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Lately, I’ve been looking around the Problogger forums to find useful information about blogging and a few new blogging friends.  The good news is that I’ve found both and more.  Part of the more is some great new blogs.  One of these blogs is RobsWebTips.

The content is good, but that isn’t what makes the blog great in my mind.  Let’s hear a little story about how acknowledging and thanking readers can convert a casual browser into a blog evangelist.

While browsing a few articles, I decided to comment on an article to show a little support and invest in the community of a fellow Problogger forum member.  I thought it was meaningless and would just work like every other comment I’ve ever made.  I might get a response on the blog, I might not.  No biggie.

To my surprise, I opened my email inbox the next day and found a personal email from the owner of the blog.  Needless to say, I was amazed, shocked, dumbfounded.  This acknowledgement was amazing.  I felt like I was part of something.  It was a great feeling, and the following email is all it took.

Hey Kyle Judkins ,

I was browsing through my blog today and I happened to noticed you commented on the blog. So I decided to send you a quick email saying thanks for taking the time to comment on the blog and keep the community alive!I look forward to reading more of your comments. If you have any questions, feedback, or comments feel free to comment some more on the blog or hit the “reply” button and email me back!If you haven’t already, would you mind taking the time to subscribe to the blog? This way you can stay instantly updated with new articles.

You can subscribe by going to www.robswebtips.com and entering your name and email under the “subscribe now” section and hitting “enter” a simple 30 seconds of your time makes a big difference!

Or you can subscribe by RSS: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/robswebtipsThanks for joining the conversation! Hope to hear more from you soon.

All is good,

Bilal Rammuny

He thanked me for my comment which was great, but the best part is how he gave me actionable options to get more out of his blog.  He offered to answer any questions I might have and told me how to subscribe to his blog.  He laid everything out in front of me, and it felt great.  I wanted to subscribe, and I wanted to tell people about it!

Have you been acknowledged by a blogger or company in this way before?  How did it make you feel?

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