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Online content is amazing because it’s so much more than just the content.  It’s also about who’s reading it, how they feel about what they’re reading, who else is writing about the same topic, why you’re writing it…in essence, it’s about the community surrounding it.

A newspaper has readers.  A tv show has viewers.  Online content producers have a community.

The extent to which writes can connect with their readers online is limitless.  New tools are coming out every day to create new ways for readers and writers to interact.  One of our goals for Scribnia is to break down the writer/reader barrier even more, and allow for even more interaction within your community.

If columnists for “mainstream” media are going to find success in the future, they’ll have to embrace the community aspect of online content, the same way bloggers do.

We hope that Scribnia will serve as a valuable tool that allows authors and readers build a stronger community.  We hope it will connect readers to bloggers that otherwise never would have found each other.

We’ve created a few ways to make Scribnia more social, allowing for authors to create more engagement within their community.

• Invite Friends: To invite your community to come join Scribnia, and write or receive reviews.
• Search Scribnia: Find and follow friends that are already on Scribnia.
• ScribUp: Promote your favorite authors on twitter.
• Tweet This: Under each review, you can click the “tweet this” link to share your review on twitter.

If you have any other ideas for how we can make Scribnia a more social tool, that owuld help you to build your community, let us know.

Welcome to all our new users coming in after reading the review of Scribnia on Mashable.  Hope you’ve enjoyed using the site so far.  So with all the new users, I thought this a good time for a post with some tips to get more reviews on your author page.  Why do you want more reviews? Well, the more reviews you have, the better chance you have to be ranked highly in your category, the more feedback you receive from your readers and the more you have to show for yourself as an author or blogger.  So, here are 5 tips to get you more reviews…

1. Be active on the site. Afterall, this is a community built on our willingness to share as a community.  Do unto others…that whole deal.  If you review someone on Scribnia, they may be more likely to drop by and write a review for you as well.  The more you comment, review or even just a quick thumbs up, the greater chance someone will take a look at your author page.
2. Add the Widget. The widget is a simple and effective way to encourage your readers, new and old, to go review you on Scribnia.  Throw it in your sidebar and let your readers know its there (some might only follow you in an aggregator like google reader).  To learn more about the widget read our last post.
3. Write a post. I’ve found personally, that when looking for feedback from my readers, the best method is to just write a post calling out for their help.  I did this once when I had horrible writers block and my readers came through.  Just write a post encouraging your readers to go to Scribnia and write a review of you.  Mike Fisher is a great example of a user that reached out to his community and received amazing feedback.
4. Just ask. Writing a post didn’t work, fine.  You have a lazy readership and they need a little kick in the butt.  Send some of your most loyal readers a quick message asking them to review you.  Sometimes the best way to get someone to do something is to just ask!  They’ll almost always happily oblige.
5. Evalutation? Wow are your readers lazy…or are they?  If you can’t get anyone to review you, that could be telling of the kind of content that you write.  Is it compelling? Unique? Readers aren’t going to review if they have nothing to say, good or bad.  Get creative.  Think about how you can engage your community with your content in a different way.  Maybe this is just the kind of signal you needed…or maybe your readers really are THAT lazy.

Do you have any ideas for getting more reviews? What has worked for you?