Blogging Communities To Grow Your Traffic

Man is a social animal. He requires individuals around him to sort out needs that arise on a daily basis. Through the process of evolution it has been established that the presence of a community is essential to support man in various activities of life. Isolation surely is detrimental for him in every way. Well, if this logic holds good for various spheres of life, then it surely must apply to a large extent to blogging as well. It is a known fact that blogs thrive and grow with the help of online as well as offline blogging communities.

Why do I need to join a community as a book blogger?

As a book blogger, book communities help around in many ways. There are a multitude of reasons but a few essential ones have been discussed below. Until you are a part of these groups, you really cannot appreciate the beauty in blogging as a community activity. So hunt them down across platforms and join them as soon as your book blog has been initiated. Communities can be found on Facebook (the most popular choice for people), on Twitter, on Instagram and on Pinterest as well. It may get difficult to manage way too many of them. So be sensible and stick to a few. Otherwise you would end up wasting a hell lot of time on social media without really getting anything productive done on the blog.

• What’s new and what’s hot

Book communities are the best way to understand what’s in and what’s not. From the latest releases in the world of publishing to interesting debates on book plots; communities offer a lot. It has always been my source of information and has in many ways guided me in deciding a topic to write on. I most often decide my next read and book to be reviewed on the basis of discussions that occur in the book community.

• Networking

Networking is the soul of blogging. You need to make your presence in the blogosphere felt by many.  Apart from just gathering information, communities are center stage for networking. Meet other bloggers, exchange notes, learn and grow. In fact, I must say, some of my best buddies in the online sphere are those I met in such communities. 

• Readership and more

A subset of networking is the readership base communities give you. Not only do you find readers from within the community but, your posts shared by community members expand your readership base across their followers as well. 

• Reading challenges

I have never quite had an inclination to reading challenges, until the end of 2018. Reading challenges also serve as a community activity. A bunch of bloggers have a set target of reading books-either a particular number or genre. Being a part of such challenges come with a whole lot of advantages. Not only do you read more, but the interaction is amazing. Bloggers get a peek of books which other bloggers read. It expands your list of books to read and thus you could write more, catering to a larger audience.

Communities I am part of

In the beginning of my book blogging journey I joined quite a many communities. Although they seemed beneficial in some way or the other, over a period of time it got difficult to handle them all. My social media feed would be cluttered with information overload. Thus, I slowly began weaning off many and stuck to the ones I could relate to the most, as well as those that give me the most value addition. I am picking three of my most favorite communities or groups I have been part of for a long time now. They have been beneficial in not only giving me a great deal of information but have also been responsible for significantly helping me grow as a book blogger. Here they are.

On Facebook

Senior Reading Raccoons is a group with over thirty thousand members (yes that’s indeed a whopping number). One of the first book reading groups I joined, it consists of book lovers who discuss all things related to books. The recommendations are amazing and the reviews shared are almost always bang on! It is also a place where I regularly share my book reviews. 

Pinterest

Group boards on Pinterest are a great way to source information on books. The Book Blog Inspiration board on Pinterest works out as just right for me. With around three thousand members in the group, it is a place where you can add all your book posts from your blog! This is a good place to get blog post inspiration as well. So whenever I am strapped for ideas, this is one place I hang out in.

Tailwind Tribes

Tailwind, the tool used to schedule Pins on Pinterest also has little communities on their site which one could join for free. My favorite tribe here is one that is called +Books and Reading. The tribe has around three hundred members. Apart from some incredible book recommendations I have got from here, the tribe is also responsible for giving me my maximum shares for most of my posts on Pinterest. So surely, I may be biased for making it my favorite community.

Takeaways from this post

• Communities are a great boost to blogs.
• Hunt down communities in your niche across platforms to network learn and grow.
• From recommendations to inspiration communities can offer you much more.

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