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7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog

ProBlogger

The story need not be long or highly personal story – it could simply be sharing how you did something in your business (you’ll see me do this below when I talk about how on dPS we added a Flickr Group to dPS as an intermediate step on the way to starting a forum, now a Facebook Group ). I use personal language.

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7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog

ProBlogger

The story need not be long or highly personal story – it could simply be sharing how you did something in your business (you’ll see me do this below when I talk about how on dPS we added a Flickr Group to dPS as an intermediate step on the way to starting a forum, now a Facebook Group ). I use personal language.

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The Pressures of Content Creation

Social Media Marketing

Scott Monty (@ScottMonty) November 30, 2012 And one of my followers came to the rescue: Why not write about it? :) RT @ scottmonty : Did you ever have writer's block, like for a month? — kai macmahon (@kaimac) November 30, 2012 Now I'll admit, that my first response was to dismiss it, saying that I could only manage 140 characters at a time.

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The Complete Solo Build It! Review - An Insider’s Perspective

The Social Media Hat

I've read her blog posts and emails, listened to her podcasts and webinars, and have watched a couple of her presentations for Social Media Marketing World. Every article, blog post and forum discussion is designed to clear through the clutter and show time-crunched solopreneurs where to focus their resources. I love Amy.

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#MySMCStory: Social Media Club and Me

Ari Herzog

We’ve launched a monthly book club which features social media industry titles and host monthly webinars accessible to all SMC members worldwide. I’d developed a voice and a strategy for social media and was responding to community discussions about the business (which was controversial) in community forums. Fred Wilson.

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7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog

ProBlogger

The story need not be long or highly personal story – it could simply be sharing how you did something in your business (you’ll see me do this below when I talk about how on dPS we added a Flickr Group to dPS as an intermediate step on the way to starting a forum). A forum comes with its own advantages and challenges.

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Post Length and Engagement: The Content Marketer’s Dilemma

ProBlogger

A Pew Internet study of young Americans’ (under-30s) reading habits from 2012 showed that “47% of younger Americans read long-form e-content such as books, magazines or newspapers.” through a webinar, forum, or discussion. Longer posts don’t necessarily drive greater engagement. The medium.