7 Ways to Build a Community Around Your Blog

Hi Reader

It's September already?!

At times it feels like this year is going incredibly slowly, but at the same time slipping away fast.

I want to share with you Seth Godin's gem of an email that slipped into my inbox this week:

When time gets short (for new parents or startup founders, for example) we naturally focus on getting efficient. We can remove extraneous details and distractions and magically get much faster at getting tasks done.

But being efficient is not the same as being productive.

Productive is the skill of getting the right things done, so that we accomplish what we set out to do in the first place. The work that matters.

- Seth Godin

Read: 7 Ways to Build a Community Around Your Blog

This week's blog post is about how to build relationships with the readers on your blog. Having a community around your blog gives your blog social proof and makes your blog more useful and satisfying to you and your readers. Last week I discussed why you should spend time and energy trying to build community. Today is all about practical strategies and tips for how to build community.

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