Three Types of comments that work for EVERY blog post

Let's take a closer look with three actionable suggestions on how YOU can write BETTER comments FASTER, while adding MORE value than ever before...

#3 Praise the content

That is probably the type of comment that I see most often. But it is also the most boring, least helpful and least relevant type of comment. Hence I suggest to staying away from it or only use it in combination with the top 1 type of comment I introduce below.

This type of comment is where you scan through the article, find a section that catches your attention and you would write something like: "Wow, what a nice article. It's exactly what I needed. I especially liked the part where you talked about XYZ."

Now, just by reading the example above you can see how easy it would be to use this type of comment for nearly everything. But that's also why it isn't very good in terms of relevancy.

Also, this type of comment makes it somewhat hard for the article's author to respond properly. As an author of the comment, what are you supposed to work with here!? Say thank you, and then?

Ideally, if you can't come up with a better comment than that and you can chose to skip that comment, I suggest you do so: Especially if you are using the give and take discussion here on WA, simply pick another blog post on that author's website to comment on and leave a truely VALUABLE comment! This type of comment should only be an option if SiteRubix' SiteComment tosses a blog post your way that you can't skip. But again: Try to combine it with my #2 or better yet #1 suggestion below...

#2 Make a statement with regards to the content

Now this is lot better: Once you have found something in the blog post that really resonates with you, you are already in a mood where you are curious about the content. Here you do not have to "pretend" to be the author's target audience - No, YOU ARE PART OF THE AUTHOR'S TARGET AUDIENCE. Leverage that!

If the blog is about toys, write something like "My kids would love that we will definitely buy this for christmas!" If it is about health write that you have been in the same situation, if you have been, and that you did something similar that helped or so to support the author's authority. Maybe write that you didn't know about it and were really supprised. Or write that you are going to bookmark that content because it was so helpful. If it is about car safety seats, write that you will have to buy one soon and this guide really helped you, and maybe why it did.

The key here is to MAKE IT PERSONAL!

Comments like that are much more relevant to the content, contribute to the author's credibility and authority and ultimately are much more easier to work with than the generic "Praise the content" type of comment introduced above.

Now that you already have a good comment, let's add the secret sauce and spice it up by combining it with my ultimate comment blueprint:

#1 Ask questions

This is definitely my favorite type of comment. To receive and to write. Because it is super easy to come up with and because it is super easy for the author to work with!

Ask a content related question!

If you've found just a single paragraph in the given articel that did resonate with you, go ahead and ask the author something about it: "I really liked that XYZ. Is it available in other colors as well?", "That guide was awesome, do you have more pictures?", "Where can I buy that?", "I am going to get XYZ as well. What accessories do you suggest I buy right away?", "My son is still too young for this, but I really like it. Can you suggest something similar that is more suitable for kids at the age of..."

Questions like this will make it much easier for the author to work with, as you give him a call to action, and he has immediately a chance to add value. Maybe he will even be able to extract some of these questions and transform them into a FAQ article, which immediatle adds TONS of value to his entire blog.

If you cannot come up with a content related question, ask something more generic: "How did you come up with that topic?", "How come this is so important to you?", "I really liked that guide. Is there a newsletter or so I can signup for?", "What's your social media? I want more of this!"