The Success Of The Community
A few weeks back I had posed a question to all of you to find out about your most successful blog post ever.
Guess what happened…
The majority of respondents refrained from providing a link to what they felt was their most successful post, even though I encouraged everyone to share a link by offering to compile a listing of the posts provided to showcase the success of the community.
Out of the 18 comments that were received on that post, there were six comments that shared what they felt was their most successful post ever - including one comment that mentioned a specific post on their blog but did not specifically link to that post.
Over at Dad Balance, I mentioned how important it is that you don’t be afraid to toot your own horn as you cannot rely on other people to do it for you.
Although in this case I will try to help a little since I had promised to share what you thought were your most successful blog posts. Here are the readers that jumped right in and provided what they felt was their best post…
- A Good Husband :: 10 Ways To Be a Good Husband
- Jason’s Random Thoughts :: Japan’s Attempt at Internet Regulation Scares Me
- Jason’s Random Thoughts :: Compilation of Biggest Hits & Disappointiments
- Futon Blog :: Funky Radiator
- Postcards From the Funny Farm :: Teaching, Inspiration, and Rock ‘n Roll
- Brewsterware :: Johannus Opus 1400 Classical Organ for sale
- Great Prices Here :: Rich, Richer, Richest
Thanks to those that provided links to what they felt were their most successful blog posts based on the criteria that they felt was important to them.
It is important to remember that “most successful” can mean whatever you want - as in my original post I never qualified what I expected by asking for your most successful post, yet the majority of people resisted the opportunity for some self-promotion even though it was being encouraged.
Be proud of your work and don’t be afraid to toot your own horn.
One of the aspects of this blog that I enjoy the most is sharing the success of the community - so next time don’t be shy about promoting your own work. 
Great competition. I’ll try to also contribute in the future. I particularly enjoyed the Good Husband post. Well done to everyone.
Congrats to everybody. I enjoyed all the posts.
Informative articles you have there. Thanks for sharing it to us, I have learned a lot from your blog.
Thanks for the link, Derek. Once again, you’re one of my biggest helps. It’s amazing how fast things can grow when a community gets behind it.
Hey Derek, I agree thanks for the link. It really surprises me when I see certain posts just take off in terms of visitors. I actually just posted a little blurb about a really cool sink, and I’ve had something like 4000 to 5000 hits on it. I didn’t expect this reaction to that one little post and I think it’s really cool to see the whole thing snowball.
Here’s a link: http://www.goodnightmoonfuton.com/blog/2008/03/gabbiano-washbasin.html
Thanks for the links, Derek. I’m always surprised to hear that people didn’t follow instructions, as it shows a low reading comprehension. Considering how much people read on the internet, you’d think that the average person would have a much stronger ability to understand what they’re reading … but this does not always seem to be the case
Thanks for the link. Keep such posts coming. We can all learn to anabashedly promote ourselves. LOL.
Can’t speak for others, but personally speaking, I didn’t post a link not because I was shy of tooting my own horn, but because I didn’t have any wildly successful blog posts which I could toot. It’s pathetic, but true….
Don’t sell yourself short…while you might not have a post that has received a flood of traffic or that other people might say was super successful, I am sure that there is something that you can feel quite proud about and can easily be considered a success.
While many of my posts might not be considered successful by other peoples standards, there are quite a few that I feel have been successful based on my own definition.
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Great post! Thanks for sharing.
Hmm.. nice saying. You are a good blogger.
I am sure that there is something that you can feel quite proud about and can easily be considered a success. Thanks for sharing.