Blog cause you want to (and include sex in your headlines)

October 29, 2006 By

I love this photo, taken by Rommel, of Zaadz.

It was during Maryam and my talk at the Blog Business Summit, titled “10 ways to a killer blog.”

There are some good reports from our session. We joked around about ways to get bloggers to pay attention. One of the ideas was to include sex in your headlines, which got everyone to laugh. Anyway, here’s the best of the reports I found:

Paul Cheney.
Janet Lee Johnson.
Andru Edwards.
Denise Wakeman.
Barry Hurd.
Dustin Luther.

And, of course, thank you to Hugh Macleod for letting us use his great cartoons.

Oh, and after reading this post of Hugh’s I realize why my blog sucks. I’ve been trying to make everyone happy. Well, screw that.

Can you tell we were stuck in a snowstorm today and am punchy? Heheh. Sitting here in a restaurant in Seattle’s airport thinking about how I’m going to go back to writing a blog for one person.

How about Dori Smith? I think I’ll try to find one thing tomorrow that’ll make her happy. The rest of you can go read Digg. :-)

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  • http://www.zunerama.com/ Harvey

    Those are great criteria for success. #9, in particular, hits home with me: Get Outside the Blogosphere.
    We get obsessed with what other bloggers are writing and opining.
    Recently I left the dim lights of my office, where I run a Zune blog, and went to 10 electronics stores in my area to ask about Zune. (My first undercover assignment.)
    The perspectives I got were totally fresh, and in many ways startlingly different than the blogging conventional wisdom.
    - Harvey (Zunerama)

  • http://www.zunerama.com Harvey

    Those are great criteria for success. #9, in particular, hits home with me: Get Outside the Blogosphere.
    We get obsessed with what other bloggers are writing and opining.
    Recently I left the dim lights of my office, where I run a Zune blog, and went to 10 electronics stores in my area to ask about Zune. (My first undercover assignment.)
    The perspectives I got were totally fresh, and in many ways startlingly different than the blogging conventional wisdom.
    - Harvey (Zunerama)

  • http://blog.blankbaby.com/ Scott

    This may be silly… but have you considered just blogging for yourself? It doesn’t even cross my mind that other people are reading my personal blog, that’s just for me (though others do read it. I don’t know what they think about it).

    Of course my work on TUAW is entirely for others to read, good thing it is about a subject I am passionate about.

  • http://blog.blankbaby.com/ Scott

    This may be silly… but have you considered just blogging for yourself? It doesn’t even cross my mind that other people are reading my personal blog, that’s just for me (though others do read it. I don’t know what they think about it).

    Of course my work on TUAW is entirely for others to read, good thing it is about a subject I am passionate about.

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ Robert Scoble

    Scott: a lot of times I blog for myself, but, sorry, this thing has gotten so nutty that I’m very well aware there are thousands of people reading here.

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ Robert Scoble

    Scott: a lot of times I blog for myself, but, sorry, this thing has gotten so nutty that I’m very well aware there are thousands of people reading here.

  • http://www.stylemo.com/ stylemo

    Yeah, you are one succesful blogger mr. Scoble. and well in fact, I think you are the most popular blogger in the world.

  • http://www.stylemo.com stylemo

    Yeah, you are one succesful blogger mr. Scoble. and well in fact, I think you are the most popular blogger in the world.

  • http://hauntingthunder.wordpress.com/ Maurice

    Well considering that Matt Cutts got 4-5 times as many comments on the post about a cute puppy that one of his co-workers sometimes brings into the office as the preceding one maybe kawaii is realy the way to go.

    kawaii is a Japaease term meaning “Cute”

  • http://hauntingthunder.wordpress.com/ Maurice

    Well considering that Matt Cutts got 4-5 times as many comments on the post about a cute puppy that one of his co-workers sometimes brings into the office as the preceding one maybe kawaii is realy the way to go.

    kawaii is a Japaease term meaning “Cute”

  • http://www.seopedia.org/ Cristian Mezei

    John, I included pussy not sex :-)

  • http://www.seopedia.org Cristian Mezei

    John, I included pussy not sex :-)

  • http://www.mzaragosa.wordpress.com/ tingting

    Oh Boy, I need to borrow your “10 ways…” and post it in my blog. It’s very interesting…

  • http://www.mzaragosa.wordpress.com tingting

    Oh Boy, I need to borrow your “10 ways…” and post it in my blog. It’s very interesting…

  • http://raincoaster.com/ raincoaster

    The recent Gawker threads with kittens, puppies, unicorns, and a squirrel driving a convertable did very well, with 50+ comments each, but that was a special case.

    Sex sells, baby!

    And is it good or bad that I recognized the illustrator’s style instantly? Maybe I’d better get out of the blogosphere once in awhile.

  • http://raincoaster.com/ raincoaster

    The recent Gawker threads with kittens, puppies, unicorns, and a squirrel driving a convertable did very well, with 50+ comments each, but that was a special case.

    Sex sells, baby!

    And is it good or bad that I recognized the illustrator’s style instantly? Maybe I’d better get out of the blogosphere once in awhile.

  • Christopher Coulter

    I think you are the most popular blogger in the world.

    That would be Drudge, of course he’d run you over with a lawnmower if you called him a blogger. But really, Xu Jinglei takes that spot, complete with massive kitty pictures.

    http://blog.sina.com.cn/m/xujinglei

  • Christopher Coulter

    I think you are the most popular blogger in the world.

