Finding Value w/ Daily Links

By on March 19, 2006 in Whistle Stops with 9 Comments

When I first began blogging, I thought daily links were a lazy way to publish a post. It almost stopped me from subscribing to some feeds. When I show these posts to others, their initial reaction is similar.

Yet, I find myself gravitating to these postings first. Those who publish these types of posts are providing tremendous value to their audience.

This morning, Phil Gerbyshak’s links point to this great article and a blog I hadn’t seen before (but am now subscribed). Among Trevor Cook’s  list was this post that includes a link to two recent studies on Word of Mouth and Buzz Marketing. Good stuff I wouldn’t have found otherwise.

Many of these bloggers use the del.icio.us thingy. Fred Wilson has a quick tutorial on how you can set one up. For Whistle Stops, I don’t use the del.icio.us tool, but will bookmark items in del.icio.us for later use.

These aren’t lazy posts (though they can be published while you’re sleeping), it’s actually quite a commitment to sustain. I appreciate those who do it regularly. Here are some I favor:

If you’re a business owner or independent contractor, consider doing something like this on your blog. By sharing what you’re reading – sharing your knowledge – your customers become smarter, and you’re all on the same page.

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  • http://overtonecomm.blogspot.com/ Kami Huyse

    I am glad you find it useful. Mine appear in my feed, but not in my blog. I use del.icio.us a lot, especially to follow my comments, plus I have always done a lot of reading. So, when I found out I could easily add it to my feed, I went ahead and did it. I have also been tring to include more comments and lo and behold, I find that my links are some of the most clicked on items in my feed. I don’t know what the says about my writing though (ha-ha).

  • http://www.mikesansone.com Mike Sansone

    Kami – Interesting that the links appear in your feed but not your blog. If you haven’t posted the “how-to” on getting it only in your feed, would love to see that tutorial.
    Your writing is what got me to subscribe, so it must be good stuff.

  • http://garyslinger.com/blog/2006/03/20/daily-link-postings-revisited/ Gary Slinger

    Daily Link Postings, Revisited

    Mike Sansone, over at Converstations has written a piece “Finding Value w/ Daily Links”, and was kind enough to include myself as one of the folks whose daily link postings he found value in. Well, first – “thanks!”. But I thought I’d exp…

  • http://overtonecomm.blogspot.com/ Kami Huyse

    Mike; I will try to get to that later this week, my deadlines are rough this week. Wish me luck ;-)

  • http://www.resonancepartnership.com Marianne Richmond

    Mike,
    Good to hear you find the links useful and thanks for the call out! Interesting conversation between you, Kami and Gary regarding the use and usefulness of links.
    Marianne

  • http://www.mikesansone.com Mike Sansone

    Marianne – Thanks for providing the links and keeping your audience informed.

  • http://www.timeforblogging.com Joshua Dorkin

    I find link posts to be helpful on occasion. If the author categorizes or analyzes the links, it becomes much more useful then simply listing a bunch of “good reads”.
    I will do a linkpost once in a while, but I will always let the reader know what they are getting into first.

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