Seth Godin recently released his new book, Poke the Box (Amazon affiliate link), as part of the Domino Project. As an avid reader of Seth’s, both his books and his blog, I was excited to read it. What I’ve always appreciated about Seth Godin books is that they’re so easily consumable but pack a punch that serves as a good set of reminders, motivate you and resonate for a while after finishing the book. This is never the case with Seth’s books. At 83 pages with a lot of spacing on the pages, the book is a short, quick read. MORE >>

If you read this on Margie Clayman’s blog, it won’t be new to you so you can either skip to the comments or go on about your day. Last summer I challenged Margie Clayman to write a blog post of her 10 favorite books. Instead of her 10 favorite books , she wrote her favorite genres: Books about Abraham Lincoln, books about the civil war, guilty pleasure books, etc. Because when she challenged me, I hadn’t read  Fifty Shades of Grey  yet and you would have missed out on three of my favorite books. She did. And she cheated. MORE >>

Nearly two months ago, we talked about 10 content ideas that generate comments and shares. Apparently the seventh idea in that blog post (lists) worked because it had 190 comments and a gazillion shares on all of the networks. In the comments, there were a lot of really good additional ideas and I promised to do a second post (maybe the comments here will get us a third post!). Without further ado, 10 additional ideas to generate comments and shares. Book Reviews. New Spin Sucks friend, Bhaskar Sarma , suggests doing book reviews. Write lists! MORE >>

Will this blog post get commented on and shared more than some of our more popular blog post (Pinterest!) It might be a book a friend has written, a collection of free eBooks available from other bloggers, or your own eBook. do a book review on the first Friday of every month and a blogger to follow on every other Friday. There is likely a part two and three to this blog post because there are so many tried and true ways to have your content commented on and shared. herby commit to change that. It’s not just a list, though. in January? I’ll report back! MORE >>

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Are Blog Comments Dead? Written on July 30, 2010 by Justin Levy in blog , community , facebook , interactions , social media , twitter 23 Comments - Leave a comment! As engagement and sharing on Twitter, Facebook and other social tools continues to increase, many bloggers are noticing a sharp decrease in comments on their blogs.  A comment makes us feel good and/or helps to extend the post itself.  Sometimes the comments are even better than the post.  MORE >>