on November 10, 2006 -- Drew Stauffer

I took the last week and a half off to fly back to Florida for a buddy’s wedding. Months before my trip I couldn’t wait to relax and just have some fun with friends, but the entire time I was there I felt like I was busier than I have been in a long time. I think it was mainly because I didn’t have my own computer with me. The average task that would have normally taken 5 minutes to accomplish took half a day…arrrggg.

It’s sad, but I am actually thankful to be back at work where I can relax in my extremely ergonomically correct chair.


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