coComments related to easton

Who was it that said, "If you

2008-04-11T21:48:44.052+02:00

Who was it that said, "If you don't know what jazz is, you'll never know?" Some things just have to be experienced to be understood fully. I think you've done a great job identifying two of them right here, Michael.

@Homebizseo.com That's awesome

2008-04-11T21:42:49.427+02:00

@Homebizseo.com That's awesome. Comments certainly can be a significant source of traffic.

Maki, great point. I'd guess y

2008-04-02T07:29:52.136+02:00

Maki, great point. I'd guess your blog's main topical enemies might be sites/tools that don't make money online (but may claim that they do). At Visionary Blogging, I write about honing the blog improvement and blogger self-improvement processes using skills that have to do with a sense of vision. So my enemies are things that obscure vision - ignorance, lack of focus, distraction, lack of creativity, information overload, poor time management, laziness, apathy, etc. So I should probably make that more clear in the design of my blog as well as its content. Thanks for the motivation!

You'll love SOBCon. I went to

2008-03-28T15:31:27.332+01:00

You'll love SOBCon. I went to the first one last year. It was incredible. That Star Wars album looks sweet.

Another way of putting this is

2008-03-21T14:30:06.728+01:00

Another way of putting this is that people tend to join groups or buy things not because of what they know, but because of what they feel. So you should try to make them feel cared about, loved, excited, pampered and all that good stuff. Yes, teach them the facts, but more especially, show them what happiness lies in store for them if they do business with you.

See you there, Tammy!

2008-03-15T20:07:51.462+01:00

See you there, Tammy!

Julius, I've read a lot of use

2008-03-12T13:34:22.902+01:00

Julius, I've read a lot of useless or mostly useless blogs, and yours is certainly not useless! I agree - adding meaningfully to a conversation or a corpus of knowledge makes a blog useful.

Alina, great post. I'm working

2008-03-12T13:31:45.180+01:00

Alina, great post. I'm working on something right now that is causing a lot of exhaustion and frustration - but I'm trying to keep the end goal in focus. Success lies in trying our best.

Ted's a clever guy - very smar

2008-03-11T21:49:05.756+01:00

Ted's a clever guy - very smart and funny. This will be a good read. Thanks Chris!

Spot-on list by Michael and gr

2008-03-10T21:59:08.165+01:00

Spot-on list by Michael and great comments by all. It might have been said already, but a saying of Liz Strauss's comes to mind: "Everyone is your customer, even your dad." I wish more businesses blogged with that in mind.

Steven, thanks for sharing thi

2008-03-05T16:11:23.894+01:00

Steven, thanks for sharing this. I'm writing two books about blog improvement and it is certainly harder than I thought it would be. How often do you plan to release updates to your book?

Shannon, thank you. You may no

2008-02-28T14:42:50.145+01:00

Shannon, thank you. You may not feel like you know how to "do this," but in a way you just did by posting here. The solution is to share your anger. And you should be mad. I am also a 21st-century American. If all who have ever lived were to form a line in descending order of the privileges and pampering they received in life, I'm sure we would be excruciatingly close to the front. And I fear that the closer to the front of the line people get, the stiffer they let their necks become. They tend to cease turning around toward those less fortunate. Twice in my life I have left the U.S. to live in less wealthy parts of the world for at least two years. Both times I was overcome by the material poverty and spiritual riches I encountered. And both times I returned angry at the pride and greed of my own nation. We who have been given much hold in our hands the golden opportunity to empower and nourish the rest of the world. All would eventually be solved if every generation began to teach the next to think of all people as brothers and sisters and to share material, intellectual and spiritual wealth freely. I believe that will happen someday. You and others like you will be the driving force. Best wishes Shannon.

Chris (and Lisa), no worries.

2008-02-04T16:32:39.790+01:00

Chris (and Lisa), no worries. You guys are doing what you should be doing. I do hope to see you at SOBCon if you can make it! Best wishes with all your exciting work together.

I agree, Lynn.

2008-01-29T18:05:30.823+01:00

I agree, Lynn.

Lynn and everyone, thanks for

2008-01-26T16:27:47.278+01:00

Lynn and everyone, thanks for the informative discussion. Our blog network was PR-kneecapped by Google a couple of weeks ago. Since then it's been a scramble to implement the kinds of changes you are all recommending. We're putting nofollow everywhere it needs to go. It's just hard to swallow given that we've tried so hard to play by Google's rules all this time, and given a good chunk of change to Google via AdSense and AdWords, and still we get treated like we don't matter to them. So yes, I do think, as others here do, that Google needs to not be in such total control. But unless and until another search engine rises (or several) to challenge its giant market share, things will probably remain this way.

