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1 August 11, 2010 at 12:14 pm
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The 120 comments on this post are a testament to the fact that your system works. I think in the beginning the step that’s the biggest hurdle is gaining a large amount of traffic. One of the most important things is to simply stay dedicated and not give up. Every blogger at some point has gone through a rough patch where they questioned themselves. Thanks for the great post
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2 August 11, 2010 at 12:30 pm
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Brain..TY for the comment. I’m glad you liked the psot.
I agree with you.. every blogger has doubted themselves int he beginning, and the only way to make it thru, is to work each day and not give up.
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3 August 5, 2010 at 3:44 pm
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I quess that nowdays you get a lot more comments to your posts when you follow your guidelines. I have seen too that you need quite a lot of traffic before you will get comments or have to write controversial text to wake up emotions.
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4 August 5, 2010 at 3:52 pm
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Marissa.. you don’t need that much traffic, but you do need to build the relationships best you can.
I have seen blogs with much less traffic then me, and they kill it with comments.
Posts that are helpful get comments.. I wrote a post on this 2 days ago
http://www.johnpaulaguiar.com/5-blog-posts-that-attract-the-most-comments/
John Paul Aguiar´s last blog ..5 Blog Posts That Attract The Most Comments
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5 August 5, 2010 at 2:26 pm
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Wow ! More than 100 comments in this post too. Me too added comluv to get more comments. Thanks for sharing ideas about commenting.
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6 August 5, 2010 at 3:00 pm
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Albin..TY for the comment
John Paul@Make Money´s last blog ..5 Blog Posts That Attract The Most Comments
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7 August 5, 2010 at 9:01 am
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This “Gettiing Comments Is Like Losing Weight” reminds me about Jeremy
GReat article
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8 August 5, 2010 at 9:13 am
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lol Yea.. it kinda does.. to funny..lol
Glad you liked the post.
John Paul@Make Money Blogging´s last blog ..5 Blog Posts That Attract The Most Comments
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9 August 5, 2010 at 9:18 am
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Jeremy has his unique way of marketing but work perfectly
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10 August 5, 2010 at 9:23 am
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Yes Jeremy is great at making money .. I respect that… but I wouldn’t follow everything he does.. Jeremy gets away with things many other bloggers and marketers, can not..
John Paul Aguiar´s last blog ..5 Blog Posts That Attract The Most Comments
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11 August 5, 2010 at 6:13 am
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Thanks for posting excellent advice
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12 August 4, 2010 at 8:37 pm
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Hey!
There is useful advice… I think it’s needed to emphasize that it takes time to grow the audience, to get relationship and to do a successful blog. If you aren’t interested in interact with your audience, will never growth.
Recently, I found a friend that in 3 years get the same audience that I get in a couple of months, by entering a Blog Challenge… Here is the history on detail
Thanks for the advice! Now I’m following you on RSS too!
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13 August 4, 2010 at 9:19 pm
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Yes it takes time.. that’s where the patience comes in.. Nothing happens over night when we are talking about blogging.
Glad to have you follow

John Paul Aguiar´s last blog ..5 Blog Posts That Attract The Most Comments
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14 August 3, 2010 at 8:25 pm
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I have bad experience with regards to commenting. Several sites owner told me that I am a spammer. huhuhu. It really hurts when they said that. I even told a friend of mine named “Shirley” that I will just ignore their bad feedback to me as I don’t have time arguing with them. I will respect them if that’s how they judge me.
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15 August 4, 2010 at 7:21 am
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This post is about getting comments on your blog.. but yea if numerous bloggers have said your a spammer, then you need to look at how and what your posting to see why they are saying that.
John Paul@Be A Blogger´s last blog ..5 Blog Posts That Attract The Most Comments
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16 August 4, 2010 at 4:32 pm
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Yeah, this is about getting comments on your blog and that’s very important for bloggers. The steps you mentioned here would really help especially to newbie bloggers on how they could manage to get so many comments on every post they made.
Anyway, talking about my experience I’ll just keep my mouth discreet. It’s not really good experience.
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17 August 1, 2010 at 1:20 pm
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What I’ve found with relationships is that when you regularly comment on other blogs you will get comments back because it almost becomes this trade. On top of that, since comments are already coming in, others will want to join in as well which helps drive the count up!
