I was reading a blog post by Rich Millington, 8 Ways to Merge Your Online Community with the Real World, and as I was reading it, I became excited at the prospect of sharing it with my community on Twitter.
He gives simple, but powerful advice on how to make your community members feel special. Phone calls, text messages, a print news letter… All things that you can do offline to engage them.
But then I got to thinking, how many of these things do I do? How many will I do this year?
Think about it: How many times do you read a great blog post, but forget about it by next week? If you are like me, this happens all the time. People read hundreds, if not thousands of posts per week. There’s no possible way to remember all of them, let alone implement all of the ideas.
What say you? What do you do with a blog post after you’ve read it? What do you wish you could do?
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One of my favorite features of Google Reader is the “star” option. Many times I will return to a starred post and reread it when I am ready to take action. Some I reread and “un-star” after realizing that it was only a temporary fascination; others get the star removed after the action has been taken enough that it no longer needs instruction or reminding. Truly inspiring or beautiful posts stay starred.
I also use links and tag words in my own blog posts. When I am contemplating a project, I always go back to my own blog and search for related tag words to help recall past creative ideas or techniques I want to try.
Thanks Jen. That’s a great idea.
I should probably do that more often!
Greg Digneo,
You did a great thing by submitting this post to BizSugar! If you find a great business blog post you want to share with your readers and business contacts, add the link as an entry to BizSugar.
All the Best,
Martin Lindeskog
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