10 Great Quotes Expanding the Concept of Community
The concept of community comes from having something in common. A common place, interest, distinction or the like. Communities are thus a form of order. Without them there would perhaps not be chaos, but things would certainly be more chaotic. T.S. Eliot went so far as to state: “What life have you if you have not life together? There is no life that is not in community.” This statement is about as far as you can come from the stale formal definition of the concept which simply states the cold facts.
Structure How You Deal With Comments to Find the Right Response
Having previously written about how I embrace comments and why as well as how commenters should be commenting is it time to tackle what your role as blogger is when responding to comments and not least what you do if they despite all your good intentions don’t comment as they ideally should. Making clear, at least to yourself, how you will deal with comments is something you do well by doing before you get overwhelmed with them.
10 Tips That Will Make Anyone a Better Commenter
Part of the blogging platform is the comment feature that give readers of a particular article the ability to provide instant feedback. I have previously revealed why I am a strong believer in allowing comments on blogs. In Comments or No Comments That Is the Question - or Is It? I argued that comments add to the experience and make it more enjoyable. Furthermore does it help grow and expand communities on and across blogs. For this to work do we all have to honor our responsibility. As a blogger should you always try to aim high and give …
How Blog Carnivals Boost Communities and Make Dreams Come True
Imagine that you could have what you write appear in a magazine. While that is a dream that many shares is it also one that few are able to fulfill. Now imagine being the managing editor and/or publisher of a magazine. Although probably a dream for less writers the more incredible nonetheless. In the Blogosphere there is a form for community events equivalent to magazines called Blog Carnivals. What makes them similar to a magazine is that they are dedicated to a particular topic or theme and that they are published on a regular schedule. Each edition is a special …
Blogging Relationships - a Virtual Interview With Liz Strauss & Lorelle
Having chosen Blogging Relationships as the topic was there little doubt who I would have participate namely Lorelle VanVossen and Liz Strauss. I cannot imagine you not knowing them already, but here is nonetheless a short introduction to each of them: Lorelle has been blogging since before blogging was even conceptualized, covering travel, nature and travel photography, web design, web theory and development as well as blogging and WordPress as they saw the light of day. Her main blog is Lorelle on WordPress, but she also writes on more other blogs including The Blog Herald. Lorelle is furthermore …
