Post by account_disabled on Jan 1, 2024 2:37:52 GMT -5
Today is a day of controversy. Every now and then we need a bit of healthy and constructive controversy, otherwise we let ourselves go too far. What are these 7 things a blogger can't stand? Let's say, to be honest, that there are 7 (among many) things that I, as a blogger , cannot stand. Things that continue to happen and, perhaps, will always happen. Few comments on a post (When you expect 50) I had mentioned it other times, for some posts I was expecting a lot of comments and instead around twenty or even less arrived. Then I publish the post on distilled books and it becomes the 3rd most commented article, with 138 comments. I didn't think so many would arrive. After all, I was one of the last to talk about it. Perhaps this topic is one of the hot ones that spark discussion. But we bloggers are not in the minds of readers.
Writing a post is like launching an advertising campaign : you don't know how it will end. You can do all the analysis you want, but you will never know who will read that post and how they will perceive it. The reader's perception is something unpredictable . I am convinced that even if we tried to propose themes similar to those addressed in the most commented posts, we would not achieve the same results. It is curious to note that the 2 most commented posts on the blog are "Publishing with a publishing Special Data house, avoiding self-publishing" and "How to publish a book without a publisher". Both guest posts. Who doesn't read the guidelines (And makes indecent proposals) Days ago I was almost bombarded with various requests: 3 complete strangers wanted to write a guest post here one wanted to buy my inventory one wanted to be interviewed one wanted to buy advertising space on the blog one sent a press release about a literary competition If they had read the guest blogging guidelines that I wrote, and also clearly, they would not have offered me their collaboration.
But it's too difficult, I imagine, to see if they have been published somewhere on the blog, the first thing to do is send an email. The fact that in the menu the "Write to me" item is actually attached to the "Guest post" item is a negligible detail. The 3 ended up in spam, also because - coincidentally - they were looking for the blessed link. I would have liked to ask the inventory guy if they could write to us in the common language, given that every 3 or 4 words he stuck in an English one and all of them were unknown to me. Cool, someone wrote to me that he wants to buy my inventory. Now it's all about figuring out what the hell I can throw at him... — Daniele Imperi (@ludus) February 2, 2016 On the “Write to me” page I also added some notes, one of which begins like this: Don't ask me to report your book, to review it, to interview you, to promote your event. But who reads them? Nobody, clearly. It's not to be snobbish, but if I please one person, then I have to please everyone and what does my blog turn into? What about advertising spaces? I am not a highway.
Writing a post is like launching an advertising campaign : you don't know how it will end. You can do all the analysis you want, but you will never know who will read that post and how they will perceive it. The reader's perception is something unpredictable . I am convinced that even if we tried to propose themes similar to those addressed in the most commented posts, we would not achieve the same results. It is curious to note that the 2 most commented posts on the blog are "Publishing with a publishing Special Data house, avoiding self-publishing" and "How to publish a book without a publisher". Both guest posts. Who doesn't read the guidelines (And makes indecent proposals) Days ago I was almost bombarded with various requests: 3 complete strangers wanted to write a guest post here one wanted to buy my inventory one wanted to be interviewed one wanted to buy advertising space on the blog one sent a press release about a literary competition If they had read the guest blogging guidelines that I wrote, and also clearly, they would not have offered me their collaboration.
But it's too difficult, I imagine, to see if they have been published somewhere on the blog, the first thing to do is send an email. The fact that in the menu the "Write to me" item is actually attached to the "Guest post" item is a negligible detail. The 3 ended up in spam, also because - coincidentally - they were looking for the blessed link. I would have liked to ask the inventory guy if they could write to us in the common language, given that every 3 or 4 words he stuck in an English one and all of them were unknown to me. Cool, someone wrote to me that he wants to buy my inventory. Now it's all about figuring out what the hell I can throw at him... — Daniele Imperi (@ludus) February 2, 2016 On the “Write to me” page I also added some notes, one of which begins like this: Don't ask me to report your book, to review it, to interview you, to promote your event. But who reads them? Nobody, clearly. It's not to be snobbish, but if I please one person, then I have to please everyone and what does my blog turn into? What about advertising spaces? I am not a highway.