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Being Nice To Your Readers

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For today’s recipe I would like to talk about my experience of communicating to my readers and if I am being nice or not. When I was just getting started with this blog, the blog didnt really had much traction and attention from other people and I was receiving very few PM’s and comments. But anyways I did respond to them just as like as how I respond to people now.

This blog has been up for about 2 years (?) and I’ve had tons of experience with dealing with different kinds of people. Sure there are those who were really annoying, some are so arrogant, some are douche, and some are too nice that I’m not sure it’s for real! I also made some mistakes in the past and have really adjusted with it.

The main point of this short post is just remind you guys to try as much as you can to be nice to your readers. Sure, it’s hard to make yourself look godly when you’re really not but I think there goes a threshold where we, bloggers have to be professional in the way we communicate. I know some of you would say “hey Im not a pro-blogger”, but since blogging is just everywhere, being more approachable to a wider sense of people can still be the “better” thing.

I’m going to be the first one to tell you that it’s hard. Yes, it is. I myself is a hardcore criticizer, someone who mocks the misery of an idiot, a guy who makes fun of any hilarity, and a frequent user of slang destructive terms to people. But does those stuffs evident here? Partly yes, but I bet you’d noticed it. Not being nice to douchebags is never a good thing although Im not saying the contrast is the best thing. My point here is that your audience/readers is generally flawed. They ask questions that are totally written in a post, they demand too much, and they can just be annoying to a certain degree. But what we bloggers can do is just simply try to interact with them, the most polite way we can.

I’m sure all of us, at each certain times, used to be annoying as well. And maybe that experience is something that we can use to deal with it this time. How’s your take against it? Is there a point here when you think I was being too harsh to you, readers?

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  3. Sometimes.. I ignore a very bad criticsm or maybe delete the comment..
    Don’t push yourself if they continue to provoke you.
    Ignore and make him boring..
    If you try to fight him, it will make worse and your concentration on others article will down..

    p/s :- Sorry.. Broken English.. Hope you understand the meaning.
    .-= poorblogger´s last blog ..Make Money Online Using Image =-.

  4. Wow! This is a great post bro. We always meet so many bloggers or even commenters who will attack us. What to do? Remain professional. For at the end of the day, our blogs will outlive us.

  6. Totally right! Most people go on and try to fight head to head but I think doing it is worthless. It’s just that your trying to waste your time with someone not worth your time.

  9. Ha ha…. Ages ago I published a post asking my readers to let out all their angst and abuse me so that they could carry on with their browsing relieved of online annoyance over other bloggers and things… I think only one blogger actually left an abusive comment and obviously it was in good humor!

    I try and be as nice to every comment as possible even if it’s stupid, rushed or just bad.

    Thanks.
    .-= Forest´s last blog ..Musically Motivated Monday – Where is my mind? =-.

  10. You cannot please everybody especially when you give your opinions in your articles. Others readers are skeptical in the products you promote on your blog and it is normal. Sometimes, I get negative reactions from other readers and honestly it hurts. But that’s the way it is. I am a newbie blogger and I need to prove that I really make money online.

    I try to be nice to everybody and answer all their queries in a timely manner. But I hope they would understand because I am also pre-occupied with other things.

    Being nice to our readers is essential in our status because we need our readers in order to earn. Readers are our source of income so we need to please them.

    By the way bro, you should try to watch the animated Avatar first before you watch the movie next year. I know you will love it. 100% sure!

  11. I don’t agree with you on this one Melvin. I think that if a reader is hotsile then all he wants to do is hurt you and your reputation. You shouldn’t allow to be bullied in front of your readers.

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