Tips and Tricks for Making Money with Interviews

First to post useless drivel

Oh you dare me to leave a comment here I go :

I was on my facebook and someone had a status with a link to a cnn website : http://money.cnn.com/2010/04/14/real_estate/Ame…

That article puts facebook comment system as you can see. Even if the comment add more or less value… The website owner can receive some traffic back from facebook (like me) and not just the commenter

Not perfect but I like marketing idea behind it…

Of course a strict comment policy is always good …

I hope I add some value.

There is something to be said for getting into flame wars in your blog's comments. My associate Tim Sykes does that all the time and I know he has convinced some people to sign up to his site because of how well he has manhandled certain haters.

I'd delete this but I laughed so I guess it provided something…

Interesting Ricardo – might be interesting to use Facebook as a comment system instead of the regular WordPress system or even Disqus like we do here. I can definitely see the benefit of that since Facebook is so heavily used.

Yes your comment adds value – thanks!

“Great post as always, John! I'm definitely going to use those tips!”

I can see that Michael – controversy is always good for traffic. Although I don't know how Tim does it – he's got armor skin.

My general sense, though, is that hammering back at the trolls rarely results in sales – just more trolling.

OK, funny. I'll let this one slide since you were first – all the rest of the like will be deleted.

I get kinda tired of, sick of really, the comment “thang” on my public sites, but for some reason I absolutely love comments from “members” of paid sites.

Hmmmm …..

Maybe we should all start charging 10 cents to post a comment on our blogs. Even a penny would keep most junk out and make sure someone has something worth saying.

I think some comments are incredibly helpful, but they're about 10% of the total and the other 90% eat up time because you have to read, moderate & respond to them.

I've been considering killing comments on my site and only allowing them via Twitter. It would hold commenters accountable and encourage links to my posts.

“Popularity breeds haters and haters love to give the blogger crap in the comments. And for some twisted sense of “transparency and open conversation” the blogger feels they need to leave that garbage in there.”

I'll simply add that life is too short for any decent blogger to deal with such drivel.

It's a huge time waster and energy zapper.

(Feel free to delete of course!)

Don Miller

Interesting thought Andrew. That also solves the problem of anonymity a bit. Sure you can create a fake twitter account to comment, but that would be more work than it's worth and the comment quality would probably increase.

Amen, Don. Not sure where that thought comes from that everyone gets a voice on a blog. Nonsense. Do those same bloggers allow anyone who comes to the front door of their home inside and stay for a while if they want? Makes no sense to me.

I agree that life is too short to deal with drivel. James Hague wrote a very good blog post along the same lines, exlpaining why he doesn't allow comments on his blog – http://prog21.dadgum.com/57.html.

See this is what I'm talking about – that was a great link Hrishi, and it adds to the conversation because I didn't know about James' post. Thanks for posting it and I appreciate you adding value to this post.

Phew! Normally I would not even post a comment like that but that article is so good I had to. I'm lucky that you hadn't read it before. Because I feel the second biggest noise factor on the internet (after contentless pats on the back) is duplication of content – the incessant link sharing and reposting of the same content over and over again that “social media” has accelerated to the point where I jump with joy when I see good original content now.

I just saw the announcement of your new 4-week course on InterviewIncome.com and am very impressed that you are creating content which you think is worth hundreds of dollars. For most things I read on the internet, I want to get paid for the time lost and brain damage. It's good to see you create solid content which promises to deliver value.

It's an interesting issue. Great content naturally creates a lot of links, yet the folks who “share” on networking sites the most and are good at it are able to sometimes distribute stuff that isn't so great. Social networking has definitely increased the noise factor.

Thanks for the thoughts on InterviewIncome.com. It's different than most everything out there so it should do well.

This is over-reactionary. I want comments, even the simple ones that don't “contribute” to the conversation. I maintain that comments are the blogger's food. Taking the time to comment is an endorsement. I appreciate it. I get very few comments on my posts these days, but that's because I'm not blogging for traffic anymore.

I could just as easily write a post about how much a waste of time it is to write contradictory posts for the sake of generating conversation. But then, you've already mastered that with this post.

And P.S.,

I'm still going to return and read other posts, simply because I think you have interesting points of view (regardless of how quasi-sensational this particular post is).

“Useless Drivel is DEAD!” Promise. It said so in a blog.

I'm don't write posts to generate traffic Daniel – you better read around here for a bit before you jump to conclusions.

Why the bitterness? Sounds like you've got some of your own issues you need to deal with.

I've been around the block, Tim. I've read all sorts of “Such and Such is Dead” blog posts. I completely disagree with your premise. So what if someone thanks you for a good post as long as they don't spam the username field? I only remove comments when someone puts in a keyword phrase instead of a name or company.

I think those comments you hate provide something web analytics don't – verification that they found something interesting. You can be negative and automatically assume they're just in it for the link (which is a lame tactic anyway). But I assume that they took the time for a reason. And rather than just stare at my analytics and wonder about all those readers who bounced from the first page, I can look at comments and know for sure they didn't land here by mistake.

Point is, those comments have value if you allow them to.

