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My Best No Comment Posts

By Brad Shorr | May 13, 2008


Timothy L. Johnson came up with a great question — what are your most under appreciated blog posts? His list of 10 zero-comment posts included some top notch material. I ferreted through all 400+ Word Sell posts and here’s what I came up with.

The Big Zeros
5 Ways to Add Fresh Content to Your Web Site

How to Compose a Voice Mail Greeting (A seldom analyzed necessity of life)

Top 10 Problems for Small Biz Web Sites

Can a Salesperson Be Too Organized?

How to Prosper in a Slumping Economy (My early forecast turned out right)

Sales Power Lost in Translation (Humor with a point)

Try (Best title)

Use Online Press Releases to Jump Start Your Business

This is not an official “tag”, but I’d love to see lists from Joanna Young, Bob Hruzek, Robyn McMaster, and Jeanne Dininni… along with anyone else who wants to dig into their past!

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    • 15 Responses to “My Best No Comment Posts”

    1. My Best No Comment Posts | Inc News Says:
      May 13th, 2008 at 6:29 am

      […] Ryan Calo wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptTimothy L. Johnson came up with a great question — what are your most under appreciated blog posts? His list of 10 zero-comment posts included some top notch material. I ferreted through all 400+ Word Sell posts and here’s what I came … […]

    2. Robert Hruzek Says:
      May 13th, 2008 at 6:52 am

      You’re on, Buddy! I can’t wait to resurrect some brilliantly pithy posts from the basement! Um, if I can find any… :-\

    3. Brad Shorr Says:
      May 13th, 2008 at 6:53 am

      Bob, can’t wait to see them. Prepare to be de-uncommented, too. :)

    4. Joanna Young Says:
      May 13th, 2008 at 8:18 am

      What a great idea Brad. I’ll play - sometime! lots of posts asking to be written just now… meantime I’ll go and leave some comment love on these great articles :-)

      Joanna

    5. Karen Swim Says:
      May 13th, 2008 at 8:17 pm

      Brad, what a great idea! You have taken something that can be hard for a blogger (okay let’s face it, brutal!) and turned it into something positive. I am going to read these gems and leave some well deserved comment love. Thanks for sharing!

    6. Lennie Rose Says:
      May 13th, 2008 at 9:21 pm

      Hi Brad, who needs a blog to talk about zeros? I’ve got a lot of ‘em in my bank account. In fact I’d be a millionaire if I could add a digit - but the subject is zeros not digits. Zero response to the birthday card I sent my sister. A big bagel on my letter to the president. Zilch on my blog - what blog? It’s the subject!!!! Brad, thank you so much for the incentive. I just can’t wait to start my blog…I look forward to adding more zeros.

    7. Jeanne Dininni Says:
      May 13th, 2008 at 10:00 pm

      Brad,

      Wonderful idea! It may take me a while, though, with the crazy schedule I’ve got right now. But I’ll do my best to get to it as soon as I can.

      Hmmmmm…Let’s see…I remember that post about…

    8. Brad Shorr Says:
      May 14th, 2008 at 5:39 am

      Karen, as much as I’d like to take credit, Timothy L. Johnson is the brilliant one! Thanks for all your commenting just the same. Lennie, you always start somewhere. What better place than zero? Jeanne, you may have trouble finding no comment posts. You’ll have to go way back I imagine.

    9. Robyn Says:
      May 14th, 2008 at 6:55 am

      Hi Brad, this seems like a worthwhile adventure into reexaming posts that might even be long forgotten by me. You’ll see my response in the next few days!

    10. Brad Shorr Says:
      May 14th, 2008 at 7:10 am

      Robyn, I look forward to reading them - I have no doubt they will be thought provoking!

    11. Derrick Kwa Says:
      May 14th, 2008 at 12:07 pm

      Really good, provoking post.

      Just a thought, though. Perhaps maybe it’s because those posts are “too good” that they get fewer comments? In the sense that when people read really good, complete posts, they tend to feel they have less to add. There’ve been arguments made for only telling half the story, to allow readers more ’space’ to comment and add value.

      Just a thought, and hope that made sense.

    12. Brad Shorr Says:
      May 14th, 2008 at 12:10 pm

      Derrick, thanks for looking these posts over. I think you are right, and it has taken me a while to understand that.

    13. Middle Zone Musings » Overcoming Barriers, Part 1 Says:
      May 16th, 2008 at 5:01 am

      […] was Brad’s question in a post he recently highlighted as one of his10 favorite posts that inexplicably garnered absolutely no comments whatsoever! (Don’t you hate it when that happens? I mean, you slave and sweat over a blog post literally […]

    14. Timothy Johnson Says:
      May 16th, 2008 at 1:19 pm

      Wow - Brad! This has generated some great discussion! Congratulations! I really liked Derrick’s and Lennie’s comments! What wonderful perspective. (Enough to motivate me to comment while I’m relaxing in New England before a retreat.)

    15. Middle Zone Musings » Spinning Plates Says:
      May 20th, 2008 at 5:02 am

      […] when Brad Shorr hit me with this one, I gave it some thought (sound of grinding noise) and decided this one might just be worth doing. […]

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