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Get More Comments: Focus on the First Comment

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That’s when you begin to wonder … why isn’t anybody leaving a comment? There are blogs with readerships in the hundreds of thousands with barely a handful of comments per post. Why don’t people comment? But for commenting to happen, they must understand it as an option. That first comment is the tipping point.

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Blogosphere Trends + A Challenge

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Thanks for joining me for another edition of the weekly blogosphere trends, provided by Regator.com. Then share a link to your post in the comments. Your challenge: If you normally steer clear of list posts, write one this week. Read more about: Writing list posts. Please share your accomplishments in the comments.

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Mastering the Art of Listening: A Blogger’s Guide to Success

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Let me explore a few ways that a blogger should consider ‘listening’: Listen to the culture of the blogosphere This is one for those yet to start blogging (and it should also be applied to those getting into new social media tools like Twitter, Facebook etc). What posts are generating good conversation/comments?

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Blogosphere Trends + Using Infographics

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This infographic on Steve Jobs features an extensive list of sources in the footnotes and in doing so, allows viewers to fact-check and determine the reliability of the sources used. Please share them in the comments. Blogosphere Trends + Using Infographics. Cite your sources and be transparent. Promote your blog.

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Blogosphere Trends + Being Opinionated

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Man alive, I hate bringing you a list of blogosphere trends that includes both Lindsay Lohan and Jersey Shore—not to mention Sarah Palin. But I report the list, I don’t decide what’s on it (neither does Regator —it just calculates what’s being blogged about most this week). Let’s chat about it in comments.

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Blogosphere Trends + Interview Tips

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As always, the weekly blogosphere trends have been provided by Regator.com. Study the topic and come prepared with a list of questions. Please share any tips you have as well as an example or two from your blog in the comments. Blogosphere Trends + Interview Tips. Never try to wing an interview. See you next week!

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Blogosphere Trends + Guest Posting

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Regator has, as always, provided a list of the ten most blogged-about stories of the last seven days, and we’ll use posts about those hot trends to learn about what makes a great guest post: 1. Apple TV / iPod Touch / Ping [It was such an Apple-heavy week, that I’m combining the three so that they don’t take over the trends list.