New to SITS? Welcome!! Go read this to get started.
Welcome to the weekly blogging tip and comment game! This week I’m talking about finding your blogging tribe.
Whether you’re a brand new blogger or a seasoned veteran, it feels good to belong. Isn’t that one of the biggest reasons we do this crazy thing called blogging? To find people we have things in common with, people we can learn from, celebrate with, commiserate with?
Have you found your blogging tribe? It’s more than a community. It’s that core group of special blogging peeps that visit and comment regularly and take action on what they read and learn at your blog. They support you, they recommend you, they re-tweet you.
Over the next few weeks, I’m going to give you a series of challenges to help you find your tribe. This week’s challenge is: Be Part Of Someone Else’s Tribe. Identify five bloggers this week that you really connect with. Then make an effort to give to them. Here’s what to do:
- Make a list of five blogs that you can truly stand behind. These are your favorites, the blogs you can’t get enough of. If you don’t feel passionate about five blogs, search for blogs that are similar to yours. Remember the keywords you chose for your blog last week? Search for those keywords at Google Blog Search, Technorati, or Delicious and see what new blogs you can find. You can also check out what your favorite bloggers are reading by doing a little research through their Twitter stream, their comments, and their sidebar (where many bloggers have lists of blogs they follow).
- Once you’ve chosen five blogs, read back through some of their archives and get to know them.
- Now it’s time to give. You can give an awesome comment, offer help when you have some insight or expertise, or tweet about one of their posts. Don’t think about what you can get from them, but what you can give to them.
I’ll back next Saturday with another step in finding your blogging tribe.
Now, let’s play a game! Here are the rules for the SITS Saturday Sharefest:
- Leave a comment here with a link to one of your best blog posts (or just your main URL if you prefer).
- After you leave your comment, visit the link of the person who commented BEFORE you.
- Comment on their post and be sure to say “Happy SITS Saturday Sharefest” in your comment.
Now, go leave some comments!
Read Part 2 of this series here.
We are coming to Baltimore! Join us.
Want to subscribe to SITS and get an email each time we post? Just click here.
And, as always, when you see this:
LEAVE A COMMENT.
HAPPY SATURDAY!!!
Whoo… FINALLY the weekend… have any great plans?
.-= itsybitsyknitsy´s last post: I Feel Very Plastic… =-.
Ah Saturdays, the days you single and kidless people get to sleep, and I get to envy you!
.-= Marshmallow Circus´s last post: Four! =-.
Oh my gosh I can’t believe I’m awake late enough to be posting so near the top! Happy SITS sharefest all! Have a great Saturday!
Yay! It’s the weekend!
Here’s one of my favorite recent posts: http://marfmom.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/an-open-letter-to-medical-professionals/
.-= Maya´s last post: A Thoughtful Thursday =-.
Happy Saturday SITStas! Sending smiles
.
.-= Favourite Vintage Finds´s last post: Congrats Clenna & Remembering Childhood Dress Ups… =-.
Happy Saturday Sharefest SITStas!
It’s all about Vampires over at my place today!!
Amand
x
Love Love Love that’s it’s the weekend! Finally!
Take some time and slow down with advice from my blog!
.-= Stepfanie Bishop´s last post: 5 Ways to Slow Down =-.
It’s all about Vampires over at my place today!
Happy Saturday Sharefest!
Amanda
x
.-= Amanda {my life badly written}´s last post: I’M DREAMING OF VAMPIRES! OBSESSED MUCH? =-.
Happy Saturday SITStas! Sending smiles and best wishes
.
.-= Favourite Vintage Finds´s last post: Congrats Clenna & Remembering Childhood Dress Ups… =-.
Hey ladies, I passed my first test to becoming a RN woohoo
.-= MRSOFFICER/MROFFICER´s last post: The life and times of a kick butt dad =-.
Twitter: rachelcotterill
says:
Hope everyone has a fab weekend!
Hey ya’ll! Valentine’s Giveaway at my blog to kick off February!
.-= Kitty´s last post: Recommending: Stràw bërri =-.
