Question for the bloggers:

10.29.11

Can you be a successful blogger without belonging to a blogging community?

Update: To clarify in this case it would be fiscal success.

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  • https://plus.google.com/106631699076927387965 Russell Holly

    I don't belong to a community, but I consider myself successful.

  • https://plus.google.com/108922357065455665505 Matt Browne

    I think the answer is yes, you can be successful without being part of a blogging community. But, what definition of success are we going by?

  • https://plus.google.com/106328207304735502636 Nithin K Prabu

    To my personal view a community is always better door to enhance your blogging experience, so I Think yes

  • https://plus.google.com/102615863344410467759 Christina Trapolino

    I imagine it would make things more difficult without the support of others with a voice.

    But hardly impossible!

  • https://plus.google.com/111707273404757375952 Jessica Gottlieb

    Great catch +Matt Browne in this case it would be fiscal success.

  • https://plus.google.com/109894377557188131925 Mohamed Rafiq

    Absolutely. Right niche, quality and frequency of your posting will build a community / followers around you.

  • https://plus.google.com/111707273404757375952 Jessica Gottlieb

    +Nithin K Prabu so you think you DO need a community?
    +Russell Holly don't you write for geek.com? That's like the biggest community ever… unless you own it… in which case I should totally suck up to you more.

  • https://plus.google.com/108922357065455665505 Matt Browne

    Gotcha +Jessica Gottlieb , I still think yes, success is possible…this coming from an optimist. But I think the support of a community could potentially be beneficial, however, that being said, I know 100's of people in blogging communities and they are not fiscally successful at all. As with anything in life, anything is possible, and there is no one way to gain success. Cheers!

  • https://plus.google.com/111707273404757375952 Jessica Gottlieb

    +Russell Holly come to think of it I should suck up to everyone more.

  • https://plus.google.com/102933646049806078647 Catherine McDiarmid-Watt

    At what point are you considered a fiscal success? I think I need to find a blogging community to join… :D

  • https://plus.google.com/111707273404757375952 Jessica Gottlieb

    +Catherine McDiarmid-Watt when it becomes your day job.

  • https://plus.google.com/102933646049806078647 Catherine McDiarmid-Watt

    Well it is definitely my day job, a full time job – but I am not self-supporting yet.

  • https://plus.google.com/114557308770932634007 Catherine Davis

    I can't speak for everyone but for me personally, I wouldn't be half as successful as I have been without the support, direction and education of the blogging community I've been apart of for 3 years.