How to build a community of readers

(bit.ly) - Whether you are an industry publication, a community newspaper or online news site, building a community of readers should be your highest priority.

As a side project I, along with two friends, write for Technically Philly, a site that covers the tech community in Philadelphia.

We feature event listings, interviews, original reporting, a job board and try to offer the community all of the information they need to stay updated on the city’s burgeoning technology sector.

We’ve been at it for nearly eight months now and have grown to 600 RSS subscribers, 1200 Twitter followers and 10,000 monthly readers. A large part of building that audience came from a lot of experimentation and a whole lot of mistakes.



Submitted By: eMediaVitals (4 months ago)
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Category: Social Media
Tags: audience development, social media, region, twitter

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