And tomorrow, when I speak about social media to a CEO Roundtable at the Milwaukee Athletic Club, I hope to convince at least one CEO to start a blog.
But I’ll need success stories. And that’s where you come in.
I’m curious about the one post you’ve published that makes you glad you started blogging.
Did you take a strong stand on a controversial topic and start a brawl in the Comments section? Did you write something that brought you a new consulting client? Or sold dozens of books? Or started a relationship with someone who has turned into a trusted business friend? Or got a link from a top-tier blogger in your industry?
If you’re on Facebook, please share a link to the post on my Fan Page.
And then share it in the Comments section here. I’m planning more training on blogging next year, and I’d love to use your own success story as an example.
It never ceases to amaze me, but “Lessons in author branding from ANTM cycle 15” continues to be my top viewed article on http://TheCelebrityEditor.blogspot.com. I was watching America’s Next Top Model one day, and I had to write a blog post so I thought, What the heck? Never in a million years did I think it would be read, much less become so popular.
The link to the article is here: http://thecelebrityeditor.blogspot.com/2010/11/lessons-in-author-branding-from-antm.html. Thanks, Joan, and thanks, Tyra!
I can’t really say it’s the one post that made me glad I started blogging, however it’s definitely the most effective and irritating one at the same time. I’ve written a number of posts that were Keyword Targeting home runs, but I wasn’t even trying when I wrote American Express Collection Transaction.
I had a mysterious charge on my bank statement and since I don’t use an Amex card, I couldn’t figure out what it was for. After some research online to no avail and a couple hours of calls to various financial institutions to get an answer I thought it was a good idea for a post.
About two days later I started getting irate calls from people demanding I stop charging them. Eventually I was able to discern that people were obtaining the phone number from my website (read the title, not the article). It got so bad I actually had to edit the article with a disclaimer twice. The second time with a huge box saying do not call us.