New bloggers often want to know how they can encourage more people to post comments on their blogs and join discussions.
The first thing to say is that to get lots of comments you need to getting quite a lot of visitors to your blog, so if you have low traffic, then naturally this will mean that you will have low numbers of comments. So if you are just starting out then if you’re not getting comments or feedback, then don’t despair, get marketing!
Proactively marketing your blog to potential readers is something you need to think about and be prepared to do every time you post to your blog.
Here are some tips to help you get started marketing your blog:
- Find some interesting bloggers and talk about their blogs, posts you found that were interesting etc, remembering to reference their site – hopefully they will stop by your blog and leave you a comment.
- Try writing blogs which ask your readers a question.
- Write about something that’s topical and in the news at the moment – it doesn’t have to be serious, just ensure it fits with the themes of your blog.
- Add a poll to your post.
- Search out other bloggers and comment on their blogs, if you develop a good enough relationship and link to their blog then they may reciprocate which will improve your traffic.
- Don’t be afraid of controversy – you’ve got a strong opinion? Then blog about it ! The chances are you’ll attract others with strong opinions on the subject who’ll want to start a discussion.
- Make sure that if someone does comment on your blog, you respond to them.
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Tags: Blog Comments, Blog Marketing
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I’ve been blogging over three years via Livejournal. It’s not earth-shattering stuff that I write about – just my ordinary, every day life, the people I meet along the way, and I comment on the things I read, hear or see. I enjoy doing it and that’s what keeps me motivated in documenting my little corner of Britain.
Three years is good going – I’m sure that a routine is a good thing for blogging – any tips?
I certainly find that the best commented posts on my blog are those which are reviewing a product- people like to share their views on it too, and also contoversial items that may have been in the news or on tv- if you can catch the latter early enough you may stand a chance of ranking quite highly in the SERPS for those topics, so if they are searched often this will increase your traffic, and thus comments
Thanks for the tip about reviews Laura – I’ve got some I need to finish off, so that’s a good reminder!