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Build a Community of Raving Fans with Blogging
Your Blog is the Perfect Vehicle to Grow a Lucrative Business
Writing a good blog post and delivering a fantastic freebie is a wonderful start to your list building efforts. But there’s something else you can do to ensure they stick around. Turn your blog home into their home! I’ve said for years that your blog is “your home on the internet.” Now I’m expanding upon that concept to encourage you to use blogging to build a community of raving fans.
Start by engaging with the people who take time to comment on your blog posts. You can set your notifications up so that you get an email whenever someone leaves a comment. I use a plugin called CommentLuv for this purpose and you may start with a free version to see how well you like it.
People like to get a response, and when others land on your blog and see that you have a community going, it makes them feel more at ease to jump in and join it. Make sure you ban the obnoxious people (if you ever have any) so they don’t repel people from wanting to participate.
Another thing you can do is host challenges for your blog readers. If it’s a weight loss blog, challenge them to eliminate a bad nutrition habit over the course of 21 days. If it’s a stress relief blog, challenge them to try 7 new stress relief…
