If you read popular blogs like Techcrunch you’ll notice that there are frequently the same group of people that leave comments and that participate in the discussions. These people make the active part of the the Techcrunch community.
Regular readers that contribute to the community are the most difficult thing to develop. I’ve been thinking about this quite a bit on what is the best way to develop a community for a blogger. I think it has to be a forum.
Forums are the original community builder and they still work. Some people will hangout in them, and others return when they need something. But in the end, they will provide loyal readers and contributors.
Techcrunch launched forums a while back. I tried them out and see that they have some pretty active sections. Interestingly, few other high profile bloggers have done it.
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