Introduction to Blog Communities – Beginner Guide

Having a community in your blog is one of the best ways to promote. Besides that people in your community are active readers, they are also active promoters. This post is about what are the people in your community, what are the positive effects and how you can build a vibrant community.

What are the People in Your Community

Most of the active people in your community are also bloggers like you. By active people, I mean the people that tweet your posts and comment on your blog entries. The amount of bloggers in your community varies a lot between niches, but you can rest assured that at least 50% of the active people are bloggers. On some sites, like this,  nearly all active people are also bloggers.

Positive Effects

Tweets on Twitter
Active readers tweet your posts a lot. By this you get more visitors, which is course great.

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Getting Returning Visitors for Your Blog

For most bloggers getting returning visitors is the biggest thing. Returning visitors mean that people have actually liked the stuff you have written and want to read more. The concepts of getting returning readers is easy, but the implementation may take some time.  All my ideas on the subject follow

Make a Good First Impression

First impressions count on blogs more than you think. When people come to your site, they spend a few seconds in assesing your site. They look at the navigation, the ads and the overall cleanness of your site. Then they make the decision, if they like it or not. If they do, then you have 5% chance of getting a returning visitor.

How to make a good first impression?
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