Everyone Wants To Belong To Something Special The word “community” is no longer sufficient to describe what we bloggers must build around ourselves and our blogs in order for us to thrive. Communities are for generic social sites. Successful bloggers build something more akin to a tribe. A brother and sisterhood of people who feel part of something special. I’ve seen the tribe effect happen first hand. When we started Content Desk years ago, we ...

Since I’ve been actively seeking Minipets, aiming to nail 50 and get my cute little Stinky Wind skunk, I’ve been planning out which pets I have, which I can easily get, and which I plan on searching for the hard way. I’m at 45 pets right now, and I think I might be able to get there without any serious grinding. Regardless of what I’m doing, I bet I’m nowhere near alone in this. Bellwether ...