No doubt there will be someone, at some time who will dish up a nasty comment on your blog, how do you handle it? I did think that the best way to handle it was just to leave it there because doing otherwise would be somewhat biased. But now I’ve stated to rethink this after seeing some comments on other blogs.

When I read something really nasty on another blog I feel empathy for the blogger, but I wonder if leaving those comments there might place a damper on their reputation. Should you allow allow your reputation to be compromised in your own publication?

Two Type of Negative Comments

I think there are two types of negative comments. One that offers legitimate push-back to the stance you are taking in your blog post. The other is the Negative Nellie that seems to leave the nasty comment for no good reason other than to stir up controversy.

I wouldn’t suggest removing comments that counter your arguments just because you don’t like what they don’t agree with you – there is great value in this both to you and readers. But what about Negative Nellie?

So should you delete the negative comment? Offer some sort of response?

For example, magazines often publish reader responses to previous articles. A good magazine will publish both positive and negative feedback. But I don’t recall seeing many high quality magazines that publish out and out rants based on unfounded logic.

Liz Strauss told me during our interview that many people have some fear of commenting on blogs because it opens their ideas up to scrutiny.

As a blog publisher, it is your role to set the tone of your blog. If your goal is to provide a positive atmosphere where people feel comfortable leaving comments, this type of negativity in the comments section could dissuade others from participating in the conversation.

If a person who would like to engage in the discussion sees that you allow people to leave nasty comments, could this dissuade them from joining in? As the publisher of the blog, is it our responsibility to set the tone for what is and is not acceptable?

What Other Bloggers are Doing

Marketing Profs Daily Fix
Ignore ‘em or Embrace ‘em? How to Handle Negative Blog Comments

Tech Forward
Negative Blog Comments – Keep Your Focus!

Here’s a funny one (I don’t see myself using this but I think the concept is hilarious for the right blogger):
Young Go Getter

What do you think?

What is the best way to handle those few nasty commenters and why?

I wanted to share with you some amazing information that I just found from Dave Navarro – not music rock star Dave Navarro who was married to Carmen Electra – the blogging rock star Dave Navarro, a contributing writer to Jon Phillips Freelance Folder.

Dave has an awesome writing style and always offers tons of great ideas on Freelance Folder.  Today I found an excellent resource that he has created on time “management.”  The reason I say “management” in quotes is because Dave has a completely different perspective on this this overused term:

It (time management) is just a poor choice of terms because it implies that you can have leverage over time, which you can’t.  What you can manage, however, are the results you get from your time. You can manage those like crazy. And when you get it right, you can do practically anything.

He promises that by the time you finish this special report, you’ll know

• Exactly How To Create a ’0 Hour Day’
• The #1 Commitment All Master Time Managers Make
• What Your Next Step To Success Is

You can get the report called “How To Get 30 Hours A Day” here.  You will also have access to other pieces of his 30 Hours a Day audio coaching program including an MP3 called “The 10 Critical Skills Of Painless Time Management” as well as access to the 30 Day Challenge members forum.

All free to help you get more out of your life and reach your goals faster

Dave clearly states on his report that “you Will Not Be Sold Anything In This Report. So Open Your Mind, Remind Yourself Of Your Potential & Get Ready To Learn.”

So enjoy – hope to see you over at the 30 Day Challenge Forum where I am signing up as soon as I finish this post!

We close out each week with our Who Said That?, where we give some link love to other blogs and regular websites that we feel you may find interesting.
Let’s get started!

First off, I want to give a big congratulations to Pat Doyle who quit her job this week to pursue her entrepreneurial dreams.  You are awesome Pat-best of luck to you!

In this extremely comprehensive post titled Creating a Prospect List for Traffic and Links, Dosh Dosh explains the his own strategies that have made earned him a reputation as a top blogger.  This is my favorite type of post, offering complete and actionable tips that you can walk away with and put into practice immediately.

Remarkable Communication asks: what problem are you solving?  Can you quickly come back with a well versed answer to the real-life problem that your blog or business solves for others?

Andy Beard explains Why Blogs Suck and commenters join in the conversation to share their experiences.

Michael Martine of the newly renamed Remarkablogger has recently did 5 Free Quick Blog Reviews that are EXCELLENT.  These aren’t your average reviews.  In my opinion, every single blogger can learn something very important from these reviews.

The 5 reviews are:

Free Quick Blog Review: Caroline Middlebrook, Livin’ Online

Free Quick Blog Review: DCS Media

Free Quick Blog Review: unTECHy

Free Quick Blog Review: MarcoRichter.net

Free Quick Blog Review: Theme Playground

Michael is also offering blog reviews like these for $100.  In my opinion, this is a fantastic value for such an intuitive and helpful review.

Have a great weekend!

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