Adventures in living a healthy, juicy life
by Cheryl Ragsdale
Blog Commenting – Relevant, Useful and Effective
I’ve noticed that many people read, but only a small proportion comment on blogs.
There are definite benefits to commenting on blogs – especially if you’re a blogger. Make your blog commenting relevant, useful and effective by using it to expand your network and attract new visitors to your site.
Blog commenting is fun! But if it feels like work, don’t do it.
I make it a daily habit to comment on at least 5 blogs. I especially like to comment on blogs that have a higher Alexa ranking than mine. Plus, it helps me to network with other bloggers. It’s a nice way to introduce myself and say hello. People do come to my blog from other blogs where I’ve left comments.
As many of you know, I’m a big fan of Yaro Starak from entrepreneur’s journey.
Yaro offers loads of excellent blogging information for free. When I first started blogging, I downloaded his free e-book called Blog Profits Blueprint. Each week, I’m focusing on one of Yaro’s expert blogging tips. Let’s look at another one of his recommendations.
I make it a daily habit to comment on at least 5 blogs.
Comment on Other Blogs
“Start commenting on other blogs. Once you have your pillar articles and your daily, fresh, smaller articles your blog is ready to be exposed to the world. One of the best ways to find the right type of reader for your blog is to comment on other people’s blogs. You should aim to comment on blogs focused on a similar niche topic to yours since the readers there will be more likely to be interested in your blog.
Most blog commenting systems allow you to have your name/title linked to your blog when you leave a comment. This is how people find your blog. If you are a prolific commenter and always have something valuable to say, then people will be interested to read more of your work and hence click through to visit your blog.”
Click here to download the Blog Profits Blueprint
I use Andy Bailey’s comluv plug-in as an effective way to leave a link to a blog post that I choose from 5 of my recent blog posts – with the blog owner’s permission.
Have you tried it? I’m sure you’ve seen the comluv link in use on blogs you’ve visited. What’s stopping you from using it? If you are using it, what’s been your experience with it – either positive or negative?
What about you? What’s working for you on your blog? What would you like to change or work on next? Please leave comments and let me know what you’re thinking.
The comment box is half-way down on the right-hand side of this post.
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14 More Blogging Tips from Expert Bloggers
Welcome to the April 21, 2010 edition of blogging tips from expert bloggers. Here is a list of interesting topics to take your blog to the next level.
Under the heading “social media”, you’ll see a link from Edna to Top 50 Health Care Pundits Worth Following on Twitter
I know one of the people she recommended on her list! Dave is a friend of mine and he is fantastic! He survived major cancer issues. I’m amazed that he’s still alive and kicking! He’s a lovely man and a huge advocate for patient empowerment.
@ePatientDave: Dave deBronkart is a patient-empowerment advocate, health data rights advocate and a blogger at e-patients.net and patientdave.blogspot.com.
As a result of finding Dave’s twitter address, I tweeted him. He tweeted back – timing is everything!
@thatgirlisfunny Hey Cheryl check it OUT, tell all our peeps, Suede show Thurs nite in Boston! Rare! And my book launch! http://is.gd/bzDCA
Here’s ePatientDave’s announcement on line.
Suede, is a jazz singer and Dave’s super-cool sister.
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technology
JJDynamo presents Best Blog Software – Get it Right! posted at Internet and Businesses Online: Blogging Articles from EzineArticles.com.
mrs laughton presents Top 50 Engineering Blogs posted at Online Engineering Programs, saying, “Engineering careers can vary from studies about landslides to planning urban designs that might prove sustainable. Engineering blogs reflect the same variety, including topics that touch on software, networking structures, automobiles, mining and more.”
Whoopie Patterson presents 10 Essential Web Tools for Research Scientists posted at Masters in Science, saying, “Research scientists have their work cut out for them in the field. However, utilizing web resources, their job can be made much easier.”
making money online
kenneth sea presents Caffeinated Content – Auto Content Plugin For WordPress posted at WP Article Automation.
