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Pay Special Attention to a Reader [Day 22: 31DBBB] Posted: 27 Apr 2009 03:25 AM PDT Today your task in the 31 Days to Build a Better blog is to Make a Reader Famous. The Task - Choose one (or more than one) of your current readers and do something out of the blue that acknowledges them, shows them that you see them as valuable and highlights them to your other readers. Why This is ImportantWhile many blog tips going around focus upon techniques to help make bloggers and their blogs more famous and well known one of the paradoxical keys to blogging success is that many bloggers who build great blogs actually go out of their way to make their readers more famous and well known. When you create space on your blog to highlight readers in some way the impact can be quite profound (particularly when you do it regularly). Two groups of people tend to be impacted: 1. Those you make famous benefit - the first and most obvious people to benefit from your efforts are those who you highlight. Having someone go out of their way to talk about you on their blog certainly makes an impression on them. It gives them a feeling of being valuable, gives a sense of belonging to and participation in the blog and can help them to achieve their own goals if you send other readers to learn more about them on their own site/blog etc. 2. Other Readers are Impacted - one of the lessons I learned early in blogging is that when you publicly value one reader others often feel valued also. It shows you have an interest in and that you value all of your readers even when you just highlight a few. How to Make Readers FamousThere are many ways to highlight your readers on your blog. Let me share a few that I’ve done over the years.
Don’t Have Readers to Make Famous?Of course this exercise is easier for blogs that have been around for a while and that have developed a readership - those just starting out will find it tougher (there is only so many times you can make your mother, wife or best friend famous on your blog without looking a little desperate). If you’re a new blogger or don’t have readers leaving comments yet to help you know who they are - try making another blogger famous today by writing a post that links up to them and highlights them to your readers. Make Someone FamousThe blogosphere was built on principles of promoting others, conversation, celebrating diversity, open source knowledge etc. One of the things that first attracted me to blogging was the way that bloggers celebrated their readers and other bloggers - today attempt to recapture some of that ethos by making others famous today on your blog. Share How You Do itIn the spirit of this post - I invite you to share how you make your readers famous in comments below. Share a link to the place you’re doing it so we can learn from you! Also stop by the forums thread for today to share your progress. Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. |
Membership Site Masterplan Report is now Ready for Download Posted: 26 Apr 2009 11:37 PM PDT On Friday I posted about that a great free 72 page report by Yaro Starack called Membership Site Masterplan was about to be released. Yaro’s just old me that it’s now available for you to download. The report contains some great information on how Yaro uses membership sites to build significant community sites and a six figure income. If you’ve ever considered a membership site as a way to make money online I’d recommend you get the report for a look. While Yaro will follow this report up with a paid membership site for further teaching (he’s previous ones have been excellent) the report itself contains good information whether you go further in the process or not - Yaro’s approach has always been to create valuable resources and this one is no exception. Signup to download Yaro’s report here. Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. |
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