Happy Saturday gals! Here’s a link to my TERRIBLE blind date last weekend! Enjoy!
http://randommusingsfromasinglegal.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-retirement-from-blind-dating.html
.-= Stacy’s Snippets´s last post: My Retirement from Blind Dating =-.
LOVE this post about finding your own tribe. kindof floating around right now as i have been absent from not just blogging but well, life as a functioning human being for awhile. Very excited to get back into the swing of life again.
Happy Saturday everyone! I am ready for a nice relaxing weekend!
.-= Karin aka perpstu´s last post: I’m Coming Out of the Closet =-.
I hope everybody has a great weekend! Happy Sharefest!
.-= Jamie´s last post: Muffin Tin Monday – ABC/123 =-.
Whew! Feels good to be back. Hello SITS girls. Have a great weekend
Happy Saturday to all …. hope your weekend is a great one!
Marcia in Oz
http://www.shabbymum.blogspot.com
Saturday is here…i love the Saturday Sharefest tips
Hope you have a great weekend as my week is just starting!
.-= Mayya @ Sew Chic and Unique´s last post: Fat Quarter Sewing Tutorials =-.
Good morning everyone. I’m so glad it’s Saturday! Going to be heading out to do some shopping!
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
.-= Satakieli´s last post: Wordless Wednesday – Dark =-.
Hopefully this weekend won’t be spent running kids into the bathroom, the stomach bug has reared it’s ugly head in the toddler.
.-= Chelle´s last post: His yelps went unnoticed while we were ducking bullets =-.
Whoa in the top 20!
I love this idea! I’m off to pick my top 5!
Comment Luv isn’t picking up my last post, it’s picking the one before
.-= Babe_Chilla´s last post: Belly Shot Preview =-.
Awesome idea! Doing it fo shiz!
http://karlosophies.blogspot.com/2010/01/i-come-from-land-downunder.html
.-= Karly´s last post: Celebrity (by association) Chef =-.
Annnnnnd I forgot to link to my post, d’uh:
Natural birth hopes:
http://biggerbythebelly.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-youtube-helped-solidify-my-choice.html
.-= Babe_Chilla´s last post: Belly Shot Preview =-.
Should be sleeping, but instead, off visiting all me fellow bloggers!!!!!
.-= Stepfanie Bishop´s last post: 5 Ways to Slow Down =-.
Hey, top 30! Awesome!! Happy Saturday all! I’m looking forward to putting this good teaching to use and finding my tribe… who’s with me??
Check out my most recent post (Linky guy is a day behind…)
http://outoftheextraordinary.blogspot.com/2010/01/who-am-i.html
Have an Extraordinary Day!
.-= InspiredDreamer´s last post: Fictionary Friday – Translate =-.
I love this idea of finding my “tribe” I think I have an idea of who they are. Have a great weekend
I forgot to include my link to my blog sorry
angel6033.blogspot.com
I finally registered for the Baltimore boot camp. Hope to see u there.
great tips! i think im gonna try them out today…its a slow saturday for me….
http://onestylemile.blogspot.com/2010/01/egg-ceptional-design.html if u need some design inspiration
have a great weekend SITSas!
Happy Saturday to all!!!
m ^..^
Twitter: DeepSouthDish
says:
Happy Saturday!
Impress your friends and host a Mardi Gras Party this year, no matter where you live. Lots of Cajun & Creole recipes to choose from here: http://www.deepsouthdish.com/2010/01/mardi-gras-brunch-and-party-foods-and.html
.-= Mary´s last post: Pain Perdu Custardy French Toast =-.
How about to be in interaction with those you already know?
Too many bloggers say how busy they are, no time to read blogs…
For example my WO*IMA participants are very different kind of bloggers. From one page (on Sunday) by clicking a link you can find yourself in totally different culture etc.
I love this: Now it’s time to give. Yes!
Comment luv is not updating my post, so here’s the link to it:
http://blogitse.blogspot.com/2010/01/your-words-my-image-woima-53.html
Hey all, it’s been awule since I’ve been by – just been a rough two weeks.
Today’s blog is something meaningful and special to me to help everyone remember the powere of love…
.-= Maven ´s last post: I Wonder if She Knows… =-.
