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How to Get An Average Of 10 Comments for Every Blog Post You Write - DailyBlogTips

How to Get An Average Of 10 Comments for Every Blog Post You Write - DailyBlogTips

How to Get An Average Of 10 Comments for Every Blog Post You Write

Posted: 23 Oct 2014 03:27 AM PDT

Are you struggling to increase your blog comments? We all want more comments to increase blog reputation. Unfortunately most bloggers find it really hard to get more comments.

It doesn’t matter whether you are a new blogger or not, you can still get an average of 10 comments for each post by following few tips that I’m going to share in this post. Let’s dive into the details.

Why blog comments still matter?

Here’s why getting more blog comments is important:

  • Blog comments increase interaction with your readers.
  • You can get blog post ideas.
  • You can build a vibrant community around your blogs.
  • Blog comments act as a strong social proof.

How to get more blog comments for every post

1. Learn to write great blog comments on other blogs

Want more social shares on your blog posts? Share others stuff first.
Want more incoming links? Link out to others frequently.
Want more blog comments? Start leaving comments on others posts.
It’s as simple as that.

If you want to get more blog comments, leave thoughtful comments that grab the attention of others. You might ask, no one has the time to read blog comments section. That’s wrong. People still read others comments to get ideas, to solve problems or just to reply them back.

Here’s how to write great blog comments that get read:

  • When you’re leaving a comment, take time to know the author name and use his name while leaving a comment.
  • Try to be in the first 5 commenters. The more visibility your comment has the more chances of getting a response.
  • Always add value to the post. Ask a question or provide an insight.
  • Start a debate in the comment section. Respond to others comments that are thought-provoking. That way you will be able to grab massive attention.

2. Write interesting headlines that persuade people to leave comments

“8 out 10 people decide whether or not to read your posts just by looking at your headlines.” ~ Brian Clark, Copyblogger media

One of the easiest ways to increase your blog traffic is to write enticing headlines that make your audience click your posts.

Here are few powerful tips to write winning headlines:

  • Go to a store, pick up a magazine and write down the headlines that grab your attention.
  • Tweak them according to your blog audience.
  • Read Headline Hacks by Jon Morrow, use any of the headline samples and start writing.
  • Most people love to read and share list posts. So include a number in your post (Ex: 7 ways to save $1000 every month)
  • How to posts are evergreen (use them to solve a problem)
  • Read popular blogs in your industry and tweak them to your benefit
  • Read completely irrelevant blogs in your niche and tweak their popular headlines according to your blog topic

3. Reward your commenters

Most blog visitors don’t comment on a blog post on their first visit. It’s your job to make them do that. Rewarding your commenters is one of the simplest ways to encourage visitors to leave comments on your blogs. Here are few ways to reward you blog commenters.

Install CommentLuv plugin: This plugin is not only useful to increase your comments count, but it also helps you boost your blog traffic. Most people are now leaving comments on the blogs that have enabled CommentLuv plugin. This is a great plugin to fight against spam. So no more hassle in dealing with spammers, you can also use a premium version of it to get more benefits like showing your commenters twitter links etc.

Use a top commenter widget: If you create a competition between your commenters, they will fight hard to be in top. The blogs that use top commenter widget tend to receive more comments just because of this simple reason. They will not only drive traffic to their blogs by being a top commenter on your blog, but you’ll also be able to get more comments. A win/win approach.

Respond to every comment: The purpose of blog comments is to build an interaction with your readers. If you don’t respond to the comments you get, you are killing the interaction. Spend time to respond to each and every comment you get.

Review their blogs: Go ahead and give an honest feedback about your commenter’s sites. You can do this every week or month and share your views on social media with their permission. This leads more people to start leaving comments on your posts.

Link to your their posts: Whenever you get time, spend some time to read your commenters blogs. If they are relevant to your niche and writing some high quality articles on their blogs, link to their posts. That way you’re grabbing everyone’s attention to leave more comments on your blogs. Similarly you can link to the people who leave thoughtful comments on your blogs (do this whenever you get some post idea and mention them in your posts).

