Comments on: Feed your Friends, Starve your Enemies

By: Carlos

Carlos — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:53:44 +0000

Great post, and I agree 100%. If you have problem with internet, spending to much time on it, them, if you keep feeding your “enemy”, them, it will keep growing until overcome you.
That’s a principle that we can be applied for everything in life: “make your enemy starve and eventually he will die”.

By: Josh Millrod

Josh Millrod — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:47:44 +0000

Great tip. When I guest post somewhere, I tend to promote that article much more than I’d promote my own blog. I get exposure, they get free content and more eyes on site.

By: Vim

Vim — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:26:55 +0000

That’s true the people that tend to help out are the up and comers because they need the most exposure! How many people have clicked on there “enemies” blog just to see what there site is like?

By: Hjortur Smarason

Hjortur Smarason — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:22:09 +0000

Very true, Lyndon. This is what building a relationship is all about. It’s not just kissing ass of those who are most powerful. If they don’t care about you, they will not share any of their power with you.

@Rob You’ve got a good point. Knowing instantly who your friends are is important. The red Lyndoman avatar is an excellent example of good personal branding.

By: Frank Carr

Frank Carr — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:34:55 +0000

This is a strategy I recommend as well because I’ve found it to work. Not only do I Stumble/Digg/etc posts but I also usually add them to a Bookmarking Demon run to lesser known social sites. That way they can get 30 or so extra links to a page which can help them rank well for long tail terms in that post. If the link back to my site is dofollow this also helps me as well.

By: Rob Malon - Automating Websites

Rob Malon - Automating Websites — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:19:29 +0000

Even replying to this is a bit of proof of concept for what Lyndon is talking about here. He stumbled a few of my articles about a year ago (I assume he’s been putting this into practice a while now) which introduced me to his site. Got me subscribing to his content etc. Now I drop by every once in a while and stumble more of my favorites, like this one. I see his redish logo (unchanged for the past year or 2) and its branded in my head as a generous and authoritative figure. Isn’t that we’re all going for? Good job!

By: Chris Garrett

Chris Garrett — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:31:20 +0000

I have also seen people not live by the saying “be nice to people on the way up because you might need them on the way back down”. Over and over I have seen people only want to deal with the big hitters, until they turn around and the big hitters won’t talk to them and neither will the rest of us ;)

By: Matt Keegan

Matt Keegan — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:22:32 +0000

Now I’m scared. If I don’t cooperate with Lyndon then I may end up on some sort of doo-doo list. Then again, if I cooperate then we may all reap the rewards. Splendid.

By: Chris Cree

Chris Cree — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:51:00 +0000

Remember, with great power. comes great responsibility.

Something tells me folks like who make it to the very top like Bono have helped a significant number of up-and-comers along the way too.

By: Aaron Zakowski

Aaron Zakowski — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:58:26 +0000

Thanks for the great advice. Seems like a great way to build friends and links. You get a stumble!

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:41:43 +0000

Oh OK, then. I’ll help you out by giving your post a Stumble. I know newbies like you need all the help you can get ;)

By: Barry Welford

Barry Welford — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:07:25 +0000

Cast your bread upon the waters, …
and it is still so true.

By: Jeff F.

Jeff F. — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:31:25 +0000

That’s exactly how I see it as well. I’ll be the first one to submit and promote other people’s stuff when they link to me. Why wouldn’t I?

And in turn, they appreciate that you’re bringing attention and people to the page. Win Win.

By: Wendy Piersall

Wendy Piersall — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:19:04 +0000

I live by the motto, “What comes around, goes around.” :)

By: Marilyn_Res

Marilyn_Res — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:12:30 +0000

What you say is very true. Avoid the big cheese, help the little cheeses. It works, plus, it’s kind.

By: lewis_duck

lewis_duck — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:14:33 +0000

Great advice, simply put. Thanks.

By: Guy

Guy — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:09:11 +0000

When reading your post I couldn’t help but think of the Godfather quote ‘keep your friends close but your enemies closer’. And I guess for this particular post it wouldn’t hold true but perhaps it would be fair to say that we can keep our enemies closer particularly if you have a good enough point or information you’d like to share with the rest of the bloggers reading the enemy’s post that hasn’t been noted or mentioned by the enemy himself/herself.
Other bloggers reading your comments will probably more then likely visit your blog if they found it valuable and informative. Wouldn’t you agree?

Guy