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Have you ever wondered how successful some bloggers grow their blog communities, or even manage them? Conversations and sense of communities are the main factors that keep people coming back to blogs. There are many ways to build and manage a blog community. But before you panic about the added workload a blog community might shouldered upon you, knowing that a blog is basically meant to be social is crucial, not just you or your regular bloggers putting out your thoughts and ideas, but also readers commenting on those posts and conversing with one another and not just to you as the host. Without comments and community, your new blog might not gain momentum to turn your blog into a valuable asset for your business.

Before you start to formulate on how to build you blog community, know that the most successful and long term online communities happen more organically. If you choose you topic intelligently, you might be planting some seeds and allow things to grow without much effort and constant input. If you provide real value to your blog, others will want to be a part of your blog community and will encourage others to join. Expend your blog community by constantly having new readers joining to your blog will ultimately increases your earnings.

There is a fine line between provocative and controversial. Touch on hot topics and current events if, and only if, that's appropriate for your blog and overall brand messaging and business goals. What you project will most likely attract the same type of people to respond.

Blogging is not a one-way street. Pose questions directly to your blog readers. Coax and cajole them to respond, especially if you know you have a lot of lurkers out there. Blog posts that just make statements are less inviting of response than those that end with a question.

People who comment on your blog deserve attention. You could thank them for their comment either privately via e-mail or publicly reference them or even respond to them in the comments section. You may find comments to be a springboard for new blog posts, just be courteous and let the commenter know that you would like to reference them in a post.

If you are serious about building community, at some point, your blog will no longer be robust enough to handle you blog community. Don't be afraid to take your conversations elsewhere and point back to your existing blog. Many bloggers have expanded their blog communities by transplanting them to another social network like Facebook, Twitter or Ning where there are more tools for community building and interactivity as well as ways to feed their blog posts into the network.

Your blog community does not have to reside on your blog in order to grow the blog and brand.

Finally, list out your Terms of Service or some kind of easy-to-read document that spells out the rules and ethics of your blog such as what kind of comments will be deleted and who has the power to delete those comments.

Online communities keep people coming back for more conversation and connection. Cultivating community on your blog gives readers one more good reason to return.