Comments on: Tweets, diggs, stumbles-What really counts?

By: dsuzuki

dsuzuki — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:53:40 +0000

Bumbles-Technorati never got back to me about the problems I was having either but it wasn’t worth the headache for me. I definitely notice certain types of post garner more traffic but they just aren’t the types of things I like to write about and I’m fine with that. I agree about rather focusing on comments than other media types.

By: Bumbles

Bumbles — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:32:41 +0000

I think you are smart to narrow your social networking focus down to the handful you enjoy and maximize their potential for you.

I do monitor our stats via Google Followers and Google Analytics. I think the Feedburner is the most accurate reflection of those checking in on your blog, regardless of the method. That is a feature through Google as well.

Promoting those details via widgets can give new visitors to your blog a sense of the size of community they are interacting with.

Other than that, unless you are selling a product or building a brand it is really helpful just internally for determining the types of posts garner more interest than others.

I tried to list our blog on Technorati but it didn’t work and lots of other people were having issues based on the Support forums. No one ever replied to my help requests so I decided that wasn’t the type of company I cared to exert a lot of effort with.

I joined Stumble Upon in order to promote some paid posts for a website I work for and became prompty confused. It seems to me that unless you scratch lots of backs along the way for favors, your posts will wallow at the bottom of Stumble priority. I would rather exert that effort directly with our readers via Comments.

I’m avoiding Twitter altogether. I can barely keep up with the Blog. I leave Facebook to my husband.

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By: dsuzuki

dsuzuki — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:47:55 +0000

Sheila, I used to be big in Book Blogs as well but then I guess because I belong to so many groups I would get like 7 emails about the same thing because a person would post in each forum. It just got to be too much too. So I do only check in occasionally or if I am looking for something specific.

By: dsuzuki

dsuzuki — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:46:35 +0000

LOL. I debated trying to use them for giveaways but never even got that far.

By: HODGEPODGESPV

HODGEPODGESPV — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:25:32 +0000

i have used both digg and stumble upon when requested as an entry to a giveaway but that is all…if not requested, i doubt i would use it for much of anything.

By: Sheila DeChantal

Sheila DeChantal — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:47:23 +0000

I signed up for Stumble and Digg in the begining but I really dont understand them and honestly do not use them. I agree with you on the too much to do! I started out big in Book Blogs and that actually got me really going but now seems Like I get in there maybe once a week to see what s new.

By: dsuzuki

dsuzuki — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:18:14 +0000

Ok, I’m glad I’m not the only one who hasn’t tried Digg or Stumble. It just takes too much time to try and figure out how they all work and which ones are worth the time to check out.

Sometimes I wonder if I’m missing out on something great but just don’t have the time to keep up with it all. I am glad I finally signed up with Twitter. It’s been on of my favorite new things.

Paula-that’s interesting to hear from the publicist’s point of view. What types of stats do you normally look for? One blog tour company said they required a certain number of comments per post which I thought was interesting but I think a lot of blogs have readers who don’t often comment. I know until recently I rarely commented and there are about 100 blogs I read steadily.

By: Paula Krapf

Paula Krapf — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:15:39 +0000

Good for you – make your blog what you want it to be!

From a publicist’s perspective, if I need to know blog stats I can get them myself. There are various free tools available to obtain this information, and I think anyone doing the pitching would want to do their homework up front. That also lets you (and others who don’t have the time to deal with it) off the hook!

By: HODGEPODGESPV

HODGEPODGESPV — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:25:45 +0000

Do you actively try to promote you blog using things like Stumble, Digg, etc and do you pay much attention to stats? Are your blog stats important to you? Which stats matter most to you?

No, but I seem to promote the blogs of others when they have me use Digg, etc to enter contests.

Stats? NO, I don’t pay attention to them because they are not important to me. I do watch who is following my blog… I am always amazed when the number rises.

Do you ever look at the avatars of the people following you? I do. Those are real people.

I like this posting by the by.