Alright. So, I guess I’m going to rant now.
I’ve been just a little bothered by the lack of common courtesy I’ve seen displayed on some blogs over the last few days of Ultimate Blog Partying. Just as we would at a real life party, I think we ought to mind our manners in the blog-o-sphere as well. Since Emily Post probably isn’t going to write a book about this, here’s a few of my suggestions.
1. Make sure your thank the hostesses. If you’re going to sign the Mr. Linky, write an UBP post. Don’t link up your blog and not even mention the party or 5 Minutes for Mom. The ladies over at 5MFM put a lot into this, and your hostess gift to them is some linky love. It’s just kind of rude if you don’t.
2. Follow the instructions in your invitation. When you sign the Mr. Linky make sure you use the permalink to your UBP post. Not just the URL of your blog. That way party goers can find your post easily without having to scroll through all the others. Don’t know what a permalink is? It’s the long web address that shows up in your browser bar if you click on the title of a specific post on a blog’s main page. That’s the easiest way I know how to describe it.
3. The UBP is not just a pick up joint. This is supposed to be about building community, and making some new bloggy friends. Not just padding your Sitemeter stats for the week or adding to your subscribers and Adsense revenue. And if you have a business that you want to promote, fantastic! I’ve found several creative, resourceful business women and great new products out in the bloggy world. There’s nothing wrong with some self-promotion, but don’t use the Mr. Linky just as a source of free advertising.
4. Make the proper introductions. In your UBP post tell us something. Something about yourself, your blog, a funny story. Anything besides just what prizes you want to win. That’s one of the ways you build community. If you draw us in, we might come back again, and leave you those precious blogger nuggets of gold called comments.
5. Mingle, mingle, mingle. This is another way you build community. If you want people to visit your blog party post and comment, you’ve got to put yourself out there and visit and comment on other’s. Most of us can’t visit every single blog that’s linked up. I mean unless we let our children run wild in the streets all day, and we stay up every night for a week. But do make a little effort to be sociable.
I think these rules apply to about any bloggy carnival you could participate in.
Now mind your P’s and Q’s, and go get your blog on!
So true so true…although I’m afraid I broke rule #2 when I took my sticky post off and let it role down. lol. (I didn’t put the direct URL because I had the sticky post up.) I’ll do better next time, but you are absolutely right!
Okay, now I’m gonna go poke around your site!
You raised a lot of good points. 🙂 As a host, I try to visit everyone who left a comment on my blog, which is why I’m here! Thanks so much for coming by Notes From the Cookie Jar. I’m actually supposed to be on a blog hiatus (shh! don’t tell anyone!) but I couldn’t resist participating. Your site looks great-I’ll have to follow you on Twitter, too.
Have a great week!
Nice! 😉
I couldn’t have said it better myself. ITA with everything you just said. 🙂
Hear Hear! I agree! And, I couldn’t have said it better myself.
Guilty as charged. On several counts. 🙁
In my defence, I somehow missed the part where it said you were supposed to link to your UBP post, not your blog. I checked several sites and saw them doing it both ways, so I just decided to link my blog but then not do another post until the party was over (since I joined kinda late) so it would be up at the top and easy to find.
Oh well…I’ll do better next time! Promise!