Comments on: The Wow Factor: Is It Ruining Our Culture? http://momgrind.com/2010/04/06/wow-factor/ Sat, 05 May 2012 12:03:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: J.D. Meier http://momgrind.com/2010/04/06/wow-factor/#comment-20524 J.D. Meier Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:31:05 +0000 http://momgrind.com/?p=4134#comment-20524 I'm a fan of meaningful results and impact. At the same time, I get how some things can be tougher to read than others, so I try to simplify my writing where I can, add easier to scan headings, and add bullets where appropriate. I don't let the form get in the way of the function though. At the end of the day, I try to share the insight as simply as possible and I try to make sure you don't have to work to hard for it. I want to flow the info, not be the bottleneck or friction. I do think that there's an emerging pattern where people have hit a breaking point with info overload and are slowing down, and starting to look for more meaning. I think more people are realizing they don't want to hurry up to get nowhere fast and life isn't something you rush through. I’m a fan of meaningful results and impact.

At the same time, I get how some things can be tougher to read than others, so I try to simplify my writing where I can, add easier to scan headings, and add bullets where appropriate. I don’t let the form get in the way of the function though.

At the end of the day, I try to share the insight as simply as possible and I try to make sure you don’t have to work to hard for it. I want to flow the info, not be the bottleneck or friction.

I do think that there’s an emerging pattern where people have hit a breaking point with info overload and are slowing down, and starting to look for more meaning. I think more people are realizing they don’t want to hurry up to get nowhere fast and life isn’t something you rush through.

]]> By: janice http://momgrind.com/2010/04/06/wow-factor/#comment-20523 janice Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:58:08 +0000 http://momgrind.com/?p=4134#comment-20523 My blog is small, doesn't have a huge following, but oh my goodness how I value every single reader, subscriber and commenter, and the time that allows me to respond to everyone, at a pace that suits me. Many of the comments in my boxes are so meaningful and well written, they could be posts in their own right. I got into blogging to create a home for the newsletter articles I wrote once a month; that'll tell you the kind of pace I started out at! My blog is small, doesn’t have a huge following, but oh my goodness how I value every single reader, subscriber and commenter, and the time that allows me to respond to everyone, at a pace that suits me. Many of the comments in my boxes are so meaningful and well written, they could be posts in their own right.

I got into blogging to create a home for the newsletter articles I wrote once a month; that’ll tell you the kind of pace I started out at!

]]> By: Jannie Funster http://momgrind.com/2010/04/06/wow-factor/#comment-20519 Jannie Funster Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:20:26 +0000 http://momgrind.com/?p=4134#comment-20519 Hey Vered! I like Seth's blog a lot, he's always got some nugget of wisdom or other in succinct posts. In fact -- in his curent post he writes "You can turn your reddit posts or your press releases or your Facebook updates or blog posts into urgent announcements that demand attention. And in the short run, it might work. But then you'll exhaust your readers." Bingo, as per this post! I think blogs like his that are helpful and / or inspiring, and written to engage, are what most people really crave. I think the newer voices just have to work really really hard to be heard. But they will if they go about it with the right attitude. And determination! There is ALWAYS more room for good stuff to get through. Me? I guess my main thing is a creative outlet. I get these ideas I just HAVE to get out. Wacky, eh?? :) xo Hey Vered! I like Seth’s blog a lot, he’s always got some nugget of wisdom or other in succinct posts. In fact — in his curent post he writes “You can turn your reddit posts or your press releases or your Facebook updates or blog posts into urgent announcements that demand attention. And in the short run, it might work. But then you’ll exhaust your readers.” Bingo, as per this post! I think blogs like his that are helpful and / or inspiring, and written to engage, are what most people really crave. I think the newer voices just have to work really really hard to be heard. But they will if they go about it with the right attitude. And determination! There is ALWAYS more room for good stuff to get through.

Me? I guess my main thing is a creative outlet. I get these ideas I just HAVE to get out. Wacky, eh?? :)

xo

]]> By: MomGrind http://momgrind.com/2010/04/06/wow-factor/#comment-20518 MomGrind Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:32:00 +0000 http://momgrind.com/?p=4134#comment-20518 Barbara, I feel the same. I often say "not another one of THOSE!" Kelly, I thought for a while about changing the focus of this blog and writing exclusively about blogging and social media. But I enjoy personal blogging too much to do that, so decided to continue here and started a separate social media blog. I love what I do here - I love that I can create, express myself and interact. I don't get the stumbleupon traffic that I used to get, but that traffic was meaningless anyway. So yes, there was a rush and then a decline in traffic, but I enjoy this blog much more now that I don't feel pressured to produce yet another stumbleupon hit. Barbara, I feel the same. I often say “not another one of THOSE!”