4. Try a different blog posting frequency

If you are posting too frequently (say daily or thrice every week), reduce that posting frequency for a month and see whether you are noticing an increase in your blog comments.

The blogs that post less frequently tend to receive more average comments per post. Here’s why:

  • You’ll get more time to promote your blog posts
  • You’re giving enough breath to each post
  • You’ll be able to write detailed posts over crappy content (detailed posts generally get more comments)

In a nutshell: Getting an average of 10 comments on every post you write is not a rocket science. Spend quality time in crafting mesmerizing headlines, reduce your posting frequency, reward the blog visitors those who leave comments on your posts and start leaving thoughtful comments on other blogs to increase your online reach. Take care of you blog design and speed up your WordPress site loading time to give your visitors a better user experience.

So what are your thoughts on increasing blog comments? Do you have any more tips to increase comments on each post? Please share them in the comment section.

Anil Agarwal is a blogger from India who blogs at BloggersPassion.com where he writes about topics related to blogging, seo, web hosting and affiliate marketing.

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ProBlogger: How You Can Make Your Writing Twice as Fast by Making It 3x More Time-Consuming; Wait, What?!

ProBlogger: How You Can Make Your Writing Twice as Fast by Making It 3x More Time-Consuming; Wait, What?!

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How You Can Make Your Writing Twice as Fast by Making It 3x More Time-Consuming; Wait, What?!

Posted: 22 Oct 2014 09:01 AM PDT

This is a guest contribution from Karol K. You can read the first post in this series “The Power of TK in Content Writing and How it Can Help You” here.

Imagine yourself in the following scenario…

It’s a normal Tuesday and you decide to write a blog post. You start confidently with a blank screen, and after a minute or so, the first sentence is ready. But almost immediately there’s a problem.

“No, this doesn’t sound right,” you start thinking, so you correct a couple of words and read it back again. “Okay, this is better!”

Now you can†proceed to†the next sentence.

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Does this sound like you?

More importantly, do you see anything wrong with this scenario?

(Hint: the answer is yes.)

The big problem here is that trying to write and edit at the same time†results only in†prolonging the whole content creation process significantly.

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Better solution?

1) Write first.

2) Edit later.

3) Proofread even after that.

Yep, crafting a quality blog post is†a three-part process. And the absolute best solution is doing each part on a separate day.

Although it sounds counterintuitive (after all, why take three days to write a post if you can do it in just one), it does work. And it works exceptionally well.

…

Here’s why.

Writing and editing are two extremely different activities. Writing is 80 percent (give or take) creativity and 20 percent craftsmanship. Editing is the opposite.

Now, trying to do both at the same time forces you to switch between two different mindsets multiple times over. And even though you might be effective at each individual activity (editing or writing), it’s the switching that takes time, confuses you and costs you energy.

You will always be much more effective and much faster focusing on just one kind of task at a time.

…

Granted, I know that it’s much easier said than done and that editing as we write is a huge temptation. It feels like a†natural thing to do, even though it works against us. So here are 3†hacks†to help you write in peace, not disturbed by any editing urges:

1)

Don’t go back to re-read what you’ve just written. It’s a soft form of limiting your creativity and it slows you down significantly. Even if you end up writing the same paragraph twice by accident, it’s still something you can fix during the editing phase.

2)

Make†the red spellcheck underline your friend. The underlined words shouldn’t annoy you. They should be a testament to your creative method of†writing! Don’t correct them right away.

3)

Backspace is the one forbidden key on the†keyboard. Don’t erase, just write.

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At the end of the day, I guarantee that you will be much more satisfied having written two unedited 1000-word articles, than ending up with†just one edited article†that’s 800 words.

Or am I wrong?

Karol K. (@carlosinho) is a freelance writer, published author, founder of NewInternetOrder.com and a blogger at Bidsketch.com (delivering some cool freelance blogging and writing tools, advice and resources just like what you’re reading now). Whenever he’s not working, Karol likes to spend time training Capoeira and enjoying life.

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