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18 August 1, 2010 at 1:42 pm
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Yea this isn’t about getting other to comment because you commented on theirs.
I’m talking about “real” comments from your readers.
Those are the powerful ones that will benefit you and your blog the most.
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19 August 1, 2010 at 3:04 pm
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What’s doubly awesome is when your readers actually answer other comments as well. It becomes a forum where the discussion isn’t influence just by you but by the community – that’s such a great feeling.
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20 August 1, 2010 at 3:17 pm
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Yep.. kinda like I said in the post haha
Comments isn’t just for you to build on the post, it is for others to support and add to what your said, that way you get other views and everyone benefits.
John Paul@Make Money With A Blog´s last blog ..5 Reasons You Should Not Be A Blogger
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21 August 1, 2010 at 3:23 pm
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Most definitely.
Just as it’s still on topic, I’d love to see what people have to say as their ways to gain comments through questions. As in, which questions they ask that seem to gain the greatest response.
Perhaps we could all contribute and find like ‘the top 10 questions to ask your readers’ to gain more comments, something along that line.
BTW, this post is dominating with the comments, over 103 now? woo
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22 August 1, 2010 at 3:26 pm
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lol yea so far not bad I was hoping for 100 so I’m happy.
As far as questions,, I think it’s niche related.. as long as your questions fit what your blog is about ur good.
If you blog about social media, then keep your questions focused on SM.. blog tips, stik to blog type questions.
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23 July 28, 2010 at 2:23 pm
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Nice to hear about your experience about blog commenting. I totally agree with your 3 point evaluation of a blog in relation with comments. A well-written post with a decent number of audience builds wonder-working relationships.
You could check out my experience about blog commenting at comluv.com.
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24 July 28, 2010 at 3:52 pm
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TY Lawrence, for the comment. Glad you liked it

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25 July 27, 2010 at 2:00 pm
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Your tips under heading 2 are excellent – the idea of just sticking the keyword in title, first sentence, middle and end I hadn’t thought of. I probably won’t implement the idea, though.
Your tips are for a very particular type of content. I think it’s important for bloggers to realize that not all content is interactive in the same way. If it is the case that one doesn’t have content that’s going to get a lot of comments, that’s fine – just comment elsewhere, and invite people to read your work over time.
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26 July 27, 2010 at 2:07 pm
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Those tips are the basis of post SEO.. so it fits every type of content you want it to be SEO optimized.
As far as comments.. all content will benefit by getting more comments. since comments is continuing the convo from the post, and again all content will benefit from that.
John Paul Aguiar´s last blog ..5 Reasons You Should Not Be A Blogger
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32 July 26, 2010 at 10:35 pm
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Hmm, I guess I’m comment number 89! Very good JohnPaul. Ya know, I read these “Comments How-To” or other type of comments posts and they are all the same. You did a great job in detailing out what and why the comments are coming, and how to bring them. Nice!
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33 July 27, 2010 at 6:23 am
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Colleen,,TY for the comment. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Yea, I talk more about how to get more comments within your blog, not about commenting on other blogs, or plugins or any mess like that.
If you follow the plan I lay out, you will get comments regardless of what you do out side your blog.
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37 July 26, 2010 at 7:37 pm
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I wonder how much is comments/readers ratio? Could it be that people read a post but don’t comment? Is it worth of trying to get as many people commenting? I know it feels good and having no comments seems like waste of my blogging efforts…
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38 July 26, 2010 at 8:34 pm
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TY for the comment. Every blogger goes thru the no comment stage, doesn’t mean your doing anything wrong.
Just mean you need more time to get more traffic and build a relationship with them.
John Paul Aguiar´s last blog ..How I Got 253 Twitter ReTweets On 5 Posts
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39 July 26, 2010 at 1:55 pm
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Great tips! And look how many comments you already have on this post
Thanks!
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40 July 26, 2010 at 2:31 pm
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Hi Laura,,and TY for the comment.
Yea comment count on here is really nice, but I think that has more to do with great readers on FamousBloggers then it does with my post
I’m glad you liked the post.
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41 July 26, 2010 at 9:20 am
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Nice to see promotion comment. Thanks man
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42 July 26, 2010 at 9:15 am
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Building Relationships is very important to get good number of comments once one starts blogging.
