10 days ago Carol at My View of IT invited me to join her at cre8buzz which is a new blog community. It is currently in beta, so you need an invite to join, but there are about 200 members at the moment.
Once you join, you select a community to create your profile under. Mine is under Technology > P.C.
On your profile page, you can add links to existing websites and blogs, add photos to your gallery and make posts on your blog on the cre8buzz site. You can to a degree customise your profile page in terms of section location and theme by modifing the html for the left_sidebar,
main and right_sidebar sections and adding your own CSS style to the theme. I have adjusted mine so that it is a similar theme to my blog.
From the cre8buzz website:
We built Cre8buzz with one question in mind: How do we get EVERYONE more…
* More exposure
* More visitors
* More views
* More friends
* More followers
* More comments
* More feedbackHow do we help people cre8 a buzz of their own?
Our answer; Cre8buzz, the place where everyone in the world has a chance to be seen, heard, and found!
Everything you post on the cre8buzz site has the opportunity to be rated by the other members, the higher rated items get higher visibility.
The disadvantage I see to this site over a normal blog, is that it encourages feedback and comment in the cre8buzz community rather than on your blog itself. Also, to be seen as blog posts that could be rated, you would have to be double posting everything, once on your blog and again on the site.
I am currently rated No. 1 in the PC community, but then I am the only member.
If any of my readers want to try this out, let me know through my contact me page.
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Congratulations on your number 1 position Ian. May it always be yours.
I’m sure it won’t be hard to double post but you may feel you have to post more, having joined this community.
Still I think a community like that is a good idea since it makes one feel more at home in the great blogosphere.
regards
jmb
You changed your numbers, I had them memorized!
Thanks jmb,
Hope you are enjoying your trip.
I think the community concept will work better once there are more members. As I said, there is only me in PC and only 13 in Technology in total. On the other hand the Moms community is really rocking; they have 86 of the 200 profiles and are very active.
The numbers vary depending where you are.
Regards,
Ian
So pleased to have you there with us. Thanks for the plug too 🙂
Hi Carol,
It’s a good place to be, thanks for the invite. I must remember to keep posting and commenting otherwise my buzz rating plumets.
Regards,
Ian