Hey everyone - I haven't read

2007-11-26T15:46:44.048+01:00

Hey everyone - I haven't read the post or comments yet, just wanted to jump down here and say thanks for making a growing thread of it, and especially thanks to Michael for taking the time to do this. It may impact all 100+ Know More Media blogs as we're going to move to WordPress very soon and do a revamp of our blogs' look and feel.

Do it, dude. Do it. It's all

2007-10-11T18:40:33.538+02:00

Do it, dude. Do it. It's all about being different in a way that makes a difference. Awesome video - thanks for sharing that.

Know More Media doesn't offer

2007-09-05T18:00:27.838+02:00

Know More Media doesn't offer newsletters at the moment but this discussion has sparked my interest. Thanks Dawud!

Good synthesis and thoughts, R

2007-08-31T15:44:54.721+02:00

Good synthesis and thoughts, Rick. I'm pretty sure you can limit the coComment feed to just your own comments. I think that's how I have mine set up in Google Reader, anyway. Ping me if you need help. Also, no need to call it a lifestream/ideastream - not that it's wrong to call it that either, just that you can call it whatever you wish. Another interesting thing is that you can easily create something like this to "stalk" (let's hope in a positive way) another person around the Web. And of course, you could throw followers off your trail by using unexpected user names, having friends/employees do some publishing under your name, etc. It opens a whole new bag.

Drastic indeed! Thanks for po

2007-07-28T19:30:56.198+02:00

Drastic indeed! Thanks for posting this, Michelle.

Enjoy! I was just doing some

2007-07-28T07:38:47.139+02:00

Enjoy! I was just doing some research for a post and happened by. Hope you have a great time at the conference, Robyn!

It's good, every week or so, t

2007-06-02T17:33:58.522+02:00

It's good, every week or so, to take a few minutes to look at where your time went over the past week and regroup for the new week. Time slips by so fast and we bloggers need to be careful how they use it as it passes!

Nice tips, Matthew! #7 and #1

2007-05-22T23:02:05.461+02:00

Nice tips, Matthew! #7 and #13 have been especially weighing on my mind lately.

I've been obsessively hording

2007-05-19T17:33:45.974+02:00

I've been obsessively hording blogging tips for over a year and a half now, Lorelle, so it surprised me to crack open your new book and find that *so much* of what's in there I either hadn't thought of in that way or simply hadn't considered at all. EXCELLENT resource, well worth the money, and highly recommended for anyone who wants to succeed at blogging.

errrrrrrrmm, HEY! buh-duh-duh-

2007-05-18T17:08:12.369+02:00

errrrrrrrmm, HEY! buh-duh-duh-duh ... Loved it.

Awesome poem, man!

2007-05-14T22:35:02.502+02:00

Awesome poem, man!

Most companies should blog. N

2007-05-03T19:38:45.835+02:00

Most companies should blog. Nearly all of 'em ought to at LEAST monitor blogs carefully - which is a piece of cake with RSS.

Email me if you still need an

2007-04-24T19:02:05.330+02:00

Email me if you still need an invite Melissa - I have 2 left!

I don't know much about RSS Ap

2007-03-16T18:57:10.161+01:00

I don't know much about RSS Applied, but I have seen some good articles from them in the past. How confusing and distressing to hear about this - I hope the confusion gets cleared up soon. Hopefully it's not as it seems.

Love the image. Love #2 espec

2007-03-09T15:51:03.966+01:00

Love the image. Love #2 especially - la pasión es MUY contagiosa.

And 6th for Kian. You

2007-03-08T18:16:44.473+01:00

And 6th for Kian. You typically get what you pay for. It's worth it to spend a few bucks and get your own domain name. More power goes with it.

Very important thoughts - than

2007-02-21T17:02:27.978+01:00

Very important thoughts - thanks, Daniel!

I feel so bad for whoever fini

2007-02-20T23:01:04.018+01:00

I feel so bad for whoever finishes sixth - at least some cleaning tips would be in order for them. :)

Great thoughts here - I'm putt

2007-02-20T17:37:44.562+01:00

Great thoughts here - I'm putting together a video for my company and these tips will come in very handy!

Can I just say 2007 is The Yea

2007-02-14T18:23:45.126+01:00

Can I just say 2007 is The Year of The Widget, or did somebody beat me to it? Nice post Aaron. :)

Thanks, Chris. It's been a wh

2007-01-10T16:00:02.870+01:00

Thanks, Chris. It's been a while since I read InstaBLOKE, but I remember his posts as being excellent. For some reason I didn't know about Scott Adams' blog. Definitely worth checking out!

