Comments on: Hello, AOL Readers!

By: Southernbella

Southernbella — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:12:50 +0000

Congrats!!! sisterfriend! good luck and happy writing .. i look forward to your columns ..Be blessed!

By: DC Neighborhood Style Examiner

DC Neighborhood Style Examiner — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:34:15 +0000

God is So Awsome Bella!

God Bless you in all that you do continuesly!

Keep rising to the Top!

By: Victoria

Victoria — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:54:13 +0000

Congratulations! How exciting!

By: pets

pets — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:50:36 +0000

I visited your new venture and you are being your usual excellent self!

I will continue to follow your career.

By: sandra

sandra — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:29:06 +0000

Thank you for taking time to comment. Your desire to become more than a one woman show is in the universe and it will be manifested. You watch and see.

By: bella

bella — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:41:12 +0000

Sandra,
that isn’t controversial, I agree with you. But I gotta add — it isn’t easy being a blogger. I’m a one woman show, so it’s up to me to find the photos, write the material, and try to post something new 5 days a week. Admittedly after writing something, I move on quickly to the next thing. I read every comment, but finding the time to go back to old posts and respond is sometimes difficult. I’ll try to do better. Thanks for commenting!

By: sandra

sandra — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:01:18 +0000

Congratulations. I am wishing you the best; but can I say something that will be perhaps a little controversial. Please understand it is my intent to help. Make sure in some type of way you give methodical acknowledgement of those who comment on blogs, AOL/blackvoices. Even if you have to set up autoresponders or hire someone part time to respond to people. I can’t tell you how important that is. I see bloggers spending lots of time putting up pictures and blogging but not as much time responding to posters; or irregular response postings. Your readers are you lifeblood and its important that you come up with a way to acknowledge them. I like the contests and giveaways(that’s excellent) but the acknowledgement about posts is even better in a world where many bloggers want eyeballs. I’ve been looking at the blogs where I visit and I have left many where I never get feedback of any kind(even though they may have been good blogs) or I the only feedback I get is from other disgruntled posters. If you have a visitor make sure to nurture and take care of them in some way through acknowledgement. Anyway, thanks for all that you do and I wish you success in your new venture.

By: AJ

AJ — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:11:33 +0000

yay! congrats! that’s so awesome.

By: Sabrinna

Sabrinna — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:24:03 +0000

Congrats! I hadn’t been reading Black Voices lately, but I will. See you at Black Voices!

By: Abeni

Abeni — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:12:33 +0000

Got this message via cbean bloggers a few minutes ago, Congrats on joining the AOL Fam I also tweet @brownsugawoman