Comments on: Blog Relationships: Fishing With Lures and Bait http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/blog-relationships-fishing-with-lures-and-bait/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Building Blog Relationships: Making a Good First Impression | The Blog Herald http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/blog-relationships-fishing-with-lures-and-bait/comment-page-1/#comment-681575 Building Blog Relationships: Making a Good First Impression | The Blog Herald Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:12:58 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/blog-relationships-fishing-with-lures-and-bait/#comment-681575 [...] Blog Relationships: Fishing With Lures and Bait [...] [...] Blog Relationships: Fishing With Lures and Bait [...]

]]> By: Attracting and keeping your blog readers « Mindtracks http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/blog-relationships-fishing-with-lures-and-bait/comment-page-1/#comment-195841 Attracting and keeping your blog readers « Mindtracks Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:53:27 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/blog-relationships-fishing-with-lures-and-bait/#comment-195841 [...] Lorelle VanFossen has written another great article on blogging for the BlogHerald. In Blog Relationships: Fishing With Lures and Bait attracting, keeping and building relationships with readers is covered thoroughly. This series is [...] [...] Lorelle VanFossen has written another great article on blogging for the BlogHerald. In Blog Relationships: Fishing With Lures and Bait attracting, keeping and building relationships with readers is covered thoroughly. This series is [...]

]]> By: Blogging Relationships - a Virtual Interview With Liz Strauss & Lorelle » Circular Communication http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/blog-relationships-fishing-with-lures-and-bait/comment-page-1/#comment-189412 Blogging Relationships - a Virtual Interview With Liz Strauss & Lorelle » Circular Communication Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:33:42 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/blog-relationships-fishing-with-lures-and-bait/#comment-189412 [...] “The best lures are timeless articles which continue to fascinate and inform. They are well written and stand the test of time by fulfilling needs today, tomorrow, and a year from now. They answer the questions everyone wants to know. By providing these foundation needs consistently on your blog, you will build a loyal fan base of readers who keep coming back for more, and are eager to tell their friends about you. Provide content that matches the rest of your blog’s content and readers will stay. Attracting and maintaining readers is critical to your blog’s overall success. The relationship between your readers and your content is critical to building an audience. If you aren’t keeping them happy and not holding their attention, they will go elsewhere. In time, without the relationship formed with web traffic levels and comment interaction and feedback, your enthusiasm decreases. If this continues, your blog will slowly die because the relationships are dying.” Lorelle [Blog Relationships: Fishing With Lures and Bait] [...] [...] “The best lures are timeless articles which continue to fascinate and inform. They are well written and stand the test of time by fulfilling needs today, tomorrow, and a year from now. They answer the questions everyone wants to know. By providing these foundation needs consistently on your blog, you will build a loyal fan base of readers who keep coming back for more, and are eager to tell their friends about you. Provide content that matches the rest of your blog’s content and readers will stay. Attracting and maintaining readers is critical to your blog’s overall success. The relationship between your readers and your content is critical to building an audience. If you aren’t keeping them happy and not holding their attention, they will go elsewhere. In time, without the relationship formed with web traffic levels and comment interaction and feedback, your enthusiasm decreases. If this continues, your blog will slowly die because the relationships are dying.” Lorelle [Blog Relationships: Fishing With Lures and Bait] [...]

]]> By: pelf-ism is contagious » Blog Archive » Read It Now - 18 April 2007 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/blog-relationships-fishing-with-lures-and-bait/comment-page-1/#comment-181679 pelf-ism is contagious » Blog Archive » Read It Now - 18 April 2007 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:14:26 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/blog-relationships-fishing-with-lures-and-bait/#comment-181679 [...] Read about ways to lure your visitors and make them hooked to your blog at Blog relationships: Fishing with lures and bait. Now, this makes a catchy title, no?? [...] [...] Read about ways to lure your visitors and make them hooked to your blog at Blog relationships: Fishing with lures and bait. Now, this makes a catchy title, no?? [...]

]]> By: Mindtracks » Attracting and keeping your blog readers http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/blog-relationships-fishing-with-lures-and-bait/comment-page-1/#comment-181523 Mindtracks » Attracting and keeping your blog readers Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:09:50 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/blog-relationships-fishing-with-lures-and-bait/#comment-181523 [...] Lorelle VanFossen has written another great article on blogging for the BlogHerald. In Blog Relationships: Fishing With Lures and Bait attracting, keeping and building relationships with readers is covered thoroughly. This series is proving to be a real gem. [...] [...] Lorelle VanFossen has written another great article on blogging for the BlogHerald. In Blog Relationships: Fishing With Lures and Bait attracting, keeping and building relationships with readers is covered thoroughly. This series is proving to be a real gem. [...]

