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Blogging Collaborations: Power In Numbers

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Blogging Collaborations

Have you ever wondered why FamousBloggers exists or why FamousBloggers and CommentLuv worked together to bring bloggers the largest CASH blogging contest ever?  There is a very simple reason:

Many bloggers working together have more reach, influence and stronger numbers than any individual!

Have you noticed that you see some bloggers everywhere you go? There is a very good reason for that. Success. You can not achieve success by focusing only on your own blog unless you’re already famous. Those of us who are not famous have to have a plan and that plan needs to include being active on popular sites.

Support each other

Unlike traditional business where you have to buy your way to the top or know the right people, there are bloggers who work together for the greater good willing to support each other. They also share what they learned the hard way over months and years with new bloggers so they can make huge strides almost instantly.

Stephanie is a great example of how well this works. When the #FBCLcontest started she was blogging on GoDaddy. (Did you even know they had blogs? I didn’t!) Within three weeks she moved her blog to self-hosted WordPress and is in the process of upgrading to the Thesis Theme.

Even more important, she found CommentLuv and bloggers who could answer all her questions instantly – saving her untold hours figuring it all out herself. She even wrote a post about it: referring to the contest as Free Tuition to Blogging College.

Meet the Bloggers

Although it is too late to enter the contest, it is not too late to meet the bloggers who were wise enough to enter. They are the kind of people any serious blogger should meet because they saw a growth opportunity and seized it!

There are specific places to find and collaborate with bloggers like them. I hope you will all take a minute to read my post BloggerLuv, CommentLuv and Secret Blog Club on the three I find most essential for connecting with bloggers who are generous with their time and working to make the world a better place.

Besides FamousBloggers, those three are most important to me. I wrote about the benefits each provides in that post at BloggerLuv and hope you will consider joining us there too. Whether you are completely new to blogging or you have been blogging since the beginning of blogs you WILL benefit from and learn from joining us.

Get involved!