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43 July 26, 2010 at 2:23 am
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Hi JohnPaul,
Great article, I have a few small complement;
Links to older posts.
Good and interesting titles.
Dont write 10, 20 or 50 ways, tips – articles. Write instead 9, 13, 22 or 46 way, tips –articles, its more interesting titles then.
And like I have said before;
Decide before a read thread and not float out into different topics.
Not for large articles, (heavy reading) instead split them up over a couple of days. -
45 July 26, 2010 at 1:56 am
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I was thinking on starting my own blog but have heard bad stories from a couple of my friends, on how they blogged for a couple of years without any success with comments (except spam). But i have to say, you make it sound very doable i think i might just give i a try. Thanks.
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47 July 25, 2010 at 9:41 pm
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Thanks for sharing this, I’m just in that moment of “no comments” in my blog (but crazy amounts of spam) and I was wondering if I’m doing something wrong.
I realize after reading your post that I’m doing the 3 steps but not at the same time : )
Thanks again for the good tips.
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49 July 25, 2010 at 1:24 am
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I am speechless. When I read the post it was like a blast showing all the comments? Wow. When will I be like this? I have some blogs but I am shy to have it posted here. I might be the laughing stock of the site. (sigh)
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52 July 24, 2010 at 11:10 pm
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Great information on getting more comment, but I believe out of all the stuff you listed, there is one more important stuff you left out may be to many is not a big deal but it does drive great amount of curious reader. Go figure… I’m writing it on my blog soon. Well… this looks like a tease… may be someone already know, but in any case, what you have written is really informative….
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60 July 24, 2010 at 12:09 pm
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I have found that making my blog a do-follow has seen my comment count shoot up.
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62 July 24, 2010 at 8:16 am
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I am new to blogging. I have only been doing it for a few months, and I slowing learning may way around. When I started, I didn’t really expect to keep it up, but I have found that I love writing. Even more, I love when I am able to connect to someone else thru sent and received comments. Thanks for the tips!
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64 July 24, 2010 at 6:05 am
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Thanks for sharing this. You’ve really covered all the important details here. I agree with you, when you write good and quality content, there’s no way that people won’t like it. Combine it with your skill to drive traffic, then you will have a steady flow of visitors in your blog which will leave comments as well.
Kind regards,
Gary
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66 July 24, 2010 at 2:08 am
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Nice article John. I agree with you here. Good content is simply the basis for getting comments. If you don’t have great content then you are not going to get many comments. Then of course you need to build up a relationship with the people that coming to your blog. That way you will turn that visitor into a reader. And at the end you do need to drive traffic to your blog just to get more comments and thus readers
How is everything going on your blog?
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70 July 23, 2010 at 5:18 pm
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Build it and they’ll come – not always! Solid tips – by the way RT, shared at FB and stumbled!
These 3 combo of points must be done together – in my opinion – all are #1.
I see blogs with:* Excellent content but few comments. Why? Poor traffic & social networking.
* Good content and lot of comments. Reasons: Decent traffic but excellent in social networking.
* Medium or good quality content but avalanche of comments. “Normal” traffic but a Master in social networking.So if the target is to get comments, you need to do points – 1, 2, 3 – at the same time.
Cheers and have a great weekend!
Gera
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72 July 23, 2010 at 4:27 pm
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“(I think faster then I can type)”
I think you mean “than”. LOL. Sorry, just happened to notice. It happens to me as well though, I make a few grammar and spelling mistakes myself, I guess it’s because I don’t write a draft into some word processing document and then anally spell check it. I write straight from my head, the exact emotion I’m feeling at the time, and sometimes I think faster than I type as well lol.
Anyway, relating your post… comments are great. Comments are fine and dandy, but you know what, I’ve learned over time that sometimes NO comments isn’t such a bad thing. It’s a heck of a lot better than spam in my opinion, or someone who just commented to get a backlink.
JMO.

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81 July 23, 2010 at 3:53 pm
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Great comparison made using the similarities between diet and getting comments. Both do take a combination of different things to produce a successful end result. I’m filling my funnel by learning from your knowledge that you’re sharing here.
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83 July 23, 2010 at 2:38 pm
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I’ve been reading a lot of posts this week about commenting. I’m glad to see you share your comment numbers. You have the numbers to back up what you’re saying. That’s awesome! *very catch headline*
Great job, John!
