Comments on: BlogWorld #3: Michael Hyatt’s Session on “Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World”

By: Ali

Ali — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:51:52 +0000

Thanks, Lena. And yes, I agree marketing is absolutely crucial — and the author/blogger needs to take responsibility for this.

By: Lena

Lena — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:55:42 +0000

I’m eagerly looking forward to the day when I’ll have 20,000 readers/month. Not just hits, but readers. Enjoyed reading this post Ali. I especially like what Micheal says about marketing one’s own blogs or books. I think that’s one of the most important ways to gaining readership.

By: Ali

Ali — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:32:53 +0000

Awesome! Yay on your blog post, and yay on your friend sending it to one of her friends … that’s how messages spread.

I’ll be posting about what I learn this weekend at Winchester… am planning to go to a whole range of sessions, so I should get at least a couple of posts out of it!

By: Ali

Ali — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:31:37 +0000

Yep, Michael seemed like a fantastic guy — and I’ve got the Platform book on my wishlist (am trying to finish books I already own before buying new ones…)

By: Ali

Ali — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:30:37 +0000

Thanks, Barbara! Hope you find Google Alerts useful — I definitely have. And I should probably have mentioned in the post that I live in the UK, so it’s not a big trip for me! (Though people come to the conference from all round the world.)

By: LycoRogue

LycoRogue — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 05:18:45 +0000

It’s a shame that writers need the platform to get recognized in this day and age, but I totally get why.

As for: “Amplification – your readers/fans will share your message with others” I’m happy to report that I finally hit that point! ^_^ I don’t even have an informative blog – it’s a journal style. However, I had a blog post about how excited I was at discovering that fanfiction writing CAN become profitable and how much it seemed to justify my concentrating on it over original fiction. Well, one of my good friends and loyal readers ended up sending that post to one of her friends in order to encourage HIS fanfiction writing!

Sweet!

So, anyway, great post. Can’t wait to see if there’s more to learn. ^_^

By: Dave Fowler

Dave Fowler — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:49:11 +0000

Hi Ali,
WOW is right! I was over at Michael’s site the other day because I was looking for ways to use Evernote to get organised. I read through the post that Google had directed me to and thought What a great post – and then I saw that Michael had written maybe a dozen more posts about Evernote and I actually said WOW out loud. He really delivers to the point where I couldn’t fail to be impressed.

By: Barbara McDowell Whitt

Barbara McDowell Whitt — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:06:52 +0000

Ali, I unpacked, read and sold numerous Thomas Nelson books when I worked in a small Christian bookstore in the 1990s. I like the way Michael Hyatt talked about our blog or website as our home base, our social presence on other sites as our embassies, and our mentions in other places as our outposts, all parts of our platforms. As soon as I leave your site I will be posting Barbara McDowell Whitt in Google Alerts.

Have a wonderful time in the United Kingdom.