Comments on: To Beg, Bribe or Comment? http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/11/to-beg-bribe-or-comment News, commentary, tools and tips about business blogging and the world of corporate blogs Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:57:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Janet Johnson http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/11/to-beg-bribe-or-comment#comment-70130 Janet Johnson Wed, 29 Nov 2006 02:47:04 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/11/to-beg-bribe-or-comment.html#comment-70130 Stephan, You're right. The best way to develop and maintain relationships in the blogosphere is by using the currency of the blogosphere - comments and trackbacks. As the person at Marqui who managed the PayBloggers program (and resulting brouhaha), the best thing I think we did was to stop paying others to blog about us, and to begin blogging ourselves. As a full-fledged participant, I always counsel people looking for success in the blogosphere to comment, comment, comment. In order to get, you have to give... Stephan,

You’re right. The best way to develop and maintain relationships in the blogosphere is by using the currency of the blogosphere - comments and trackbacks.

As the person at Marqui who managed the PayBloggers program (and resulting brouhaha), the best thing I think we did was to stop paying others to blog about us, and to begin blogging ourselves. As a full-fledged participant, I always counsel people looking for success in the blogosphere to comment, comment, comment.

In order to get, you have to give…

]]> By: » Blog Comments = Networking in Web 2.0 - Jon Payne (.net) Web Marketing Blog http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/11/to-beg-bribe-or-comment#comment-69893 » Blog Comments = Networking in Web 2.0 - Jon Payne (.net) Web Marketing Blog Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:42:11 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/11/to-beg-bribe-or-comment.html#comment-69893 [...] I’ve read a few of Stephen Spencer’s posts lately about the importance of commenting on blogs for bloggers and other online marketers.  In a nutshell, he argues that (legitimate, thoughtful) comments are as important as posting one’s own blog posts, in that they help build relationships.  I wanted to share my comment on his post: [...] [...] I’ve read a few of Stephen Spencer’s posts lately about the importance of commenting on blogs for bloggers and other online marketers.  In a nutshell, he argues that (legitimate, thoughtful) comments are as important as posting one’s own blog posts, in that they help build relationships.  I wanted to share my comment on his post: [...]

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