Ways to be Heard

Do you write a blog?

Is it a raging success?

If you answered "yes," how about giving me me a link? ;)
If you answered "no," why not start by considering your involvement in other blogs? In particular, how often do you comment on other blogs?

I once read a blogger who said he tries to comment on every blog he reads. This does two things:

1. Makes you really interact with the ideas in the blog. Don't just channel-surf blogs all day long... that's like eating a steady stream of celery soup. You get NOTHING out of it and eventually want to gag. Dig into the blogs you're reading and find something to challenge yourself with. Leave comments makes you think about the blog.

2. Visibility. There's no better way to find people who are interested in reading what you write than to leave your face (and url) beside a thoughtful comment on someone else's blog. If you're reading interesting, thought-provoking blogs, you're probably in good company. The other readers of that blog are likely to be people with similar interests to you (you're both interested in the same blogs, anyway!) and they might just be interested in what you have to say.

A win-win, what's not to like? It takes a lot more effort, but you end up getting more out of blogs when you leave a little piece of your thoughts down the bottom as a comment.

Have you ever commented on a blog? Anything exciting happen?