International Networking On Social Media
A business blog is a great long term investment to establish online visibility. But it takes a combination of skills to make your business blog successful. And it also takes a fair bit of social networking to make your blog successful. This is why belonging to good social business communities can make a difference to your blog’s success.
Blogging Communities
There are a variety of different blogging communities, but only a few of them are really geared towards the business blogger. Most of the blogging communities are aimed for a mixed audience of people who want to make money online with a few professionals using their business blogs to promote their offline business.
Here are some of the blogging communities I’m a member of.
Authority Blogger. This is a small friendly group run by Chris Garrett. Members are mainly professional bloggers.
Problogger. This is a big community of probloggers run by Darren Rowse.
Third Tribe. This communities goes beyond blogging, but there are many great bloggers participating here. The only trouble is that it’s a big community and still very active since it’s launch a short while ago.
Group Blogging Platforms
For some reason I prefer to participate in group blog projects rather than guest posting. So I’m active in a few different ones:
ClickDocuments. This is for content marketers and it’s a very well run group project that’s fun to participate in.
Sales Bloggers. This is a sales blogging group of dedicated sales bloggers. The professional level of the people in this group is refreshing and it’s a pleasure to participate here.
Bloggertone. This is a fairly new group blog which started off with a large Irish community and is becoming more international. I like the international community here and that fact that it is a dynamic community.
Social Bookmarking Sites
Sometimes it’s easier to connect with people in smaller business communities. And this is where social bookmarking platform for business articles can be interesting.
BizSugar. This is a social bookmarking site for business articles and it’s still small enough where it’s very easy to network with other members.
Social Business Networking
As you go about networking on different social media platforms it’s easy to find small business communities where it’s worth spending a little time. You can find these on:
Facebook Business Pages. More and more businesses are creating Business Pages on Facebook, and even though they are on Facebook as a marketing exercise, they are also great places for social business networking too.
Twitter Lists. Although this may take some time, it’s worth spending a little time to network with your own Twitter lists or through the Twitter lists of others.
LinkedIn Groups. Some LinkedIn groups are more interesting than others. If there are some good ones related to your areas of interest, this could be a great place to find other business bloggers.
When Business Blogging Communities Come Together
As I mentioned earlier, two social business communities are teaming up this week to run the Sugartone Sweet Business Blogging Contest March 15th- 19th
It’s an opportunity to join in and widen your own social business communities.
Networking in social business communities can help you to improve your business blogging and open your social networking circles for faster online success.
What about you?
- What are your favorite social business communities?
- How do you use social communities in your business networking?
- What role do social business communities play in your online success?
More on International Networking On Social Media
- Social Media Networking With Twitter Lists
- Links And International Social Networking
- Is Social Media Changing Business Networking?
She is who I turn to when I have questions and you should too"
-- Chris Garrett, co-author of the "Problogger" book
