Comments on: Train Wreck Blogging: Ain’t Nothing To See Here Folks

By: David Doolin

David Doolin — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:16:54 +0000

Cripes, I have this great idea for a blog post, and here it is on Copyblogger. Is there anywhere in Blogistan not bearing the rut marks of Clark & Company? I guess this one is old enough now that the ruts, in blog years, are sort of like those old conestoga trails. Kind of grown over.

Heck with it. I’m gonna write the darn thing anyway. But it’s going behind an email wall, subscribers only.

Clark & Company… Pioneers Blazing the Blogging Trail… I like that.

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By: John Furgurson

John Furgurson — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:12:30 +0000

Negative headlines are a common technique in traditional ad agency circles and direct response writing. But yes, the trick is to circle back effectively. (A lot of ads don’t quite get there.)

Thankfully, bloggers have plenty of room to write long copy.
My most recent post is a good example of that negative technique… check it out at http://www.BrandInsightBlog.com

I just wish the press didn’t have such a negativity bias. Maybe they’d find something else to write about besides the economic train wreck.

By: Derek

Derek — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:37:05 +0000

Excellent post.

I was inspired to go public by this article and begin my own ‘full-catastrophe’ blogging. I’m now a little freaked out by sending my words onto the interwebz and giving people a little glimpse of my ‘train wreck’, but what’s done is done…

Thank you.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:29:06 +0000

Excellent! I love the whole concept of catastrophe blogging. Hit home for me as I am both a catastrophe blogger and an advice blogger in the one site! Early days yet, and I may be a train wreck, or it may be the best idea ever!

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:05:02 +0000

Aha – sometimes you just need someone to tell you what you are & then it all becomes so clear! Stay tuned for my take on trainwreck blogging and the politics of mirth and misrule.

By: Jim Goolsby

Jim Goolsby — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:28:37 +0000

Amen, brother!

I have a spirituality blog that tries to focus on the positive. I have articles that help people with depression, change the way the look at life, and I give them regular affirmations they can use to “program” their mind to recognize the “good” in life.

It does okay; I haven’t been promoting it much yet, but here’s the rub…

One article I wrote in particular got about 7 or 8 times as many hits as all my other posts. The title? “God’s Getting Sued!”

I think you hit the nail on the head with this one…it seems people can’t resist the “train wreck” / Tabloid style headline. Great article.

By: Ben Roberts | EXIT Real Estate 540

Ben Roberts | EXIT Real Estate 540 — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:49:28 +0000

I’ve always been a little scared to lean on negativity to get traffic and subscribers. I like how you suggest transitioning from the negative to the positive in your post. I guess the only risk you really run is readers not reading the whole thing to get the message.

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By: David Risley

David Risley — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 02:29:15 +0000

Works in getting people to open your emails, too. Do it in the subject line.