Comments on: Is anyone out there? Does social media really work?

By: Louisa Clery

Louisa Clery — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:42:43 +0000

Make that two (although Peter is my boss, does that count?)!

The secret to getting traffic for a blog is blatant, but genuine (there’s nothing worse than random spamming of forums), self-promotion and networking on the internet.

So, put the url to your blog in your signature on your emails, on your business cards, on your letterheads. Join in relevant forums (whether they be NZ or international) and have the url in your signature. Offer to write a ‘guest blog’, on a subject de jour – preferably controversial, for a high-traffic website, like Stuff or the NZ Herald, so long as you can include a link to your blog. Post pertinent comments on other HR blogs and include the url in your signature (or in the Website field). Get to know other bloggers in the field and suggest posting reciprocal links (they link to you and you link to them) or write a blog post on something interesting you read in their blog post.

It’s just like networking in the real world, without the cup of tea or glass of wine (which is a bit of a shame).

By: Beverley Main

Beverley Main — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:17:46 +0000

Thanks Peter – it’s good to know at least one person is out there reading my blogs – I’ll keep them coming then, okay?

And I have a quote for you “Half a dinare for me bloody life story?” From Monty Python’s Life of Brian.

Maybe the question of any payment or the amount of payment is relative to what’s being written and where it’s appearing, if you get my drift?

By: Peter Bateman

Peter Bateman — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:33:17 +0000

“No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.” From Boswell’s Life of Johnson. Clearly, Bev, the good doctor was wrong, given the explosion of writing in social media, and all for no pay. But is anyone out there, really? It’s a good point you raise. Sometimes it must seem like shouting into the ether. But stick at it – I’m enjoying your writing!