I like your style! Fun stuff.

2006-08-15T18:43:02.543+02:00

I like your style! Fun stuff.

testing 1-2-3 - the latest and

2006-07-25T19:10:03.954+02:00

testing 1-2-3 - the latest and greatest coCo version

Thanks for updating the world

2006-07-20T19:09:18.572+02:00

Thanks for updating the world on this, Marshall. I've been practically obsessed with coComment for the past several months because of the tremendous potential it has. For active commenters like me, a tool like this is a world-changer.

Shel, maybe I'm missing someth

2006-05-29T20:03:10.006+02:00

Shel, maybe I'm missing something, but didn't you post Brian's name already? I agree, it's a great little blog. Way to go Brian!

Thanks, Rick. I appreciate th

2006-05-22T19:32:11.085+02:00

Thanks, Rick. I appreciate that! I also try to add my own couple of cents to whatever news I report on. I really am itching to integrate coComment into my blog (and all the rest of the KMM blogs for that matter). Great job doing that! I am submitting this comment with the extension disabled to pretend I'm a non-coCo user, but the coComment box still appears - which is a great thing. I assume you are thus able to use coCo to track all comments at your site?

Rick, I haven't felt the funk

2006-05-22T17:07:19.207+02:00

Rick, I haven't felt the funk myself - I'm actually just starting to enjoy being out of grad school and gearing up to post more frequently. There certainly is a lot of duplicated, tired, rehashed content out there, though!

Ann, thanks for mentioning the

2006-05-15T21:24:18.317+02:00

Ann, thanks for mentioning the fun experimental Skypecast we had on Friday. I plan to do another one this week - I'll announce it at BusinessBlogWire. I'm happy that you're enjoying your initial experiences with Skype and I hope the Skypecast's questionable overall sound quality won't deter you. By the way, I just read that Skype is now offering FREE calls to ANY phone in the U.S. and Canada till the end of 2006 - that's how I understand it, anyway. Awesome!

Giving up - committing blogici

2006-05-11T19:27:50.928+02:00

Giving up - committing blogicide - is so easy, especially after the honeymoon phase has worn off and before the real rewards start pouring in. To all bloggers, but especially to those who have been blogging for anywhere from two weeks to six months, I say, "Don't give up! Stick with it!" I've blogged for about seven months now and I'm starting to see a snowball effect of traffic and links - and most especially, respect and relationships. I'm getting to know bloggers who might not have taken me seriously back when I only had a few posts up and didn't know a Meebo from a Mabber (okay, I still don't really know those two apart :)). Your tip number five is interesting - don't know if I've ever heard it before, but I think I agree. Being prolific becomes a bit less important once you've got a sizable captive audience.

This will sound geeky perhaps,

2006-05-10T18:35:02.504+02:00

This will sound geeky perhaps, but here goes: "The blogosphere" is a socially constructed concept or identity, not necessarily a reality with that term attached to it. You're exactly right, Jeff. There isn't even a cohesive, unified "we" or "us" to it. Sure, there are trends, unifying characteristics, and other general aspects that can be applied loosely (or tightly) to certain segments of the blogging population, or maybe even to all of it, but we still have to realize that when we say "THE BLOGOSPHERE," we actually mean something else - for example, we are implying a certain political bias, or a certain style of reporting, etc. I don't think it's wrong to use the term "blogosphere." I just think it's naive to assume that everyone understands it to mean the same thing, or that all blogs somehow agree with one another or follow some mystical rules of physics that apply universally in some sort of collective entity. These ramblings were brought to you by a grad student in history, hence the "socially constructed" thang. It's a fascinating topic to me, though: the changing ways in which people perceive what's happening to media and the sharing of ideas and information.

Rick, I have the same problem

2006-05-08T19:52:02.158+02:00

Rick, I have the same problem - I wish you could train the extension to remember that certain pages are not for commenting! But hopefully that will get fixed in an upcoming release.

I love coComment. The extensi

2006-05-07T01:21:41.483+02:00

I love coComment. The extension for Firefox has made it so much easier to use and I just want to praise the coComment team all day long. I make a LOT of comments all over the place and it gets really hard for me track where and when I make them and what I've said. Plus, if another coCommenter comes along and responds to any of my coComments, I know about it within five minutes thanks to the nex Firefox extension. Those guys are really on to something amazing with this new tool. It's changed the way I blog - for the better.

Shel, this topic calls to mind

2006-04-30T06:52:00.195+02:00

Shel, this topic calls to mind a different bubble from the dreaded Bubble 2.0 investors are fearing - namely, the bubble enclosing those who assume that the world consists primarily of their home country.