9 Reasons Why You Should Build a Community Around Your Blog

Published: Thu, 08/27/20

This week I have greatly appreciated the community of bloggers who shared the August Content Sprint with me.

Sometimes it can be hard work to show up for work - whatever you're doing. And showing up 7 days straight to host live broadcasts is draining. But each day I looked forward to connecting with all of the bloggers in the sprint, seeing what they'd been working on and fielding all the questions and comments. This work actually energized me so much I did an 8th day debrief and a 9th day showcase broadcast.

This is the benefit of community and shows that you get back what you put out. I talk more about this in this week's article.

Quote for the week:

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

- Mahatma Gandhi

Read: 9 Reasons Why You Should Build a Community Around Your Blog

One of the most common questions I get from my readers is “how do I get my readers to interact with me?” Not all bloggers spend a lot of time trying to build community but most of the successful bloggers I know of do. This post is about how to deepen that reader engagement, and some reasons why I think this is so important (particularly for those just starting out).

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Day 2: Introduction to...
Day 3: Comparisons and Debate
Day 4: Resources
Day 5: Personal/Vulnerable
Day 6: How I did it
Day 7: Reasons for...

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