Digerati Life presents Start an Online Business: Open an eBay Store, Build a Website or Blog posted at The Digerati Life
Wallet Blogger presents Online Tools For The Unintentional Entrepreneur posted at The Smarter Wallet.
Sell It on the Web presents 10 Simple Tips to Build Your Business With Facebook posted at Sell It on the Web, saying, “Simple tips and advice on how you can grow your business with Facebook.”
John Paul Aguiar presents Make Money With A Blog – My Crazy Simple 7 Step Plan To Promote A New Post posted at Money Dummy Blog.
Monique Hrebeniuk presents 6 Proven Marketing Ideas For Business Online | Helping People Succeed In Business posted at Helping People Succeed In Business.
seo
Richard C presents SEO: Keyword Competitive Analysis posted at Richard Cummings, saying, “If you want to create a web page that will generate traffic, you need to do so using popular keyword search terms. However, the more “popular” that a keyword is, the more keyword competition you are going to have. In this article, we will take a look at how you can analyze the competition for a keyword and whether it is worth the effort to try to place for that keyword.”
Case Ernsting presents Career Development 101: Teaching Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom posted at MetaSpring Blog, saying, “As graduation time approaches, skills in digital marketing and information gathering are becoming of critical importance. This post covers where our colleges are in preparing our students for a future job…and where they fail.”
GreatManagement presents Blogging Guide: Improving Your WordPress SEO posted at We Build Your Blog, saying, “In this blogging guide video I show you the simple steps you must take to improve your SEO.”
social media
Edna bhacker presents Top 50 Health Care Pundits Worth Following on Twitter posted at Nurse Practitioner Degree, saying, “One way for citizens and health care professionals to stay on top of the news is to follow health care news correspondents, health publications and Health 2.0 advocates on Twitter. To that end, this list of top 50 health care pundits worth following includes individuals and news publications that focus on various health issues.”
traffic
Chris presents How Amateur Bloggers Create Great Posts posted at Martial Development.
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I’m going to start commenting more than I do. I like the idea of setting a benchmark for your blogging. Saying that you’ll comment on five blogs a day easy and fun without feeling like work. I’ll give it a shot and share what comes out of the experience!
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Hi Michelle,
It sounds like you’ve made up your mind to make a difference in the blogosphere. Other bloggers will love receiving comments from you. What goes around, comes around. I’m eager to hear what happens as a result of your commenting on 5 blogs a day
.-= Cheryl´s Last Fabulous Post blog ..35 Funny Reasons to Love and Hate Facebook =-.
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Hey there!
Great blog you’ve got here. I think it’s really great that we both like Yaro Starak and I wish you the best of blogging success!
Cheers,
Garin
.-= Garin Kilpatrick´s Last Fabulous Post blog ..25 Blog Profits Tips I learned from Yaro Starak =-.
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Hi Garin,
Thanks for visiting! Would you consider sending a link in for the next blogging tips from expert bloggers blog carnival?
Cheryl
.-= Cheryl´s Last Fabulous Post blog ..How to Stay Young – Have a Good Laugh and a Long Sleep =-.
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You are a veritable genius.
.-= Susan Liddy´s Last Fabulous Post blog ..Do You Forgive and Forget? =-.
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heheehee
.-= Cheryl´s Last Fabulous Post blog ..How to Stay Young – Have a Good Laugh and a Long Sleep =-.
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I am so glad you commented in my blog to remind me to visit yours again! This is a great post. I reviewed in at StumbleUpon (it wasn’t there yet) and will Tweet it again using su.pr in a bit.
I am a HUGE fan of commenting and there is a post in my Most Popular section containing traffic percentage increases and other actual results from commenting tests.
Like you I use and recommend CommentLuv and KeywordLuv. In fact, you might call me the number one cheerleader for the DoFollow CommentLuv KeywordLuv community (although I have plenty of company)!
