tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383534532124779197.post7382227584969536123..comments2023-09-03T08:51:59.966-07:00Comments on Living the Creative Life: On being a carnival... or something like thatUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383534532124779197.post-67850460337667676012012-08-09T16:31:18.066-07:002012-08-09T16:31:18.066-07:00I agree with everything you've said!! I especi...I agree with everything you've said!! I especially hate the giveaways that require you to follow 7 blogs or something, I don't want to just randomly follow blogs I've never seen! I get that they are trying to increase traffic by hosting the giveaway, but what I've seen on a few giveaways that I think is MUCH more effective is to require readers to visit the blog and leave a comment rather than follow. That exposes them to the content of the additional hosts without requiring a commitment, that way if I'm actually interested in the blog I will follow on my own...and will be much less likely to skip them when they show up on my feed. <br><br>One thing I'm particularly bad about is coming up with creative titles for posts. It's not that I don't know how to be creative, I just like everything to be perfectly organized and fit into a specific category. So most of my post titles tend to follow this format: "category of post: specific post content." I'm not sure if this is helpful or hurtful to readers perception of my blog, but I definitely like being able to scan recent post titles to know what I should post about next!<br><br>LindaLinda Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18261373532542016220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383534532124779197.post-45470609760946519112012-08-09T16:29:50.557-07:002012-08-09T16:29:50.557-07:00These are great tips! I agree that having to follo...These are great tips! I agree that having to follow unending steps just to enter a giveaway is a total turn off!Rosa @ FlutterFlutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17048824318937275995noreply@blogger.com