Comments on: Who Is Your Blog For? http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2008/01/who-is-your-blog-for/ SEO and Marketing Blog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:47:36 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Joshua Spickler http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2008/01/who-is-your-blog-for/comment-page-1/#comment-17132 Joshua Spickler Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:34:54 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2008/01/who-is-your-blog-for/#comment-17132 <p>I couldn't agree more. I definitely think you shouldn't have to cater to anyone but yourself. If you start to compromise yourself for your readers, then you're not really writing as you anymore. With my blog, I write whatever I want. If people like it, cool. If they don't, then that's their problem. But if I'm a firm believer in the, "if you build it, they will come," philosophy. If I just keep writing for myself, the traffic and the links, and all that will come eventually. </p> I couldn’t agree more. I definitely think you shouldn’t have to cater to anyone but yourself. If you start to compromise yourself for your readers, then you’re not really writing as you anymore. With my blog, I write whatever I want. If people like it, cool. If they don’t, then that’s their problem. But if I’m a firm believer in the, “if you build it, they will come,” philosophy. If I just keep writing for myself, the traffic and the links, and all that will come eventually.

]]> By: Daniel http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2008/01/who-is-your-blog-for/comment-page-1/#comment-17131 Daniel Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:34:50 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2008/01/who-is-your-blog-for/#comment-17131 You mean I have to have a reason to blog??? I most decidedly did NOT get that memo. I blog because I must blog. I write because I must write. It's a welling up of communicative pressure that must be released in some form (though that same pressure could be the result of a Starbucks overdose). Seriously, though, I do blog just to relieve the pressure. You mean I have to have a reason to blog??? I most decidedly did NOT get that memo.
I blog because I must blog. I write because I must write. It’s a welling up of communicative pressure that must be released in some form (though that same pressure could be the result of a Starbucks overdose).
Seriously, though, I do blog just to relieve the pressure.

]]> By: J Baker http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2008/01/who-is-your-blog-for/comment-page-1/#comment-17130 J Baker Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:28:18 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2008/01/who-is-your-blog-for/#comment-17130 <p>Hi Lisa, Do you know, you are right on the money. I initially started blogging for a site that I wanted to promote to the search engines. You know, fresh content. But while I was doing it I thought I might as well write for the vacationers to our area because that was what the whole site was about. But I'm kind of an opinioniated person, so that also came to the fore. So here I was, writing away...for me, because I really didn't know who else to write for other than I was supposed to be trying to create new content for the search engines...and then I started getting emails, and phone calls. It was eerie. I didn't even have a contact page on the site and these people were figuring out how to get hold of me based on what I wrote. Sort of a mystery story or puzzle that they worked through in order to reach me. Many didn't even know my gender because I was very careful about that at first so that I didn't turn off guys that might want to come fishing with their buddies by being female. (Surprisingly, most of the people that email me are men, even though they now know I'm female...and happily married in case you were thinking something else.) So to make it easier on everyone, I created a way to contact me and surprisingly, the emails really started coming. And they do every day, from fantastic people, some of whom I've met. Many that I've become friends with, some from as far away as Bavaria and many in the States. People have moved here or want to based on the blog, have bought property or are looking at the property for sale pages every day in case there's a change. The results have been utterly amazing to me, and all because I write only about what I know and for the most part, only about my little corner of the world. </p> <p>So I guess all this letter is meant to be is confirmation of your article, but your article kind of put confirmation of what I suspected into words for me. So thanks! J Baker </p> Hi Lisa,
Do you know, you are right on the money. I initially started blogging for a site that I wanted to promote to the search engines. You know, fresh content. But while I was doing it I thought I might as well write for the vacationers to our area because that was what the whole site was about. But I’m kind of an opinioniated person, so that also came to the fore. So here I was, writing away…for me, because I really didn’t know who else to write for other than I was supposed to be trying to create new content for the search engines…and then I started getting emails, and phone calls. It was eerie. I didn’t even have a contact page on the site and these people were figuring out how to get hold of me based on what I wrote. Sort of a mystery story or puzzle that they worked through in order to reach me. Many didn’t even know my gender because I was very careful about that at first so that I didn’t turn off guys that might want to come fishing with their buddies by being female. (Surprisingly, most of the people that email me are men, even though they now know I’m female…and happily married in case you were thinking something else.) So to make it easier on everyone, I created a way to contact me and surprisingly, the emails really started coming. And they do every day, from fantastic people, some of whom I’ve met. Many that I’ve become friends with, some from as far away as Bavaria and many in the States. People have moved here or want to based on the blog, have bought property or are looking at the property for sale pages every day in case there’s a change. The results have been utterly amazing to me, and all because I write only about what I know and for the most part, only about my little corner of the world.

So I guess all this letter is meant to be is confirmation of your article, but your article kind of put confirmation of what I suspected into words for me. So thanks!
J Baker

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