There’s a huge increase in blog comments in the blogosphere and comments are getting more important in the eyes of bloggers. The rise might also be due to the fact that many blogging gurus like Darren Rowse from Problogger.net (even if he is already a pro, he still hops around and leaves comments) which recommend that commenting on other blogs, either big or small, will bring some traffic for you.
The tips that I am going to share with you is how can you comment strategically to get attention for your comments and eventually get some clicks to your site.
The Art Of Commenting:
Relevance – This is always the important as to get your comment under the post is to make it relevant to the topic. Don’t ever think of spamming by saying “Hi!” and then placing a link below your comment. You will get nothing but getting a block for spamming and even an appeal letter to Akismet will not get you out of the spammer jail.
There’s no need for you to place a link in each and every one of your comment. First, you will get tired of typing it very fast! Second, do you realized that most of the blogs enable you to input your blog or site URL when you comment?
Length – I don’t know how effective this will work for you but comments that is three paragraphs long will get the attention of comment scroller, especially commenting in a popular blog. You will often stand out among others because of the length but of course, no craps but relevant words.
Interaction – When you comment on something, don’t speak to yourself, people are not there to read your comment! Interact with the author of the posts or other commentators to get their attention. You can start your comment by @ Wayne Liew if you want to direct your comment to me in other blogs.
Responding to replies onto your comments will also helps you to develop the personal touch among the community.
Frequency – Commenting frequently on a blog will get you more attention as people is seeing more of your comments around. Apart from that, I see an increase in the usage of the Top Commentators plugin which you can get your blog featured in a blog’s homepage to get extra traffic and backlinks by commenting a lot.
Reputation – When you want to use “commenting on others’ blog” as your marketing strategy, you should start commenting properly, as an information provider, as a doubt-cleaner, as a supporter or just as a spammer. This is important since when you start using this method around your niche, people will start seeing your comments everywhere and if your comments pose a certain quality, people will certainly try to bait for your comments.
Be personal – I guess you might have heard of some tips that you should comment using the keywords of your site like “Make Money Online” and “Best SEO Blog” and so on to help in your search engine optimization efforts. Although these comments might get attention from people who wanted to make money online and get some push in terms of search engine ranking for the keyword but as an commentator, you are voicing out YOUR views on the content, not Make Money Online’s views! Anyway, this marketing method is cheap for me.
Do you use commenting as a marketing tool for your blog? Do I left out something that you frequently use when commenting on others’ blogs? How hateful are you when you came across spam comments which their motives are just trying to put a link?
