Comments on: Should I Attract Traffic or Should I Hold to My Values? http://elementaltruths.com/2008/01/30/should-i-attract-traffic-or-should-i-hold-to-my-values/ Somewhere Around the Psychology, Philosophy and Theology Section at Your Local Library. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:40:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Karen Johannessen http://elementaltruths.com/2008/01/30/should-i-attract-traffic-or-should-i-hold-to-my-values/#comment-616 Karen Johannessen Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:04:15 +0000 http://elementaltruths.com/2008/01/30/should-i-attract-traffic-or-should-i-hold-to-my-values/#comment-616 Oh, Yeah ~ what Phil said! It works: I am a faithful reader of Karen Hanrahan's Best of Mother Earth blog, and when she mentioned you, I followed her links back here. A follow-up question to ask yourself, re: Attract traffic or stick to my values? is "What is the intrinsic value of 'Traffic'? What would having lots more people see my words do for me?" and "How would compromising my Values for the sake of Traffic add anything to the world?" (Bet you can tell, I'm firmly on the "we don't need or want any more hate and disharmony" side.) I haven't seen any entries yet that call out your political or social values, but I'd bet they're well-reasoned, mostly calm, and nuanced, not black-or-white-dammit-there-is-no-grey-or purple. BlogExplosion will expose you to folks who resonate with that, and folks who don't. That's okay. Just make like a duck, and let any negative vibes roll off your back; block the senders, if you have to. Even if they rant in their own blogs about it, it's doing the viral marketing thing, and getting exposure for your ideas and services. Phil's traffic (and Karen's, and others you link to/comment on) will probably already relate to your message, and spread the word, too. That's also a GoodThing! Use all the channels you want to, but *Don't* compromise just for the sake of eyeballs. Bright Blessings! Karen J. Oh, Yeah ~ what Phil said!

It works: I am a faithful reader of Karen Hanrahan’s Best of Mother Earth blog, and when she mentioned you, I followed her links back here.

A follow-up question to ask yourself, re: Attract traffic or stick to my values? is “What is the intrinsic value of ‘Traffic’? What would having lots more people see my words do for me?” and “How would compromising my Values for the sake of Traffic add anything to the world?” (Bet you can tell, I’m firmly on the “we don’t need or want any more hate and disharmony” side.)

I haven’t seen any entries yet that call out your political or social values, but I’d bet they’re well-reasoned, mostly calm, and nuanced, not black-or-white-dammit-there-is-no-grey-or purple.

BlogExplosion will expose you to folks who resonate with that, and folks who don’t. That’s okay. Just make like a duck, and let any negative vibes roll off your back; block the senders, if you have to. Even if they rant in their own blogs about it, it’s doing the viral marketing thing, and getting exposure for your ideas and services.

Phil’s traffic (and Karen’s, and others you link to/comment on) will probably already relate to your message, and spread the word, too.
That’s also a GoodThing!

Use all the channels you want to, but *Don’t* compromise just for the sake of eyeballs.

Bright Blessings!
Karen J.

]]> By: Phil Gerbyshak http://elementaltruths.com/2008/01/30/should-i-attract-traffic-or-should-i-hold-to-my-values/#comment-606 Phil Gerbyshak Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:04:09 +0000 http://elementaltruths.com/2008/01/30/should-i-attract-traffic-or-should-i-hold-to-my-values/#comment-606 Reg - I think you can do both. The key is to authentically connect with others that inspire you. Blog Explosion is one avenue, but who knows what type of traffic you'll get. You've built a little network of blog friends, now leverage that and meet more folks. Follow the folks on your friends' blog rolls and say hello when the urge strikes. Balance the 80% of writing against the 20% of commenting, but tip it to 60/40 and comment MORE with more value. You have TONS of content here, you just need folks to get to know your worth. Tell you what...e-mail me a never before published personal development article for Make It Great!, and a never before published productivity, organization or management article for Slacker Manager, and I'll share it with my readers. That'll be 15000 subscribers between the 2 blogs I write, and I'd be happy to have you as a guest author. Write a great byline with great content, and you'll get readers for life. Or keep up with Blog Explosion...and you'll get who knows what. Up to you. Reg - I think you can do both. The key is to authentically connect with others that inspire you. Blog Explosion is one avenue, but who knows what type of traffic you’ll get.

You’ve built a little network of blog friends, now leverage that and meet more folks.

Follow the folks on your friends’ blog rolls and say hello when the urge strikes.

Balance the 80% of writing against the 20% of commenting, but tip it to 60/40 and comment MORE with more value. You have TONS of content here, you just need folks to get to know your worth.

Tell you what…e-mail me a never before published personal development article for Make It Great!, and a never before published productivity, organization or management article for Slacker Manager, and I’ll share it with my readers. That’ll be 15000 subscribers between the 2 blogs I write, and I’d be happy to have you as a guest author. Write a great byline with great content, and you’ll get readers for life.

Or keep up with Blog Explosion…and you’ll get who knows what.

Up to you.

]]> By: Reg http://elementaltruths.com/2008/01/30/should-i-attract-traffic-or-should-i-hold-to-my-values/#comment-605 Reg Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:35:06 +0000 http://elementaltruths.com/2008/01/30/should-i-attract-traffic-or-should-i-hold-to-my-values/#comment-605 I don't think I can do both. I don’t think I can do both.

]]> By: tfa http://elementaltruths.com/2008/01/30/should-i-attract-traffic-or-should-i-hold-to-my-values/#comment-604 tfa Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:00:04 +0000 http://elementaltruths.com/2008/01/30/should-i-attract-traffic-or-should-i-hold-to-my-values/#comment-604 can't you do both? I do - and I haven't noticed someone with horns and goats feet offering me money for my soul. can’t you do both? I do - and I haven’t noticed someone with horns and goats feet offering me money for my soul.

]]> By: Reg http://elementaltruths.com/2008/01/30/should-i-attract-traffic-or-should-i-hold-to-my-values/#comment-603 Reg Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:54:58 +0000 http://elementaltruths.com/2008/01/30/should-i-attract-traffic-or-should-i-hold-to-my-values/#comment-603 You are most probably right. Thank you for the comment. You are most probably right. Thank you for the comment.

]]> By: mad http://elementaltruths.com/2008/01/30/should-i-attract-traffic-or-should-i-hold-to-my-values/#comment-602 mad Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:23:22 +0000 http://elementaltruths.com/2008/01/30/should-i-attract-traffic-or-should-i-hold-to-my-values/#comment-602 I think you should write what moves you and don't stop till it doesn't move you anymore. I think you should write what moves you and don’t stop till it doesn’t move you anymore.

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