Comments on: Write Blog Posts Not Articles

By: handheldmassager

handheldmassager — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:18:53 +0000

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By: handheldmassager

handheldmassager — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:18:53 +0000

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By: Ben Yoskovitz

Ben Yoskovitz — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:49:47 +0000

@Maria: I’m quite vigilant about marking those offenders as spammers as well; but some do slip through the spam check software I use and then I have to manually label them. That can take some time, and I know how frustrating it can be.

By: Maria

Maria — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:06:11 +0000

I guess “Buy Essay” and “Write my Essay” are two folks who don’t know how to read comment instructions.

On my blog, anyone with a “name” like that has his comment marked as spam and deleted. No exceptions. I don’t put up with that crap at all.

I’m not trying to tell you how to run your blog; I’m just trying to figure out how I can turn off comment notification here if you’re going to allow spammers to comment.

By: Trixy Lehim

Trixy Lehim — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:43:21 +0000

Writing a blog post is a way different from writing an article. The two have different tones and writing style. Just like the difference of writing a term paper from a research paper.

By: Trixy Lehim

Trixy Lehim — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:43:21 +0000

Writing a blog post is a way different from writing an article. The two have different tones and writing style. Just like the difference of writing a term paper from a research paper.

By: Maria

Maria — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 01:17:17 +0000

I prefer calling what I write in blog “articles” rather than “posts.” And it has nothing to do with what Jakob Nielsen says, either.

This might be because I’m a writer (for a living) and if I wrote the same thing for a paying market, it would be an article. So I’m writing articles.

In a blog.

By: Matt Ambrose

Matt Ambrose — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:54:33 +0000

Another point I think worth mentioning is the technology associated with blogs, rather than articles.

Blogs enable you to develop relationships with your readers long after they’ve left your website. They have enormous potential as a marketing tool in building trust and confidence in your expertise, although one which many businesses still hesitate to harness without there being an easily quantifiable ROI.

Thanks for linking to The Copywriter’s Crucible.

Matt.

By: kalpesh

kalpesh — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:35:47 +0000

I perfectly agree. Blog posts reflect the personality of the author, people tend to write posts which are directly scrapped from sources. Only if one-tenth of that effort would go in creativity!

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