Have you ever wondered how high-profile bloggers get so many comments on their blog and you can’t seem to get a comment to save your life? I mean you have great content right? You have decent traffic, so why no comments? Here are my top 5 ways to attract more blog comments today.
1. Fresh up to date content - If your content is stale and out of date then don’t expect too many comments. However, if you constantly update your blog with fresh, informative content, you will stand a much better chance of securing readers’ comments. Try to post a few controversial posts from time to time to get your blog visitors talking.
2. Invite people to comment - At the end of every blog post why not invite your visitors to leave a comment. If your blog post is about which is better, real or fake Christmas trees, for example, you might end your post with a statement like, ” So what do you guys prefer, fake or real? I’d love to hear your views. “. You are more likely to get comments if you ask for them.
3. Interact with your blog commentators - When someone does leave a comment, be sure to leave a reply as promptly as you can, especially if they are asking you a specific question about your blog post. Even if they aren’t asking you a question, leave a simple thanks to them for their comment. This will encourage them to comment again and again. It will also invite other readers to leave comments.
4. Hold a competition - There is nothing quite like a good competition with top prizes to encourage more people to comment on your blog. This could also be a good way to get extra subscribers and backlinks too. Make it so that posting a comment is one of the requirements to enter the competition.
5. Give your commenters some link love - The links leading to your blog commenters’ website from their comments are automatically “no-follow” links. But there are several plugins which turn these into “do-follow”, which means you will be passing some link juice to their site. If you are worried about attracting spam, remember that your blog is automatically set up so that you need to approve comments before they are published.
I use a plugin called No Follow Free which gives you a nice link back to your site after you have made 3 or more comments. So feel free to comment away ;-), but please no spam.
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