Comments on: Be careful who you take advice from

By: Martin Reed - Blog Author

Martin Reed - Blog Author — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:27:59 +0000

abbigliamento – I definitely agree; just because something works for one person, it doesn’t mean it will work for you.

By: abbigliamento

abbigliamento — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:18:05 +0000

Before, doing something based on other’s advices you must think on focus on what you are doing and not what others suggested you.

By: Biddy

Biddy — Thu, 24 May 2007 20:28:07 +0000

Yay! I should add that he’s anonymous – using a made-up name, fake email and no URL, which is one of the things really contributing to my icky feeling.

By: Martin Reed

Martin Reed — Thu, 24 May 2007 14:51:15 +0000

Hi Biddy – that’s a great idea. I will give this a try and see how successful it is. I will use your question as the first example

By: Biddy

Biddy — Thu, 24 May 2007 13:11:16 +0000

Not sure quite where to leave this comment, but as this post is about advice, I’ll leave it here.

How about an “Ask Martin” feature – weekly? – where your readers get to ask your opinion and/or we all get to pitch in on someone’s issue?

I say this because I have a commenter on one blog at the moment who is making me uncomfortable. I’m not sure what to do with him because if I just block his posts, he’ll (quite rightly) accuse me of only wanting comments that agree with me. Which isn’t true: disagreement is fine and welcome, but telling me on my own blog that my opinion isn’t wanted is not really acceptable.

And while pondering this person and what I should do about him, the first thing I thought was “I wonder if Martin’s posted anything about this kind of issue”.

By: Martin Reed

Martin Reed — Tue, 22 May 2007 09:52:31 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Stephen. It sure is interesting how ‘common’ sense is actually often rather uncommon! I am glad you enjoyed the article!

By: Success Online

Success Online — Tue, 22 May 2007 03:54:19 +0000

You think that common sense would be common. I agree with your post. It’s really about being careful who you associate with. Birds of a feather flock together.

Successful people need only speak about personal experience and if they have achieved success than share.

I would never claim to be an expert in something I know nothing about.

Part of my learning online is also all in my blog. It changes all the time. The purpose and my own values don’t

By: Martin Reed

Martin Reed — Thu, 17 May 2007 16:33:58 +0000

Psychic ability – Thanks for your comment. I had heard of Darren almost since day one of my blogging journey however it is only recently that I have put his blog on my ‘daily reads’ list. I am glad you enjoyed the article, and hope you become a regular reader and contributor here.

Jacob – You make a really important point. Even if a well known ‘guru’ gives you advice, you should always investigate their claims before plunging in and taking what they say at face value.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Thu, 17 May 2007 13:42:07 +0000

I take advantage of each and every visitor, personally. It’s why I go and comment on a lot of different blogs, big and small. Fifty visits or fifty thousand visits, to me, what ever I get is appreciated and well worth the effort of writing.

I agree, the credibility of our sources is important, but at the same time, you should never act on a piece of advice you get unless you’ve done further research. Even if John Chow or Daron gave me advice, I’d look deeper into it. They may be experts, but everyone makes mistakes.

By: Psychic ability

Psychic ability — Thu, 17 May 2007 12:45:38 +0000

The fact you used Darren as an example completely won me over in reading your post. I fully agree with the contents and your opinions. Darren on the other hand is one very smart cookie and a likeable guy, even though I have never met him. Now the ones who make money are the quiet achievers who get a click here and there. Thats why we blog, we like what we read, we click on the way out.