How to Build a Blog Community?

After making a blog the next important step is to make a reading blog community apart from driving traffic to your blog. In order to become a successful blogger you need to have a blogging community. Blog is not only something telling your thoughts or showing off your creativity to the world but also it creates a name for you. A reputation is build up by your blog, by what you say and who you are. In the world of internet no one knows you personally, so it is of great importance how you project yourself to your readers through your blog. And trust me it is not an easy task to have true followers of your blog; you need to write something which interests people and gain you some respect in the blogosphere. Here are few tips which can help you build up a good blog community.

In order to be successful blogger you need 4 things; a computer, a blog, time and passion for writing. If you have got all these then you can definitely grow up really high in this field.

One should read blogs of other people; this will help you in finding out what you actually like to read. You will be able to discover blogs with common interests. Also, if at certain point of time you are run out with things to discuss with your readers you can take up idea from other blogs to discuss it with your readers.

You should also start commenting on blogs of other people. Now you may ask why? I want to build up a blog community for myself and not for someone else, then why should I comment? Well, here is your answer, once you leave a comment on someone else’s blog; you are leaving a calling card for other readers. Try and put your URL somewhere in between the comment and it will help people to find you and your blog.

One must reply to the comments on their blog. Readers need some response and sometimes some appreciation like “thank you for reading my blog”. You do not need to leave lengthy and boring comments but a response is a must. This will give your audience an idea that you are interested in them and thus engaging with them. This will work as a positive point on your side and will make your readers happy.

Directories should be used to list up your blog. You will find plenty of blog directories on the internet and you can pick any of them. Just simply Google it and your work will be done.

You should be very regular with your blog. It should not be like you write once in a week or month, this will definitely decrease your demand as your blog will not have anything new to read about. Professional bloggers tend to post more than once in a day. By doing so, you are providing your reader something new and variety, this will keep their interest for a much longer period.