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The post 11 Tips to Create a Personal Connection with Your Audience appeared first on ProBlogger. Photo by Duy Pham on Unsplash Have you ever experienced being very connected to a blogger? For me, there’s been several times over the years where it’s felt like a blogger is talking directly to me through their writing and/or podcasting. Some content creators just seem to have that sense of who is on the other side of their content and the ability to draw their reader/listener/viewer into (almost) a conversation in the way that they communicate. A personal example of this is a podcaster called Rob Bell, who every time I listen to him, it feels like he is directly talking to me. This is probably because he

The post 7 Ways to Build a Community Around Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. This post is based on episode 61 of the ProBlogger podcast. Last week I talked about building a community around your blog, and how it can benefit you as much as it can your readers. Well, this week I’m going to give you seven practical tips and strategies on how you can go about building that community. But before I do, I need to clarify a couple of things. Firstly, what I’m talking about today is more than just engagement. Don’t get me wrong. I still think you need engagement on your blog. But ultimately I’m after more than just comments, likes, shares and votes. I want to give my readers a sense of

The post 9 Reasons Why You Should Build a Community Around Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. This post is based on episode 60 of the ProBlogger podcast. One of the most common questions I hear from my readers is “How do I get my readers to interact with me?” Of course, there are plenty of answers I could give to that question. But for the next couple of weeks I want to talk about one particular method: building a community. And I’d like to start by giving you nine reasons why you should build one around your blog. (Next week I’ll show you how, I promise.) 1. It increases your blog’s usefulness I’ve always believed that the way to build a successful blog is to build a