1. Be Real This is the first and foremost principle of advancing your blog karma. Being real involves not falsifying who you are, being transparent about who you are, and what you believe, and, most of all, sharing an honest voice. Humans trust others that have an authentic voice.
2. Respond Yes, tough as it is, when you have a high volume of unsolicited emails someone has taken the time to write directly to you so you should make it enough of a priority to respond. Obviously, this applies to personally written messages.
3. Offer Exclusives Maybe you aren’t breaking “news” on your blog, but the idea of exclusives is not limited to that. If you are going to write about something interesting, offer a preview of other bloggers. Share ideas as they happen and offer the chance for others to say it first. Exclusives are gold in the blog community … EVERYONE wants them.
4. Connections The golden rule for making connections is introducing people to one another who later will spread your knowledge and grow your presence. Engage, comment, and see your community grow!
5. Join Networks This is not just about publishing networks, but about social networks of people who are interested in the same things you are. Joining blogs like this, and actively participating adds value to the group. As a member, it probably won’t be long before you take something useful from the group.
7. Forgive Mistakes Most bloggers are not professional writers and don’t have the time for checking every fact or argument before writing it. This does result in mistakes, and people do screw up. Correcting them without holding a grudge is a huge deal. Mistakes are made, people are sorry. If they fixed the error, then get over it and move on.