Posting Comments
I've been told by phone, email and in person that there are a lot of you who enjoy cruising BorgBlog, but who never feel moved to post a comment. That's no mystery to me. Mostly I post my sketchbook pages (not much to rouse comments among those shards and seeds of ideas), and sometimes finished cartoons. When I do pose a direct question, many of you respond.
Yesterday some of us bloggers met with the Big Bopper (editorial page editor Dave Wells) and learned that Papa Gannett judges the success of a blog largely by the number of comments a posting receives. Anything over five comments per post is considered successful.
So I'm not trying to manufacture success here, but if you do like BorgBlog an occasional comment will help keep it alive and thriving.
Thanks!
26 Comments:
I'll vote for you
I'm of the oft quoted opinion that I'd rather people wonder why I didn't speak than wonder why I did, but I'll try to post more often, not just when I have something interesting to contribute.
Papa Gannett sucks. But the BorgBlog rocks! Keep up the good work Jim.
Good morning from scenic New Jersey where I start every morning readings Zits. It's a welcome relief after the editorial page text.
You brighten up my day - thanks.
Ok, I read the blog everyday, and this it's just the third time I post a comment, did you read that
Mr. Gannett?...
I'm sorry that every talented journalist in this country has to work for some clueless large corporation like Gannett, where every story, image and blog needs to be quantified in some hokey and irrelevant way.
I enjoy looking at your sketchbook and your blog. I hope that the good people above you realize that the bottom line in the fourth column used to be the distribution of information as opposed to how much profit could be reported to stockholders.
I subscribe to the BorgBlog RSS feed in Bloglines. Checking out what's going on in your head is one of the highlights of my day.
Please keep posting to this blog.
BorgBlog is one of my favorite sites and I check it daily. Out of the many cartoonists I admire, Jim is the only one who provides such a unique insight to the work behind the final art.
I am also one of the quiet thinkers... I love to read your comments and learn about how your ideas evolve.
Keep it REAL!!
I love the BorgBlog! It's great to see the finished toons along with the process leading up to them. I stop by every day. I wish more cartoonists did this.
Thanks!
The Big Bopper huh?
Well Hellllloooooo Baaaaaaby!
Actually page views count a lot too.
Nothing will get a response like a show of hands in favor of BorgBlog! (Except a gun control cartoon that is.)
Blog on!
Great site. If comments help, I'll leave one often.
I comment/vote to do more than just keep it alive. This blog is a daily addiction. I have to visit every day. Love the sketches and insights!
Thanks Jim!
Love the Blog
Always read, often find others have left a post I agree with, hence I have never posted. Hope the BIG bananas and bean counters don't exercise dry, humourless decisions on Borg Blog.
That's actually not the best way to measure a blog's success - howzabout links from other blogs - but no matter what I'm here for you, Jim! Keep it up!
Ditto on Mkolb's comment from N... from DE, I start each day with breakfast, TV (I won't mention networks now), and the paper with Zits. I have commented previously as I felt led to, on your Castro cartoon, and probably a few more. thanks for sharing your thoughts with us!
Hate to post, love your blog
I read the BorgBlog everyday. My free-lance cartoons are published in a Sioux Falls, S.D. newspaper owned by Gannett. Although Luckovich won the most recent Pulitzer, Borgman is the best political cartoonist. I agree with the comments from all the bloggers, especially the one from anonymous at 4:40 p.m. My co-worker says her favorite strip is Zits.
Thanks, troops. At ease.
dun stop blogging, jim. i like your little ideas and doodles a lot on your blog, and that constant peek over your shoulder is priceless.
-fan from singapore;)
You'd think the number of RSS feeds querying your blog would be an indication of your popularity...
how many times does that happen -
you do a volunteer activity - corporate guys hear about it, put a metric to it, and voila!
you now have "goals" to achieve. once a labor of love - now a metric of success.
gotta love those corporate bean counters!
PS - we get the same treatment here at GE..................
I too enjoy the BorgBlogaRama. The StarBucks sketchbook ideas to finish pieces... doesn't get any better in the political cartooning realm.
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