Blogging Community

Recently, the term of ‘online community’ implied a community who interacted online within some bounded set of technologies (White, 2006). Blogging communities are created for the users to have shared information or ideas in between the social connection provided. According to Kinkeldei (2007) indicates that ‘Blog communities carry the idea of a social network at their root, in the sense that they strengthen communication and connections amongst different groups of people with a similar mindset’.

Ways to create blog communities by Yaro Starak- The Blog Traffic King (2006)

·         Create a mentoring program where your more experienced readers help out the newbies.

·         Invite readers to submit something for review and have your community leave comments to help out.

·         Run a competition and have your community vote to decide the winners.

·         Create a group blogging project and invite all the bloggers in your industry to participate. Focus on your niche topic area in order to keep things relevant.

·         Conduct an interview of someone reasonably famous in your industry and ask your readers to submit questions to ask.

White (2006) has come out with 3 types of blogging communities:

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                   i.            The Single Blog/ blogger Centric Community

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  It is run by an individual which is also the blog ‘owner’ of the community which controls within rules. There may be several of authors designing and writing post to the blog but it is all under the same and only ‘one’ blog.

 

             ii.            The Central Connecting Topic Community

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It is run by a group of people who shared the same topic or interest in the blogs which connects the members together. Both power and identity of this community is kept privately.

              iii.            The Boundaried Community

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It is hosted in a single site or platform by the collections of blogs and blogs readers. Often these communities are link to the social media tools.

I would prefer the Central Connecting Community model as my choice. An example for Central Connecting Community is the ‘Xanga.com’ blogging community. It is a place for the bloggers and the readers to share their same interest and topic through this community.

References:

Kinkeldei, B 2007, ‘Forging connections and Promoting growth Through Blog Communities’, 21 Publish, viewed 24 March 2012, <http://www.21publish.com/pub/21publish/blogging-whitepaper.pdf>.

Starak, Y 2006, ‘How to Create a Community at Your Blog: Blog Traffic Tips Weekly Newsletter’, Entrepreneurs-Journey.com, viewed 24 March 2012, <http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/newsletters/how-to-create-a-community-at-your-blog/>.

White, N 2006, ‘Launching a New Paradigm for Online Community?’, Blogs and Community, viewed 24 March 2012, <http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/edition-11-editorial/blogs-and-community-%E2%80%93-launching-a-new-paradigm-for-online-community>.