It’s easy to get carried away with writing content, promoting it, and repeat. Of course, one of the best ways to get people to really enjoy you and your blog and to keep coming back for more content, is if they know you’re a pleasant person. They want to get to know you. They want to see who is behind the mastermind of their favorite blog.
How To Build A Solid Relationship With Your Readers
Respond To Comments
Reply to any and all comments you get on your blog posts. Some you may get a lot, some you may not get that many. You may skip a couple of days and have a ton of notifications, but be sure to read through each and every one of them and respond. Even if it’s a simple “thank you” people will be happy to know you took the time to read and reply to their comment, to acknowledge them. Maybe conversations can start this way and you can make some great friends and connections.
Respond To Any Social Media Shares Or Comments
If someone shares your post through Twitter or anywhere else, reply to them and say thank you. If they comment on your stuff through social media, reply to them just as you would the comments on your blog. Again, you’ll make new friends and connections.
Check Out Their Blogs And Social Media
A great way to return the favor is to check out their blog and/or social media. Comment on a couple of their posts, share something from their blog, or follow them. They’ll thank you in return and be more likely to keep in touch and come back to your blog.
Engage Your Audience In Your Blog Posts
There are many ways to engage your audience within your blog posts. You can use various “calls to action” to comment or throw in a poll and ask their opinion on something. Every August I write an interaction short story where I post a part each week and ask my readers to vote on what they want to happen next for the following week. It’s a lot of fun for everyone.
How do you create a relationship with your readers? Did I miss anything? Let me know in the comments below and if you enjoyed this post, please share it around!
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Great tips, all of them. Thank you for sharing.
My pleasure. Thanks for reading.
Reblogged this on Author Don Massenzio and commented:
Check out this great post from Rachel Poli on how to build a solid relationship with your readers
Thanks for reblogging.
My pleasure
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Great advice! I recently posted a tip on this as well, it’s so surprising how many bloggers don’t realize that a successful blob is born out of successful relationships!
Thank you! You’re right because even though we blog and write for ourselves and even for fun (especially when we first start), our audience is what keeps us going. It’s that realization that there are people out there who know we exist and care about what we have to say. Why? I’ll never know, lol.
Very true points!
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Good advice from Rachel Poli
Thanks for the reblog.
You do some great blogs Rachel. Always a pleasure to share them 🙂
Thanks. 🙂
Very good tips.
Thank you!
I miss those interactive short stories.
I do too. There will be another one in August.
Looking forward to it!