(To my readers who are not bloggers or who are not on Google+, I’ll be back with a regular post tomorrow!)
There are a lot of members of the old BlogFrog Communities that miss the conversations on BlogFrog. For those of you who were never a part of BlogFrog, the focus was on discussions and community. Sharing blog links and supporting each others’ posts was important, but the discussions with each other trumped the blog promotions. To see what I mean, take a look at my BlogFrog Community, which will disappear on May 31st.
I think that’s what I miss most about BlogFrog–that sense of community. In an effort to keep that sense of community alive, I’ve started a new community on Google+ called Live, Laugh, BLOG!
My hope is to make this new community very interactive; a place not only to support each other with our blogs and social media sites, but a place to connect with each other as real people, too. Even though “blog” is in the name, you don’t have to have a blog to join! All you need is a Google+ profile.
To help this process along and to keep our community from just being a dumping ground for links, I’m going to start featuring a member of Live, Laugh, BLOG! every day. I’ll start with the moderators of our community, so you can get to know them.
Would you like to be a featured member? As a featured member, your blog will be promoted on Google+, Twitter and Facebook with the hashtag #livelaughblog. If you are on Pinterest and have a Pinnable post, your blog will be featured there as well.
Only active members will be considered! What does being an “active member” mean?
As an active member, you
- Take part in the discussions.
- Start a discussion of your own.
- Give blog posts you like a +1. Please visit the link and actually read the post; do not randomly click the +1 button.
- You are welcome to leave links to your blog posts. However, return visits to community members who support you and visit your blog are also important!
- Active members do not necessarily have to be involved in Live, Laugh, BLOG every day. I know that you all have real lives, and can’t be online 24/7! It’s the quality of your participation that counts!
Please note that “spammy” links may be deleted by the moderators. Self-promotion is great, and your blog post might be the best out there. However, if you consistently add links to Live, Laugh, BLOG without supporting other members, your links may be considered spam.
Let’s work together to make Live, Laugh, BLOG a great place to be!
Do you have any questions about being a featured member? Please leave a comment below!
Hi Ginny,
This is such an awesome idea! I love it. I love your guidelines too. If we all stick them this should be a great arena for cheering each other on and learning new things!
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Thanks, Barb! I'm glad you like my guidelines! I really don't want our community to just be a place to leave a link. 🙂
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Great idea, Ginny Marie! I can't wait to get to know all of you better, and cheer you on.
Thanks, Carol! I'm looking forward to featuring members in our little community!
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Great community to connect and help support each other 🙂 I too will miss the communities of BlogFrog, even tho I wasn't as active for a little while (a lot was going on here.) The support of everybody I have met through BF has been great and I look forward to meeting new people each day!
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Great, Dawn! I know it's hard to be online…real life is more important!
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I still miss the BF communities — I'm so glad I met so many wonderful bloggers there!
Love the idea of trying to build a sense of community on the Google+ community.
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I think BF was such a unique place to be. I really liked the format and the friendliness of everyone on BF. It's going to be hard to replicate, but we can try!
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I love the idea, especially as the new kid in class. I can't wait to meet you all!!
Thanks, Mayor, for your support! Your blog will grow before you know it! 😉
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I've haven't used Google+ in a very long time but this sounds like a great idea! As soon as life slows down a bit I will have to check it out.
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Thanks, Jeanne! We'd love to see you there!
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I'm excited, Ginny! I used to post in BlogFrog a lot at first, and then I was in so many different communities I couldn't keep up. I'm new to using Google+ but I think I'm going to like it. Looking forward to meeting some new bloggers 🙂
You know, that was a disadvantage to BlogFrog. I'm new to Google+, too, and I'm just starting to like it…
I'm so glad you joined our community!
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Did not know that BF was going away. I had left quite a while ago; not because I didn't like it, more that I had over-committed my time, jumped into too many communities, and couldn't give BF the attention it needed.
Look forward to getting back in touch with BFFs through Live, Laugh, BLOG!
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And we're glad you have you, Jules! I know what you mean about BF; I felt that way too a lot and would go on mini-breaks.
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Great post! Thanks a bunch for putting this up. Community is an important part of blogging. As a new blogger myself, I look into communities for camaraderie and to learn something new! Thank you, again!!
Jessica
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You're welcome! I'm glad you are a part of our community, Jessica! Your blog has really taken off by leaps and bounds!
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Aww… Thanks you, Ginny! I'm still a newbie and always learning. You've been awesome in some of my learning through the blogging group! I wouldn't have known what to do without the communities here 🙂
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We *desperately* need to figure out Google +. We made a page for the blog, but we can't get the hang of what we're supposed to do. *sob* We honesty just don't get it. We totally understand FB, Twitter, Pinterest, Sulia, Stumbleupon, and even Tumblr…but we can't figure out Google+ at all. GAH. Now look what we're missing!! 🙁
We've got to figure it out. We've just got to!! –Lisa
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I don't understand StumbleUpon, and I've joined it twice! I just can't get it! I'll be honest; I'm not that big of a Google+ fan, but I thought it would be a good place to start a community because of Page Rank and SEO. We'll see what happens!
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Google Plus drives me crazy. S eriously. But it is one of the things on my to do list. Can't blow off google now can we?
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I wish we could! The whole Google Empire drives me crazy!
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