Comments on: 3 Steps in Handling the Naysayers

By: max

max — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:15:08 +0000

Check out my comments against nay-sayers on our latest reviews at John Chow. It seems like the negative comments actually fueled more people to be interested in the new Quarter Wiki. I think it’s about building fire. Once you build enough fire with negative and positive comments, the fire can’t be put out. (Read Pyro Marketing Book for more on this)

http://www.johnchow.com/the-cheapest-paid-wiki-on-the-net/

What I did was try to answer back to nay-sayers in an neutral but honest tone. I think that’s the best way to deal with nay-sayers so readers trust you more than the nay-sayers.

I will do a write up about this soon on Zedomax.Biz so…

By: sven

sven — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:59:14 +0000

People always like to see other people go down. It’s not a hidden secret, it’s plain obvious. Misery loves company, that’s why so many people try to drag you down to their level.

By: hts

hts — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 11:37:13 +0000

Bad comments will always come up on a blog – it is inevitable, cause not everyone will agree with you. However, “naysayers”, as you call them, are a good thing, methinks, because they may start some kind of a “flame”-type discussion, engaging more people in this and making your blog more “active”.

By: Gyutae Park

Gyutae Park — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 04:59:38 +0000

@tekxzen
Thanks for the constructive criticism. I’ve slightly lightened the color of the links on Winning the Web to make them more distinguishable. Hope that helps!

By: max

max — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:47:20 +0000

Totally, if there are naysayers, that means your business is actually interesting enough to say somethin’.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:39:30 +0000

I say that as long as there are naysayers, you’re doing a good job!

By: max

max — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:58:08 +0000

LOL… I used to get this all the time. Don’t delete them. Fight them like hell! There’s no such thing as bad publicity. Those nay sayers eventually tell the whole world about you. lol…

By: tekxzen

tekxzen — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:50:33 +0000

I guess this comment will be one of the negative feedbacks, but I’ll make it constructive as possible. Perhaps, you can see this comment as a compliment at the same time.

Actually, I like your site. It is very informative, and at the same time, it is something that I can follow as my framework to make money online like everyone else. The only problem is that the links are not noticeable enough.

It would be nice if, say like john chow’s web site, you can differentiate which are links and which are not. To me, it’s pretty plain. I’m just saying.

By: jblu

jblu — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:10:56 +0000

@Gyutae
It’s over at bloggingnotes.net. It was about negative nonconstructive comments.

By: Ades

Ades — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:52:37 +0000

I have had my share of negative feedback. I have talked about it here in a lengthy post. I agree that intelligent discussion is very important when talking to these people.