Oh Lord! Please forgive my typos!
I have missed time over here. I have been so very busy…crazy.
Hope you all have a super Great Saturday!!
.-= ContessaGrigia´s last post: Coming to California =-.
Happy Sharefest SITStas!! Off to visit my tribe!!
.-= Quixotic´s last post: Marriage and the Tribe =-.
I’m so looking forward to a quiet weekend!
.-= mub´s last post: Friday Fragments- January 29, 2010 =-.
Blog tribe? Sounds like an interesting concept. Is that the same as blog cliques? I certainly do not hope it is.
I am not into cliques. Did not do the clique thing at school. And I am certainly not doing the clique thing online. My experiences with cliques are not good. Some peeps tend to get vicious when they are experiencing the rush of power that come with clique popularity.
I have a couple of bloggers that I do visit very regularly. Almost always when I check in on my blog, I would make a turn at their blogs. A couple, 3-4 of them, does the same. I can almost always be assured that they will check on my blog and leave comments. Of course, it is just easier for me to be loyal to their blogs because they seem genuinely interested in the ‘blah’ I b%t$h about. I have ‘individual blog relationships’ with all of them. It is certainly working for me. Would not mind to add a couple of newly discovered bloggers to my visitor’s list! But I am not yet convinced about the ‘tribe’ concept….
.-= WhiteSockGirl´s last post: A Story for Every Picture: Empty Hands =-.
I can’t sleep, it’s seriously negative 2 degrees right now, and I’m supposed to go out running tomorrow with a group, I’m nervous about the cold, and falling on ice!
.-= Molly´s last post: Veggies….Bacon….I have room for it all =-.
Giveaway for V-day cards! These cards are from Minted and you could win 50 darling cards for your family to give out or for your kiddos! http://www.apinacolada.blogspot.com
like this post. I thing sometimes people don’t realize that each individual has a tribe…you just have to work on nurturing it, but we all have people who read our blogs, or follow our tweets and engage with us on Facebook, etc…
Hope everyone is having a fantastic week.
.-= Ghada´s last post: When did I become my mother? =-.
Up late after finishing cleaning before my mother-in-law arrives in the morning! Then off to girls weekend, can’t wait! No kids (though I love them to pieces), no husband, and lots of fun!
Happy Saturday Sharefest!
.-= Kristin´s last post: it’s friday and… =-.
I finally made it under 300! Only because I haven’t gone to bed yet. LOL
Oh, this is FUN! I like this game!
I have so many blogs that I follow on a daily basis, and many of them are popular already, but there are also a few secret nuggets I have stored away in my bookmarks I would LOVE to share wth everyone.
Here is a link to my main blog: http://www.eheizerphotography.blogspot.com
And here is a link to one of my favorite posts, about the first wedding I ever shot: http://eheizerphotography.blogspot.com/2009/10/first-day.html
Twitter: divinemsmb
says:
Good Saturday morning!! I am finally going to bed.
Please stop by to spread the Word about an amazing woman who is finding a new way to honor our memories.
.-= M´s last post: Names in the Sand =-.
What a great idea!!! Haha I can admit now, that the top 5 blogs I read are those I found via SITS, not kidding!!! I’ll put a list together ooooor find new ones because the ones I love can of course be found in my blogroll
Happy SITS saturday sharefest ladies!
Being passionate about blogs I love, and read, and comment without expecting anything, is the thing I’ve always done
It’s how I am
Great tips, however.
.-= Alessandra´s last post: Where is Blogger the Frog? =-.
Happy SITS Saturday Sharefest everyone. Have a good weekend.
Been reliving my daughter being born over at my place – don’t worry its not gorey!
.-= Single Mum´s last post: Birth Story =-.
Twitter: Anna_Gustafson
says:
I’m just getting into this whole blogging thing, but I love to write as a release; and hope I can bring at least a few people some enjoyment on my journey. I’m definitely looking to follow some new blogs and I think SITS is innovative and amazing, especially for newbies like me. Thank you!
.-= TheShoppingGirl´s last post: My Life Not Even on the D-List =-.