Day Eight: Be a Good Neighbor
The best thing you can do to build a readership is to engage. Publishing posts is just one part of blogging; interacting with the community is the other. You’ve already been following topics and blogs, so let’s take that up a notch with some comments.
Today’s assignment: leave comments on at least four blogs that you’ve never commented on before.
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I have been a good neighbor today since I wrote several stories and had to comment on several stories in each prompted blog story.
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About Tessa
Teresa (Tessa) Smeigh is now in her 60's and still going strong despite her disabilities affecting both physical and mental abilities. She has bipolar disorder (mental), Fibromyalgia (nerves), degenerative disc disease (spine), and arthritis (joints).
Despite that she is active in Mental Health Advocating, writing for www.IBPF.org (volunteer for non-profit) and has 5 blog posts already published by them. She is also working on 2 fiction books (mysteries). She keeps her blog filled with useful content, daily devotionals (She is a Christian), stories and poems. Plenty to keep you busy. She has also been interviewed by blogs and had other posts published on many different blogs.
She has 3 blogs so far http://www.tessacandoit.com and http://www.finallyawriter.com and http://www.sunnythoughtsandprayers.wordpress.com
She is from Deptford, NJ. Her family and blogs keep her busy.
I admit I don’t make enough comments, but I am trying to. I admire those that read and comment especially after long posts. I am trying to do more of both. I wonder if it’s a “turn off” for those that see long posts. Mainly because of short attention span these days. I tend to be long winded and sometimes feel like I need to keep my word count down. I’m not sure if there is an actual science behind it though. 🙂
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People go both ways there have been several conversations about it and commenting. The get mad if you don’t comment. Not everything needs a comment. A like works well enough. It really depends on subject and your feelings if you want to express them. Now length is another thing. Most of mine are long. If they don’t like it they don’t have to read it. I am not one to write short little nothings very often. I write storys that can be short or long. I write poems amd they are usually Haikus and short. Do what makes you happy. It is your blog. And between my 2 blogs I am almost to 900 followers. Must be doing something write. Hope this helps.
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Good to know.
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