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Last week I put together a post entitled, “30 Must Read Articles To Help Kick Start Your Blog, Attract More Readers, And Stay Motivated.” Initially, my main goal was to force myself to do some research on various topics and come up with some quality reading to help increase my blogging knowledge. This post looks at the importance of responding to those who email you, and practicing what you preach.

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While I was perusing the net and reading more blogs than I care to remember, I thought it would be good karma if I turned my research into a post. Hopefully the article would help to save other bloggers some precious time. After all, I am a very big fan of collaboration and think we should all be helping each other to get better and gain more loyal site visitors.

Nevertheless, after I put up the “30 Must Read Articles” post I emailed every single author that I had linked to just to make them aware of the article and to thank them for their hard work and for creating such high quality content.

When compared to us mere mortals, top bloggers are of course extremely busy people. They do not have a tremendous amount of free time to respond to small bloggers who email to notify them that they have been mentioned in yet another list. However, I truly was pleasantly surprised at how many of them emailed back just to say thanks. Those of you who didn’t well…you know who you are.

If memory serves me correctly, I believe that Kevin over at Pointless Banter was the first to email and say thank you.

However, there was one email response in particular from Seth Godin that really got me thinking. Truthfully, he probably doesn’t even have enough time to eat lunch, let alone respond to yet another blogger that has referenced him, and he actually responded. The best part, and the reason it got me thinking, the email contained only one word.

After processing the email and thinking for a while I started to wonder, can a one word response make you feel acknowledged?

In my case the answer is an unequivocal YES.

Why a one word answer made me feel acknowledged

The other day I was reading a post about marketing over at skelliewag.org and in the article she quotes Seth Godin quite a bit. One of Seth’s greatest suggestions for would be, and existing, entrepreneurs who want to achieve success is that they, “Be Remarkable.” A statement that is very simple, very understated, and very powerful all at the same time.

But, more than that, there are many people who write online these days about marketing, blogging, and being an entrepreneur. However, some do not actually practice what they preach and will only deal with those who they deem to be at their level.

So to Seth, I say thank you, and yes, a one word response is quite sufficient.

What being remarkable can do for you
In my case I am now looking to purchase a couple of Seth’s books instead of just lurking around and reading his blog. Effectively, because he took the time to write back he turned me into a potential customer. Isn’t that the goal of all entrepreneurs.?

With respect to blogging, of course you most likely will not be able to respond to all of the comments that you receive on every post. However, if someone takes the time to put together a constructive email I think it is a great way to create a more loyal reader base if you in turn take the time to respond. Even if it is just one word.