    That would be Drudge, of course he’d run you over with a lawnmower if you called him a blogger. But really, Xu Jinglei takes that spot, complete with massive kitty pictures.

    http://blog.sina.com.cn/m/xujinglei

  • Christopher Coulter

    In Teens’ Web World, MySpace Is So Last Year
    Social Sites Find Fickle Audience

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/28/AR2006102800803_pf.html

  • Christopher Coulter

    In Teens’ Web World, MySpace Is So Last Year
    Social Sites Find Fickle Audience

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/28/AR2006102800803_pf.html

  • http://www.bloggingsystemsblog.com/ Paul Chaney

    Robert, it’s “Chaney,” not “Cheney.” Thanks to the way the vice-prez spells his last name, I get that all the time. What’s the old adage about publicity…I don’t care what they say about me, just spell my name right. Ha, ha.

  • http://www.bloggingsystemsblog.com Paul Chaney

    Robert, it’s “Chaney,” not “Cheney.” Thanks to the way the vice-prez spells his last name, I get that all the time. What’s the old adage about publicity…I don’t care what they say about me, just spell my name right. Ha, ha.

  • http://www.janetleejohnson.com/ Janet Johnson

    Robert,

    It was great to be in your presence again at the summit. I’m serious when I say that. Your sessions with Maryam were especially fun. It gave many of us a further glimpse into the Way of the Blog. (If there is such a thing for any one person.)

    Cheers, and thanks for being willing to share so much of yourself with your readers.

  • http://www.janetleejohnson.com Janet Johnson

    Robert,

    It was great to be in your presence again at the summit. I’m serious when I say that. Your sessions with Maryam were especially fun. It gave many of us a further glimpse into the Way of the Blog. (If there is such a thing for any one person.)

    Cheers, and thanks for being willing to share so much of yourself with your readers.

  • http://www.kemar-k9s.com/ eyespi20

    Reading about the summit, makes me wish I had been there. It must have been an awesome experience.

    These tips are great and I’m trying to incorporate them into my blogging future — started out with the cartoons :)

    è¿é

  • http://www.kemar-k9s.com eyespi20

    Reading about the summit, makes me wish I had been there. It must have been an awesome experience.

    These tips are great and I’m trying to incorporate them into my blogging future — started out with the cartoons :)

    è¿é

  • http://www.technicaldisaster.com/ Barry Hurd

    I really enjoyed all the panels you sat on. You and Maryam have very personable demeanors. I also loved your 15+ step “10 ways to a killer blog.”

    I think one of the key things that some people didn’t absorb at the summit was not ‘if’ we have the technical widgets to post, but ‘why’ should we post. Hopefully as blogs become more and more mainstream media, we see the ‘best of the best’ pushed to the top of the ethical stack. I think your both your and Maryam’s blogs reflect a constant and good-natured approach to blogging.

  • http://www.technicaldisaster.com Barry Hurd

    I really enjoyed all the panels you sat on. You and Maryam have very personable demeanors. I also loved your 15+ step “10 ways to a killer blog.”

    I think one of the key things that some people didn’t absorb at the summit was not ‘if’ we have the technical widgets to post, but ‘why’ should we post. Hopefully as blogs become more and more mainstream media, we see the ‘best of the best’ pushed to the top of the ethical stack. I think your both your and Maryam’s blogs reflect a constant and good-natured approach to blogging.

  • http://www.insuremeblog.com/affiliate James Omdahl

    Hey Robert – great work at the BBS. I know your presentations on killer blogs and the session you did with Ponzi and Chris were the highlight of my conference. Glad to see the first couple of blogging in action. :)

  • http://www.insuremeblog.com/affiliate James Omdahl

    Hey Robert – great work at the BBS. I know your presentations on killer blogs and the session you did with Ponzi and Chris were the highlight of my conference. Glad to see the first couple of blogging in action. :)

  • http://d.hatena.ne.jp/quantumfusion/ Yumiko

    It was a pleasure meeting you at the Blog Summit. Here is the picture that I took with you and your wife. Hope to speak to both of you again in the near future.
    http://d.hatena.ne.jp/quantumfusion/

  • http://d.hatena.ne.jp/quantumfusion/ Yumiko

    It was a pleasure meeting you at the Blog Summit. Here is the picture that I took with you and your wife. Hope to speak to both of you again in the near future.
    http://d.hatena.ne.jp/quantumfusion/

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  • Mike Woodhouse

    “Well, screw that”

    Of course. I want to know what you learned and (much) more importantly what you think about what you learned.

    If I think you’re full of it then I’ll either tell you or stop reading. And so will everyone else.

    And that’s good. That’s what I think blogging is.

  • Mike Woodhouse

    “Well, screw that”

    Of course. I want to know what you learned and (much) more importantly what you think about what you learned.

    If I think you’re full of it then I’ll either tell you or stop reading. And so will everyone else.

    And that’s good. That’s what I think blogging is.

  • Jens

    Ist ja der hammmer, hat irgendein assi exfreund aus rache mal eben ein paar bilder online gestellt… looooooooool

    http://www.senna.nackt.net.tc

  • Jens

    Ist ja der hammmer, hat irgendein assi exfreund aus rache mal eben ein paar bilder online gestellt… looooooooool

    http://www.senna.nackt.net.tc