Direct Marketing Observations

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

I was reading an article today titled, Behind the Wheels: An all-too-real Cinderella story it had 12 comments. Which got me to wondering: How come useless throw away blog posts and articles have tons and tons of comments and the good stuff gets next to nothing? People are suckers for lists. Why should you comment?

Comments 176

Comments Education SEO Blogger 176

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APRIL 27, 2010

Check out these quotes from the post: There was no validation that what I did was comment-worthy, no “cute” notations on Yelps, no retweets of my witty Twitter updates. A high number of blog comments= validates the topic. Snarky comment on Twitter=need for validation. Social media validates my feelings and actions.

Social Networking 204

Social Networking Flash Mob Forums Communities 204

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AUGUST 24, 2011

When you get comment spam from people who insist on hyperlinking their generic, lame, weak, comment to a no-follow keyword based signature, you know… and you ask “Did they really just do that&# ? There was a time where I hated hearing the comment, “Yea but there is no ROI in social&# ; Now? Case in point.

Social Media 199

Social Media Skills SEO Aggregator 199

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OCTOBER 13, 2011

Perhaps, but it’s a short list. You can look to CNN, USAToday, The New York Times, Techcrunch , Mashable, and MSNBC for examples of purveyors of quality content except that they can be just as guilty of the keyword laden salacious topic and title that is sure to drive readers, shares, comments and traffic.

Content 220

Content Smart Phone SEO Yahoo 220

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Look, we all want to hit that home run of a post that gets commented on and shared out the wazoo. When I see any top 10 list in the title of the post. Hey it’s OK sometimes because I’m a sucker, as we all are for a top ten list, just not all the time. Social media #fails are always easy to read and write about too.

Social Media 162

Social Media Content Banking Blogger 162

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JULY 12, 2010

Back then, comment spam and server farms did wonders for text based links and I was all over it. Are they on any lists? What types of lists are they on? One of the lists this particular company is on is called, “Spammers that follow me&# …Nice, That’s the kind of promo I want others to see!

Consultant 159

Consultant Company Social Media Remix 159

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JANUARY 7, 2010

I made a comment earlier to someone that it is really hard to find someone or people that have depth and breadth across the board. Here’s a quick list that I threw together, I know I’m missing some obvious ones, if so let me know. Know how to comment on a blog and why. What types of skills are needed?

Skills 148

Skills Proposal SEO Groups 148