BlogCatalog The Friendly Social Media Community
Currently BlogCatalog is without a doubt our favorite place to hang out, make new friends, and post our most interesting posts. The people hanging on BlogCatalog go above and beyond to reach out, friend you, and then actually participate with you.
Many of these types of services appear to have a “clicky” mentality, you get a visit but no real interaction; isn’t that the point of socializing?
To further enhance BlogCatalog’s likeability, the setup is easy as can be. You do need to know some basics, but they are put in a simple to follow, logical arrangement. Once you are logging in, and if you stay logged in, moving around is a breeze.
We’ll go over some of the fine points here, and then below you’ll see a few links – a How To Setup BlogCatalog YouTube via (with great voice over!) as well as a link out to MattNutts blog (which we advise using Firefox if your IE gets a bit wiggy on you).
So here’s our pointers for making the most of BlogCatalog which are extremely easy:
1. Sign yourself up
2. Validate your email
3. Log in
4. Choose Edit Profile
5. Create a widgit for your blog
6. Start looking around discussions, communities, etc.
7. Up on the right, join stuff as you see them
It really is that simple; no where near the complexity of something like say Facebook or Myspace!
The great thing is your page will also come with some current event stuff going on – so use your right side panel to get off to a good start. To friend someone is also easy (though they call it a “Add to My Friends” right up there under your logged in information).
Frankly, this community is so great that the whole thing just naturally gathers its own steam. There is absolutely no arm twisting and begging here, people are just nice, friendly, helpful, and informed. You can gather a wealth of new information just be taking the time to visit your friends pages, and the pages of their friends. Take the time to interact. Use the My Shoutbox and leave a few words as you visit, watch your inbox and click out to broadcasts and new notices you receive.
A few final words/requests before you watch the video or go read the How To BlogCatalog posts below:
1. Use a real inbox for BlogCatalog you’ll want to get these notices
2. Please leave your feedback here so we know what’s on your mind, what you thought of this post, and any questions or suggestions you have. Even a simple Hello works for us.
3. Right below this article you’ll see some “Be Social Please Tag Us” buttons. Hover over the icons and please do submit our work to these online systems. We’d sure appreciate your efforts!
Okay, here is the video that’s worth the few minutes if you’re a visual person and need assistance with BlogCatalog, along with another How To BlogCatalog advice article. Thanks for reading! Comment, Rate, Enjoy!
And for additional reference (though again my personal experience is Firefox as is loads the page best):
Complete Guide to Use and Help for BlogCatalog
I’ve been a member of Blog Catalog for just over a year (username lindajs), but didn’t do anything with it until now. I’m just starting to look around and figure out what’s available. It looks like it will be a lot of fun and a lot of benefit. See you there!
Good Moring Linda! Thanks for coming over and leaving your comments! We’ve only been on BlogCatalog for a few weeks, but it’s a great group
See you’re doing the 31 days, which I was looking at the other day. I’m a few days behind lol! Best get cracking.
Nice post on BlogCatalog, Diane. I’m also on MyBlogLog, but lately have been preferring BlogCatalog. I probably won’t leave MyBlogLog, but I have noticed most folks in my neighborhoods/communities are on both … so I wonder sometimes if they’re becoming a bit redundant.
Thanks also for stopping by my site and reading my Oakland Cemetery article!
Bye for now,
Dale