Comments on: Introduction to Blog Communities – Beginner Guide

By: bloggeri

bloggeri — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:55:13 +0000

I’m still waiting for the wave . Thanks for the comment.

By: TheInfoPreneur

TheInfoPreneur — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:59:49 +0000

Community is everything at the start, it’s the ripple effect tha will turn into a wave. A community will get you so far and then hopefully once your community is big enough hopefully they will start spreading your content for you.

Looking outside your market place is a good way to do it, for instance today I have contributed to photography, meditation and even travel websites.

Community is much larger than the people who see your site, it’s the people who use the internet!
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By: Walter

Walter — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:53:53 +0000

I will remember your advice here. My blog is five months old and I’m trying to build a community. Boy, its hard.

By: Bangaloreloka

Bangaloreloka — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:20:44 +0000

100% agree with what you said but those people can be potential buyers too, though there is a slim chance of this. But having an community of like minded people proves to be beneficial if done in the ‘right’ way. Don’t ask me the right way actually.. it’s more of an experimental tactics and depends on how you take things.
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By: Sandesh Mascarenhas

Sandesh Mascarenhas — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:12:03 +0000

According to me every new blogger should join the blogging community. You get to know a lot from these communities…….. You could have a lot of blogger friends from these communities…… which in turn will be very beneficial……..

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:51:43 +0000

Found your blog through a comment you left on Smatbloggerz, which is how community is spread, I think. I have recently been on a mission to find blogs with similar content that I can become a part of their community and begin to comment regularly. I think you are absolutely right about community. It is something so many new bloggers don’t have a clue about, they just want to be Darren Rouse or John Chow overnight and when it doesn’t happen, they give up.

Put the money in the back of your mind, and concentrate on content, interaction, and community first. The rest will fall into place over time. That’s my theory anyway….

BTW, I almost left without subscribing to RSS because I couldn’t find it, you really should think about making it more visible instead of in tiny print in your footer….
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By: Arafat Hossain Piyada

Arafat Hossain Piyada — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:55:00 +0000

Building a blogger community also good for expanding your knowledge. I personally love to comment in blogs and love to retweet if I understand the subject line. It also a good way to make yourself valuable on social site by sharing good thing. Also building a community around your blog helps you to brand it.
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By: Niall Harbison

Niall Harbison — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:55:34 +0000

Building community is one of the hardest things you will ever do on your blog but if you do it correctly the benefits are massive. The easiest and most obvious way to do it is through services like twitter and Facebook but replying to comments on your own blog and interacting with your users as well as replying to emails and nuturing your community are equally important.

By: bloggeri

bloggeri — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:26:57 +0000

Exactly. My point was that you really need first have the community that helps you build links and after that you can SE traffic etc.

Thanks for the comment Gabe.

By: Gabe | freebloghelp.com

Gabe | freebloghelp.com — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:32:16 +0000

From my experience, the blogging community helps you with several things like helping with SEO and adding credibility but they don’t usually put money in your pockets. Even some of my most regular visitors haven’t made me a penny.

Most of my income are from new visitors, either on their first or second visit to my site.

However, without the former, the latter wouldn’t happen. You really need the community to build that foundation.