Choosing a way to Market

Subject: Choosing a way to Market Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:07 pm

Do you focus on one particular area of what you are doing for your blogs, sigs, etc.? Or do you have a separate blog, sig, area for each one? i.e. I have consulting, book, and publishing company. So there are 3 areas that aren't necessarily intertwined and yet they can be.

Do I do a blog for each one, a sig for each one, or a website for each one?

I need some suggestions for a signature block for all my posts and blogging.

Thank you!
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Subject: Re: Choosing a way to Market Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:06 pm

Sue,

I've tried a variety of approaches. Many people say niche blogs work better than blogs that are about everything but the kitchen sink.

Actually, my best response came from a blog in a now-defunct blogging community. It didn't have a niche, but it had lots of exposure because there were a lot of people there and everyone commented on everything. This got a lot of nice comment threads going.

Otherwise, my MySpace blog always gets the most readership simply because MySpace offers much better exposure for unknowns than stand-aline blogs on blogger or WordPress that it's very difficult to attract readers to.

I don't write about current events or fads, so my tags are not likely to be very buzz worthy.

Even niches are hard--e.g., I think you're the only one from Published Authors who's visited and commented on my Writer's Notebook, so readers even with in niche areas are hard to attract.

Malcolm
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Subject: Re: Choosing a way to Market Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:03 pm

As I don't do any marketing, what can I say other than it seems to me that keeping everything linked together is a good idea.
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