Are You An Asshole Blogger?

There are 5 distinct qualities that make someone an asshole driver in my books. You’re an asshole driver if you:

1. Never signal.
2. Speed up when other vehicles try to pass.
3. Drive the same speed as the car in the next lane so no one else can pass.
4. Honk or give people the finger when they make a full and complete stop at a 4-way stop or wait for a pedestrian who has the right of way.
5. Text on your cell phone while paying as little attention to the road and the people around you as possible.

There are more asshole qualities, but these are some of my biggest pet peeves.

Just ’cause you’re cruising around in your truck by yourself doesn’t mean there aren’t other drivers around you who will feel the effects of your asshole driving.

Blogging is the same. It may be your blog, but there are other people in the blogosphere who might get hurt if you ram into a telephone pole at 140 miles an hour. (I don’t have my analogy hat on today, sorry for the bad example.)

There are 5 definite characteristics of an asshole blogger. You’re an asshole blogger if you:

1. Attack a fellow blogger for link bait.
2. Scrape someone else’s content.
3. Publish someone else’s articles from directories without including the author bio or URLs.
4. Leave self-promoting or one-liner blog comments on other blogs instead of something useful, insightful or informative.
5. Bombard your subscribers’ email inboxes with nothing but promotional newsletters instead of quality content.

Again, I’ve only listed 5 asshole traits even though there are many more, but if I kept going my blood pressure might start going up.

I sure hope that you don’t have any of these endearing qualities. If you do, start changing the way you think and act because no one respects you, you crazy foo!

On a more positive note, here are 5 ways to be one of your friendly neighborhood bloggers:

1. Recognize other bloggers you admire and respect and link to them once in awhile.
2. Write content for your readers that they can really use and enjoy, not just rehashed crappola.
3. Respond to comments when other people reply to your posts, even if it’s just a quick “Thank you”.
4. Offer some bonus goodies for your loyal followers and commentators. This could be discounts on your products or some link lovin’ in your sidebar.
5. Treat your readers the same way you would want to be treated. Period.

RT @cassiegermsheid: "Are You An Asshole Blogger?"