You are my kind of blogger: freely recommending and linking to those who most deserve it like Yaro and Andy. I hope we’ll stay in touch – especially now that Andy has announced that I am the new Editor-in-Chief at CommentLuv.
.-= Gail @ KeywordLuv´s Last Fabulous Post blog ..Social Media Marketing Monday – SMM Overview =-.
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Hi Gail,
Your visit is the perfect example of why commenting is so important for bloggers. This is how we build community on-goingly. See you again soon!
Congratulations on being chosen as Andy’s new Editor-in-Chief for CommentLuv! That is so exciting! I’m looking forward to seeing what new changes the two of you cook up. Thank you so much for your compliments – you made me feel really good
.-= Cheryl´s Last Fabulous Post blog ..How to Stay Young – Have a Good Laugh and a Long Sleep =-.
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Just noticed that Julius’s comment links to the same blog post, it is not an accident, we work on it together.
.-= Tom´s Last Fabulous Post blog ..The Challenges of Blind Internet Users =-.
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I totally agree with the importance of commenting. And also with your statement that people just read, don’t comment. But I think it is also important to get people to comment. One way to do it is to answer any questions they might have promptly.
What worked well for me was when I put a check box to indicate if they want to receive follow-up comments. Many people leave it checked, receive new comments, including my answers to their questions, and they tend to come bock more often. After I set this up, I noticed a jump in the returning visitors.
Also, I am experimenting with the “top commentators” module. I hope this will be one more reason for people to come to my site, leave a comment, for now if they leave more than 4 their link will be on over 400 pages. I guess it is really worth it as long as they are constructive. And by the way, Cheryl, you are on the top of that list currently, thanks for commenting.
.-= Tom´s Last Fabulous Post blog ..The Challenges of Blind Internet Users =-.
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Hi Tom,
I am really clear about the importance of commenting. I feel it’s important to answer questions and to respond to people’s comments regularly to keep the conversation going. Sounds like you’re on track to significantly improve the number of comments you’re receiving on your blog.
I love being first on your Top Commenter List on evengrounds.com
.-= Cheryl´s Last Fabulous Post blog ..How to Stay Young – Have a Good Laugh and a Long Sleep =-.
Commenting on other blogs has also done many good things for our site such as higher rankings. Another good thing we got is the great relationship with other bloggers and the fact that they also visited and gave relevant comments to our posts.
.-= Julius´s Last Fabulous Post blog ..The Challenges of Blind Internet Users =-.
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Hi Julius,
I agree with you about how commenting helps develop great relationships with other bloggers. I appreciate your frequent comments – did you know you’ve commented 30 times already? That makes you my #1 Commenter and a very special person to me
.-= Cheryl´s Last Fabulous Post blog ..How to Stay Young – Have a Good Laugh and a Long Sleep =-.
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Thanks for the tip. I’d just come to the same conclusion myself to start commenting more regularly on other blogs.
.-= Kah Woei´s Last Fabulous Post blog ..Promises in Death =-.
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Hi Kah,
Thanks for taking the plunge and commenting today! Keep going! You’ll soon see some fabulous results
.-= Cheryl´s Last Fabulous Post blog ..How to Stay Young – Have a Good Laugh and a Long Sleep =-.
I used to read Yaro, not sure why I stopped I need to add him back to my reader. As far as my comment habits go, I make a continuous effort to leave a worthwhile comment on all the blogs in my reader as to I RT each article. Doing so benefits both the blogger as well as myself and my circle of online friends.
.-= Ms. Freeman@Baby Steps of an Internet Entrepreneur´s Last Fabulous Post blog ..We’ve met your blog, now where’s the product? =-.
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Thank you for following your commenting habit by leaving a comment here for me. I’m trying to manage my on-line wandering and follow one person’s advice for awhile. I get going in too many different directions and forget what I was doing in the first place
.-= Cheryl´s Last Fabulous Post blog ..15 Blogging Tips From Expert Bloggers – Relevant, Useful and Effective Tools =-.