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  1. MsKatrina says:
    I love interacting with other bloggers. It not only helps me to not feel so alone working from home but often find inspiration for a new blog post.
  2. element321 says:
    I think blogging collaborations are a good thing. Collaboration projects are great for help both new and seasoned bloggers. Since joining with Famous Bloggers and friending Hesham, I have learned a lot and I have been able to watch this FB grow since the site started. FB is only getting better. After seeing the success of Famous Bloggers, I plan on starting a collaborative project in a year or so.
  3. Sachin says:
    Excellent Post working together as bloggers helps us in effective content writing and we have Positive feedback results in our success in terms of blogging.
  4. Hieu Martin says:
    Nice article. I think blog will die if alone.
  5. Nick Rosener says:
    I agree with the power of collaboration. This is a very powerful technique that I have used (though somewhat modified) to get new customers for my web consulting company. I offered to set up a blog, and I got several business owners to write for the blog in exchange for a free 125x125 px ad in the side. If you are a consultant, the prospect of collaboration like this can be a great lead-in to a future relationship with the clients. Just a thought. -Nick Rosener
  6. Tinh says:
    You are absolutely right. Blog will die if we stay alone. I will follow this for sure!
  7. Tia says:
    I agree! I had been developing blogs from a technical standpoint and advising clients on how to be successful, focusing mainly on networking the (now) traditional way using social networks. But once I figured out the secret - connecting with other bloggers - I realized that it's the #1 way to go. The focus remains on the content, but the energy and vibe created when you share content, pass it on, and learn from others can't be replicated anywhere else. Not only is in the path to getting "famous" but the growth that comes as part of the process is incredible.
  8. Julius Kuhn-Regnier says:
    Nice article. It's all about helping each other out. And Famous Bloggers is a great place to start. Thanks!
  9. Colleen says:
    I like the 'get involved' point. We've considered doing some guest blogging. More to give back than to receive. We learn a lot from the blogs we comment on and visit regularly.
    • Gail says:
      Hi Colleen, There are several very good real estate related blogs already in Secret Blog Club and you are all in different geographic areas. I would love to introduce you to them and put together a group of five real estate collaborators. I'll be publishing a post that explains that concept hopefully within a day or two at GrowMap.
    • Hesham says:
      Finally, this could be a good solution ;) I really hope so!
      • Colleen says:
        @Gail, What is "Secret Blog Club?" We are certainly open to guest blogging with other real estate agent websites. :)
        • Colleen says:
          Kinda waiting to hear a reply Gail. :) The idea of networking with others in our niche is a good one!
          • growmap says:
            Hi Colleen, I'm not sure where you're waiting. I looked in email, spam, @GrowMap messsages, DMs. I just found your email address and will send you a link to join Secret Blog Club.
            • Colleen says:
              Thanks Gail. I received the invite and will respond shortly. :)
  10. Laura Davis says:
    How do you get invited to Secret Blog Club? How intriguing! I really like using comment luv. I'm glad this site supports it.
  11. ashok says:
    Agreed entirely with observations about the power of numbers. I think this: blogging right now is a very, very crowded market. There are many blogs which are doing nothing but repeating the same information, in many cases even failing to link to anything which could be remotely unique. To that end, it's really important people stand with each other if they're serious so they actually have a chance. The emphasis has to be on cooperation, because there has been very little shift in terms of who joins the ranks of the bigger blogs. I remember reading the stuff at the top of Technorati's "most popular" lists for years.
    • Gail says:
      Hi Ashok, The way they got to the top is what we can do for each other. They were early leaders and had little in the way of competition. Now there are tens of thousands of sites about most subjects but there really are not that many exceptional blogs. Those who wish to be exceptional can get there much faster working together both for learning and implementing and also for visibility. The other thing we need to share is best practices - how to manage all that we need to do without feeling overwhelmed. As I was just discussing with Hesham earlier on Skype, there is room for more than one at the top of any niche so those willing to collaborate can rise there together. Avoiding working with "competitors" is a mistake. Do we really think people can not find them if we don't link to or mention them or that they can only read ONE site? Don't we read as many of the best blogs on a subject as we can find? So do our potential readers. I hope you will join us at BloggerLuv and in Secret Blog Club. The resources and relationships already available in both will really benefit you.
  12. Cindy says:
    Hi Gail.. I thought that avatar looked familiar :) True.. its hard not to collaborate when you're new. I wasnt a member of a blogging community before and I had no commentluv so I was on my own entirely trying to figure everything out. Help others than just myself, at least I have some direction now.
  13. Ileane says:
    Hi Gail and Hesham, this contest has had it's own share of surprises. I found out about blogging on GoDaddy only recently because I registered a domain with them. But the surprises that I'm referring to are the ones involving the insights from the bloggers themselves and the positive connections that could not have happened otherwise. Thanks for introducing me to bloggers like Stephanie and many others that have helped provide new ideas and alliances that make us all stronger.
    • Julia says:
      Yes, i definitely agree with you. Lot of surprise when i read this blog. I'm not using GoDaddy for domain, but Name for domain. We will be more stronger when we united, then we can call it The Power of Blogger :) Indeed collaboration is needed.
  14. Lennart Heleander says:
    Hi Gail It´s a good way to get more readers, support, ideers, ect. In Sweden working 6 IT blogs together under the name Bloggkollektivet and they show on all sites a list of latest post/article the other have. Together are they strong.
  15. Stephanie Suesan Smith says:
    Gail is being modest. Much of the help I received came from her, Hesham, and then the other contestants. People who are truly influential got that way, and more important stayed that way, because they were helpful and remembered being helped along the way, too.
    • growmap says:
      Ah, who is being modest? There are dozens of other contestants but none have come so far so fast as you have and that is because you took the initiative. I wish all new bloggers were as proactive. I hope other bloggers will see you for the role model you are. If they follow your lead they can also move forward far more quickly.
    • Hesham says:
      It was really great chance to meet with you through the contest! and thank you Stephanie for your kind words! We are looking forward to support you all the way to the big success :)