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How to Create a Reader Avatar for Your Blog

ProBlogger

For several years, I’ve been using Reader Avatars (also called Reader Profiles or Personas) on my blogs – and I’ve found them very effective and helpful. To create your first reader avatar, you’ll need to spend some time thinking and writing about a type of reader that you’re either attempting to reach or who is already reading your blog.

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Strategies to Ensure an Engaged Social Presence

Harp Interactive

Make sure you open up Disqus and Gravatar accounts for blog comments – Gravatar stands for Globally Recognized Avatar, so that your brand is being represented uniformly across the social media universe. Join relevant groups and sign up for email notification from these groups. LinkedIn is prime for re-active engagement.

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Uncovering The Remarkable In Your Social Networks

Waxing UnLyrical

Yet how much do we really know about the people behind the avatars? Image: digitalbob8 via Flickr, CC 2.0. “I had a youth group of over 150 teenagers. Image: Shreyans Bhansali via Flickr, CC 2.0. It’s quite remarkable , and I was floored when I found out. There are so many stories that make up who we are.

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Blog World 2010 Recap – My Notes and Experiences

Kikolani

Herding Cats: Managing Group Blogs with Michael Stelzner of Social Media Examiner , Adam Ostrow of Mashable , and Christi McNeil of Southwest. What was super amazing, beyond the conversation, was getting everyone together for one big group photo, which took just a few minutes. 8 Best Practices for Collaborative Blog Groups.

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Measuring Engagement

Proactive Report

Groups (create / join / total number of groups / group activity). update avatar, bio, links, email, customisation, etc). Image: FoxPar4 on Flickr , some rights reserved. Forward to a friend. Install widget (on a blog page, Facebook, etc). Invite / Refer (a friend). Key page activity (post-activity). Profile (e.g.

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Measuring Engagement

Proactive Report

Groups (create / join / total number of groups / group activity). update avatar, bio, links, email, customisation, etc). Image: FoxPar4 on Flickr , some rights reserved. Forward to a friend. Install widget (on a blog page, Facebook, etc). Invite / Refer (a friend). Key page activity (post-activity). Profile (e.g.

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How Spying On Your Friends Causes Reevaluation of Endorsed Content

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Your friends in one social network may not be on the same wavelength as your friends on another, but you now show both groups what you are doing online. Some people have avoided making that call on the Internet thus far through avatars, but that won’t fly with FriendFeed.

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