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If you blog, has it occurred to you to mix and mingle with like minded people via the blogging forums?

In my early blogging days I joined some blogging communities but they seemed to be more about visiting each other’s blogs and building up the visitor stats but no real connection or interaction took place and the forums in those days were pretty much about ‘look at me, look at my blog’.  Comments were few and far between, as were subscribers.  Increasing counts mean little if nothing else comes with it.

Late last year I was invited to join the Aussie Bloggers Forum and because I knew some of the people involved I joined. Now here was a forum that was more along the lines of what I would like to participate in and I’ve been an active member ever since and recently became a moderator there. The members are great, some of them in the Top 100 Aussie blogger’s list and many others from around the world (ex-pat Aussies) and/or new bloggers. There is always so much to learn from others about various aspects of blogging.

And just this week I decided I really should look to see what other blogging forums are out there.  In my search I came across Bloggeries.  I did look at others but this one has a good number of members and seems quite active so I joined.

If you’re new at blogging, or perhaps you aren’t new but feel ‘alone’ then joining a blogger’s forum is a great way to get to know others, learn to increase your skill as a blogger and even pick up a few new visitors and comments along the way.

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