Comments on: Three Strategies To Improve Reader Interaction

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:33:14 +0000

@Steven: Actually, I did early on. I had business cards printed up, put up a few flyers at my gym, local university, etc. I don’t think these things really converted well, but at the time I knew nothing about online guerrilla marketing techniques. I don’t think it would hurt, but I’m not sure I’d invest to much time and money on offline marketing.

By: Steven@hundredgoals.com

Steven@hundredgoals.com — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:15:34 +0000

Have you ever tried hitting the pavement, so to speak, in trying to bring readers to your blog or is all of your “advertising” done online? I want to try to promote my blog on the street as well as on the net and am wondering if anyone has tried this approach and how it worked out for them.

By: Five Surefire Ways To Lose Readers : Side Hustle Blogging

Five Surefire Ways To Lose Readers : Side Hustle Blogging — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:22:59 +0000

[...] Do not engage readers. Most bloggers will admit that they could do a better job of interacting with readers–via email or comments. So could I. But I do try to make an effort to respond to those who [...]

By: Jules @ The Francophile Files

Jules @ The Francophile Files — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:10:04 +0000

Cool! I need to get set up with Twitter.

Merci, again, for simple, easy to do ideas.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:34:31 +0000

Great points. I would also say that sometimes if you get some reader interaction in the comments, it can also be good to just step back and let them go – instead of entering your own comment. Comments from the blog owner can sometimes cut off or stifle further comments. But for the most part commenting and interacting is awesome…

I’ll have to check out that “highlight author comments” plugin.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:52:09 +0000

@Adam: You can use something like, “background-color:palegoldenrod” to change the colors, or “border-style: dotted” to add a dotted line border around your comments.

@Yana: That’s not my personal BlackBerry, but I do have one–a Curve. For my puposes it works quite well. I primarily check email and occasionally surf the web (the web surfing is a little sluggish, and I’m told a 3G enabled device would be much faster).

@Grant, Joy, Jeff: Thanks for your comments, and for following me over here at SHB!

By: Jeff - StretchyDollar.com

Jeff - StretchyDollar.com — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:32:58 +0000

Thanks for the insight – I’ve followed FrugalDad for quite a while, it’s nice to see you practice what you preach!

By: Joy (from Just Plain Joy)

Joy (from Just Plain Joy) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:28:24 +0000

I’m really enjoying your new site. I’ve been a Frugal Dad reader for several months. This is a nice addition to the blog roll!

By: Yana

Yana — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:08:14 +0000

I have a question about the Blackberry! I am considering getting one, and am wondering if that is a picture of yours and what model it is. I am researching them currently and looking at the 8330 Curve and the Storm. Do you love yours?

By: Grant Baldwin

Grant Baldwin — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:11:56 +0000

Great, simple thoughts.

Really enjoying this new blog for those of us dabbling in the blogging world. Also, really enjoy your work over at FrugalDad.com.

Thanks for all you do!