Comments on: Are You a Solitary Blogger?

By: Alan Bamboo

Alan Bamboo — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:11:45 +0000

Being part of the community is important.

I’m still wondering if I should join twitter?

By: Jamie Grove - How Not To Write

Jamie Grove - How Not To Write — Sat, 17 May 2008 23:38:12 +0000

I’ve been blogging for about 8 years now, but always anonymously. I told myself it was mostly for fun, so it didn’t matter. And yet, I wonder if it mattered so much that I was afraid of falling in love with the work and what success might lead to in the long run.

I love your recommendations. Getting out and being part of the community is the first step.

In the link field on this post, I entered the URL to the post I used to out myself on my writing blog. I’m not blogging anonymously ever again and I’m happy to be out there with everyone else.

Great post, Chris.

By: MyGoodFinds

MyGoodFinds — Sat, 17 May 2008 23:27:52 +0000

# Take part in carnivals and memes
# Link out – a lot

Are you talking of those Link love and Big Bang–> link chains? Google has policies against these.

By: Palin Ningthoujam

Palin Ningthoujam — Fri, 16 May 2008 22:56:40 +0000

Good pointers to remember. It’s easier said than done, but we can try it out.

By: sheetal

sheetal — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:20:31 +0000

You have touched the right nerve here. I am an introvert and I took to blogging because I didn’t know what else to do with my free time. But gradually I started taking part in conversations in different forums like bloggeries and digital point and geeky speaky and now don’t feel lonely any more. But then I have to learn to open up in real life too:)

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:42:58 +0000

Great article and tips. I’m very introverted and have been working on becoming more social. I’m doing better with this in real life but an currently working on being more social online. For example, I’ve just started to leave more comments ;-)

By: Chris Garrett

Chris Garrett — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:53:18 +0000

Yes, good thought :)

By: Andrew G.R.

Andrew G.R. — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:44:29 +0000

I think learning to talk about your blog in a confident and concise way in social settings is a useful piece of the puzzle.

By: Barbara Ling

Barbara Ling — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:44:39 +0000

I’m very shy myself in real life but on the Internet, I come alive. I use Twitter to comment, comment on relevant posts, write guest blog articles, do interviews (ideally without phones :) ) etc.

Oh, and I built a Twelcome page off my blog for my Twitter page at http://www.twitter.com/owlbert after reading about that technique. As it’s generally found only from Twitterers, it really helps introduce them to my Twitter personality.

Data points,

Barbara