Until now, many bloggers have focused on expanding their skills at blogging and using Social Media. What we need to do now is to put together collaborations of bloggers by niche and location.
More reach = more income and
more influence to build a better world.
Perhaps you don’t think of yourself as a leader or even an early adopter – but many reading this are. Maybe you believe there are others with more experience or talent. I have found that the brightest are often the most modest and under-appreciate their own abilities.
They also may not realize how quickly skills grow through working together. If you are willing to consider leading a blog collaboration for your niche or geographic area please contact me. Leaders will communicate with the bloggers in their group and work directly with me.
If you have an existing collaboration you may call on me for ideas or strategies and so that I may promote your efforts. Whether you just want some links and recognition and to continue to do your own thing or you would like to bounce some ideas around be assured that I don’t want to change or control you or your group.
Each group will decide what works best for them
and benefit from what other groups know and do.
Please add your blog(s) to the database of bloggers by niche and location. If you have an existing group – no matter how informal – mention that in your listing there and also leave a comment in this post. If you have a site, post or page about what you’re doing please include links.
Examples of blogging collaborations:
- Kelli @3boysandadog Couponing Bloggers – What Kelli has to say about the couponing bloggers collaboration
- Rohan @365thingstododc Washington D.C. Foodies – 44 food blogs participating and a Food Blogger Survey
If you don’t know me and don’t understand why I give away so much of my time working to bring bloggers together and supporting small business a just-published interview done by Pace Lattin and published on Technorati could give you some insights:
- Gail Gardner and Her Map to Small Business Growth Interview Part 1
- Gail Gardner and Her Map to Small Business Growth Interview Part 2
What works for large businesses is usually totally wrong for small ones. Bloggers and Small Business working together can improve our economy and standard of living for all. Contact me to find out how.
Gail Gardner
Hi! What kind of collaboration do you speak about? Is it guest posting or something else? We have corporate blog. The last ideas of posts was Case Studies of our software projects. Chek it out please!
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Hello Vladimir,
We have a large blogger collaboration that is explained at http://GrowMap.com/blogger-mastermind. But I sometimes also mentor small groups (typically 5 bloggers) in a particular niche.
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I am open to blogging collaborations. Some may think that it might not be a good idea, but I think it is. We know that no two individuals are alike. Each person has different point of view. We have different ideas, different opinions and different stands on various subjects, and that’s what it makes interesting. You never know the amazing things can come up when great minds come together.
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My day job is product manager at a media company in Iowa.
I would also like to participate.
I guess all bloggers would have the same intention and goal as this. Success would be very sweet if only we work on it. The struggles a blogger will face are not easy. So, this idea would be very helpful to really ensure their improvements.
I’d love to join a collaboration. As a blogger and now as a small business trying to launch a business site, I need all the help I can get!
Hi Lisa,
I popped into your site. I would think it would be quite a challenge getting people to subscribe when they can’t see anything except a subscribe box. I even put an email address in to see if maybe then there was content.
I see you have a new Twitter account too. You can find lots of getting started how-tos and videos plus advanced Twitter strategies in my Twitter Best Practices post.
Collaboration is a hit. Your equation “More reach = more income and more influence to build a better world” says it all.
I think what you are doing for bloggers is amazing. Collaboration is definitely something we need to see more. If you are successful so are your fellow bloggers. I write two professional and one personal blog and would be more than willing to collaborate on any of them
I agree with you this matter. It is important thing to a blogger to collaborate to other bloggers. Very well said and I like your post here.
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I am open to blogging collaborations. Some may think that it might not be a good idea, but I think it is. We know that no two individuals are alike. Each person has different point of view. We have different ideas, different opinions and different stands on various subjects, and that’s what it makes interesting. You never know the amazing things can come up when great minds come together.
This is a great thing you are doing for your fellow bloggers. I have learned so much from my fellow bloggers throughout the last couple of years and even though I am not where I wish I could be as far as success, this brings me hope.
