Building a Community Around your Blog 2 - Let the Comments be your Content!

Building a Community Around your Blog 2 Let the Comments be your Content!@digibomb

First, a quick recap ...Check out par t 1

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?

Bork! You need the rightingredients!

1 Notiﬁcations

Let users knowwhat’s going on

Let users know what’s going onGive them a reason to come back

2 Keep the barriers low

Easy to enter

Easy to enter Easy to post

3 Monitor content

Prevent trolling What a bunch of crap. This site sucks and your question is stupid.don’t bother com ing here for anything

Prevent trolling What a bunch of crap. This site sucks and your question is stupid.don’t bother com ing here for anything R emove noise Title: How this work?

4 Promote Inﬂuencers

Give members jobs It’s amazing how many people don’t want to just read and consume – they want to be a part of building something that matters. Jobs can be anything from moderators, contributors, documenters, or recruiters.

5 Be a cheer leader

Answer questions and manage user expectations

Answer questions and manage user expectations Give feedback regularly

Answer questions and manage user expectations Give feedback regularly Mention milestones in newsletters, etc.

Answer questions and manage user expectations Give feedback regularly Mention milestones in newsletters, etc. Remember: The community belongs to the community!

6 Give your readers homework

Tips and tricks

Tips and tricks Tutorials

Tips and tricks Tutorials Ask questions

Tips and tricks Survey and poll Tutorials Ask questions

7 One last tip

Determine who your community is and what they want

Determine who your community is and what they want Uploads Notiﬁcations Voting Shares Badges FollowsSignatures Attachments

What’s thenext step?

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

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Building a Community Around your Blog 2 - Let the Comments be your Content!

by Brendan Sera-Shriar on Mar 30, 2011

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