Your humility impresses me, as I know that SCORE also has a lot of expertise in this area. For those who are familiar with SCORE’s approach to engaging and celebrating volunteers, it will come as no surprise that SCORE’s Women’s Success Blog was named one of the top blogs, see: http://womensblog.score.org/

SCORE’s national marketing director Christine Banning (@cbanningma) was kind enough to share some of the strategies that led to the blog’s success at a recent gathering of tech marketers in Virginia. I thought her tips were brilliant, and worth reiterating (as best I recall them):
- Take care in naming of your blog… (who wouldn’t want to be part of the “women’s success” blog?)
- Think in terms of your audience’s interest when determining topic areas
- Invite experts to serve as “columnists,” and immediately acknowledge contributions and comments
- Think in advance about the content required to keep the blog fresh, and stockpile at least 3 months’ worth, so you don’t get derailed before you gain momentum.
- Include links to your blog in your Web site, emails, business cards, etc.
- Tweet about new posts.

Thanks for demonstrating the power of inclusion and collaboration in developing and maintaining online communities. You’ve given us a great model to follow for developing sustainable online communities.

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