Comments on: 7 Traits of World-Class Bloggers

By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:20:07 +0000

Very kind words, Damon, mahalo.

Your contributions to blogging here on BI are also valuable to the awesome community you’re building.

By: damon

damon — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:15:00 +0000

Geez… what a great list of bloggers. If I could only be half as good as them I’d feel like I had done something special.

Big Island is blessed to have a blogger like you on it Charles.

By: Charles

Charles — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:22:34 +0000

Yes, I actually had Seth Godin on my list but the best way I could describe him is “genius,” and I didn’t want to add that as a prerequisite for being a blogger.

Seth seems to transcend most definitions of bloggers — he’s more like a pioneering of marketing.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:34:33 +0000

Is writing a post that links to seven massive blogs the eighth trait?

Seriously, there are definitely some great ideas here, but what’s most striking to me is the degree to which this post goes “meta-meta.” A post about blogging about how to blog about how to blog.

Dan

By: A Maui Blog

A Maui Blog — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:56:16 +0000

I like the honesty of John Chow on the quote you mentioned here. Darren Rowse is definitely generous with his blogging knowledge and like that about him.
I need to check out Steve Pavlina. I do not like Shoemakers radical approach, a little too rough for me.

Some more names to add: Chris Brogan and Seth Godin. They are more on the “marketing” side but great, inspiring and very helpful bloggers too.

By: Byteful Traveller

Byteful Traveller — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:41:39 +0000

True words, Charles, true words. Along with a few other people here, Steve Pavlina was a huge inspiration for me as well. (I even wrote about that when I reviewed his book Personal Development for Smart People.)

And I completely agree with your choice of Vaynerchuk. That man kicks it, kills it, and loves everyone. (If you’ve heard him speak before, you’ll know what I mean.)

Speaking of linking back, Steve Pavlina recently twittered about your post. I guess value does find it’s way around.

By: Dan Morelle

Dan Morelle — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:32:47 +0000

Well if you link to 7 of the worlds biggest bloggers one might just link back to you

By: mad

mad — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:56:13 +0000

Wonderful post!!! My friends and I are reading it right now and it is quite awesome! Personally, I am a big fan of John Chow’s blogs. Currently, I have not been blogging at all, but I have been actively getting my art work published at various online literary art blogs. I hope to make my own creative arts blog some day.

Wish you the best of luck!

By: Peter Lee

Peter Lee — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:54:16 +0000

Nice blog post. I have been reading your posts for the past couple weeks and I feel like I learned a great deal about blogging. I just showed your post to a couple of my friends and they agree with me!! Great blog!!!!!!!!!

By: Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:41:51 +0000

Great post! Thanks for the great advice. I will try to apply the top 7 traits to my blogging work. Many thanks! Look forward to reading more of your posts!!!