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Tips from Thought Leaders on
How to Build and Showcase your Community

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Tips from Thought Leaders to Bloggers:
How to Build and Showcase Your Community
Trying to build a community when you’re just
starting with your blog or small business requires
a strategy, time and a lot of effort.
To help you get started, we’ve caught up with
some of the thought leaders in blogging and
they’ve shared their secrets and tips on how to
successfully build and showcase your community.

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Kristi Hines
Blog: Kikolani.com
Twitter: @kikolani
“If you're just getting
started, or trying to expand
your reach, blog
commenting is a great
way to get to know other
bloggers in your niche”.
Tips from Thought Leaders to Bloggers:
How to Build and Showcase Your Community

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Aaron Lee
Blog: AskAaronLee.com
Twitter: @AskAaronLee
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“When starting out, spend
at least 30 minutes
everyday engaging with
new people and building
relationships with them.”.
Tips from Thought Leaders to Bloggers:
How to Build and Showcase Your Community

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Sean McGinnis
Blog: 312Digital.com
Twitter: @SeanMcGinnis
“Step 1. Add VALUE. Step 2.
Don't be an IDIOT. Step 3.
Stop trying to SCALE your
efforts.”.
Tips from Thought Leaders to Bloggers:
How to Build and Showcase Your Community

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David Meerman
Scott
Blog: WebinKnow.com
Twitter: @dmscott
“On the web, you ARE
what you publish. What
are you?”.
Tips from Thought Leaders to Bloggers:
How to Build and Showcase Your Community

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Danny Brown
Blog: DannyBrown.me
Twitter: @DannyBrown
“It’s not about you – it’s
about us. Community
blends two words –
communicate and unity.
There’s a reason for that -
learn from each other. “
Tips from Thought Leaders to Bloggers:
How to Build and Showcase Your Community

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Kim Garst
Blog: KimGarst.com
Twitter: @KimGast
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“Lead with VALUE based
content, engage with your
audience and be
authentically YOU. Real
value, real conversations
with the REAL you!”.
Tips from Thought Leaders to Bloggers:
How to Build and Showcase Your Community

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Frank Eliason
Blog: FrankEliason.com
Twitter: @FrankEliason
“Community starts with
people not your product.
Focus on the people and
they will come”.
Tips from Thought Leaders to Bloggers:
How to Build and Showcase Your Community

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Andrew Chow
Blog: AndrewChow.sg
Twitter: @IdeasAndrew
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“Be Social to get LIKES.
Be an A.C.E in creating
content. Have S.T.U.F.F in
your conversation. Be your
B.E.S.T. when engaging
your community.”.
Tips from Thought Leaders to Bloggers:
How to Build and Showcase Your Community

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Ted Rubin
Blog: TedRubin.com/blog
Twitter: @TedRubin
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“Building community boils
down to four things: listening,
planning, engaging, and
concentrating on
relationships.”
Tips from Thought Leaders to Bloggers:
How to Build and Showcase Your Community

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Sean Gardner
Blog: 2morrowknight.com
Twitter: @2morrowknight
“Elevate social media!
Engage, inspire, motivate,
and always be of value to
someone. What you have
to say, and contribute,
matters greatly.”.
Tips from Thought Leaders to Bloggers:
How to Build and Showcase Your Community

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Douglas Karr
Blog: MarketingTechBlog.com
Twitter: @DouglasKarr
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“Without conversation,
you only have an
audience. A growing
community requires
honest, open, fresh,
human conversation”.
Tips from Thought Leaders to Bloggers:
How to Build and Showcase Your Community

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Shel Holtz
Blog: Holtz.com/blog
Twitter: @ShelHoltz
“Provide content that helps
customers rather than sells
to them, and be responsive
when they reach out to
you. Do that, and the word
will get around.”.
Tips from Thought Leaders to Bloggers:
How to Build and Showcase Your Community

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Michael Q. Todd
Blog: MichaelQTodd.com
Twitter: @mqtodd
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“Focus on the one social
network you love the most
and post awesome
content and be highly
engaging there”.
Tips from Thought Leaders to Bloggers:
How to Build and Showcase Your Community

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Nick Unsworth
Blog: NickUnsworth.com
Twitter: @NickUnsworth
“Spend more time and
money taking take of your
customers than anything
else and you'll have a tribe
of raving fans that become
your marketing engine”
Tips from Thought Leaders to Bloggers:
How to Build and Showcase Your Community

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John Paul Aguiar
Blog: JohnPaulAguiar.com
Twitter: @JohnAguiar
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“Growing a large engaging
community comes down
to 3 Fundamentals: Be Real
- Be Active - Be Helpful”
Tips from Thought Leaders to Bloggers:
How to Build and Showcase Your Community

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Neal Schaffer
Blog: MaximizeSocialBusiness.com
Twitter: @NealSchaffer
“Proactively engage with
relevant people -
reactively respond when
relevant people reach out
to you.”.
Tips from Thought Leaders to Bloggers:
How to Build and Showcase Your Community

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