Comments on: 10 Tips for Using Your Competition to Become a Better Blogger http://kommein.com/10-tips-for-using-your-competition-to-become-a-better-blogger/ Shared by all. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Big Mistakes, the Benefits of Being Wrong, Competition, and the Fire Hydrant http://kommein.com/10-tips-for-using-your-competition-to-become-a-better-blogger/#comment-2817 Big Mistakes, the Benefits of Being Wrong, Competition, and the Fire Hydrant Sun, 05 Jun 2011 16:46:07 +0000 http://kommein.com/?p=516#comment-2817 [...] together. Deb Ng, with whom I’ve worked frequently, just wrote a great post at Kommein about using your competition. She discusses some of the things you can do such as: read their blog, comment, guest post, examine [...] [...] together. Deb Ng, with whom I’ve worked frequently, just wrote a great post at Kommein about using your competition. She discusses some of the things you can do such as: read their blog, comment, guest post, examine [...]

]]> By: homeloan_ninja http://kommein.com/10-tips-for-using-your-competition-to-become-a-better-blogger/#comment-345 homeloan_ninja Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:31:49 +0000 http://kommein.com/?p=516#comment-345 wow, i took your advice in this article. much to my surprise, there doesn't seem to be much "competition" for what i want to do! there are some out there, but there doesn't seem to be a lot of commenting on their blogs, or much interaction at all. i do see things that i like, but apparently not too many other people do! great post, i really enjoyed and will be subscribing! wow, i took your advice in this article. much to my surprise, there doesn’t seem to be much “competition” for what i want to do! there are some out there, but there doesn’t seem to be a lot of commenting on their blogs, or much interaction at all. i do see things that i like, but apparently not too many other people do! great post, i really enjoyed and will be subscribing!

]]> By: DawnV http://kommein.com/10-tips-for-using-your-competition-to-become-a-better-blogger/#comment-344 DawnV Sun, 27 Jun 2010 01:02:13 +0000 http://kommein.com/?p=516#comment-344 Thank you Debbie for this positive view of "competitors" (and thanks @nicolesimon for tweeting it which is how i found you). Too often we get bogged down with trying to compete. I love and am inspired by your outlook and how you say that they are "collaborators". Are the back links you refer to in #5 the ones that come from people leaving comments? So you suggest going to their sites/blogs and leaving comments/links? (just want to be sure I am understanding fully the process). Thanks!! Thank you Debbie for this positive view of “competitors” (and thanks @nicolesimon for tweeting it which is how i found you). Too often we get bogged down with trying to compete. I love and am inspired by your outlook and how you say that they are “collaborators”.
Are the back links you refer to in #5 the ones that come from people leaving comments? So you suggest going to their sites/blogs and leaving comments/links? (just want to be sure I am understanding fully the process). Thanks!!

]]> By: Daniel Hindin http://kommein.com/10-tips-for-using-your-competition-to-become-a-better-blogger/#comment-343 Daniel Hindin Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:20:38 +0000 http://kommein.com/?p=516#comment-343 Wow, Deb, I just found your site after reading about it in Angela Connor's book "18 Rules of Community Engagement," and I think it's great! I absolutely love this post. I started last week as community manager at a PR/social media agency called Arment Dietrich, and one of the first things I started doing was looking at "the competition." I've made it a priority to read all their posts, leave comments and even tweet their links. Like you, I don't see them as competition, but rather as collaborators. We all learn from each other and raise each others' games. I really appreciate your positive point of view and look forward to reading more of your posts. Thank you! Wow, Deb, I just found your site after reading about it in Angela Connor’s book “18 Rules of Community Engagement,” and I think it’s great!

I absolutely love this post. I started last week as community manager at a PR/social media agency called Arment Dietrich, and one of the first things I started doing was looking at “the competition.”

I’ve made it a priority to read all their posts, leave comments and even tweet their links. Like you, I don’t see them as competition, but rather as collaborators. We all learn from each other and raise each others’ games.

I really appreciate your positive point of view and look forward to reading more of your posts. Thank you!

]]> By: Karl Staib - Work Happy Now http://kommein.com/10-tips-for-using-your-competition-to-become-a-better-blogger/#comment-342 Karl Staib - Work Happy Now Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:06:47 +0000 http://kommein.com/?p=516#comment-342 I've learned to take the best parts of my competition and implement it into my own business. The hard part is making it my own. When I first started blogging I just copied other people's techniques and wondered why it didn't work for me. When I learned from others and made it my own that's when my blog took off. One of the keys for me is to stop thinking of other bloggers in my niche as competition. I try to think of them as friends. My competition is really myself. My success depends on how much I'm improving. I need to improve my writing to increase my audience. If I'm not increasing my audience then it's because of my lack of skill. By putting the emphasis on me I've found that my creative output is higher and more enjoyable. I’ve learned to take the best parts of my competition and implement it into my own business. The hard part is making it my own. When I first started blogging I just copied other people’s techniques and wondered why it didn’t work for me. When I learned from others and made it my own that’s when my blog took off.

One of the keys for me is to stop thinking of other bloggers in my niche as competition. I try to think of them as friends. My competition is really myself. My success depends on how much I’m improving. I need to improve my writing to increase my audience. If I’m not increasing my audience then it’s because of my lack of skill. By putting the emphasis on me I’ve found that my creative output is higher and more enjoyable.

]]> By: PendaGoddess http://kommein.com/10-tips-for-using-your-competition-to-become-a-better-blogger/#comment-341 PendaGoddess Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:52:05 +0000 http://kommein.com/?p=516#comment-341 Great post Debbie! Thanks! Great post Debbie! Thanks!

]]> By: Jean Sarauer http://kommein.com/10-tips-for-using-your-competition-to-become-a-better-blogger/#comment-340 Jean Sarauer Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:03:41 +0000 http://kommein.com/?p=516#comment-340 I am learning about mutual support from my competitors. We applaud each other's best work, point our own community in the direction of the other, and share tips and techniques for improving. There's really not a way to lose in this competition! I am learning about mutual support from my competitors. We applaud each other’s best work, point our own community in the direction of the other, and share tips and techniques for improving. There’s really not a way to lose in this competition!

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