Comments on: Are A-List Bloggers Really all That Great?

By: Terence Chang

Terence Chang — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:47:57 +0000

Mirjam:

I was wondering why your comment is blocked by my Thunderbird email client. I realized that you were using the word “ASS” in your comment.

Never mind!

I just want to clarify my personal point of views. Many bloggers treat A-list blogger equally to make money online bloggers. Yes. Many A-list bloggers made good money off their blog, but that doesn’t mean they are blogging for money. Making good money is the result of their hard working.

I don’t think people will care to be an A-List blogger, if they can make a million dollar a year off their online store, web site, home project or just their career.

Would John Chow or Darren visit your blog make you feel better? I won’t.
I do, however, get so exciting, when someone in the MM class (Multi-millionaire) contact me about my statement in my post.

Personally, you blog for fun and you blog for people what want to read your blog. You are not blogging for A-List blogger. After all, A-list blogger is just a human being, who try to make something meaningful for themselves and enjoy their life.

We are all the same!

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By: Mirjam

Mirjam — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:32:16 +0000

you are right, there are plugins that will give you some time to edit your comment after having posted it, thanks for the reminder, it was somewhere on my “to-do-list” *grin*

By: Mirjam

Mirjam — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:30:15 +0000

I donÂ´t think there is anything wrong with monetizing your blog, but if you do it the wrong way, it will come and bite you in the ass sooner or later I have looked into the possibility of doing some, but havenÂ´t read received that many offers I would be comfortable with publishing

By: Mirjam

Mirjam — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:28:00 +0000

it certainly does have that effect on me!

By: Mirjam

Mirjam — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:26:46 +0000

as far as A-listers commenting here …. it depends on who you think of … there are a few people commenting here that are in the 45n5 top100 if that is what you mean :P

By: Mirjam

Mirjam — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:21:40 +0000

Hi Cassie, I do try to reply to all comments I receive over here, although at times it does take up quite some time, and sometimes a comment is left I really donÂ´t have anything to reply with

Again… it is all about priorities and the reason behind running the blog in the first place

By: WebDiggin

WebDiggin — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:11:20 +0000

whoops, sorry Mirjam. I must have forgot to close that link tag. Sorry. That reminds me. Maybe I'll look into finding that plugin that allows you to preview your comments before you submit. I think there's even a plugin that lets you edit your comments. We'll see... WebDiggin's last blog post..SEO Plugin for FireFox to help you with your Article Marketing

By: WebDiggin

WebDiggin — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:08:55 +0000

Yeah. I'm torn about the sponsored post thing. You can definitely spot the sponsored posts... (Actually, can you? Can regular websurfers spot them if they aren't self-identified?) I think you can inject a little humour in the sponsored posts. (I'm surprised our piss off post was accepted.) But as for payperpost / smorty killing your page rank... MrsMoney, I popped over to your site. Aren't you still PR0? (We're PR0 too! High-five!) When I google search your site, you're still indexed: I got 129 pages from your site in google. But, are you making a lot of money with your google ads? We weren't making any money with our contextual ads, but last month we made around $80 from sponsored posts. So ... Still torn about sponsored posts. But so far, they're a means to an end for us. We're using the money from the sponsored posts to fuel contests. Maybe we can build to a point where we wont need to do sponsored posts anymore. WebDiggin's last blog post..SEO Plugin for FireFox to help you with your Article Marketing

By: MrsMoney

MrsMoney — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:12:32 +0000

I hear you! I hate that people are doing paid posts. You can tell when they are just posting to get paid for promoting something. I was going to try smorty but decided against it. I decided that I wouldn’t do payperpost or smorty or anything because it can kill your rank with Google. Not worth it in my opinion.

I just wanted to stop by and say hi and thanks for the comment. Nice blog!

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By: WebDiggin

WebDiggin — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:12:10 +0000

Cassie – do you get comments from other people or not at all? I ‘don’t ever expect a response from a John Chow or a ShoeMoney, but it’s nice to get feedback from the other bloggers who visit those sites.

If A-list blogs attract a lot of traffic, then doesn’t it make sense to leave comments on those blogs to peak the interest of the passer-by?

Mind you, I’ve mostly focused on other blogs because they’re more likely to come back and leave a comment… John chow did pass through WebDiggin once, but didn’t leave a comment . That would be something.

Has anyone had a comment left by an A-list blog owner?

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