LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO MY FRIENDS (updated)

I have an idea for a variation on the blog hop. Many of you have participated in blog hops. Many of you have not. I have. I have found a few really wonderful blogs via the blog hop. However, as you know, there are a lot of people who participate in blog hops just to bump their numbers (in terms of followers). In other words, they don't come back to my blog after that initial visit and they can't possibly read the 600+ blogs they follow every day.

So what is this idea? I think that as writers we all want to find new blogs that we would enjoy reading and we want other bloggers to find us (who will actually read our blog). I have discovered some of my favorite blogs by meandering through my friends' blogrolls. In other words, if I like what YOU write, chances are reasonable that I will probably like some of the people that you read.

If you participate you are to copy/paste everything below this into your blog. You can copy/paste the entire blog if you want.

The Rules of This Matchmaking Event:


1) If you decide that you want to participate, indicate in the comments that you are "in" by saying so in your own unique way. That lets me know that I need to start thinking about your blog/writing style and come up with at least two of my friends that you are not following to suggest that you start following on tomorrow's blog. In other words, I am saving you some work (by not having to scroll through my blogroll) and matching you up to some like-minded writers. Or at least some writers that I think you will enjoy. If I give you more than two blogs that means I am suggesting someone that I think you will enjoy reading, BUT they very well might not follow you back because they have a LARGE following. It is strictly for your pleasure.

2) As soon as you commit to this matchmaking project by saying that you are "in," your first step is to copy/paste this blog and post it on your blog. This thing only works if you pay it forward. Obviously, my name is the first name you write down on the list you are keeping beside your computer. Each person who comments that they are "in" gets added to your list and the same rules apply as above (they copy/paste this to their blog).

3) Tomorrow there will be a post for everyone who participated in this matchmaking project. Each person will now have a couple of new blogs to check out. Comment me back and let me know how I did on my matchmaking. In other words, do you like this concept or not?


(I know this has been confusing because people keep telling me that they don't understand it. So, here's the deal peeps. Copy/paste the blog. Keep a blank sheet of paper beside your computer and write down each person's name who decides to particpate. Think about who among your friends that you follow that person would enjoy reading. Keep thinking until you come up with two of them. Write those two names down beside your friend who is participating. Make sure my name is at the top of your list. I get two names, too. Keep in mind that I am doing the same thing at my house and all of your friends who are participating are also doing the same thing. Tomorrow I will post a list of each person who said that they were "in" with my suggestions of whose blogs they should check out. You should do the same. Your friends should do the same. Look at all of the new blog suggestions you just received from the people who know you best? That would be your blog readers.)