]]> By: The Relationship Conference: Building Blogs Through Interaction at The Blog Herald http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/blog-relationships-fishing-with-lures-and-bait/comment-page-1/#comment-180804 The Relationship Conference: Building Blogs Through Interaction at The Blog Herald Sat, 14 Apr 2007 00:06:58 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/blog-relationships-fishing-with-lures-and-bait/#comment-180804 [...] During the series on building blogging relationships, I covered the issues of connecting with your readers by giving of yourself in your blog writing, building relationships through links and popular posts which draw in new readers, making a good first impression from the many ways your blog posts get a chance to make a good first impression, turning visitors into readers with good lures and bait in the form of focused, well-written content, and how to interactively listen to your readers to encourage the conversations on your blog. [...] [...] During the series on building blogging relationships, I covered the issues of connecting with your readers by giving of yourself in your blog writing, building relationships through links and popular posts which draw in new readers, making a good first impression from the many ways your blog posts get a chance to make a good first impression, turning visitors into readers with good lures and bait in the form of focused, well-written content, and how to interactively listen to your readers to encourage the conversations on your blog. [...]

]]> By: Anne Helmond http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/blog-relationships-fishing-with-lures-and-bait/comment-page-1/#comment-180426 Anne Helmond Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:22:54 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/blog-relationships-fishing-with-lures-and-bait/#comment-180426 Of course, I tend to forget the restrictions on WordPress.com as a spoiled self hosted WordPress user. Thanks for answering my questions. Of course, I tend to forget the restrictions on WordPress.com as a spoiled self hosted WordPress user. Thanks for answering my questions.

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/blog-relationships-fishing-with-lures-and-bait/comment-page-1/#comment-180317 Lorelle VanFossen Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:47:39 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/blog-relationships-fishing-with-lures-and-bait/#comment-180317 <a href="http://www.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">WordPress.com blogs</a>, upon which <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Lorelle on WordPress</a> is hosted, does not offer a related posts feature. I cannot add Plugins either. That blog is closely tied in with WordPress.com, as one of the original alpha testing blogs. So it works within the limits of the service. On my full version WordPress blogs I use related post Plugins, which I adore! WordPress.com blogs, upon which Lorelle on WordPress is hosted, does not offer a related posts feature. I cannot add Plugins either. That blog is closely tied in with WordPress.com, as one of the original alpha testing blogs. So it works within the limits of the service.

On my full version WordPress blogs I use related post Plugins, which I adore!

]]> By: Anne Helmond http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/blog-relationships-fishing-with-lures-and-bait/comment-page-1/#comment-180280 Anne Helmond Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:29:45 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/blog-relationships-fishing-with-lures-and-bait/#comment-180280 Those are quite essential anno 2007 :) But I am still wondering what drove you to do it manually? There are some related post plugins available although I must admit I am not always satisfied with the results they give (could be blamed on my use of tags of course). Do you link manually because you want absolute control over the related posts? A curious reader, Anne Those are quite essential anno 2007 :)

But I am still wondering what drove you to do it manually? There are some related post plugins available although I must admit I am not always satisfied with the results they give (could be blamed on my use of tags of course).

Do you link manually because you want absolute control over the related posts?

A curious reader,
Anne

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/blog-relationships-fishing-with-lures-and-bait/comment-page-1/#comment-180108 Lorelle VanFossen Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:44:17 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/blog-relationships-fishing-with-lures-and-bait/#comment-180108 Nope. Just good search techniques. ;-) Nope. Just good search techniques. ;-)

]]> By: Anne Helmond http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/blog-relationships-fishing-with-lures-and-bait/comment-page-1/#comment-180053 Anne Helmond Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:08:50 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/blog-relationships-fishing-with-lures-and-bait/#comment-180053 I'm amazed that you manually generate your related posts. That is amazing. I cannot even imagine how many posts you have written but it must be hundreds. Are you blessed with an incredibly good memory? I’m amazed that you manually generate your related posts. That is amazing. I cannot even imagine how many posts you have written but it must be hundreds. Are you blessed with an incredibly good memory?

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