Social justice and feminism are topics with scads of opinions and resources to back them up. The niche known as womanism, however, is scant and Womanist Musings is looking to fix that by covering hard to find issues in a safe space.

Renee, writes 3-4 posts daily about race, class and gender and has been doing so since April 2008. "The purpose of Womanist Musings is to raise attention to bodies that we neglect. I believe that they don't get enough attention by the mainstream press and because of that are incredibly invisible and this allows the exploitation to con

tinue."

A beacon of social justice, Renee wants to focus on getting more responsive traffic. Currently receiving about 500-600 hits daily, conversation - rather than conversions - is her main goal.

In fact, by the end of the year she would like to have an average of 50 comments per post and upwards of 3,000 visitors daily. Since she works on her blog full-time (and even some overtime) this can be done in a few simple steps:

1. highlight comments

2. encourage viral traffic

3. state a comment policy

Let's break that down a bit more...

1. highlight comments

With a few regular readers, it may be time to help visitors truly debate issues by not only participating in the discussion area but by creating posts based on particularly intriguing comments. Whether or not that highlighted commenter has a blog, they will be more likely to tell their friends, family and colleagues about being featured on Womanist Musings.

2. encourage viral traffic

Speaking of which, it's possible to get viral traffic from your comments section by including a simple suggestion to tell a friend about the post's permalink. Investigating a script to facilitate this in Blogger would be ideal.

3. state a comment policy

Just as simple suggestions can help make a blog's comment area a viral center, a simple comment policy - even if you want to be as transparent and inviting as possible - can encourage input as much as discourage it. Creating such a policy in conjunction with your current readership is ideal.

Blog posts are often less about statements and more about collaboration and Renee's approach to comments along with her active participation in the blog's comment section will help to put her on the road to reaching her goals.

As a beacon, Womanist Musings has the personal drive and capacity to be a guide for feminists and all social justice seekers on the concept of womanism.

STATS

Blog Name: Womanist Musings
Blog URL: http://www.womanist-musings.com
Blogger(s): Renee
Platform: Blogger
Age: 4 months
Feed: http://www.womanist-musings.com/feeds/posts/default