Comments on: Commenting on Blogs – How to Effectively Increase Traffic

By: Waldo Bravata

Waldo Bravata — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:25:08 +0000

Wow, with thanks a bunch m8

By: Johanna Draper

Johanna Draper — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:12:54 +0000

Thanks so much for this article. It’s so easy to fall into the habit of leaving short meaningless comments. I’ve been working on my own “blog commenting” lately, as Tara said, leave comments that you would appreciate getting on your own blog!

It’s a good “do unto others as you would have them do to you” strategy.

Thanks again for the great reminder!

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:19:56 +0000

Interesting points. It seems like common sense that if you leave a meaningful comment, you might get a click and if it’s banal and mundane, it will be ignored. I don’t have a blog and have not really got into commenting much (can be very time consuming) but will leave a comment when I have something relevant to share.

By: Christina

Christina — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:42:55 +0000

Thank you for thsi article it was clear and succinct. I better understand the purpose of leaving comments on blogs now and how powerful they can be.

my question would be can you do the same for a similar field that is not excatly what you are blogging about..like if i frequent mommy blogs versus jewelry blogs would that be helpful in garnering traffic to my blog?

By: moonangelnay

moonangelnay — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:51:53 +0000

I think this is a brilliant point to raise on the quest for traffic. I’m a firm believer in that quality mantra “what you give out you get back”, so I find it hard to understand why a person would expect anyone to even consider clicks on their comment posts if they blatently haven’t shown a genuine interest into the place they’ve left it. I havent been blessed with comments on my blog yet but I know that is because I lack a lot of time to go out of my way to read a tonne of blogs a day, on top of mum duties, other marketing strategies and my work to make my presence known to the world. However if I do read something incredible, normally I like to pass it along for other people to admire and share as they please. I know if people came to me on my blog or my etsy store, how thrilled I would be to have my input shared globally just because a person finds it that interesting or whatever! Commenting is something I generally lack the time for unless I think it’s particularly worth a few extra minutes, and that is the reason I wouldn’t throw in something short and meaningless! I think the only place this is difficult to implement is twitter if you are self promoting as apparently too much of that can turn people away. I guess moderation in that respect would apply there! I’m still trying to work on making that one more personal! Anyway! I’ll definitely make a point of remembering this now that it’s part of my awareness. Thanks!

Fab article again! x

By: Sima Gilady

Sima Gilady — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:39:54 +0000

THANK Y O U for sharing.

Few days ago i have posted in my blog about TEAMWORK OR TEAM WORK (however you want to call that)

It is great to share you art with someone.

when you have a chance you can visit my blog.

made with LOVE,
SimaG

By: Eleanor

Eleanor — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:27:19 +0000

This is timely. One thing that has helped my thinking is that to make an interesting comment you have to actually be interested. There are so many blogs out there deciding which to follow and be engaged in is like trying to drink from a fire hose. There are a lot of blogs which are big/popular, but the posts are actually kind of banal. Rather trying to get myself ingratiated into popular blogs, I’m going to try and focus on the ones I actually like (again, metaphors abound.) An easy litmus test is when you can’t refrain from commenting as opposed to trying to strain and struggle to find something interesting/relevant to say. I personally am also going to find 10-12 to focus on, I don’t know about you guys, but there’s so much out there you could make a career out of reading and posting on blogs!

By: FashionTouch

FashionTouch — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:11:23 +0000

I agree with this article. I also think it is not only related to the handmade society. Commenting on not related blogs brings up a lot of attention as well to you as a person, which may show you in wide spectrum and will leave a room for discussion. I dont have my own blog, but leave comments on the blogs I am interested in. I have recently several ppl that found me later on Twitter after I left a comment on their blog to proceed with the discussion and of course they have discovered my etsy boutique.

By: haptree

haptree — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:56:51 +0000

I found myself starting to write comments on blogs I found that had lots of followers just for that very reason, but I had to stop myself – it’s so fake. Now I only comment when I’m really genuinely interested in a post, and I make a point to do so if I am as there’s nothing nicer than someone showing real interest in your work.

By: Rach W.

Rach W. — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:16:56 +0000

Great article!! Though my problem still seems to be how to have interesting content. I find myself just posting collections of images because I’m not so good with words.