Do you ever Blog tip?

[ses5909]

A good and easy idea for a post is a blog tip where essentially you give 3 reasons why you like the blog and some feedback on how to improve it. I think any blogger whether niche or not could take advantage of this. Do you participate in blogtipping?

[pbradish]

I've never done, but it sounds like a great idea :)

[rodaniel]

Except for this month (because I've been enduring some DNS issues with my site host) I post a Blogtipping (http://www.2dolphins.com/labels/Blogtipping.html) entry on the first Monday of each month. I usually try to tie the featured sites together with some kind of common theme, but sometimes it's just potpourri...

[ses5909]

Except for this month (because I've been enduring some DNS issues with my site host) I post a Blogtipping (http://www.2dolphins.com/labels/Blogtipping.html) entry on the first Monday of each month. I usually try to tie the featured sites together with some kind of common theme, but sometimes it's just potpourri...

What kind of reaction do you get from that?

[Golgotha]

I don't because I already have a list of things that I want to change on my blog - I don't need any more :)

[rodaniel]

I always send the bloggers whose sites I've "tipped" a little note letting them know and the response is usually very positive. (There've been a couple of times I got no reply at all...)

A bit late, but nonetheless, I finally got my September Blogtipping (http://www.2dolphins.com/2007/09/september-suggestions.html) entry posted this morning.

[Contentlogger]

Did not think about it until now, but seems like a good idea! will start doing it from now :)

[ses5909]

Welcome to TBE Contentlogger! I hope you'll stop by and introduce yourself (http://www.theblogexperiment.com/blog-forum/forumdisplay.php?f=2)!

[Michael Martin]

Are these reviews of your own site, or different sites?

Each Saturday I post a design review (http://www.problogdesign.com/blog-design-reviews/) of another blog, with both what I like about it, and what I would change. I try to keep the number of each pretty similar. :)

They work well on my blog because they are essentially blog design case studies.

[ses5909]

You review a different site, but a site that you do in fact like. So, it's a recommendation to your readers but also you are offering advice to the recommended blogger.

[shyflower]

I'm going to try to review one site a week on my blog. I never heard of "blogtipping" before this thread. It looks like a good format for reviewing a blog. :) (Thanks Sara!!!)

[Simon]

For people who do this, do you generally contact the blog's owner before hand, or just go ahead and do it? I used to sell a Website Audit service that included a complete assessment of a site, this may be a good means to promote a more cut down version of that service.

[Kirk M]

Now that's an interesting idea. I'd have to wait to wait for the right opportunity though since it would have to land in an area where I actually know what I'm talking about. I'll keep this one mind for sure though.

[ses5909]

@Simon - if I were to do it, I would probably just do it and notify the blogger that I did it. After all, I am recommending their blog so I don't really see the need to get permission.

[rodaniel]

Blogtipping (http://www.businessblogwire.com/blogtipping/) is a pretty straightforward concept that I borrowed from Easton Ellsworth over at BusinessBlogWire: Link to three unsuspecting blogs with three compliments & one helpful comment, suggestion, or idea for each. It's an opportunity to share noteworthy sites with your readers and at the same time give some fellow bloggers a nice pat on the back.

I don't tip 'em off in advance, so this isn't really what you'd consider a review. But I do always send the bloggers in question a nice note right after I've posted my Blogtipping article so they'll know someone was saying nice things about them.

This is much more preferable to me than a simple blogroll because I'm not only making available links to other sites, but I get to explain why I think it's worth your time to go check it out.