Comments on: Using Twitter On Your Hyperlocal Blog http://bloggerlens.com/using-twitter-on-your-hyperlocal-blog/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:16:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jake Gomez http://bloggerlens.com/using-twitter-on-your-hyperlocal-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-940 Jake Gomez Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:16:09 +0000 http://bloggerlens.com/?p=156#comment-940 i always update my Twitter and i love to twitter my daily activities to my friends and loved ones. i also maintain a personal blog for entries which requires more detail. i always update my Twitter and i love to twitter my daily activities to my friends and loved ones. i also maintain a personal blog for entries which requires more detail.

]]> By: ssherron http://bloggerlens.com/using-twitter-on-your-hyperlocal-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-122 ssherron Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:26:33 +0000 http://bloggerlens.com/?p=156#comment-122 @Lawrence I don't think there is a good answer for that question. If your community or town is small, I would probably look at the county you are in as a whole. If you check Google for search terms related to your area, I'm betting that the highest searched terms are for variations of your city and county. For example, in Google there are 3200 searches per month for Bakersfield, Kansas. 2500 searches for Bakersfield, KS. 5700 searches for Bakersfield County, KS. Based on this, I would make my hyperlocal blog with a county-wide focus. I would call it BakersfieldCountyScoop.com. When I wrote my articles, I would use keyword search terms in my articles to capture traffic from the other variations that folks are searching. Starting out I would only focus on about 4 keyword variations and that's all. In your natural writing about your community, you will start ranking for tons of terms related to all aspects of your city and county. Your entire county will soon be the focus on your hyperlocal blog. @Lawrence I don’t think there is a good answer for that question. If your community or town is small, I would probably look at the county you are in as a whole. If you check Google for search terms related to your area, I’m betting that the highest searched terms are for variations of your city and county. For example, in Google there are 3200 searches per month for Bakersfield, Kansas. 2500 searches for Bakersfield, KS. 5700 searches for Bakersfield County, KS.

Based on this, I would make my hyperlocal blog with a county-wide focus. I would call it BakersfieldCountyScoop.com. When I wrote my articles, I would use keyword search terms in my articles to capture traffic from the other variations that folks are searching. Starting out I would only focus on about 4 keyword variations and that’s all. In your natural writing about your community, you will start ranking for tons of terms related to all aspects of your city and county.

Your entire county will soon be the focus on your hyperlocal blog.

]]> By: Lawrence Miller http://bloggerlens.com/using-twitter-on-your-hyperlocal-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Lawrence Miller Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:06:58 +0000 http://bloggerlens.com/?p=156#comment-121 You can see from the typos that it is probably time for me to sleep. It is 11:06 pm here. You can see from the typos that it is probably time for me to sleep. It is 11:06 pm here.

]]> By: Lawrence Miller http://bloggerlens.com/using-twitter-on-your-hyperlocal-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Lawrence Miller Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:02:46 +0000 http://bloggerlens.com/?p=156#comment-120 Yeah, I noticed that you used Bakersfield, KS as a random location and I wondered it there was such a place. That brings up a good question. What is the ideal size city or town for a local blog? I see your community is quite small, but I assume it is part of a relatively large area. After all, it takes some people to support an Ikea store. A large city within driving distance will be desirable for my wife and I. I like to be near a large city, but I like to be out a ways, when possible. In any event, I wonder if a city like Wichita might be too large a place to start a local blog. Yeah, I noticed that you used Bakersfield, KS as a random location and I wondered it there was such a place.

That brings up a good question. What is the ideal size city or town for a local blog? I see your community is quite small, but I assume it is part of a relatively large area. After all, it takes some people to support an Ikea store.

A large city within driving distance will be desirable for my wife and I. I like to be near a large city, but I like to be out a ways, when possible.

In any event, I wonder if a city like Wichita might be too large a place to start a local blog.

]]> By: ssherron http://bloggerlens.com/using-twitter-on-your-hyperlocal-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-119 ssherron Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:45:20 +0000 http://bloggerlens.com/?p=156#comment-119 @medic Hopefully I can steer you in the right direction for what works for me. It's a funny coincidence that I just used Kansas randomly when I wrote the article about keeping your full time job. I have no idea if there is a Bakersfield, Kansas however. There are some long, long stretches of highway in Kansas. I drove across the state in 2003 on my way to Colorado and the Rocky Mountains. I remember driving for miles through green fields and not even seeing a sign for miles and miles. A beautiful state. @medic Hopefully I can steer you in the right direction for what works for me. It’s a funny coincidence that I just used Kansas randomly when I wrote the article about keeping your full time job. I have no idea if there is a Bakersfield, Kansas however. There are some long, long stretches of highway in Kansas. I drove across the state in 2003 on my way to Colorado and the Rocky Mountains. I remember driving for miles through green fields and not even seeing a sign for miles and miles. A beautiful state.

