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Comment on Why You Need to Edit Your Blog Posts by marcelino

marcelino — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:11:46 +0000

Frankly, it takes me forever to get out of the wordpress editor, after spending a good 30 minutes in Word to start the process.

However, patience is important and getting it right before hitting publish button is essential–correct.
2 steps I have found helps my editorial process.
1. schedule the post for the next day, gives me several hours to walk away and come back and take one last look before it hits the home page.
2. Subscribe to your own blog, I also archive my feed emails and go back and read them weeks later, and I often find a word or two that is a"poor" choice of words to get my point across.
thanks, informative read

Comment on Engaging Your Facebook Fans by marcelino

marcelino — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:57:24 +0000

I have been running into a bunch of chain linkers of late, had to cut-off a few in the process after they tries to un-intentionally block my actual friends status updates. Points well-take and will use effectively in the future. Excellent and informative post of a somewhat ignored subject for bloggers.

Comment on Using LinkedIn Groups to Increase Traffic to Your Business Blog by NightWalker

NightWalker — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:19:12 +0000

Rather cool blog you’ve got here. Thanks for it. I like such topics and anything connected to this matter. I definitely want to read a bit more on that blog soon.

Truly yours

Comment on Why You Need to Edit Your Blog Posts by Josh Allen

Josh Allen — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:09:42 +0000

Revision, Revision, Revision. No matter how many times I revise an article, I still find things I want to change the next time I read it. Because I try and post to my blog everyday, the amount of time I have to edit and revise is limited. I think this is one of the big differences between blogging and traditional media, less time for editing and revision.

Comment on Why You Need to Edit Your Blog Posts by AP

AP — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:06:58 +0000

Yes Michael, I wait for actual traffic, comments and feedback before I go back and edit. I only use this approach for optimization and search engine visibility after the fact!
I sometimes have undeveloped ideas and my readers are ok with this. Sometimes they offer feedback that eventually goes into the blog post. Or, I notice that the search engines picked up my blog post for a different keyword phrase.
Try using semrush of your site and see what keywords you are ranking for. Not sure if semrush is reliable, but interesting nonetheless.

Comment on Creating the Ultimate Facebook Fan Page for Your Business by Zotsogclort

Zotsogclort — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:24:59 +0000

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Comment on Facebook: Fan Page vs Group by Latief@AnotherBlogger

Latief@AnotherBlogger — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:04:58 +0000

Really interesting bro I should create a group now on Facebook

Comment on Why You Need to Edit Your Blog Posts by Michael Cohn

Michael Cohn — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:24:47 +0000

Angie,
You have a very unusual way of improving your writing and editing skills by using SEO and Google Analytics. This is the first time that I heard about this approach.

SEO and Google Analytics have nothing to do with writing and editing skills. I don’t think your approach will work. You may want to consider taking some creative writing and editing classes instead or hire a professional.

Comment on Why You Need to Edit Your Blog Posts by AP

AP — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:38:37 +0000

Carolyn, I was merely empathizing with the bloggers who find it hard to write error free since I've been in their shoes and offering a reason as to why some blog posts offered by some bloggers are not error free. Writing is not the only medium available to social media content producers or bloggers. Podcasting and videos might be a better medium for people who struggle like me. I find that after posting a blog entry and using Google analytics I CAN optimize my entry after receiving actual traffic. I too agree that it (writing for readers and the search engines) can be done but for me it’s only after I can analyze actual reader traffic. Just my take on what you stated above.

Comment on Why You Need to Edit Your Blog Posts by Carolyn Cohn

Carolyn Cohn — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:57:02 +0000

AP:
Just because bloggers work with a large volume of content does not mean that they don't need to make the content perfect from an English language perspective. The problem with errors in content is that it can be so distracting to the reader that they may not be able to concentrate on what is being said after that. In that case, you haven't accomplished anythng of value in your posting.
I disagree that fulfilling the readers' needs and satifying the search engines cannot happen simultaneously. One has nothing to do with the other. If you have pride in the quality of your content, you will either look at it very carefully from an editorial perspective before you publish it or ask someone else who has a strong editorial sense to do it for you.
I do agree that quality is more important than quantity.