Kelly, I thought for a while about changing the focus of this blog and writing exclusively about blogging and social media. But I enjoy personal blogging too much to do that, so decided to continue here and started a separate social media blog. I love what I do here – I love that I can create, express myself and interact. I don’t get the stumbleupon traffic that I used to get, but that traffic was meaningless anyway. So yes, there was a rush and then a decline in traffic, but I enjoy this blog much more now that I don’t feel pressured to produce yet another stumbleupon hit.

]]> By: Kelly@SHE-POWER http://momgrind.com/2010/04/06/wow-factor/#comment-20511 Kelly@SHE-POWER Fri, 09 Apr 2010 04:20:47 +0000 http://momgrind.com/?p=4134#comment-20511 I think this particular dilemma was a major contributor to me cutting back and almost stopping blogging. I'm a writer more than a blogger and I want to write articles and stories I am proud of. I also want my readers to come because they like my writing style and what I talk about. But at the same time it's natural to want lots of readers, to feel like you have some weight in the blogasphere so you sit around wondering how you can be authentic and please yourself while pleasing others. I found it very easy to get sucked into the page views, the desire to go viral with a piece and the corresponding effect on your ALEXA ranking. Social media was very good to my blog and incidentally one of my deep pieces is actually my most popular article (25 Fast facts about Women Around the World). However, it is a list post and I rarely do those. All my articles that did well on StumbleUpon were list posts or shallow, fun pieces. Maybe this would have been incentive to keep going if the higher ALEXA rankings and page views corresponded with a growing subscriber base, but in my case they didn't. I plateaued and then slowly lost motivation to keep blogging. I wonder how many other people experience the exact same blogging trajectory. Slow growth, then BOOM, then same, same, same and then slow decline. Glad to see you're still going strong Vered. :) Kelly I think this particular dilemma was a major contributor to me cutting back and almost stopping blogging. I’m a writer more than a blogger and I want to write articles and stories I am proud of. I also want my readers to come because they like my writing style and what I talk about. But at the same time it’s natural to want lots of readers, to feel like you have some weight in the blogasphere so you sit around wondering how you can be authentic and please yourself while pleasing others. I found it very easy to get sucked into the page views, the desire to go viral with a piece and the corresponding effect on your ALEXA ranking. Social media was very good to my blog and incidentally one of my deep pieces is actually my most popular article (25 Fast facts about Women Around the World). However, it is a list post and I rarely do those. All my articles that did well on StumbleUpon were list posts or shallow, fun pieces. Maybe this would have been incentive to keep going if the higher ALEXA rankings and page views corresponded with a growing subscriber base, but in my case they didn’t. I plateaued and then slowly lost motivation to keep blogging. I wonder how many other people experience the exact same blogging trajectory. Slow growth, then BOOM, then same, same, same and then slow decline.

Glad to see you’re still going strong Vered. :)

Kelly

]]> By: Barbara Swafford http://momgrind.com/2010/04/06/wow-factor/#comment-20510 Barbara Swafford Fri, 09 Apr 2010 04:07:44 +0000 http://momgrind.com/?p=4134#comment-20510 Hi Vered, Your post reminds me of how my reading habits have changed since I started blogging. In the beginning, I wanted to see that wow factor. It intrigued me. But then as I got to know the blog authors, I wanted to read more about them, not "wow" stuff. For me, the wow stuff has almost become predictable, much like a canned romance novel. Hi Vered,

Your post reminds me of how my reading habits have changed since I started blogging. In the beginning, I wanted to see that wow factor. It intrigued me. But then as I got to know the blog authors, I wanted to read more about them, not “wow” stuff.

For me, the wow stuff has almost become predictable, much like a canned romance novel.

]]> By: MomGrind http://momgrind.com/2010/04/06/wow-factor/#comment-20509 MomGrind Fri, 09 Apr 2010 02:34:48 +0000 http://momgrind.com/?p=4134#comment-20509 Dr. J, I know what you mean! Lori, I love that quote. So true. Tina, I think almost every blogger has tried - I know I did (still do once in a while). Dr. J, I know what you mean!

Lori, I love that quote. So true.

Tina, I think almost every blogger has tried – I know I did (still do once in a while).

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