Tag: conversations

Until comments begin to show up, new bloggers often feel like they’re in an echo chamber – talking to themselves. For some blogs, it can take months before someone comments. For others, a matter of days. It’s when we feel what we’re sharing isn’t being read, we think of giving… read more 5 Ways To Increase Blog Comments

I think I have the best community in the blogosphere. If you’re a regular reader/commenter here, you are a part of that awesomeness. 8) For that, I say “Thank you”. Today’s Lesson When I started blogging, I didn’t even know there was such a thing as “community”. Sure, I saw… read more How to Build a Blog Community

When we join Twitter, those who befriend us are labeled as “followers”. On Facebook, they’re “friends”. With blogging, we often label fellow bloggers as “blogging buddies”. But who are these people, really? Today’s Lesson In the comments of the The Cost Of Being Heard post Sara of A Sharing Connection… read more Friends, Followers and Buddies

I don’t know about you, but I love getting comments on my blog posts. Granted, they do take time to answer, but for me, there’s nothing better than the sense of community that forms in the comment section. Recently I’ve noticed some blog authors have totally closed their comment sections… read more A.S.K. Darren Rowse – How Does A Problogger Deal With Comments

It’s been another busy week here at BWAB and for me in my real life. As the week comes to a close, it’s time to recap what we’ve learned. This week’s posts included: 1) A.S.K. Liz – How do You Inspire Your Readers To Join Your Community 2) New Blog… read more Plugins, Questions and Open Mic

In part one of my interview with Lorelle, she discussed how a new blogger can stay motivated. Now we move on to another subject I often asked myself. (To avoid redundancy, I asked Lorelle, to include any links to her posts or others she felt would be helpful to the… read more Interview With Lorelle VanFossen – Part 2 – Errors Bloggers Make

My childhood was pretty simple. We lived in the country and walked a lot. As kids we played outside, jumped rope, caught frogs, played hop-scotch, make snow angels, had chores to do, and when we went inside, we were welcomed by the scent of a home cooked meal. For many… read more What Happened To The Good Ole Days

We eventually become acquainted with other bloggers. We read each other’s posts, leave comments, and often become cyberspace friends. Small communities form in comment sections of blogs. Today’s Lesson Not so much different than in real life, with blogging, like minded people are attracted to each other. That often become… read more Control Your Comments – Gain Readers

Does an apple a day, keep the doctor away? Soon we may know the truth. As bloggers, we often read posts on how to manage our time, run our business, and/or learn how to improve on our blogging skills, but we often forget about our health. We could make tens… read more NBOTW- We Have A Doctor in The House

Photo Credit lovelypetal’s photos Links create love in blogoshpere. However, “no follow tags” are set as a default on many blogging platforms. Even if you use the CommentLuv plugin, when your blog is crawled, the bots and spiders don’t give commenters “credit” for their link. Today’s Lesson On my travels… read more CommentLuv – LinkyLove – NoNoFollow

Photo Credit: chefranden’s photos Just as a top needs help to make it spin, a blog is similar. A top always stops, and falls over, after spinning out of control, will you? Today’s Lesson In the past few days, I have been visiting and reading a fair amount of blogs… read more Bloggers Fall Prey To Instant Gratification

Way back, we used to write letters to each other. Then, the telephone came along, and everyone had a telephone number to share. After the telephone, came the fax. Then the cell phone. We probably have a minimum of three numbers for one person. Then, e-mail came along, and everyone,… read more 12 Great Excuses For Not Having A Web Log “Blog”