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By: Jodi Kaplan

Jodi Kaplan — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:09:50 +0000

Mosotomoss, there are no comments on Seth’s blog because he has them turned off. He engages in other ways. If you email him, he’ll answer you personally (usually in a few hours). I often wonder how he manages to do it, since he must have a huge volume of e-mail messages. And, of course, there’s also Triiibes.com.

By: Online Sales Manager

Online Sales Manager — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:24:02 +0000

This post is spot on. Totally agree, Seth has got the formula right. However, I have discovered that he infuriates a lot of people in the Head Hunting world – particularly when he advises talented people to forget the resume and the job hunting – go set up your own business. Not hard to see why they feel threatened.

By: Mosotomoss

Mosotomoss — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:24:16 +0000

I think most people tune into people like Seth, just to see what he is saying. Most people gloss over blogs, just to get an idea what their competitors are saying or doing, or to get a fill of whats out there and whats been talked about. Everyone doesn’t want to read long post. But, I have notice that no one makes commits on his blog either! So he may have a high traffic, but his audiences are not engaging with each other. Great Post!

By: Nicholas Cardot

Nicholas Cardot — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:36:29 +0000

Thanks man. I really appreciate that. I certainly wasn’t trying to be self-serving in my comments but sure do appreciate that link. You’re the best. Keep up the awesome content here.

By: Brandon Cox

Brandon Cox — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:43:12 +0000

You’re right, Curtis. Amazingly, he charges more for short books the most do for long books, and I’ve bought several.

By: Brandon Cox

Brandon Cox — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:42:34 +0000

Thanks Drew – spot on! I think it’s why we love single line quotes so much – they stick with us.

By: Curtis Brown

Curtis Brown — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:36:08 +0000

I think Seth Godin is successful in part BECAUSE his posts are so brief, rather than in spite of it. Even his books are fairly short for the most part. He probably realizes that his audience doesn’t have a lot time time to spend reading his blog so he makes them short and to the point.

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By: Drew Douglass

Drew Douglass — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:18:30 +0000

I think you’re absolutely right, the more experience I gain, the more I realize it’s less about having tons of content and more about being useful in some way to your readers. Sometimes quick tip or paragraphs is all that is needed to be helpful and clear. Great article Brandon!

By: Brandon Cox

Brandon Cox — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:56:23 +0000

Thanks Megan!

By: Megan Wantz

Megan Wantz — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:16:42 +0000

Brandon! Well done! I loved this post you came up with some very profound points. Way to go.

By: Brandon Cox

Brandon Cox — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:56:02 +0000

I read that article you wrote – very nice! Wanted to give everyone a link to it – Getting and Keeping Visitors. Good stuff!

By: Nicholas Cardot

Nicholas Cardot — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:45:46 +0000

I think that you’re exactly right. People focus on creating link bate and trying to keep up with the latest widgets and plugins and they forget all about the basics.

I recently posted an article at my site that discussed three powerful laws for getting and keeping visitors. In it I stated that I believe that most people visit websites for a combination of these three reason: education, entertainment, and engagement.

Wikipedia is popular because it educates and informs. YouTube is popular because it entertains. Facebook is popular because it allows engagement.

I believe that we should be striving to accomplish all three of these at our blogs.

Sorry for the long comment.

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