How to encourage blog comments

16 years ago

1. Ask for them.

2. End your blog post with an open ended question.

3. Run a contest where you give something away to a random commenter.

4. Tell your blog readers that you are thinking about what to write next and ask them for ideas.

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burtie

16 years ago

Originally Posted by KristiDaniels

1. Ask for them.

2. End your blog post with an open ended question.

3. Run a contest where you give something away to a random commenter.

4. Tell your blog readers that you are thinking about what to write next and ask them for ideas.

Thanks for the great ideas! I kinda done the first one in todays post :-)

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summer07 16 years ago
I just took a look at your blog...you've written a very good post, and it's looks like you're off to a good start with comments -- congrats!

Here are a couple of ideas:
- Join the forum at TreeHugger.com and other "green" forums, make some friends and advertise your blog.
- Also, set up a Twitter account especially for your blog and get active. There's a huge number of "greenies" on Twitter who love to support one another. (Go to Twitter Search and plug in your favorite green keywords for ideas about who to follow.)
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dirtmaster

16 years ago

Well teh best way is that ask for them. Or of course you can do polls or structure your blog post in a way that your askign a question? or if people could help you out with something.

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burtie 16 years ago

Thanks Audre for the feedback. I will sign up for treehugger in the morning. I have just finished another post so am calling it a day now.
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- chippy69 16 years ago
  
  It occurs to me that leaving comments is beneficial for all involved. Lots of comments are left with their link so they may get extra exposure just for signing on.
  
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danalingga

16 years ago

Commenting in other blog always work great for new blog.

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burtie

16 years ago

Originally Posted by danalingga

Commenting in other blog always work great for new blog.

I am giving this a go, but it is very time consuming.

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SamuelJ

16 years ago

Heya, try writting the odd controversial post or something
totally out of the blue. For example James Schramko made
a post titled "7 things Killer Bunnies and German Fetish Porn
can teach us about buzz marketing" not only did he get a
bunch of comments but also a heap of traffic.

Like KristiDaniels said leave an open ended question, like "what's your opinion?" or "have your say..." or "what do you reckon?" or "agree or disagree?"

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burtie

16 years ago

Originally Posted by SamuelJ

Heya, try writting the odd controversial post or something
totally out of the blue. For example James Schramko made
a post titled "7 things Killer Bunnies and German Fetish Porn
can teach us about buzz marketing" not only did he get a
bunch of comments but also a heap of traffic.

Like KristiDaniels said leave an open ended question, like "what's your opinion?" or "have your say..." or "what do you reckon?" or "agree or disagree?"

Hi Samuel!

How about this How would you deal with Climate Change Deniers? Or is climate change a big scam? | The Eco Bloke

Is that the sort of post you meant?

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afridi

16 years ago

first of all, just go through the post on blog or even think over the title and the first paragraph of the blog post, then answer according to the post and your answer should be 100 % relevant to the original post on the blog, and end up at any informative thing...

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mmcintosh

16 years ago

I don't necessarily have an answer to the above question. I just wanted to say thank you for asking the question. I was wondering the same thing the other day and didn't remember to ask. There are some really good suggestions here. Thanks

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James Schramko

16 years ago

Check out digg.com and see what controversial headlines are pulling the audience.

Use a controversial headline like that to grab eyeballs.

You can then have a 'debate' in the comments section (like the warrior threads).

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Michael Kohler

16 years ago

Originally Posted by James Schramko

Check out digg.com and see what controversial headlines are pulling the audience.

Use a controversial headline like that to grab eyeballs.

You can then have a 'debate' in the comments section (like the warrior threads).

James hit it on the head. Gauher Chaudry had a post about Google the other day regarding how they did a mass cancellation of many Adwords advertisers. He went off on how they have no respect for their customers which I would have to agree with in this case.

The point is that at the end of this heated post, he asked for comments. Of course people commented because what Google did seemed really out of line. So, the more controversial the topic, the more people want to put their 2 cents in. A really good strategy for getting comments.

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scattermouse

16 years ago

Hi burtie,

Asking people to leave a comment is a great start, but you need to make sure you give them a clear and concise call to action.

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burtie

16 years ago

Originally Posted by scattermouse

Hi burtie,

Asking people to leave a comment is a great start, but you need to make sure you give them a clear and concise call to action.

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Great advice, thanks :-)

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Peggy Baron

16 years ago

Also, some people are more likely to comment if you enable "do follow" and utlilize a plug in such as Comment Luv or one of the many other ones around now.

I second what Kristi and James said; those are great tips.

I've also gotten success when I've posted something of a more personal nature -like something I tried and how it worked or what I learned or how I screwed up. People like to compare notes, commiserate, or congratulate. Those are easier comments for others to make because they're quick. How would you deal with climate change deniers calls for more thinking before commenting and you'll lose some people.

