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How to Make Your Blog Stronger by Interacting With Your Readers
Today's episode is about how to deepen relationships with your readers on your blog. One of the most common questions I get from my readers is "how do I get my readers to interact with me?" Not all bloggers spend a lot of time trying to build community but most of the successful bloggers I know of do. This is the first of a two-part episode. Today is about why building engagement with your readers matters so much.





In This Episode
You can listen to today's episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we'd also LOVE to get your reviews on those platforms if you have a moment). In today's episode:

Why blogging is more than just producing content
Why you might want to encourage interaction from your readers
My personal story about what has and hasn't worked for me in growing community on my blogs
How building community makes your blog more useful for your readers
How building community builds social proof for your blog
How building community makes your blog more attractive to advertisers
How having a community can make it easier to create and sell products
How having a community can make your blog more attractive to sell
How having a community can create an army of advocates and evangelists
How having a community can help you generate new content
How building community can improve your personal blogging satisfaction
The costs you might encounter in building a community around your blog

Further Reading and Resources for How to Make Your Blog Stronger by Interacting With Your Readers

Episode 35: How to Turn Surfers into Blog Readers by Building a Sticky Blog

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