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Find Your Blogging Tribe – Saturday Sharefest

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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:

  1. 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).
  2. Once you’ve chosen five blogs, read back through some of their archives and get to know them.
  3. 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!

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About Tiffany

Lover of college football, sushi and historical fiction. Mom to a teen and a toddler. I am a real life summer camp director and President of Influencer Management at Sway Group.

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  10. Anita says

    This is my first time. I think it’s a wonderful idea! I actually do have 5 blogs that I regularly follow, but I can always use a few more for even more great ideas!
    Happy Blogging!
    Anita

  12. Gena says

    Hi There. I’m new and love SITS already. I know this is a bit late but better late then never!

  13. Heidi says

    Well I am only a couple of days behind! But am going to enjoy some quality reading time figuring out which 5 blogs would count as my favourites.
    .-= Heidi´s last post: Where did it go? =-.

  26. Meagahn says

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  27. MsBabyPlan says

    Now I am going to find my tribe, by the way the update is working in some kind of way. But still something. Maybe I just needed to ask and the Almighty automatically answered me.

  30. Bella Lucia Photography says

    Happy Sunday SITStas! My baby turns 3 today! Where has the time gone? Such a bittersweet day for me! Hope you all have a blessed day… more pictures to come tonight!
    .-= Bella Lucia Photography´s last post: Day 30… =-.

  33. Alicia says

    Kathy: Your dog is so insanely cute!! That was a big feat for her!
    Good luck finding your tribe

    Happy SITS Saturday Sharefest

  37. MsBabyPlan says

    Good Sunday to everyone. Hope the day is good with you all as it is with me.
    One thing I need help regarding my blog feedburn. My post doesn’t update and I don’t know how to do it. Can somebody help me solve it. Active day is not my most recent post how can I solve this? :(!
    Please help me! Thank you… :)!
    .-= MsBabyPlan´s last post: Active day: well done to me =-.

  38. tammy says

    Happy Sunday, everyone!! There’s snow everywhere in my neck of the woods…so I get to stay in today and read blogs!!!! Woohoo, my favorite kind of day. 🙂
    .-= tammy´s last post: creative yummies =-.

  40. Treasia says

    Well for me since just now reading this it’s actually early Sunday morning. Everyone have a wonderful day!
    .-= Treasia´s last post: Spiritual Sundays & Sunday Favorites =-.

  43. Melissa @Cellulite Investigation says

    I’m glad you’re doing this series. I need to work on finding my tribe! I didn’t know much about blogging when I first started. I didn’t know I would be the only woman out there blogging about cellulite!

    Here’s how my investigation got started: http://www.celluliteinvestigation.com/2009/08/launching-cellulite-investigation.html
    .-= Melissa @Cellulite Investigation´s last post: When is the Best Time for a Workout? Joyce Vedral’s Top Workout Scheduling Tips =-.

  46. Housewife Bliss says

    Happy ,SITS Saturday, as a newbie, I just love these Saturday tips, will be spending my night nursing a hangover and browsing new blogs, still trying to find my tribe. All the best, Curyanne
    .-= Housewife Bliss´s last post: The perfect guest room =-.

  47. Sandra says

    Thank you for all the great tips again! I`m having a giveaway on my blog so go and check my latest post to enter…Have a great WE every one!