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	<title>Comments on: Banging the Pots and Pans on Your Blog</title>
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		<title>By: Ayo Ijidakinro</title>
		<link>http://www.blogherald.com/2008/03/03/banging-the-pots-and-pans-on-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-365042</link>
		<dc:creator>Ayo Ijidakinro</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Totally agree Lorelle.  I&#039;ve begun to realize that what successful blogging ultimately comes down to is helping people and eschewing selfish shortcuts.  If you help people and word gets out about it, you can&#039;t help but be rewarded for it.

Those who have a selfish attitude and are focused on helping themselves out tend to write the junk blogs.  They&#039;re looking to do nothing for anyone and to get tons in return.

Those who are motivated to help others can&#039;t help but generate useful content and that in turn causes people to flock to it.

For example, you look at companies like Southwest Airlines and scratch your head. Why is Southwest Airlines so profitable and consistently receives high customer satisfaction whereas the other airlines are more expensive, less profitable, and receive lower customer service scores?

I read an interview with Colleen Barret and she laughed because she stresses that Southwest Airlines employees always do the kind thing, and that is the spirit behind their customer service.  But when she tries to help other airlines by explaining this spirit, they ignore this ethos of kindness and instead try to emulate Southwest&#039;s policy and capital allocation strategies.

Anyway, the point is, focusing on helping people works better than all the other business strategies put together.

Best,
Ayo</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Totally agree Lorelle.  I&#8217;ve begun to realize that what successful blogging ultimately comes down to is helping people and eschewing selfish shortcuts.  If you help people and word gets out about it, you can&#8217;t help but be rewarded for it.</p>
<p>Those who have a selfish attitude and are focused on helping themselves out tend to write the junk blogs.  They&#8217;re looking to do nothing for anyone and to get tons in return.</p>
<p>Those who are motivated to help others can&#8217;t help but generate useful content and that in turn causes people to flock to it.</p>
<p>For example, you look at companies like Southwest Airlines and scratch your head. Why is Southwest Airlines so profitable and consistently receives high customer satisfaction whereas the other airlines are more expensive, less profitable, and receive lower customer service scores?</p>
<p>I read an interview with Colleen Barret and she laughed because she stresses that Southwest Airlines employees always do the kind thing, and that is the spirit behind their customer service.  But when she tries to help other airlines by explaining this spirit, they ignore this ethos of kindness and instead try to emulate Southwest&#8217;s policy and capital allocation strategies.</p>
<p>Anyway, the point is, focusing on helping people works better than all the other business strategies put together.</p>
<p>Best,<br />
Ayo</p>
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		<title>By: Colleen M. Johnson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Colleen M. Johnson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I need to bang my pots better. Great post and tips.  I agree about Google.  Yes, guest blogging is great.  Also, Carnival Blogs seem to bring traffic.  I enjoy posting to those.  Thanks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I need to bang my pots better. Great post and tips.  I agree about Google.  Yes, guest blogging is great.  Also, Carnival Blogs seem to bring traffic.  I enjoy posting to those.  Thanks.</p>
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		<title>By: Jeffrey</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nice tips, thank you, Lorelle.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice tips, thank you, Lorelle.</p>
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		<title>By: James</title>
		<link>http://www.blogherald.com/2008/03/03/banging-the-pots-and-pans-on-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-359095</link>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Some great tips, Lorelle. In particular, I hadn&#039;t considered Guest Blogging. I&#039;ll definately be doing more research into that.

Thanks again</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some great tips, Lorelle. In particular, I hadn&#8217;t considered Guest Blogging. I&#8217;ll definately be doing more research into that.</p>
<p>Thanks again</p>
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		<title>By: Lorelle VanFossen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lorelle VanFossen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blogherald.com/2008/03/03/banging-the-pots-and-pans-on-your-blog/#comment-358830&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Jacqulyn Richey&lt;/a&gt;:

People forget that blogging means publishing. And publishing means exposure. And exposure to the public - well, rotten tomatoes can get thrown virtually. :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/03/03/banging-the-pots-and-pans-on-your-blog/#comment-358830" rel="nofollow">Jacqulyn Richey</a>:</p>
<p>People forget that blogging means publishing. And publishing means exposure. And exposure to the public &#8211; well, rotten tomatoes can get thrown virtually. :D</p>
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		<title>By: Grandy</title>
		<link>http://www.blogherald.com/2008/03/03/banging-the-pots-and-pans-on-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-358866</link>
		<dc:creator>Grandy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>All very good points and reminders.  Thank you!!  I find it a challenge when I receive a comment that is completely off the mark of the topic but I still respond.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All very good points and reminders.  Thank you!!  I find it a challenge when I receive a comment that is completely off the mark of the topic but I still respond.</p>
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		<title>By: Jacqulyn Richey</title>
		<link>http://www.blogherald.com/2008/03/03/banging-the-pots-and-pans-on-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-358830</link>
		<dc:creator>Jacqulyn Richey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Be ready for any response&quot; You hit the nail on the head with that paragraph. I had a friend that put up a post about a contest that he had entered. He was shocked by the negativity that it generated, not only at him but at the person that donated the prize.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Be ready for any response&#8221; You hit the nail on the head with that paragraph. I had a friend that put up a post about a contest that he had entered. He was shocked by the negativity that it generated, not only at him but at the person that donated the prize.</p>
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		<title>By: Andrew Flusche</title>
		<link>http://www.blogherald.com/2008/03/03/banging-the-pots-and-pans-on-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-358785</link>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Flusche</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great post, Lorelle!  Your last point is most vital, in my mind: don&#039;t worry about Google.  If you write for &lt;em&gt;people&lt;/em&gt;, they will like it, spread it around, link to you, and Google will help others find it.  But if you write for Google, people probably won&#039;t enjoy it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great post, Lorelle!  Your last point is most vital, in my mind: don&#8217;t worry about Google.  If you write for <em>people</em>, they will like it, spread it around, link to you, and Google will help others find it.  But if you write for Google, people probably won&#8217;t enjoy it.</p>
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