]]> By: Lawrence Miller http://bloggerlens.com/using-twitter-on-your-hyperlocal-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Lawrence Miller Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:28:36 +0000 http://bloggerlens.com/?p=156#comment-118 I will be following your advice closely as a get into hyper local blogging. It will have to wait, however, until we decide for sure where we are going to live long term in America. We will be living in Wichita, KS for short while, settling some family affairs. I will start the blog from there. I will be following your advice closely as a get into hyper local blogging.

It will have to wait, however, until we decide for sure where we are going to live long term in America. We will be living in Wichita, KS for short while, settling some family affairs. I will start the blog from there.

]]> By: ssherron http://bloggerlens.com/using-twitter-on-your-hyperlocal-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-114 ssherron Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:26:56 +0000 http://bloggerlens.com/?p=156#comment-114 @medic To answer your first question. Yes, Allyn Hane is an awesome and unique man. He selflessly shares his knowledge. I predict greatness for him. I'm glad a fire is lighting under you because there is no drawback, only good will come of it as I see things. I would offer this advice. Don't let where you presently live keep you from starting right now. Now is a great time to start and you will be rolling along when you come back state side. Take a look at this post I recently put up. http://bloggerlens.com/how-to-start-a-hyperlocal-blog-and-keep-your-full-time-job/. Just change the title to How to start a hyperlocal blog while living in the Philippines. Thanks for your kind words about my sites and I really do appreciate your active involvement and your questions. @medic To answer your first question. Yes, Allyn Hane is an awesome and unique man. He selflessly shares his knowledge. I predict greatness for him. I’m glad a fire is lighting under you because there is no drawback, only good will come of it as I see things.

I would offer this advice. Don’t let where you presently live keep you from starting right now. Now is a great time to start and you will be rolling along when you come back state side. Take a look at this post I recently put up. http://bloggerlens.com/how-to-start-a-hyperlocal-blog-and-keep-your-full-time-job/. Just change the title to How to start a hyperlocal blog while living in the Philippines.

Thanks for your kind words about my sites and I really do appreciate your active involvement and your questions.

]]> By: Lawrence Miller http://bloggerlens.com/using-twitter-on-your-hyperlocal-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Lawrence Miller Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:56:29 +0000 http://bloggerlens.com/?p=156#comment-113 Steve, I guess I forgot to mention that in this post that you showed me a worthwhile reason to have a Twitter account. I have a Facebook account and a Linkedin account, too. I have up until now never bothered to put any of these accounts to good use. I think I will give them all a closer look now that I have read this post. Thanks Steve,

I guess I forgot to mention that in this post that you showed me a worthwhile reason to have a Twitter account. I have a Facebook account and a Linkedin account, too. I have up until now never bothered to put any of these accounts to good use. I think I will give them all a closer look now that I have read this post.

Thanks

]]> By: Lawrence Miller http://bloggerlens.com/using-twitter-on-your-hyperlocal-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Lawrence Miller Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:35:31 +0000 http://bloggerlens.com/?p=156#comment-112 Hi Steve Sherron, I learned about you and your hyper local blogging expertise on http://BloggerIllustrated.net/. (Allyn Hane is a a great guy, isn't he?) You might say the story there about you lit my fire, and thank the Lord that it did. I have been floundering around trying to find something to do on the internet that would serve a good purpose and interest people. As you can see, if you go to http://mpidirect.com, I have started a personal blog that may generate a nice following in time, but . . . a local press blog like you have on http://monroescoop.com is, if done right, a can't miss way to do what I want and need to do: something for people that they will find interesting and intriguing, which will then translate into an income flow as the blog is developed and embraced by the local reading public. I can see that Allyn was right. You know what you are doing and it is a much needed resource for its intended audience. It will be a little while before I can put a plan into action--I am living in the Philippines but will be coming home to America sometime in July, if all goes as planned. Meanwhile I will start boning up on how to do hyper local blogging right here on BloggerLens.com and on MonroeScoop.com. Thanks for being there Steve. Cheers Hi Steve Sherron,

I learned about you and your hyper local blogging expertise on http://BloggerIllustrated.net/. (Allyn Hane is a a great guy, isn’t he?) You might say the story there about you lit my fire, and thank the Lord that it did. I have been floundering around trying to find something to do on the internet that would serve a good purpose and interest people.

As you can see, if you go to http://mpidirect.com, I have started a personal blog that may generate a nice following in time, but . . . a local press blog like you have on http://monroescoop.com is, if done right, a can’t miss way to do what I want and need to do: something for people that they will find interesting and intriguing, which will then translate into an income flow as the blog is developed and embraced by the local reading public.

I can see that Allyn was right. You know what you are doing and it is a much needed resource for its intended audience.

It will be a little while before I can put a plan into action–I am living in the Philippines but will be coming home to America sometime in July, if all goes as planned. Meanwhile I will start boning up on how to do hyper local blogging right here on BloggerLens.com and on MonroeScoop.com.

Thanks for being there Steve.

Cheers

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