-Evelyn
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91 July 23, 2010 at 1:41 pm
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Hi,
I agree. Doing all three of them will have the most effect. The example you give of dieting, aerobics and weight lifting is really true. Many people do only one or two, but the power is in doing all three of them, Good Content, More Traffic and last but not least Build Relationships!
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93 July 23, 2010 at 1:36 pm
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Great points here John Paul. Those are some heady comment numbers too
Content is the cornerstone. Without something of value to read, readers won’t show up. Beyond that engagement is vital. Ask questions, give answers and respond to every commenter who shows up. Visit their blogs and leave comments. This is the foundation of a valuable relationship.
Thanks for sharing your pointers
Ryan Biddulph
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97 July 23, 2010 at 12:44 pm
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Oh thank you for this post! I am going to come back and read the rest of your interlinked posts to get more information. The best part was the “permission” you give to write about what you are learning and going through.
I recently bought an excellent software program called, Fiction Master by Sol Stein. It seems that I’m the only one searching for this program according to the numbers in Market Samurai. I didn’t think that any of my readers would be interested in learning about the program but I really want to write about it.
I think I will now that I’ve read your post. It has improved my writing so much already in fiction and it definitely classifies as something that many other bloggers are not talking about, probably because it is old school but still newsworthy.
Thanks for an excellent post and I’ll come back to read more. Already bookmarked your site

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99 July 23, 2010 at 12:21 pm
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Hey John,
Glad to see you here man. You’re doing awesome job on your blog.
Those are awesome tips. Thanks for sharing this great Post. Really Great Post.
~Dev
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101 July 23, 2010 at 12:06 pm
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John, thanks for sharing your tips.
I noticed just in the last few weeks my comments on my site are going. Writing for Famous Bloggers, guest posting, BloggerLuv and commenting several different sites. I am getting more comments. Now that I spend time talking with people on BloggerLuv I have built up a little more traffic and I get more comments. I have several new posts with a good amount of comments. I still haven’t had much success with talking with people on Twitter, but I am trying to figure out ways to fix that…
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103 July 23, 2010 at 12:00 pm
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The 2 first steps are the most important: writing good content and getting a lot of traffic. If you achieve those 2 things you will get a lot of comments. Another way is to have a do follow blog, ha ha
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105 July 23, 2010 at 11:44 am
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Great post and some very interesting tips, getting blog comments can be hard at first, but i found that building a good reputation reeps its rewards.
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108 July 23, 2010 at 11:40 am
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Great tips! I have found all of these tips helpful on my blog.
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110 July 23, 2010 at 11:33 am
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This was great, thanks so much for sharing this experience. At least now I know I was not the only lonely blogger out there for a while, lol. Taking your advice and for now it seems like I’m on the right track…
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112 July 23, 2010 at 11:21 am
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Good stuff, JP. I have seen this work over time as well on my blog. It does pretty well with comments. I feel like chatty bloggers attract chatty readers. The content itself has to be good, but there is more to good than just good writing. It also has to be conversational. It helps to be “present” instead of being like an encyclopedia, IF you want comments. Of course, some people value traffic over comments and that is fine, too. But what I have noticed, even on the bigger blogs, is that the tone of the post needs to invite comments and sometimes that’s not easy!
Cheers,
Tia
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114 July 23, 2010 at 11:05 am
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Great post. I like the simplicity of your system. It took me awhile to appreciate the ‘Relationship’ part and missed some opportunities to connect with my readership.
But I’m better now. Good stuff!
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120 July 23, 2010 at 10:44 am
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Hesham..TY for sharing my post with your readers
Hope they like it.
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by JohnPaul on July 23, 2010 in Blog Comments
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Many people have been talking about blog comments but no one was sharing actually results and numbers. So I wanted to share my results and my tips to getting more comments on your blog.
When I started blogging a year ago, I would write posts and sit back and wait for the comments to role in, since it seemed like that’s what other bloggers did to get their comments..Right?
Well I waited around a lot…lol
Each post I wrote I said this is the one, this post is awesome I HAVE to get some comments, at least one? Do you know what happened? Yep…NO comments!
I was so pissed, I would some time and work into that post I felt I deserved a few comments. After I got over being mad at the internet world, I got an ice coffee mmmm coffeeeee lol , I relaxed and I started asking questions to see if I was the issue, even though I knew better since I know “I’m Awesome” haha
I Was Questioned Everything
I went on for a couple hours and it hit me…
I wasn’t doing anything wrong, I was actually doing almost everything right…Almost!
