Ari, I’m inclined to your viewpoint, although I’m still gathering data. It does seem that networks and forums where substantial numbers of people with a common interest gather could be useful — a freelance writing forum would be a potential possibility for me.

I mostly use Twitter, blog comments, and CMF Ads – an ad network that I set up with a couple of blogging friends back in January 2009. It also has a vibrant community. The advertising side of things gives the site something that blogging communities generally don’t offer.

Thanks for answering the question. I’ve seen some bloggers who I know network a lot wind up with a lot of traffic. Kiesha Eisley of WeBlogBetter.com is one.

Ben, you bring up a good general point: how much time should we spend on creating content on our blogs versus how much time we should spend trying to get qualified traffic to our blogs.

It sounds like you don’t feel the time commitment for blogging forums and networks gives you a good enough return on your investment.

Ben, what do you do to get people to your blogs?

Welcome and Thanks for the fast reply, John !

Yes, I do. I would have answered no if you had asked this question earlier this year. I followed most of the blogging plan except for the networking part. Recently though, I changed my decision and decided to work on networking (That’s the reason why I am right here, right now commenting). You would have to wait some time to get your results. But if you are patient, then it is not a big deal – If you invest in some time, you will surely get the results !

Jeevan Jacob John — thanks for stopping by and speaking your mind.

A question: for whatever your specific goals are for your blog, do you feel you get the best return on your time by interacting on blogging networks?

Daniel, thanks for visiting and commenting. I think you’re the third person to comment who came from BlogEngage.

As Jeffrey Morgan commented above, each blogging network/community has its own rules and ways of operating, and it takes time to both figure those out and then try to make it work. And with BlogEngage, to get many people actually seeing your post you need to get votes, and some people have badges on each post on their blogs asking for votes…