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Blogging can be a lonely business - often times it feels like you are the only person who reads your blog. I remember the first time someone commented on one of my blog posts.... it was a turning point for me - I felt like my blog was validated in some way! Connecting with your readers is important for many reasons - it helps you establish relationships and maintain readers AND it helps you learn how to reach new readers. Using social networking sites is a way to find other people who are interested the same topic you are - and it is a great way to send traffic to your blog!


There are many services that can give you statistics on your blogs traffic, but if you want to really find out what WHO your readers are and what attracts them to your blog you need to provide some sort of polling system. Easy-Poll.com is a website that allows you to create polls that you can post to your blog, social networking profile, or any other site you use to interact with people online. Create a Myspace survey to find out what sort of things your friends are interested in, then blog about it! Or you could do the opposite - create a Myspace profile specifically for your blog, then use Easy-Poll.com to create myspace surveys on both your Myspace profile AND your blog. Since Myspace is the largest social networking site, it provides you with an enormous pool of potential readers! Easy-Poll.com is also compatible with Blogger, Typepad, Xanga, and more.