Blogging: One Relationship at a Time

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Blogging: One Relationship at a Time

by Ben Yoskovitz

Blogging gives you the opportunity to reach millions. The potential audience is huge.

But the real value in blogging comes one relationship at a time.

images by laughlin and Keruna.

January 8th, 2007

7 Responses to “Blogging: One Relationship at a Time”

#1 Paul McEnany January 8th, 2007 at 11:03 pm

I love the photos you used for this post. Very nice!

#2 Ben Yoskovitz January 8th, 2007 at 11:05 pm

Thanks Paul. It took me awhile to find them, but I realized I hadn’t done much with photos in awhile.

And I’m experimenting with short, hopefully poignant posts. They don’t seem to generate the comments I’d like - but many people don’t want to write, “Totally agree! You’re a genius!” *grin*

Tomorrow I’m posting on HOW TO blog one relationship at a time - so hopefully that gives people the info they want!

#3 Becky McCray January 9th, 2007 at 5:30 pm

Ben, I totally agree! You’re a genius!

Really, I like the concept of short, effective visual posts, especially when you follow it with a supporting “how-to”. You may be on to a great method here.

#4 Ben Yoskovitz January 9th, 2007 at 5:33 pm

Genius? Aw, shucks. Thanks Becky…

I really like the format - I’d hoped that a short post like this would encourage more commenting, and possibly more blog posts written by others to expand on the idea.

Short posts = big ideas (hopefully) and I wanted to keep playing with images as well.

#5 Francie January 9th, 2007 at 10:31 pm

Well, don’t know you well enough (yet) to give gou genius status but I keep returning to see what you have to say.

Fairly new to blogging, and I can see how it would be easy to run (translate that to link, comment or visit) in all directions. But, just like in the real world, I agree it’s better to build a network one relationship at a time.

I was excited last week to “run in to” a couple of my new electronic buddies on another popular Blog. It was fun being recognized and called a “Virtual Buddy”. That wouldn’t have happened if I was out there running far and wide in the blogosphere.

#6 Jamsi January 9th, 2007 at 10:33 pm

A picture tells a thousand words ..

#7 Ben Yoskovitz January 9th, 2007 at 11:24 pm

Francie - it’s amazing how quickly you’ll get “recognized” out here…it’s a lot of fun.

Thanks Jamsi. You’re right. A picture does tell a thousand words, and I’m going to make sure I incorporate more pictures into the blog in the future. And experiment with the short posting style - it’s not much faster to write - finding the picture, refining the message - but it’s fun.

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