Now that's a helpful comment – why didn't you just say that in the first place? Thanks for proving my point…

And P.S.,

Asking telling a commenter who disagrees with you that they have their own issues they need to deal with… it's reminiscent of many smug, elitist bloggers who consider themselves to be taking the moral high ground while insulting the intelligence of their readers. I could live without it. Maybe respond to the issues only, rather than resorting to insults.

Thanks but it's my blog and I'll do what I want with it – but thanks for the suggestion.

Ok that was a bit harsh. but your “I could just as easily write a post about how much a waste of time it is to write contradictory posts for the sake of generating conversation. But then, you've already mastered that with this post.” sure sounded like an insult to me when this is probably the first time you've ever been here and don't have the foggiest who I am.

You're right. Fair enough. I'll read more and reserve judgment.

Daniel, the first paragraph of your first post could have stood alone. But then you had to add:

“I could just as easily write a post about how much a waste of time it is to write contradictory posts for the sake of generating conversation. But then, you've already mastered that with this post.”

Funny that you felt the need to insult someone you don't even know on his own blog, and then you complained when he dished it right back up for you.

“Maybe respond to the issues only, rather than resorting to insults.”

Maybe follow your own advice?

Yeah, transparency. When I first started my open mind blog and wrote a controversial piece, I received numerous hate comments. The comments didn't address my article but addressed my right to post it. I struggled with that transparency and then concluded:

1. That it was my blog. I pay to host it. I have no obligation to post other people's comments.
2. Hateful comments didn't add value but they did contribute poison to people's lives.
3. People can disagree and argue with me if they argue the points. I don't have the market on “truth” and I've been wrong a lot of times. But if commenters just want to bash me, forget it.

But I will add that I posted a comment on a blog where I thought the blog owner was unnecessarily rude and insulting to someone, which he was. He didn't post my comment, and I left his blog for good. How many other dissenting views did he refuse to publish because they called his behavior into question? His lack of transparency led me to distrust his published audience, which appeared to adore him.

My new blog doesn't get many comments at all, and that bothers me. I know people are finding value because I'm getting subscribers. But I envy the blogs where a lot of meaningful comments and conversations are taking place.

Joanna, there's a distinct difference between critiquing the content of a
post and telling a person they have issues. Anyone can write poor content.
It's not necessarily a reflection on them as a person.

Criticizing content is something we should all be doing as critical thinkers. Criticizing people is something we should all avoid as often as possible.

Valid points, Tim, but I don't know if I agree with it all. People will ALWAYS judge a blog as being successful when they see it has 20 comments on a post versus 0 – or when that post is retweeted 100 times versus 2 times. There's no way around that. It's also an ego thing for the blogger – even if people don't always add something of value. (And I'm guilty of giving a “Great post, Tim!” comment on more than one occasion on Membercon. But I want you to know I appreciate what you had to say.)

It would be ideal if people made their comments count, but they don't always do so. However, if were to come down to no comments, or 5 comments with a “great job!”, I'd take the 5 – even if it weren't adding to the conversation. It lets you know people are reading what you have to say.

I do agree with you about keeping the comments section a non-democratic event; people say bad things you kick them out and delete what they have to say. It's your site, it's your work, time and effort, and it should always be respected.

Aaron

Great idea, Andrew. When there's a name and a face to a comment, people are more likely to be careful what they have to say. I'm not saying they have to censor themselves, but to unnecessarily be nasty, as some people are, would be a permanent record they'd surely want to avoid.

Why did you choose Disqus, Tim? I know Mixergy, Mashable, and a bunch of other great sites use it, as it is effective, but do you think having to create a login to post a comment causes some people not to add their thoughts? Some people are lazy, and others may say, “I have 450 other passwords to remember, I'd rather not have another.”

That's the beauty of Disqus Aaron – you don't have to remember your password because you are automatically logged in after the first time and instead of having passwords for every blog, you have one for everyone that uses Disqus – which are many sites.

Even for blogs that don't use Disqus, you have to type in a name and email. So in that sense, Disqus is actually a heck of a lot easier.

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I have to say, although I see 100% where you’re coming from on this, I can’t really agree that comments like that are useless.

While they might not add value to that particular post, I do believe they add value to the blog as a whole. People like to be a part of something that’s “popular.” A blog with a lot of comments, followers, etc seems a lot more attractive than one that no one engages with.

I’ll take a “great post” comment any day. Even if the person is just trying to get their name out there, they’re still making me look good.

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Seriously, blogs and comments on blogs would be more useful overall if only the published content added something useful to the world. Too many blogs themselves are just scraped and rejigged content that adds nothing of value to the world and just wastes time for those who visit.

A comment on a blog post that has an original thought or shows how to do something and thoughtful (not in the pandering way) can be even more valuable that the original post.

As an aside, all the mindless retweeting of links not even vetted is not doing anyone much of a favour but for those who want to support their members of their network, a considered (and authentic) comment on someone’s blog is a much more useful way to help and show support.

Well, seeing as you’re not charging me ten cents to comment, I’d say that a few well written comments are definitely worth more than a lot of spam.

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