9 Effective Ways to Get More Blog Comments

Put everything into your post and publish it. Then, promote it as widely as you can and wait for comments from your raving fans. What has been your experience so far? Do comments flow as expected?

This tutorial will explain why comments are so important and how you can get more comments than ever before.

Why Encourage Blog Comments?

Blog comments are great for many reasons. They can help you:

  • Increase Social proof: One of the most important features of social proof is that it makes your blog popular. You can evaluate how well your posts are being received. Feedback is great and blog comments are a great place to get specific feedback.
  • Build relationships with your audience: Getting ahead online is all about building and maintaining mutually beneficial relationships. Your comments will help you get to know your audience more. Let your readers have a say and let them be part of the conversation.

Blog comments are not just a vanity metric. They are one of your best tools to reach out to your audience. It is also important to mention that certain blogs have removed blog comments. Copyblogger and Chris Brogan did it.

When you have huge audiences like Copyblogger or Chris Brogan, it becomes a nightmare to moderate comments. From a business standpoint, it is a significant investment and it makes financial sense to ask someone else to moderate comments for you. Turning off comments may not be the best idea to buy.

There are many benefits to social proof. Get instant feedback, leverage social proof, and get closer to your audience. Develop relationships and increase engagement.

Integrate Blog Comments into Your Blogging Strategy

Blog comments are a great way to get feedback, but you should also consider how they fit in with your overall blogging strategy.

It is important to realize that each tactic and marketing channel you use on your blog must be part of a coherent strategy, if you want to take things further.

9 Tips to Increase Blog Comments

It's not always easy to remove elements that cause friction between your audience and your blog. However, if you are able to do so, it's worth it.



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RosanaHart Premium Plus
Lots of good tips here, thanks!
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Thank you for stopping by, Rosana, and for the kind comment. Have a great new week.
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Aussiemuso Premium Plus
You had so many new ideas that I hadn't thought of Roger.
Thanks for this awesome training.

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Thank you for the kind comment, Lily, and thanks for stopping by. Have a great new week.
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Proprov Premium
I took notes and I definitely learned
something to put in my toolbox! Thank you for the post.
(As I always try to find humor in things...you didn't finish with a question.)
Thank you again
Stephen
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Hello Stephen, thanks for stopping by and the comment, much appreciated. Have a wonderful Sunday, Friend.
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Proprov Premium
Thank you sir! I am enjoying my Sunday communicating with this amazing WA family! I hope you enjoy yours as well!

Stephen
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richardgb Premium
An excellent list of tips for getting comments. Thank you, Roger!
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Richard
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Hello Richard, thanks for stopping by and the comment, much appreciated. Have a lovely Sunday, Friend.
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Israel17 Premium
Yea, blog comments are instrumental in building referral traffic. It also helps to build an audience and improve website SEO. Thanks, Roger!

Israel Olatunji
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Hello Israel, my friend, and thanks for stopping by and for the comment, much appreciated. Have a lovely Sunday,
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