I’m back for another refreshing and idealistic view of the recent growing trends with the Triond community. As you all know, I love to stir the pot and I do it well. My opinions are not to be taken as an offense but, a starting point or even an ending point of why you choose to write on Triond.
The Growing Trends
I’d like everyone to take a moment and count the amount of friends you have in your friends sections, now I would like you to count how many of those friends actually read your work.
If you have a ratio of 10:120 then I’m sure you have the same types of concerns as many of the other writers. However, it has come to my attention that many writers are leaving due to the lack of page views that they personally say was by no fault of their own.
Did they make the most of the platform that was presented to them? And if they did, did they personally market themselves outside of the realm of possibilities?
It may be time to update your friend’s area and start making it a bit easier to keep up with your most loyal readers in the community section. The answer I use is “delete, delete, delete” for the ones that have fallen off the radar or just don’t take the time to read others pieces.
Lets Link to Each Other: The Wrong way to do it
There are so many ways to grow your content besides the use of social bookmarking. Personally, I love linking to material that is both interesting and of course pertinent to my own.
It’s always nice to hyperlink one of your articles to a previous user or an older article with the same type or related content. Remember that linking to an article that has little to do with the article you are writing is a dreadful way to get more views.
If you look at the analytics of Google, when your page is indexed by search engines and the links are basically useless, the search engines see no reason to rank or crawl your pages.
Lets Link to Each Other: The Right Way
Recently, some of my best buddies on Triond and I started linking to each other based on our content.
Anytime Chris Stonecipher has a recipe or article that pertains to my material, he links it and I do the same for him in return. As far as I have seen, I have received more views and so has he.
Rummage through the lists of articles written by your Triond friends and see if you can’t do the same.
Do you want your voice Heard?
As writers, our main purpose is to educate and entertain however; my point goes back to the present state of Triond. Are you trying to be recognized for your writing talents or the ability to write as many top 10 lists submitted in a day?
For the past month, I have stumbled upon some really amazing talents on Triond and my opinion is that their gifts are not being appreciated as they should be.
For that purpose, I set up a Blog called Friends Revolution to showcase the amazing talents of some of the best writers on Triond that may not be getting the recognition that they deserve.
A perfect example of one of these writers is Lost in Arizona who wrote a piece on the most memorable pictures taken of all time
. How does this differ from the typical top ten lists you ask?
If you actually take the time to read the content instead of skimming over the pictures and leaving simple comments like “good post” or “good read”, you would realize that the emotional word painting conveyed in this article brought me to tears.
This was my exact comment at the time and my most honest opinion:
“All of these pictures really brought tears to my eyes. I was so enthralled with the photos and text that the music playing on my computer disappeared. I think this is one of your best and should be number one on the Hot List!”
Top Ten Writers Who Haven’t been Realized, Yet!
I have come to the realization that the best writers on Triond pay homage to other great writers and this is what I am trying to do.
I have chosen some writers on the basis of what they are exactly trying to convey with their pieces and should be receive more recognition:
James DeVere
Enzo Silvestri
Bruce A Tucker
Chris Stonecipher
Papaleng
Robert Brian Garza
John Turner
Countrymom
Marjoram1234
Virginia Morgan
If you have any further questions for me or you would like to check out Friends Revolution, a blog that showcases some really wonderful talents on Triond and the online community feel free to shoot me a line.
Regards and Blessing
Lauren
