Comments on: Hyperlocal Content Idea: Political Interviews http://www.hyperlocalblogger.com/hyperlocal-content-idea-political-interviews/ Tips and Discussion for Local Bloggers Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:51:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: MiriamEllis http://www.hyperlocalblogger.com/hyperlocal-content-idea-political-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-309 MiriamEllis Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:58:35 +0000 http://www.hyperlocalblogger.com/?p=208#comment-309 You know, Matt, that blog is such a side project, I'm not tracking traffic on it very seriously. My guess is that it's a combination of good organic rankings + the duration of the posts appearing at the top of Blog Search for the keywords in their titles and contents. But, I didn't actually track the visitors. So much to do...so little time to spend looking at analytics. Miriam You know, Matt, that blog is such a side project, I’m not tracking traffic on it very seriously. My guess is that it’s a combination of good organic rankings + the duration of the posts appearing at the top of Blog Search for the keywords in their titles and contents. But, I didn’t actually track the visitors.

So much to do…so little time to spend looking at analytics.

Miriam

]]> By: Matt http://www.hyperlocalblogger.com/hyperlocal-content-idea-political-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-307 Matt Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:38:53 +0000 http://www.hyperlocalblogger.com/?p=208#comment-307 Thanks for the two great replies, Miriam and Todd. Say Miriam -- how did the new readers find you? Did your posts rank well on Google for terms related to the local proposition? Todd -- awesome story, especially the attention from the local paper. I'm just cynical enough to think my local paper would probably not be willing to feature someone that was essentially doing the paper's job better than the paper itself! Well done. :) Thanks for the two great replies, Miriam and Todd. Say Miriam — how did the new readers find you? Did your posts rank well on Google for terms related to the local proposition?

Todd — awesome story, especially the attention from the local paper. I’m just cynical enough to think my local paper would probably not be willing to feature someone that was essentially doing the paper’s job better than the paper itself! Well done. :)

]]> By: Todd Gill http://www.hyperlocalblogger.com/hyperlocal-content-idea-political-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Todd Gill Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:18:54 +0000 http://www.hyperlocalblogger.com/?p=208#comment-305 We had six mayoral candidates in our city. After hearing a lot of folks complain about how much trouble they were having when trying to find information about each candidate, we launched the "Mayoral Candidate Zone." It was basically a series of interviews beginning with a simple "Meet the candidates" round where we asked easy, personal questions. From there, it advanced to a "Where they stand" round which centered on local issues and finally a "Final thoughts" set that allowed each candidate to send a final letter to our readers. We turned off comments on the interviews to let the candidates' responses stand alone but created a post specifically for each round where people could discuss everything. It was a huge hit and all of the candidates were eager to participate. We got a lot of attention from local bloggers and were interviewed by each of the local newspapers. Election day resulted in a runoff between two of the more popular candidates so I guess we're not off the hook just yet. We've reduced the Mayoral Candidate Zone to only the two final candidates now but we're planning one more round of questions before the runoff election on Nov. 25th. By the way. We love Hyperlocal Blogger. Thanks for the hard work and inspiration. We had six mayoral candidates in our city. After hearing a lot of folks complain about how much trouble they were having when trying to find information about each candidate, we launched the “Mayoral Candidate Zone.” It was basically a series of interviews beginning with a simple “Meet the candidates” round where we asked easy, personal questions. From there, it advanced to a “Where they stand” round which centered on local issues and finally a “Final thoughts” set that allowed each candidate to send a final letter to our readers.

We turned off comments on the interviews to let the candidates’ responses stand alone but created a post specifically for each round where people could discuss everything.

It was a huge hit and all of the candidates were eager to participate. We got a lot of attention from local bloggers and were interviewed by each of the local newspapers.

Election day resulted in a runoff between two of the more popular candidates so I guess we’re not off the hook just yet. We’ve reduced the Mayoral Candidate Zone to only the two final candidates now but we’re planning one more round of questions before the runoff election on Nov. 25th.

By the way. We love Hyperlocal Blogger. Thanks for the hard work and inspiration.

]]> By: MiriamEllis http://www.hyperlocalblogger.com/hyperlocal-content-idea-political-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-303 MiriamEllis Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:51:05 +0000 http://www.hyperlocalblogger.com/?p=208#comment-303 Hi Matt, On one of my blogs, which is not strictly hyperlocal but does occasionally feature local content, I did write politically-oriented posts in the past month. One was about a local proposition that was being voted on in my town. The other was about a political candidate. Both posts won me comments from new readers. That was nice to see. Miriam Hi Matt,
On one of my blogs, which is not strictly hyperlocal but does occasionally feature local content, I did write politically-oriented posts in the past month. One was about a local proposition that was being voted on in my town. The other was about a political candidate. Both posts won me comments from new readers. That was nice to see.

Miriam

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