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Don't Be A Passive Blogger.

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Are you a passive blogger?Do you network with other bloggers?Do you join forums?Do you join Social Media or Social Networking sites?

Being a passive blogger is not good for you,especially for your blog.You must communicate with other bloggers so that others will know you exist and it will help expose your blog,but there are ways in communicating with other bloggers and make sure you follow this simple guide line so you won't irritate other bloggers.
  • Forums.Join forums to expose your blog and to know other bloggers,but remember not to spam the forums with nothing but self promotion.Be a good and helpful members by posting valuable information or helping out other members.
  • Comments.Response to comments that you receive and also visit the blog of the people who leave comments on your blog,and if you find it interesting,leave your comment there.Visit other blogs daily and leave comments where necessary.Never start your first comment by asking for link exchanges or asking them to visit your blog,or leaving comment like nice blog,I agree.You will only downgrade yourself.
  • Social Networking.Join social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook.More and more bloggers are into Twitter and FriendsFeed.Get new friends,and remember,no spamming and self promotion.Engage with other members,be a friend,be yourself.Don't fake it because sooner or later people will be a able to see through it.
You must always remember that by doing all this is not just about yourself,about what you want to gain,though sadly most of the time it is about personal gain.It is not just about driving traffic to your blog,but creating genuine networking and friendship for the long term benefit of your blog.Be honest whether in forums,giving comments or in social networking sites.By being a good member,you will benefit in the long term,you build strong relation with other bloggers,help them promote their blog,and they will surely help promote yours.

Socialize and remember to socialize the right way.

 

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Bloggers And Social Media/Social Networking.

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Who would want to miss out on using social media and social networking sites since it has prove to be a popular site and can help boost your presence on the Internet.

You can submit your post to Digg,Stumbleupon,Mixx,Reddit and if it is good,your readers will submit it there and will get a vote.If you are lucky it will get to the front page and this will bring drove of traffic to your blog!Your readers can follow you on Twitter and now there is Plurk,you can make friends and add more readers by joining Facebook or MySpace or both.

Is it worth it?For most thing,I like to see the good and the bad,because normally there will be a little bit of both.Not everything is all good and not everything is all bad.

Good.
  • Great exposure.
  • More traffic.
  • Networking.
  • Good content.
Bad.
  • One time traffic burst.
  • Self promotion.
  • Over indulgence.
  • Killer content.
As with everything else that blogger love to participate in,there are certain rules that must be follow to get the real benefit from joining such a site,like forums and now social media and social networking sites so does blogging community like MyBlogLog and Blog Catalog.
  • Be a good member.
  • Be helpful to other members.
  • Build your network properly.
  • Don't do too much self promotion.
  • Always provide good content,not one killer content.
  • Don't spend too much time on it.
  • Don't look at it as short term thing just to increase your traffic.
Don't use social media and social networking site just for your personal gain.Build your reputation and your blog credibility there and you will gain long term success.Do you really think 1 or 2 burst of traffic to your blog is enough to make it popular?It will fizzle the way the traffic to it fizzle too,but if you build your credibility and popularity,your readers will increase at a steadier pace and will stay way much longer.

Forums,Blog Community,Social Media and Social Networking sites,all these are tools to help you and your blog gain popularity,but there are certain ways to use a tool,use it wisely,you will get what you want,using it wrongly,it will do you more harm than good.

 

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