On the many paths to blogging promotion one avenue some bloggers seem to overlook are blogging communities. Just like social media, these type of sites offer a chance to share your ideas and posts with others and meet like-minded people. Not only that they're all dedicated to one thing, blogging.
Blogging communities are not to be confused with blogging directories, although some of the better directories do have a community aspect such as Blog Catalog and Blogged which is a good mix of all of it.
Most directories offer no chance to communicate and share with the other bloggers in directory, where communities have all kinds of features that promote networking. Which essentially is one very best things you can accomplish while blogging, making blogging friends.
It's never better to go it alone, just imagine if you as a new blogger could get in touch with someone who could really help you out? Blogging communities give you that chance to make new connections with other people in your niche.
Updated Nov 13 - 2010
Blog Engage
Blog Engage - Engage with other bloggers. Blog Engage is a fantastic blogging community, forum, and social network that is great for promoting your posts and meeting new people.
One thing I like about Blog Engage is their site is well designed for various niches they understand what blogging niches are really out there and you can easily slip inside one of them and get involved.
Gather
Gather - A very active and robust blogging community for the writing crowd. Connect with thousands of other people, share your perspectives and join in the conversations.
Join groups on your particular subject and invite new friends. Subscribe to feeds of your interests and stay up to date on your niche. Post your status, upload posts, photos and videos for others to see.
Blogger Luv
Blogger Luv - A fairly new blogging community that runs off WordPress!. It's very well done and features a lot of passionate active users, a true community. Features groups and a forum as well as status updates to keep in touch with everybody.
I like this site because it's a little bit smaller and you'll have a better chance at standing out than at some of the other ones with millions of users.
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So do you participate in any of these communities? If so which ones?
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19 comments:
Great list. Blogengage is really a great community for bloggers.
Another great community for bloggers and internet marketers is http://www.blokube.com
Hello Devesh! Wow blokube looks great. I'm gonna have to check it out and add it to the list. Thanks so much for sharing!
Wow to be honest bloggerluv should not be 3 as I have let my blogging friends down the last month or so as I left my wife and am trying to start a new life, Now as far as nice people and fun and a place that has no rules to hold anyone back I do agree it is a great place and Thanks for mentioning it I am doing my best to get back on tack and found your site excellent and this post very inspiring Thanks
I am not dead yet :)
Stumbled and RT
Thank You
John
Hey John! Thanks for commenting definitely didn't expect to see any of the site owners stop by an comment. :) I really think Blogger Luv deserves to be up there, I've seen other bloggers say many good things about it and had nothing but good to say about it. When I checked it out I was very impressed, you've got the foundation of a real community going on there, filled with great users. It doesn't take that long on the visit to see that. Not only that I was very impressed it was made on Wordpress, you rock man! I appreciate the links back to this post big time and your kind words as well.
I saw John giving you a shout out yesterday but at the same time I was working on a project so I made a promise to myself to come and visit your site today. I a huge fan of BloggerLuv and Blog Engage too. And everyone knows that anything Hesham touches turns to gold so I've been a member of MMOSocialNetwork since day one!
I have a Squidoo lens in the works and I find the interface a little annoying (maybe that's because I find Seth Godin a little annoying but that's another story). LOL!
There is another site called Bloggers dot com that you might like too.
Thanks for the other resources, some are new to me and others I use already.
btw - I added you to my BloggerLuv twitter list and now I'll add you to my BlogEngage list too.
Hi Aaron, nice to meet you! I love BloggerLuv and I'm "stalking" Ms. Ileane through just about everything SHE touches! I'll be sure to keep checking this post for updates.
It's fun discovering where folks hang out. I'm from a really old blogging community that was online from the end of 2005 to somewhere around 2007. It was called WritingUp and it defined the standard by which I measure all blogging communities.
Cheers,
Mitch
@Ms. Ileane - Thanks for stopping by and commenting, I think you hit the nail on the head with Squidoo, some people swear by it though.
@Mitch - Thanks for coming over as well! Just goes to show how awesome BloggerLuv is, it has it's own stalkers and everything! I'm gonna have to check out your recommendation, thanks a bunch!
Hey, I just found your blog through Twitter and I really like it! You've got some great information here. I've been meaning on getting into blogging communities more but haven't gotten around to it. Thanks for reminding me about them and giving me a kick in the pants!
Hey Tristan haha, well glad I could help and I'm glad you like my blog it means a lot. Have you checked any of them out yet? Blog Engage is really nice and Blogger Luv has a ton of cool people.
Hi Aaron,
Thanks for the info. I was thinking about the process of social media. I've got "OnlyWire". However, not quite what I need. What you have supplied here is what the doctor ordered. Thanks. If you get a chance, come see me.
Hi Jeff,
I appreciate your comments and I'm glad you found this post useful! I checked out your blog and it's great, love the name too. You have tons of great information on there as well.
I tried OnlyWire and found it to be "barely functional" hehe.
Hope we can chat again soon!
Im thankful to read this post. Useful! I will be back here soon ^_^
Looks like you've got another community going with this article lol. Well done what a load of great comments.
Hehe, yes it's great to see so many awesome comments! Helps when the owner of BloggerLuv stops by and gives the BloggerLuv bump too! :)
I'm relatively new to blogging, and I've only just discovered blogengage, so hoping I can find the time to fit it all in! This post was informative for me, and I'm now on my way over to Bloger Luv to check that out too.
Hey there, thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment. I really like both of those sites myself can't go wrong with either of em.
nice post, thanks 4 share.
i will to sigup on blogger community :)
I'm sure you'll be hearing from many more of us who use BloggerLuv and are very active in Social Media and blogging. BloggerLuv is where bloggers go to relax and connect - we often say it is like the TV show Cheers "Where everyone knows your name".
While not the kind of community you're writing about here, CommentLuv is a plugin for WordPress and some other blogging platforms that creates community. Many of us who are active on BloggerLuv know each other because of CommentLuv. I rarely comment in blogs that don't offer it and really miss it when it isn't offered. That link explains what it is and why I recommend it.
Bloggers who have a serious calling will want to get listed on Technorati as it is used by many to find the most influential blogs. It isn't the most user-friendly site but it is getting better in that regard.
A great post for Bloggers and thank you. To see someone like Gail Gardener (above) stop and add some comments is good for you and says something about your approach and quality. (Hi Gail!) I've been Blogging for a while now and find that Facebook groups can be a big help too! The Blogging Mastermind Comment Tribe http://on.fb.me/i82zhD and also Wordpress for business http://on.fb.me/erMcV2 These are closed groups to keep out spammers & time wasters but mention my name & they'll let you join. It's great to be part of a community that can help with technical issues and content issues etc and if we support each other at the same time, it's a win, win situation. Thank you very much! Peter or http://twitter.com/marketingm8
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