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Monday, Apr. 14, 2008 at 9:22 pm

Blogger Appreciation Day — A Few GrokDotCom Favorites

By Robert Gorell
April 14th, 2008

Earlier today, Problogger’s Darren Rowse declared April 14th “Blogger Appreciation Day“.

Although I read Darren’s blog, I actually found out about it after receiving a link from his colleague, Chris Garrett, thanking me for commenting on his blog over the past year.

It’s no secret that Chris and Darren are smart guys. They knows how to get comments, trackbacks, RSS subscribers, ad revenue… all the stuff bloggers claim to want. In fact, they’ve even co-authored a new book, Problogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income. I haven’t yet read their book, but after following their blogs for a combined three years, I can tell you that their biggest secrets are (*spoiler alert*) that they actually enjoy what they do and they know how to engage and give energy back to their readers.

They also know how to ask for things without being tacky. At one point last year, Chris had an author’s note at the bottom of each post that read, “If you found this post useful, buy me a coffee!” (with “buy me a coffee” linked to his PayPal account). Brilliant.

It must have been a good post. I payed real dollars to buy him a virtual double latte.

So, in the spirit of this imaginary international holiday, here’s GrokDotCom’s short list of bloggers who, for various reasons, we appreciate:

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  1. Tom Limongello
    April 14th, 2008
    10:21 pm

    No Chinese Bloggers in there? Those at BloggerCon in China this November would be disappointed to hear they were not part of ‘international blogger day’. You’ve just given me a good reason to go check and see if there are any that are worthy of your list.

  2. Robert Gorell
    April 14th, 2008
    11:47 pm

    No snub intended, Tom. Please do share your recommendations. (I’ve read Upper Westside Journal before, and I know you speak Mandarin, so no excuses. ;) )

    We have been linked to be a few Chinese blogs, but only recently have we hired someone on our marketing team with experience working in Beijing. Like many others, we at FutureNow are taking strides to become more “international” ourselves.

    I also know that we have several readers from Japan and India with blogs. If any of them are reading this and see that they’re not represented, please leave us a comment so we can link to you.

  3. Olivier
    April 15th, 2008
    3:12 am

    Wow ! Thank you for your trackback for Innovablog. And happy to see a few french blogs in your list ;)

  4. Robert Gorell
    April 15th, 2008
    10:39 am

    Thank you, Olivier!

  5. Jason Billingsley
    April 15th, 2008
    12:20 pm

    I stumble your content more than any other and read more of your posts than any other (so says Google Reader), so hat tip to your team Robert. Thanks for the nod.

  6. Jason Billingsley
    April 15th, 2008
    12:24 pm

    Noticed your link to Mitch Joel is broken/missing.

  7. Robert Gorell
    April 15th, 2008
    12:36 pm

    Thank you, Jason — on both accounts!

    Get Elastic is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the real business impact of usability and conversion optimization. We’d feel pretty lonely out here without you and Linda sharing research and helping us to think big.

    The same goes for Mitch and the Twist Image team!

  8. Aaron Chronister
    April 15th, 2008
    12:45 pm

    Thanks for the mention! I’m humbled and glad to be at least somewhat entertaining in my somewhat irrelevant rants :D

  9. Tim Peter
    April 15th, 2008
    12:47 pm

    Thanks for the mention, Robert. I’m flattered that you include me among such prestigious company.

    I would put up my list, but I think I’m better off just seconding yours. Great list. One person you might consider adding is Robbin Steif at LunaMetrics. A consistently great read.

    Thanks again.

  10. Blogger Appreciation Day: Favorite reads
    April 15th, 2008
    1:07 pm

    [...] Gorrell at GrokDotCom listed blogs he appreciates as part of Darren Rowse’s Blogger Appreciation Day. I was thrilled that Robert included me in [...]

  11. Robert Gorell
    April 15th, 2008
    1:52 pm

    Aaron,

    Your “somewhat irrelevant” rants are way more welcome than a lot of the “somewhat relevant” stuff out there. You help marketers deflate the self-serious pretense we’ve all been known to inhale at times.

    Tim,

    Great suggestion to add Robbin! LunaMetrics is outstanding.

  12. James
    April 15th, 2008
    2:24 pm

    Thanks for the hat tip! :) I’m a raving fan of the GrokDotCom blog – keep up the great work!

  13. Followup on Unofficial Blogger Appreciation Day - 14th April | Smartblogtips
    April 15th, 2008
    2:25 pm

    [...] Robert Gorell [...]

  14. Roberta Rosenberg
    April 15th, 2008
    2:38 pm

    Thanks so much for the appreciation!

  15. Adele Revella
    April 15th, 2008
    5:08 pm

    I would not have known about without your post! Thanks for the mention, and for all of the new links.

  16. MarsOcean
    April 15th, 2008
    8:28 pm

    Thank you for including my blog in the list :)

    I’m glad and a little bit surprised since most of my posts are written in Chinese. Thanks.

  17. Mars Opinion
    April 16th, 2008
    2:22 am

    [...] 非常神奇的，我的Blog链接出现在了grokdotcom.com的帖子里面，帖子标题是Blogger Appreciation Day — A few GrokDotCom Favorites。 [...]

  18. Matt Pace
    April 16th, 2008
    10:27 am

    Thanks from myself and the rest of Compete blogging team.

  19. Yvonne DiVita
    April 16th, 2008
    10:54 am

    What a fantastic list on a fantastic blog. Thanks for the mention… we ALL should be reading Grok…in all of its many forms.

    Shout out to all on the list: this is how blogging really works! Enjoy.

  20. Robert Gorell
    April 16th, 2008
    3:55 pm

    Mars — We very much appreciate bloggers like you, Olivier (who commented earlier) and others who share our ideas in other languages and places where normally we wouldn’t reach.

    Matt — The Compete blog is phenomenal. Congratulations on the webby nomination!

    Yvonne — Thank you for those kind words! Please send our regards to the talented crew over at Lipsticking.

  21. Carolyn Gardner
    April 17th, 2008
    3:57 pm

    The thumbs up is much appreciated! Thanks a ton!

  22. venky
    April 23rd, 2008
    7:38 am

    Thanks for this informaiton , good work

  23. Lars
    May 4th, 2008
    2:44 pm

    Thanks for the include! Only missing a convenient OPML file to add all blogs to the RSS reader with a couple of simple clicks. :)

  24. Jim Bunzol
    May 7th, 2008
    11:20 pm

    Thanks for mentioning me for Blogger Appreciation Day.

    I have been visiting your blog for more than a year now and I am still finding good articles in your archives that I didn’t know about.

  25. TutorialCompiler
    January 17th, 2009
    2:56 am

    Great list. I don’t know that even i’d get the time to read once blog fully. but thanks for the list i really appreciate it

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