Comments on: Bloggers: Be confident, positive (and humble)

By: that canadian girl » Blog Archive » Wikio says That Canadian Girl is 94th most influential UK tech blog

Fri, 02 May 2008 15:36:40 +0000

[...] times, I suppose it’s had a geeky slant in recent years, so I should come to terms with it, eat my own dog food and take pride into the ranking they’ve given [...]

By: James Whatley

James Whatley — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:25:05 +0000

Good work Vero.. I picked up the original piece and thought about posting on it myself.

Excellently put.

And am wholehearted agreement…

By: bena Roberts

bena Roberts — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:42:54 +0000

I agree! But I have found that its very difficult with a blog. When I worked as an analyst I was more credible – as a blogger – its other analysts that have “jested” at me and said I am taking analysis to the (bad) end of the world..

But confidence in writing is essential. Say what you mean!

By: Mathew Patterson

Mathew Patterson — Thu, 01 May 2008 05:33:50 +0000

Yes, absolutely! Also, don’t give your blog a subtitle like “random thoughts” or “crazy mutterings”. Have some self confidence and say it’s about you, or your cat or your topic.

Unless it is actually random, which is unlikely to be readable.

By: Annie Mole

Annie Mole — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:05:30 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. Even before I blogged I would talk about any tiny piece of press coverage I got on http://www.goingunderground.net – my ex husband & I joked about the fact I got people on newsgroups saying “stop saying your site’s so great” which led to this page http://www.goingunderground.net/awards.html

I now have my absolute dream job and have had several fab internet jobs prior to this largely due to my blog.

Today the ultimate happened for me appearing in Reuters:

http://tinyurl.com/4nvs9h

Traffic has exploded.

Believe in yourself first and foremost, if you don’t no one else will.

By: Darren Cronian

Darren Cronian — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:18:58 +0000

Hear Hear. I completely agree with you Vero.

There’s some damn good blogs out there with TONS of useful information, and I find nowadays I search for blogs on a topic I want to read about (I’m reading about branding right now) rather then use Google to find sites.

I’d like to see more bloggers take pride in their work.

I’m a modest person – but I’ve been raving all week about my blog award, because its not until people tell you it’s not until people tell you it’s an achievement that you start to believe it.