Blog and forum commenting PHOBIA! Help

1. I really can not understand your phobia! or even better, you don't seem to have any kind of phobia!
2. The only advice I might have for you is to try free writing or some other writing method (it can both help you create quality content and concentrate your thoughts)
3. You'll find no better forum from warrior.
4. Amateurish forums are ideal to bring traffic to your site, especially if it refers to IM

Just write a comment that relates to your situation and your knowledge level. If you are an expert in the field you market in, you can easily add content or even just agree with the blog post for the comment.

If you don't know much about the topic, read the post in full and comment what you think about it.

It's all about adding something to the post.

As far as finding good blogs and forums, you just have to search long and hard. Keep a record of all the sites you visit. Revisit the best of the best and start to contact the blog owners for more venture possibilities.

That's one of the great aspects of blog and forum marketing. It's easy to build relationships.

Travis

There are a few different Google search operators you can use to find related blogs (if you don't own automated software that does it for you).

They start off simple, and can become more complex. For example:

inurl:[your keyword] (Finds all websites with your keyword in their URL. Blog posts that are already talking about your niche.

intitle:[your keyword] (The same as above, but sites that contain your keyword in the title.

Combine the two.

intitle:yourkeyword And inurl:yourkeyword

Bang!

Search for only wordpress.

intitle:yourkeyword And inurl:yourkeyword And "Powered by Wordpress"

Just read the post and give your opinion on it. If its wrong, people will correct you and you'll begin to learn about the niche. Just don't worry what other people think. Pretend that you're writing writing a journal in a note pad that no one else will see. That should give you some confidence and it should get easier to post as time goes on.

As far as the best way to find blogs/forums, it really depends on your niche but Google is always a great resource.

I hope this helps.

I too was clueless about blog commenting when I started. Then I decided to do it for some better backlinks and now it's loads of fun.

Get into it. I often research the post topic to add something really good to the discussion. When I find blogs in my niche, it's a no-brainer. If you write terrific comments on blogs in your niche, you'll establish a relationship with other bloggers who will be more inclined to accept articles for guest posts. These are great as well.

Blog commenting ideas include:

• Ask questions and subscribe to the comments so you can respond when an answer is provided.
• Go to Wikipedia and other resources on the topic and see what you can learn. If there's more info you can add, say something like "I'll add 2 points ..."
• Reply to existing comments if you have a different point of view (be polite) or add to what other commenters say.
• If you know of an excellent resource to link to that is relevant to the post and NOT your site, link to it as another helpful resource.
• If you disagree with the post, respectfully disagree and explain why you do. Most blogs will publish those as long as you're respectful.

Other blog commenting tips:

• Read the post / watch the video so you can actually say something valuable.
• Unless specifically permitted, don't put your keywords in the "Name" field. Instead use a real name (or pen name).
• Don't put a link to your site in the comment field unless expressly permitted. Be happy with the link using the anchor text in the name field.
• Track the dofollow blogs in your niche you find so you can return to them and comment on new posts. Bloggers love loyal commenters who post valuable comments.
• Commenting on blogs not in your niche is okay. I do this and it's okay. I find; however, that related blogs approve a higher percentage of my comments.
• It's a numbers game. Not every comment will be approved. Don't sweat it.
• Have fun and get into the discussion. I've learned a ton of interesting stuff doing blog commenting because I read the posts and watch the videos (or play the free video games) - whatever the content.

Shoot for 5 to 8 comments per hour. If 70 percent get approved, you've built some killer backlinks. I shoot for 2 per day - takes less than a 1/2 hour. They add up over the months.

Use StumbleUpon. You don't have to install the toolbar. Specify your areas of interest and start stumbling. I have found amazing things using SU, not just great blogs, and I like sharing my finds with others.

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Message Boards and Forum Directory
all the forums here have to have so many thousands of users and posts to even be listed.

I've found many a active boards in my niches through that web site.

A good place to go looking for blogs is probably an obvious but sometimes overlooked one and that's google's own blog search engine. Filter them by date and try to only post on relevant and new posts, this increases your chances of having your comment approved in my opinion.

Another great source of blog posts I've found is by keeping an eye on your twitter account. Check out the posts from other people in your niche and comment on those, they're likely to be new posts from people who want to interact socially (they're on twitter) Great for getting discussions going and building up relationships.

Once you find a suitable blog post, be polite and try to add some value to what you're contributing.

You'll also want to concentrate on blogs that are dofollow, there is a popular plugin for firefox that can help you with that (and many other things) by the name of SEOquake. If you do use it though I'd change the settings so you have to request details manually else you sometimes get error messages relating to google thinking you're a bot.

I must admit it is rather tedious to begin with, but as I got into it, it began to become somewhat fun, and the Blog posts can be rather fun aswell.

I have some software which makes the whole thing easier, although it is still a manual process its just that the email, name and website is already filled out.

If interested then just contact me! Thanks.