http://www.cocomment.com/comments/davepress Copyright 2007 coComment.com 2009-11-22T12:45:16.547+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/images/logo4rss.gif http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=davepress&conv=1289744&comment_id=24706844 Anonymous @ Paul and Peter - thanks for the suggestions! @ Jeremy - that sounds very interesting. Are you going? 2008-03-10T14:44:34.505+01:00 2008-03-10T14:44:34.505+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=davepress&conv=1277881&comment_id=24580994 Dave Briggs I think this is all a part of the direct marketing theories. It's actually remarkable how these terrible websites actually get perhaps not particularly web-savvy folk to part with their cash. It's as nasty and cynical as an awful lot of advertising and PR is. 2008-03-01T23:13:14.994+01:00 2008-03-01T23:13:14.994+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=davepress&conv=1251372&comment_id=24194759 Anonymous Thanks for all the positive feedback guys. @William - it's a tricky one really. I'd like to think that good content naturally attracts attention and readers. Perhaps if the stuff one writes doesn't lend itself to having outbound links, one has to pimp your blog around in other ways: comments on other blogs, maybe emailing other bloggers who might be interested, using social networks like Digg and Reddit. @Paul - Twitter's a good suggestion for an online notebook - and one you can update by SMS too... Maybe worth having a second, private account for this and have the RSS piped into your feed reader to remind you... @Andy - I've never read a book on blogging. Will look those up - I wonder if Kettering library will have them?! @Jeremy I keep meaning to do some YouTubing on here - my original post on comments etc was going to be a rambling video. Will look at my list of post ideas and see if any will suit! 2008-02-16T20:33:02.199+01:00 2008-02-16T20:33:02.199+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=davepress&conv=1251380&comment_id=24169952 Anonymous @emma - yeah, strategy is vital when planning communities, and indeed social media endeavours of any kind. If you just build it, they won't come, resources need to be set aside to ensure people are engaged - it ain't easy. @Matt - that's an important part of the facilitator's role, policing the community. But equally vital is the active promotion of more positive contributions. 2008-02-15T21:26:04.339+01:00 2008-02-15T21:26:04.339+01:00