As a blogger, what do comments mean to you
One of the greatest rewards you can give a blogger in appreciation of providing content that suits your needs, is to leave your thoughts in the comments section at the end of a post.
If you’re a blogger, I know you’ll agree with me. There’s no greater reward. Sure, it’s nice to monetize, publicize and so on, but when your readers participate, leaving related comments, suggestions, and even criticism, you really appreciate that. We all do.
Without question, getting comments from interested readers is one of the most enjoyable and rewarding aspects of blogging.
~ Chris Pearson
Jai, over at Blog Oh Blog lists a few reasons why we should leave comments below the posts that we read and enjoy.
This blog is relatively new and isn’t getting a great deal of comments just yet, but in due time if I continue to provide valued content, comments will grow. Comments are almost guaranteed when bloggers “regularly” provide top notch content that their readers or subscriber base are tuned into. It’s automatic.
Encourage feedback and build your own small (or large) community around your blog’s niche.
What do you do to encourage comments from your readers? Do you flat out ask them for comments? Nothing wrong with that.
Do you ask them questions, like I’m doing now? It’s one of the best ways to encourage comments from your readers.
Wouldn’t you agree?
Comments
I enjoy comments as much as the next person, but I would always prefer an inbound link.
With that said, comments are great and on certain posts the feedback can be extremely valuable!
I think it is great when you can start a conversation on your blog, although it is fairly rare that it happens.
I do outright ask for comments. Sometimes I get them and other times I don’t.
Something I have tried recently, that someone suggested over at Reader Appreciation Project is to write a post without providing your opinion and add your opinion as the first comment in order to encourage commenting. I like that idea.
Kyle: Agreed—inbound links add value, though hearing from readers who appreciate the effort we put into our articles is still a solid reward (for me anyway).
I also feel that a few quality, related comments accompanying a post indicates to newcomers that they’ve likely found an established blog, possibly prompting them to stick around for a look see.
Andrew: That’s an approach I’ve not seen nor heard of yet. Maybe it deserves a test. I’ll go check out the article first. Thanks.
I love comments. It doesn’t matter if the comments are aimed at my articles or even at images in my posts.
Anyone got some tips on how to encourage comments on posts?
I love comments - I don’t get nearly enough of them… but then, I don’t post in a niche, I post on whatever concerns me when I post…. this is probably the cause of the ‘not nearly enough’!
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