One of the things I love about blogging is the community.  There’s such an amazing bond that is shared between those who live their ‘other’ lives in Blogopolis.  When someone needs help, it is your fellow blogger who will be there with open arms.  We understand each other as we’re all on the same roller coaster ride.

This weeks ‘Community Insight’ post is going to be a forum for your best stories of blogging camaraderie.  I want you to think of a time when you shared that special moment of connection with another blogger that helped draw you ever closer to this great ‘communication community’.  Tell us one of your blogging experiences that will encourage us all to push forward in our online pursuits.

I’ll Start…

This past week, Sean Platt of Writer Dad and I got a chance to share a series of guest posts on ProBlogger about the hows and whys of finding a blogging buddy.  We shared some of the great reasons to connect with other bloggers and go deeper into the collective power of two voices.

These posts really got me thinking about how great it is to be a blogger because of the many wonderful people you get to meet.  Without that blogging badge you would never even make eye contact with many of those in our community, but with it we all carry this common bond of blogging experience.  And here is a great example:

The other day, as I was setting up a new server for a blogging project I am working on, I had to make a technical support call to GoDaddy (who happen to have some of THE BEST hosting support around!)  When I finally got connected to the technician I had a bunch of questions.  The guy was very friendly and extremely helpful.  The further along we got into our conversation the more complicated the questions became.  And yet he just kept answering away.  By the end of this great showing of sensational service, the GoDaddy technician mentioned one last thing.  He said that I shouldn’t normally expect this kind of in depth assistance.  Not that they don’t try to help, but that their policy is to stop at a certain point and refer the customer to some form of help documentation.  They do have an ‘extra service’ plan that would give me that hand holding service, but I paid for no such assistance.

It turns out that this guy was a fellow blogger who also uses WordPress and had recently gone through a similar situation with his own blog setup.  He said that once he heard I was a blogger, he wanted to make sure I got the service I needed to get my server setup and ready for WordPress.  Basically, he was a really nice guy who just wanted to go that extra mile for a fellow blogger.

The floor is yours…