Peggy

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JAIDEEP2959 16 years ago

1) Post on current hot subject. Use Google and Twitter trends for selection.

2) Announce prize for the best comment.

3) Ask lot of questions in the blog post.

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burtie

16 years ago

Originally Posted by Peggy Baron

Also, some people are more likely to comment if you enable "do follow" and utlilize a plug in such as Comment Luv or one of the many other ones around now.

I second what Kristi and James said; those are great tips.

I've also gotten success when I've posted something of a more personal nature -like something I tried and how it worked or what I learned or how I screwed up. People like to compare notes, commiserate, or congratulate. Those are easier comments for others to make because they're quick. How would you deal with climate change deniers calls for more thinking before commenting and you'll lose some people.

Peggy

Peggy,

I have just added dofollow and CommentLuv. Fancy leaving a comment to help me test them? Thanks for the advice :-)

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dreamer111

16 years ago

simply ask some interesting question and run some contests.
and also welcome their suggestions.

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moonape 16 years ago

Thanks guys, this post has really given me some great ideas for my blogs.
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Mission0ps

16 years ago

I have to say that I agree with comment love that really does help also there are WP plugins that allow you to show the most regular commenter "top commentators widget" that may help

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Peggy Baron

16 years ago

Okay, I posted a comment on Freecycle but Comment Luv doesn't appear to be working.
You can test it yourself too, by signing out as administrator and start to leave a comment. You should see a little blurb saying what your last blog post was, before you even enter the comment. That's provided you have another blog URL you can put in the "website" spot.

Peggy

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burtie

16 years ago

Originally Posted by Peggy Baron

Okay, I posted a comment on Freecycle but Comment Luv doesn't appear to be working.
You can test it yourself too, by signing out as administrator and start to leave a comment. You should see a little blurb saying what your last blog post was, before you even enter the comment. That's provided you have another blog URL you can put in the "website" spot.

Peggy

Hmm... I just made a post under yours and it seemed to work find for me. I wonder why it didn't for you?

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Peggy Baron 16 years ago

Originally Posted by burtie

Hmm... I just made a post under yours and it seemed to work find for me. I wonder why it didn't for you?

Aha! It appears my Comment Luv is not working on my blog for some reason, that would explain it. Time to troubleshoot...

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sgboston23

16 years ago

Write something CONTROVERSIAL ...

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marksinclair

16 years ago

Get tons of traffic. A percentage will always leave comments

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PromoTom 16 years ago

I would make it a dofollow blog and promote it in relevant forums and all the people looking for dofollow blogs
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- burtie 16 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by PromoTom
  
  I would make it a dofollow blog and promote it in relevant forums and all the people looking for dofollow blogs
  
  I did change it to dofollow (I think). How do I check that it works?
  
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Dan Riffle

16 years ago

Amazingly enough, problogger just wrote an article today on this exact topic:
13 Types of Posts that Always Get Lots of Comments

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Tony-

16 years ago

Ensuring you post as a question. Leave them wanting to answer. Especially if it's controversial. Check out Digg to see what's hot and current. Anything in the news is good.

Blog looks good and see a few comments already
best of luck

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burtie

16 years ago

Thanks for all your tips guys. It is all kicking off now and I am getting quite a few comments.

I added a 'Top Commentator' widget with dofollow that I am sure will help.

As you can see blow I am getting good quality posts too that will really help :-)

How would you deal with Climate Change Deniers? Or is climate change a big scam? | The Eco Bloke

Thanks again for your help.

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net-biz

16 years ago

You can pretty much get your visitors engaged by:

- Simply asking them to participate
- Ask them what their opinions are
- Ask questions (it's important to stay away from the easy "yes/no" questions)
- Run a contest
- Provide incentives
- Blog about something your audience is passionate about

Just my 2 cents...

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Ken Leatherman

16 years ago

3 words to get comments - Instigate, Instigate and Instigate some more. Wait that's 5.

Forget the some more. :p

Ken Leatherman

The Old Geezer

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burtie 16 years ago

Thanks everyone. Comments are now trickling in. The blog is only 6 days old so it will take time, but I am happy with the success so far!
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Phildir

16 years ago

Just to get a first reaction you could try to use polls and let them suggest new polls

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x3xsolxdierx3x

16 years ago

Originally Posted by burtie

I would love to know how to attract people to leave comments on my new wordpress blog at The Eco Bloke

And ideas will be greatly received :-)

Perhaps you could actually make your Blog Post Title an open ended question, that incites thought/ mild controversy?....(that people are destined to have an opinion about)

...p.s nice blog layout

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