Blog Engage; Build Community in 2010
Do you blog engage? If not you should be. I have spent many hours in social bookmarking sites over the last 2 years, and Blog Engage blows the rest of them away.
Blog Engage allows you to submit your articles, for other articles, and get involved in a great community of bloggers.
Blog Engage Introduction Video:
I admit, I was skeptical at first, as I said I had spent hours in over a hundred different social bookmarking sites. Yes, I was one of those Blogs that had a hundred little chicklets in the bottom right of every page of my site. I have tried them all!
None of them did a thing for my site, I never got any traffic from them, the back links were pretty well worthless, and I wasted so many hours on it.
Why Is Blog Engage Different?
It is really simple to answer that question, COMMUNITY. I wrote about building community in your comments yesterday, and I think people get so wrapped up in stats, PR, and backlinks that they forget what community really is.
Blog Engage has community. The other bloggers there will support you, vote for your articles, and even mention your site on theirs. These bloggers are a different breed than most of you are used to.
I have discovered some great sites in my niche (not a very small niche, everyone want to write about blogging!) and have networked with bloggers on Blog Engage through Twittter and Facebook too.
Conclusion:
GO JOIN!!!! What else are you doing to help promote your site, is it really working for you, are the referrals targeted for you? Does the traffic your current bookmarking sites you use actually comment on your articles? If not, you should check out Blog Engage right now!
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Keith,
I second the notion.
The Blog Engage community is the perfect fit for bloggers. You learn so much and the connections you make are invaluable. We also have a lot of fun.
Thanks for the post and have a happy and blessed new year.
@Ileane
Excellent blog you have here. I’m a long time reader, but haven’t commented before, I just had to say how much I enjoy the site. Where did you get this WordPress theme? Is it custom? I really like it.
@Mom, you couldn’t have been a reader for too long, I started this site 2 weeks ago, but thanks for stopping by, hope to see you here more.
I designed this them myself….
@Ileane, Thanks Ileane, hope 2010 brings you all the things you are hoping for too…
It’s a friendly community and brings a good amount of traffic. I just hope the traffic will stay when times does not allow me to be as active there.
I recently did join Keith and looking forward to engaging:) Great blog, by the way I will be stopping by more often!
Hey Keith sorry it took me so long to comment on your post. Between Christmas and new years it’s been a long go! First I want to say thanks for mentioning our community. Letting all your readers know about us and encouraging them to join the community is more than I can ask for from any bloggers.
2010 is our year at blogengage so if you want to gain traffic, comments and readers I encourage all bloggers to get involved now while we are still a small niche community.
I loved this part of your article!
“Blog Engage has community. The other bloggers there will support you, vote for your articles, and even mention your site on theirs. These bloggers are a different breed than most of you are used to.”
This is so true we are unlike anything. We are an awesome bloggeing community and our members make it what it is today. Real people man that’s all it takes is real people.
Hey Keith;
I have an account on Blogengage and I have submitted a couple of posts but I find it difficult to find the posts of people I know so that I can read and vote for them. When I click on their avatart I expect to see the posts the’ve uploaded but instead it goes to their profile or something…
I guess what I’m saying is that I see Blogengage having GREAT potential but as a newbie I’m finding it a bit hard to learn and navigate to reap its full potential.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
- Don
I believe once you get to the persons profile page there is tabs where you can see what they submitted, voted on etc….