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0 to 1500 Comments in 4 Months – This is What I did
By SEO Advisor | May 22, 2010
Many people (especially the old folks) will just tell you to build it and they will come. You set up a blog competing with millions of other people, how do you expect to do it? The big guys do have tons of comments and they do have more and more of it every day. You the newbie find it difficult to have a single comment on your blog, you move out to other blogs just to see, 20, 30 and more comments on a single post while you are finding it difficult getting 1 on your whole blog.
Have you ever thought about writing a post overnight, just to wake up to find lots of comments on it.
My blog http://www.youngprepro.com is just 4 months old, I got about 700 comments in the first 3 months and I got over 800 comments in a single month (after implementing what I am about to tell you). You can also get that type of comment, it is not reserved for some set of people and in fact, you don’t need to be an A-list to get it.
You might not really know the advantages of having tons of comments, Here are some advantages of having lots of comments.
1. It is social proof: If someone who is not that conversant with blogging (or even anybody) visits two blogs, the fellow saw one with two comments on all posts and another with 30 comments on all posts, which do you think the fellow will resonate with or think is more popular? The one with more comments of course
2. It brings in more comments and readers: Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd, if somebody sees more comments on a post, he/she is more likely to comment on that post than on a post with no comments.
3. It helps you build a community: How do you feel if people come to turn your blog into a discussion spot? Having more people to comment makes it easy to have a community because there will be controversial comments, debates and the likes which will make others want to reply thereby increasing your chance of even making them loyal readers.
Listing all there is to it will make this post super long so lets go to the main deal.
Below are some great tips to get tons of comments on your blog
1. Comment on other blogs: I have personally discovered that commenting on other blogs can help you boost your blog comments. Many of the bloggers (except me) on whose blog you comment will want to visit your blog and show a return comment as a sign of appreciation.
2. Reply all comments: Had I learned this earlier, I will have two times the number of the comments I now have. Try to reply all comments made on your blog, this will give the commenter a feeling of importance and make him feel you care for him thereby making your blog a priority.
3. Guest Post: This might not increase your comments as you expect but you stand a chance of doubling and even trippling your traffic. Aside for helping you gain more comments, guest posting on other blogs helps you gain loyal readers who will eventually comment on almost all (if not all) of your posts.
4. Contests: Even though I have never had one on my blog, Comments contests and other types of contests can help you increase comments on your blog, you can also make it a requirement that the contestants comment on that particular post.
In case you think, there is nothing special in 1500 comments on a blog, this happened on a “4-months-old” blog with only 99 posts.
What do you think, does this post help? is it the general hype? Your feelings and opinions are welcome in the comments section!
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Onibalusi Bamidele is a young entrepreneur, Get his free ebook on how to build a better website at http://www.youngprepro.com/successebook or visit his young entrepreneur blog to get the “special stuff” he regularly gives his readers
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