To the majority of us that are blogging, there comes a time when we need to get some tips on how we can improve our blogging skills and for me, I like to read Basic Blog Tips a blog created by @Ileane to help fellow bloggers.

The nice touch that Basic Blog Tips has is the posts are written by those that are in the know and the guest bloggers produce some interesting and informative posts that are not only enjoyable to read but are very useful.

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If you are an avid reader of my blog you will have seen the post I have made with regards replying to comments made on Guest Posts that you may have written on someone else’s blog, now I’m going to mention subscribing to comments.

Now most of us who visit, read and comment on blogs, may have seen tick boxes that say something like “email me with replies to my post” or “subscribe to comments”.

I’ve been asked several times by friends, “Should I subscribe to the comments?”

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I was happily tweeting away the other day when a tweet came in from @jsinkeywest about the BloggerLuv community, now I’m not one for whoring myself out to these communities and social networks, I am really, so I had to stop by.

Now I like to think that I am a supporter of fellow bloggers and I do try now and again to give a bit of advice and linky love to fellow bloggers, and the BloggerLuv community is one such place that in my humble, if not deranged, opinion is a site that all bloggers should become part of. I’ve not been a member long and I’m only just getting used to what can be done, but it’s one hell of a site!

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We all know some of the common tips and tactics for encouraging readers who visit your blog to leave a comment or interact in some way. These range from ending your post with a question, to hosting contests that require comments to enter or even implementing a poll in your blog just to have people produce some feedback and participate.

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