A busy blog gets more traffic and wins faithful readers. So what can you do when you start to run short on ideas for your blog? You could consider making your blog a ‘community blog’ and invite a few others who share your interest in the subject matter to post on the blog alongside you.

There are large community blogs that actually pay individual bloggers to post on a regular basis. Most of the time, though, bloggers accept the invitation and post for free just to gain the extra exposure — especially if they’re going to be blogging alongside people they know and enjoy.

An example of a community blog can be seen at BecauseMomSaidSo.com. This blog was started by just one mom but after struggling to keep up with posting for several weeks, she invited a few other Moms to join her. Each mom blogger is free to post on whatever topics interest her.
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