3 Steps To More Comments
Good Content -> More traffic ->Building a relationship with that traffic
I was writing pretty good content, I was building relationships with the readers I had, my only real lack was that I needed more eyes on my posts. Most bloggers that start out do not get big comments, so once you realize that, you can relax and continue to blog stress free.
The more attention I gave to all 3 steps, the more results I started seeing over time.
Getting Comments Is Like Losing Weight
I look at getting comments as if I was trying to lose weight.
Dieting is good, aerobics is good, working out with weights is good BUT to get real results and hit your goal weight you need to do all three combined over time.
Getting comments is the same way.
Writing good content is good, more traffic is good, building relationships is good BUT to get the results you want “more comments” then you need to hit it hard on all three steps over time.
First – Good Content
Second – More Traffic
Third – Build Relationships
So How Much Weight Have I Lost?
Ok you want to know about the comments not weight…lol
Here are 4 posts I wrote back to back…
Comments 27 – Top 50 Places To Advertise Your Website For Under $25
Comments 36 – Breaking Into The Top 20 Internet Marketers Online With No List
Comments 48 – There Is A New Blogging Star Born Everyday, Are You Next?
Comments 100 – My Crazy Simple 7 Step Plan To Promote A New Post
How Do I Bring It Together
Now you can see the benefits of following all 3 Steps in combination, so let’s get into the 3 steps…
1- Writing Good Content
I write when I have something to share and I try not to write about things I see to many bloggers writing about too. I like to write about what I’m going thru and learning at that time and chances are if I’m going thru it so are other bloggers.
Another thing I do is to write about what my blog is about blogging, make money blogging, and making money online.
If readers come to your blog expecting blog tips, then make sure you have plenty of “blog tips” information available. As simple as this is, many many bloggers will start with an idea then post about everything BUT what their blog was initially about.
Also watch your spelling and grammar, this has been an issue for me haha.. (I think faster then I can type) but I am getting better. People will notice so take the time to check spelling and grammar.
2- Getting More Traffic
I have tried so many traffic getting techniques in the past 8 months, some worked and some were a waste of time and money. I now have a few that I use daily to drive more traffic and so far they are working well.
For me I drive a good amount of traffic from Twitter and Facebook, I have found that they both work best to drive targeted traffic. As far as getting the most from Twitter and Facebook, you need to “be there” that means offering tips, info, help, resources etc..
Make yourself available to answer questions.
As I shared in a post My Crazy Simple 7 Step Plan To Promote A New Post I do a lot to promote a new post, writing great content that no one sees is a waste of time.
I use Onlywire to bookmark my posts pretty quickly. I’m a big believer in the benefits of bookmarking all your posts. I also recently started submitting my posts to LinkedIn groups.
I also chase Google for some search luv like a love struck school kid..lol
A simple plan I follow to SEO my blog posts and better my chance at getting ranked on Google is to grab a keyword and use it in your Title, First sentence, Middle and End of your post, then use it in your tags.
Your goal is to rank for as many smaller keywords as you can since ranking for a number of smaller keywords will get you more traffic then ranking for one huge keyword.
3- Building Relationships
You started a blog to offer help or information to readers, right? So then building relationships with your readers should be the easy stuff.
I am real, the person you see or read online is the person you will see in person. Being yourself and letting your personality show is the best way to start building relationships with your readers, make your blog personal.
I make myself available thru out the day and I answer every @ reply and DM on Twitter and every email or update on Facebook.
On my blog, I ask for comments or opinions or feedback. If you don’t ask, then you can’t be upset if you get no comments. Now once the comments come in, I reply to all of them, yes even the ignorant ones…lol Not everyone will see things the same way as you, and that’s fine.
When replying to comments I like to use that as a way to add more information continuing from the post, this is a great place to take your post to a higher level.
Bottom line here is be real, be helpful and be available and the relationships will build themselves.
Take Action
Yes all this sounds great, but if you don’t put it to work today and stick to it for at least 2-3 months then nothing will change on your blog.
But if follow all 3 steps combined you will see results. Once the comments start rolling in, it will start to snow ball into more and more comments.
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