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> <channel><title>Comments on: Seven Strategies to Ensure Your Blog Is Worth the Effort</title> <atom:link href="http://rising.blackstar.com/seven-strategies-to-ensure-your-blog-is-worth-the-effort.html/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://rising.blackstar.com/seven-strategies-to-ensure-your-blog-is-worth-the-effort.html</link> <description>Professional Photography Blog</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:56:37 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>By: Live a Colorful Life</title><link>http://rising.blackstar.com/seven-strategies-to-ensure-your-blog-is-worth-the-effort.html/comment-page-1#comment-6701</link> <dc:creator>Live a Colorful Life</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:55:19 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://rising.blackstar.com/?p=7300#comment-6701</guid> <description>This very informative, and I found you through Twitter. My husband is a fused glass artist and good photography is KEY to enticing people to buy his product. I am a quilter, but am pretty much responsible for photographing his glass. So any tips I can glean about photography are awesome. I&#039;ll be back.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This very informative, and I found you through Twitter. My husband is a fused glass artist and good photography is KEY to enticing people to buy his product. I am a quilter, but am pretty much responsible for photographing his glass. So any tips I can glean about photography are awesome. I'll be back.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Steve Sieren</title><link>http://rising.blackstar.com/seven-strategies-to-ensure-your-blog-is-worth-the-effort.html/comment-page-1#comment-6597</link> <dc:creator>Steve Sieren</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:29:33 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://rising.blackstar.com/?p=7300#comment-6597</guid> <description>This is a perfect blog on blogging.
I find it very useful Richard and will come back to it.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a perfect blog on blogging.<br
/> I find it very useful Richard and will come back to it.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Richard Wong</title><link>http://rising.blackstar.com/seven-strategies-to-ensure-your-blog-is-worth-the-effort.html/comment-page-1#comment-6596</link> <dc:creator>Richard Wong</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:33:14 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://rising.blackstar.com/?p=7300#comment-6596</guid> <description>Thanks everyone. Feel free to drop me an email if you have any questions.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks everyone. Feel free to drop me an email if you have any questions.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Larry Parkes</title><link>http://rising.blackstar.com/seven-strategies-to-ensure-your-blog-is-worth-the-effort.html/comment-page-1#comment-6582</link> <dc:creator>Larry Parkes</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:03:36 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://rising.blackstar.com/?p=7300#comment-6582</guid> <description>Thanks Richard!  Some excellent advice for a blogging newbie like me!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Richard!  Some excellent advice for a blogging newbie like me!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Craig Ferguson (@cfimages)</title><link>http://rising.blackstar.com/seven-strategies-to-ensure-your-blog-is-worth-the-effort.html/comment-page-1#comment-6526</link> <dc:creator>Craig Ferguson (@cfimages)</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:17:07 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://rising.blackstar.com/?p=7300#comment-6526</guid> <description>Good points. Commenting on others blogs is especially useful as it requires more time than simply retweeting or liking on Facebook. More time spent suggests (to me anyway) more interest in the post/blog.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good points. Commenting on others blogs is especially useful as it requires more time than simply retweeting or liking on Facebook. More time spent suggests (to me anyway) more interest in the post/blog.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Jason Collin Photography</title><link>http://rising.blackstar.com/seven-strategies-to-ensure-your-blog-is-worth-the-effort.html/comment-page-1#comment-6525</link> <dc:creator>Jason Collin Photography</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:07:59 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://rising.blackstar.com/?p=7300#comment-6525</guid> <description>Very practical tips to ask yourself about your blog.  I really found the &quot;write a blog post that starts a discussion&quot; tip to be great.  I will definitely start thinking about that in blog posts.  Got to ask the readers questions in the post itself.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very practical tips to ask yourself about your blog.  I really found the "write a blog post that starts a discussion" tip to be great.  I will definitely start thinking about that in blog posts.  Got to ask the readers questions in the post itself.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Richard Wong</title><link>http://rising.blackstar.com/seven-strategies-to-ensure-your-blog-is-worth-the-effort.html/comment-page-1#comment-6523</link> <dc:creator>Richard Wong</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:16:32 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://rising.blackstar.com/?p=7300#comment-6523</guid> <description>You have a fantastic blog Lori, I&#039;m bookmarking it and will read it when I get a chance.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You have a fantastic blog Lori, I'm bookmarking it and will read it when I get a chance.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Lori Osterberg</title><link>http://rising.blackstar.com/seven-strategies-to-ensure-your-blog-is-worth-the-effort.html/comment-page-1#comment-6506</link> <dc:creator>Lori Osterberg</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:05:30 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://rising.blackstar.com/?p=7300#comment-6506</guid> <description>Great tips - I couldn&#039;t agree more!The wonderful thing about being a photography is you usually have a camera with you. You can put more than photos of clients on your blog. I always share photos of my photo mastermind get togethers, when I&#039;m at conventions, and when I&#039;m speaking. The idea behind blogging is proving your expertise, so have fun with showcasing what you do.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great tips - I couldn't agree more!</p><p>The wonderful thing about being a photography is you usually have a camera with you. You can put more than photos of clients on your blog. I always share photos of my photo mastermind get togethers, when I'm at conventions, and when I'm speaking. The idea behind blogging is proving your expertise, so have fun with showcasing what you do.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Richard Wong</title><link>http://rising.blackstar.com/seven-strategies-to-ensure-your-blog-is-worth-the-effort.html/comment-page-1#comment-6501</link> <dc:creator>Richard Wong</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:35:48 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://rising.blackstar.com/?p=7300#comment-6501</guid> <description>Thanks and good luck with your blogging efforts.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks and good luck with your blogging efforts.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Jay McIntyre</title><link>http://rising.blackstar.com/seven-strategies-to-ensure-your-blog-is-worth-the-effort.html/comment-page-1#comment-6499</link> <dc:creator>Jay McIntyre</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:24:55 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://rising.blackstar.com/?p=7300#comment-6499</guid> <description>Good advice, I&#039;m trying to be engaging as I comment on others blogs. not just commenting for the sake of commenting.  I find that leaving a comment that just says &#039;great photography&#039; is similar to the awkward conversationalist who ends up all alone in the corner (to continue on your party analogy.  It is worth it to take the time to make appropriate observations (content, composition, etc.) and then comment on them.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good advice, I'm trying to be engaging as I comment on others blogs. not just commenting for the sake of commenting.  I find that leaving a comment that just says 'great photography' is similar to the awkward conversationalist who ends up all alone in the corner (to continue on your party analogy.  It is worth it to take the time to make appropriate observations (content, composition, etc.) and then comment on them.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Trudy</title><link>http://rising.blackstar.com/seven-strategies-to-ensure-your-blog-is-worth-the-effort.html/comment-page-1#comment-6496</link> <dc:creator>Trudy</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:16:52 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://rising.blackstar.com/?p=7300#comment-6496</guid> <description>Great post. I definitely agree with #1 and love to write those type of posts. I have not incorporated video or even have touched video in years but that is a great idea.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great post. I definitely agree with #1 and love to write those type of posts. I have not incorporated video or even have touched video in years but that is a great idea.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Thor</title><link>http://rising.blackstar.com/seven-strategies-to-ensure-your-blog-is-worth-the-effort.html/comment-page-1#comment-6494</link> <dc:creator>Thor</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:56:53 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://rising.blackstar.com/?p=7300#comment-6494</guid> <description>Very informative and useful blog...I just started blogging.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very informative and useful blog...I just started blogging.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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