Building a Community Around your Blog

Building a Community Around your Blog@digibomb

If readers h ave a personal attachm ent to you and other reade rs of your blog they’ll be more likely to return agai n and again ...

The pro blem with blogs

1 Community is only inthe comments, and that is ver y limited!

1 Community is only inthe comments, and that is ver y limited! Reade rs are forced to discuss the topic at hand. No new discussions. No interaction. 2

What’s thesolution?

Anybody?

Stop speaking and listen!Let the comments be your content.

Interac tivity engagesreaders a nd creates a positive impression

Interac tivity engagesreaders a nd creates a positive impression A sense of community creates loyal readers

Interac tivity engagesreaders a nd creates a Readers who like you positive impression will help you out in various ways A sense of community creates loyal readers

Interac tivity engagesreaders a nd creates a Readers who like you positive impression will help you out in various ways A sense of community creates loyal readers Even if your community is small, it p rovides you with an o ppor tunity to get to kno w your readers

Where do I start?

Get theplugin!

Get theplugin!So easy a Caveman can do it.

Dow nload the pluginfrom WordPress.org

What’s inclu ded in the suite <embed> Vanilla plugin – Allows you to embed your Vanilla forum into WordPress with a single line of code. Discussions widget – Displays recent discussions. Activity widget - Displays recent activity. Users widget – Displays recently active user proﬁle photos.

... then download Vanilla

Download for FREE Signup for FREEat VanillaForums.org at VanillaForums.com or

The sweetest forum on the web!

ok, buthow does it work?

1 Activate the WordPress plugin

2 Tell WordPress where your Vanilla Forum is located

3 Set the <embed> options in your WordPress Dashboard

4 Set the <embed> options in your Vanilla Forum Dashboard

We get ... Embedded Vanilla Forum Stand alone Vanilla Forum

5 Enable the Vanilla Forums WordPress Widgets

We get ... Forum data on ever y page of our blog!

Some examples

It’s that simple!

I’m a Winner!

Thank You!@digibomb

http://vanillaforums.com	503
http://localhost	84
http://paper.li	11
http://teatra.de	4
http://love.easyvn.com	2
http://us-w1.rockmelt.com	2
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https://twitter.com	1

Building a Community Around your Blog

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