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You know I am all for collaborations and having signed up to previous mentioned posts, I am interested in collaborating with others in the publishing business.
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I have been hearing a lot about blogger collaboration. Blogging is changing and having to work in a team is proven to be effective in generating new ideas. I know this works and would to join a team that have the same interest, in terms topics, with mine.
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The blogging industries demands a lot of collaboration among the bloggers as it is the way to share,discuss and to promote a brand.Ideas emerge through collaboration.
The idea of bloggers collaboration sounds fantastic. However, there could be some issues such as finding trustful bloggers who are ready share their valuable content with others and finding our niche.
Thanks for posting this. Blogging is also my interest since most exchange good information(s) on the web. I really appreciate this idea for all interested. =)
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Like the old saying goes – Never burn bridges. This is such a good read. Even though you don’t dominate the SERPs but have a very wide circle of collaboration with people in your industry, you will definitely make it big in the long run 🙂
I know that blogging collaboration is great, but it is really hard to find the bloggers that I really need to share my points of view. There are many of them online, but you want long-lasting and trustful collaboration.
Collaboration is a great idea. Wonder why I never thought of it before. Merging the content would lead to more traffic and diverse opinions in the form of comments. In addition, the work load would be shared and more minds means more ideas and creativity. The blog could grow exponentially. But would be wise if blogs of the same level collaborate, otherwise there could be issues related to the revenue!
Blogging can never be successful without collaboration. Learning and sharing from each other is the soul of blogging.
These are great comments. It’s helpful to have multiple stakeholders sharing their reflections on ‘collaboration’. There is agreement that an emphasis on culture and commitment to collaboration is essential and the only through nurturing and sustaining meaningful and respectful relationships with our many partners, are we truly able to engage in effective collaboration.
Bringing the bloggers together is such a fantastic idea. I can imagine what the outcome is going to be like when like minded people brimming with ideas come together to do something constructive. Its always great to read about the advancements of the blogging community because their writings nurture readers from all walks of life.
I agree that whatever strategy you are using with bigger companies might not help the smaller ones. Even though you are selling the same products, the level of quality and standard is different.
Thank you for the generosity as well as effort in helping bloggers collaborate. I know what you mean by working together can increase their skills.
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Thanks very much for the shout out Gail. I really hope folks collaborate more and lift each other up. Thanks for being a champion of collaborative efforts among blogs and being so supportive. I’ll definitely be back when our survey is done to share our experiences and provide detailed info on the process in case your readers wanted to do something similar.
Best
Rohan
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I’ve been wanting for so long to work with the people who have same mind frame which I posses but you can’t interview each person to know whether he will be appropriate person for you or not. Similarly sitting in some comfortable cafe having a cup of coffee and talking about your ideas with some one who can understand it sounds like a heaven. Wish me good luck if I can find someone like me near me :).
Sometimes finding like-minded contributors can be more difficult than you’d think, especially the more niche your ideas are or the more unusual your viewpoint is. I agree that finding like-minded collaborators *can be* an essential part of your project or business, but sometimes you may be forced to go it alone.
I’m not sure I understand what the database of bloggers thing exactly is? You are collecting a listing of links to the readers of this blog?
Gail, I can say that your interview was one of the top interviews I’ve ever done. With almost 15 years in this industry, owning multiple publications, there are very few people that provide that much actual useful information. You are a resource unto yourself!
I am seeking other garden bloggers to collaborate. I have one but need three more to follow Gail’s model of five working together. Gail is a great help to me and really knows how to mentor people, so everyone should jump at this chance. My article on collaborating is on my gardening blog, http://stephaniesuesansmith.com/seeking-other-garden-bloggers/.
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Great explanation of the next evolution of blogging.
Nice. I’d like to have more guest posters on the sites I have. If you can write some articles about how to best approach this, it would be appreciated. Thanks. 🙂
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