How Important Is It For You To Join A Blog Network

Blogging as a sole source of income is not an unfeasible idea anymore. In fact, if you plan your moves right you can really outdo yourself in this particular field. However, starting up can be tricky. Plus, there is the whole process of promoting your blog and coming up with consistent content. It might be a good idea to join blog networks at the initial phase of your blogging career. It might just be the perfect start to give you the right experience and also help you in many other ways.

In this post, by blog network, I don’t mean the social networks. There are excellent blog communities where groups of bloggers get together and help each others’ business. Some of the popular communities are Blog Engage, Blokube, Blog Interact; there are quite some private Facebook groups and mastermind communities.

Sometimes, bloggers, especially when they start out as newbies, don’t realize the power of a network or community. In this post I will tell you why bloggers should join a blog network by all means.

Establish your presence in the web community:

It will take some time for you to establish your presence in the internet. Blogging is quite more interactive than normal updating of content. This is one aspect where starting off with a blog network will give you a really needed boost in the right direction.

When I first started writing about Bistro MD and Diet to go coupons for my other site Coupon Triumph, it is the blogging networks that helped me to establish my presence in the niche. We were part of a small group of potential like minded people who helped each other.

Your expertise:

No matter what niche you start off in, it will take some time to establish yourself as an expert on that niche. Remember, people rely on experts far more than general writers. They will look at your blog as the much trusted solution provider. With your own blog, you can definitely achieve this status.

However, it will be really slow before you see the proper outcome. With a blog network the process is accelerated and people start recognizing your expertise quite early on.

Large networks, large community:

As a starting blogger, it is very important for you to concentrate on your networking skills. Now, as much as you need to connect with your readers, you also need to be connected to your fellow bloggers. Solo blogs will have a harder time reaching out to many bloggers who might be interested in the same niche and have the proper high standards to be considered experts.

In a blog network these distinctions will already have been created on the basis of each of the contributors’ profile and write-ups. It will be easier for you to start networking with such bloggers and benefit from their experiences and expertise.

The SEO advantage:

When you are with a blog network you invariably connect to a large number of bloggers and blogs all over the internet. Your association to the blog network can help you a lot with your blogging success. Like it has been already mentioned that you get to be a part of a larger community, you also get the benefit of SEO.

You will get good social media exposure if you get your friends in the network to share your posts, while you do the same for them. Similarly you can link to each other. You can exchange comments. All these will boost your social proof and also do good for your SEO.

Attract more traffic:

Blog networks usually have a much bigger budget than personal or small scale blogs. As a result they will make a bigger splash on the internet for the promotion of their network. You can also benefit from this and once you have been established as an esteemed contributor, your readers will not just look at you as a part of the network alone, but as an individual expert too. Also, you can learn about the various ingenious methods of blog promotion when you are closely related to the blog networks.

Commendation and Respect:

It is not very easy to get the opportunity to be a part of the most popular and bigger blog networks. However, once you do, you automatically get the proper commendation and respect that is well deserved of every contributor to these networks. On your own blog, you can mention these commendations in your bio. This will increase your respect as a blogger.

Joining a blog network can also have its disadvantages. You might start off with a network that might have a lower scale of recognition. Sometimes you might not be able to get along with everyone. Sometimes you might find it difficult to get the time for additional interaction.

But all in, a good supportive network is always a strength. Being part of such a network surely pays off. Please share your views in the comments.

Jane runs a self-help blog Find All Answers where she writes about Blogging Tips, Relationships and Self Improvement. She is also part of the team at Coupon Triumph, a site that offers Bistro MD and Diet to go discount coupons. Here are a couple of them for you: 50% off bistromd, coupons for diet to go.

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