{"id":3566,"date":"2011-09-14T08:16:07","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T12:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=3566"},"modified":"2011-09-11T12:44:33","modified_gmt":"2011-09-11T16:44:33","slug":"bbaw-daily-topic-community-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=3566","title":{"rendered":"BBAW Daily Topic: Community Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Book<\/a>Today’s BBAW Daily Topic is on Community. How do you find a community and keep in touch?<\/p>\n

How do you find a community?<\/p>\n

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  1. I suggest using an internet search on your reading interests. Add a genre into your search term. For example, “book review fantasy” or “fantasy book reviewers” will get you started on finding people who review fantasy books.<\/li>\n
  2. The Book Blogs group on Ning <\/a>is another place to find people who like to read and review books. There are a few authors too.<\/li>\n
  3. When you find blogs that may be of interest to you, take the time to read a week or two of posts to get a feel for the person’s writing style. Some, like Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin’?<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0are informal and chatty. Others, like A Guy’s Moleskine Notebook<\/a>, are more formal and focused.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Keeping a part of the community you find can be more difficult. Here are a few tips.<\/p>\n

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    1. Until a year or so ago, I used bookmarks to keep track of the sites I wanted to keep up with. That is so old school! Having a RSS Feed now seems mandatory. I now use my Google Reader to keep track of my friend’s feeds. Now it’s not hit or miss if I go to the sites I want to keep up with.<\/li>\n
    2. Leave comments. Often, if you stop by someone’s blog and leave a comment, they’ll drop by your blog too. They may not leave a comment, but they may like what they see and add you to their feed.<\/li>\n
    3. Memes and Challenges. If you participate in memes on a regular basis, you’ll get to know the other people who participate. You will visit their blog (and vice versa). Same thing for challenges. It doesn’t matter if it’s a reading, writing or blogging challenge, you’ll start to recognize the names of the participants and you’ll find people you connect with.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      What tips\u00c2\u00a0do you have on finding and keeping up with your communities online?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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