If you’ve been living under a rock and haven’t checked out #Blogchat yet, then you are missing an amazing tool to help you become a better blogger. The chat happens on Twitter every Sunday nite at 8pm Central, and you can learn more about it here.
As I was watching the tweets stream by (literally) last nite, I was noticing a few different ways that people were using #Blogchat. Here’s a few ways I picked up on:
1 – By being helpful. Note Mitch’s tweet above. He was using #Blogchat as a way to answer everyone’s questions on blog design and setup. This is a great way to help establish his expertise and credibility with potential clients. And notice DJ was doing the same thing when it came to questions about email marketing:
Both DJ and Mitch were using #Blogchat to be helpful, which helps gain them Twitter followers, and gives them more exposure to potential clients, and blog readers.
2 – By asking for advice. This is a great way to use #Blogchat, there’s SO many smart people there, it’s a perfect opportunity to get advice from dozens of people at once. Here’s some examples I spotted:
The great thing about #Blogchat is that there are so many people there that you can almost always find someone that’s already encountered and solved the same problem or issue you are having.
3 – By crowdsourcing posts. Every week, @Allison_Boyer scans #Blogchat and takes a relevant tweet or two and uses it to write a post each week for BlogWorld’s blog.
So there’s some ideas for how #Blogchat can help your blogging efforts. If you are a #Blogchat regular, how has it helped your blogging efforts?
Hi Mack,
Stumbled on your blog via your Tweet. I hadn’t heard of #blogchat so I guess I’ve been living under a rock! I’ll be sure to join in next Sunday evening. Thanks for the info and tips.
Thank you Deb! We love new blood in #Blogchat 😉
Ah! I missed #blogchat last Sunday. Hard day to remember to hop on to a tweetchat then. I’ll try again next time. Perhaps subconsciously I was protective of my blood! LOL.
Three great ways. One of the ones I’ve found is to continue building the community started on Sunday in the chat by continued connectivity. I have gotten to know several incredible people through blogchat and they are resources throughout the week. In fact, I missed this week’s and I’ve been feeling lost all day!
Janice I agree, the networking benefits to #Blogchat and really Twitter chats in general, are immense!
I have been part of #blogchat and I have been able to interact with very awesome and bright people. The information being shared is great from learning about shortcuts, new tools, to how people approach their efforts in blogging.
I really look forward into participating into more blog chats.
I hate it when other people correct my spelling, Mark.
And I’ll assume you’re kind of like me.
But I gotta say…
I have yet to see you spell “night” correctly.
(Oh, and thanks for the useful tips here!)
Martyn I am from the South, we like to invent words like ‘y’all’, ‘aint’, and ‘nite’.
And if you can forgive me saying ‘nite’, I can forgive you calling me ‘Mark’ 😉
I was living under a rock until now, as i didn’t know about #blogchat. But now I am going to join in for sure. Thanks for the article.
First time to #blogchat tonight. Totally enjoyed it!