Comments on: The Power Of Personal Stories

By: Ching Ya

Ching Ya — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:57:05 +0000

It’s a good strategy to have some personal input for your posts. I haven’t been really using personal stories that much after I ‘transformed’ this blog of mine to a niche blog. Anyhow, it’s great to get reminded that our readers are interested about us occasionally. Sometimes I tend to communicate with them more in comments/on their blogs. I guess both ways are important.

Thanks, Thomas.

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By: Rasheed

Rasheed — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:59:27 +0000

Oh I agree 100%. There is an awesome power in personal stories. Stories keep people’s attention. Every spiritual tradition I know of uses stories to communicate the message.

Facts and figures are great and necessary, but the stories make those stats personally meaningful.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:21:12 +0000

Zemalf – I totally agree. If my blog wasn’t personal, it wouldn’t be half as fun to write!

Ryan – That is exactly it. Trust is something I forgot to touch on in my post, but one of the major benefits of personal blogging.

By: Ryan Bickett

Ryan Bickett — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:14:37 +0000

I agree with your thoughts. I am trying to be more personal with my blog. I find myself tending to read blogs where the author shares his/her experiences and is more open. I feel I can trust these bloggers more than others and value there thoughts much more. I hope to replicate those feelings with the people who read my blog.

By: Zemalf

Zemalf — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:50:06 +0000

I think I wouldn’t blog if it is wasn’t about personal experiences and I think that is the essence of blogging. Or at least how this blogging thing started at least. Of course there are many reasons to blog, but I mostly write about things I’ve done or tried, and write how I did it (e.g. how-to/ guide) or what’s my opinion on something (e.g. review), etc.

But reading your thoughts on this and the great mountain climb post, I see that there is room for “more personal touch” in my writing. and yeah, sales page without proof of results and testimonials is pretty much doomed :)