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Creating A Community

3 Types of Communities All into One. Creating Your Personal Community. Photo by Mr. Mark

How does your com­mu­nity resem­ble you and your abil­ity? This is all about us effec­tivily cre­at­ing a com­mu­nity that knows who we are and what we are about. It’s not just about cre­at­ing a gen­eral com­mu­nity or sup­port­ers. It’s about cre­at­ing your community.

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Blog Community Response

Instill the Urge for Community Response

by Derek Jensen

What makes your estab­lished com­mu­nity, com­mit­ted read­ers, or fre­quent vis­i­tors leave some sort of response to your blog? It’s because of our qual­ity con­tent, our invit­ing com­mu­nity, or that we inter­act with our read­ers. It’s not because we sim­ply ask for their com­ments or thoughts. Why not? This gets our com­mu­nity to respond, but it’s […]

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The Immediate Benefits of Having a Newsletter & Why You Need One Now

The Immediate Benefits of Having a Newsletter & Why You Need One Now

by Alex

A few weeks ago, I launched a newslet­ter here that really has had a big impact on the blog today. It is another com­mu­nity of read­ers that is grow­ing pretty strongly here, and the effect this has all had on the blog is really quite big. I want to try to encour­age you to start a newslet­ter on your own […]

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How to Make Replying to Comments Easier & More Enjoyable

How to Make Replying to Comments Easier & More Enjoyable

by Alex

Get­ting the time to reply to your com­ments is tough, and often a task many peo­ple don’t want to do. How­ever, it is very impor­tant for keep­ing con­ver­sa­tion flowing.

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How to Massively Improve Reader Participation on Your Blog

How to Massively Improve Reader Participation on Your Blog

by Matt Jackson

A blog is sup­posed to be a dynamic web­site; a place where blog owner and read­ers can come together in a sin­gle com­mu­nity designed to offer com­mu­ni­ca­tion and the relay­ing of thoughts. For the new blog, and even for some of the more estab­lished blogs, get­ting read­ers to par­tic­i­pate in dis­cus­sions and leav­ing com­ments can prove a dif­fi­cult challenge. […]

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Why Making Enemies is Just as Important as Making Friends

Why Making Enemies is Just as Important as Making Friends

by Alex

As a blog­ger, you should be as social as pos­si­ble. Sur­round­ing your­self with your read­ers, your friends, and any­one else you hap­pen to meet on the road to suc­cess. But there is one group of peo­ple we tend to stay away from: our enemies.

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How to

How to “Blog On Purpose” and Stand Out From the Crowd

by Stanford

42,000 brand-new blogs are launched every day. That’s 2 blogs every sin­gle minute. With so many blogs pop­ping on the scene, the ques­tion becomes – how do you make your blog stand out? What can you do to make sure your cre­ation isn’t lost in the clutter?

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Are YOU As Social As Your Blog?

Are YOU As Social As Your Blog?

by Alex

Are you as approach­able as your blog? Your blog offers many ways to con­nect with read­ers, but how socia­ble are you as an individual?

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How to Build an Audience Around Your Blog

How to Build an Audience Around Your Blog

by Onibalusi Bamidele

The most impor­tant part of build­ing a strong, pop­u­lar blog is by con­nect­ing with your audi­ence and get­ting your name out there. In this arti­cle, 5 great ways to do that are listed and bro­ken down.

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