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What you have done to encourage people to comment on your blog ?

Posted by Englishtillidie • 1/17/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
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Well I am having a prize draw, so for whoever comments on my blog between now and the end of FEB have a chance of winning a England Home football shirt kindly donated by one of my sponsors.

saintsnodisbelieving.blogspot.com/

Good luck

What have you done to encourage people to comment on your blog?

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1/17/09

inbusiness

Go "Dofollow" this is the way to go!

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1. 1/17/09
  
  Englishtillidie
  
  Thanks for the comment, and you are entered into the prize draw.
1/17/09

Englishtillidie

It would be good to get some good tips on building a community which leaves comments regularly.

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1/19/09

Englishtillidie

Was hoping to get some tips on how you have all built your communities.

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1/19/09

ArsenicCookies

I held a contest where commenters were entered to win 25 every week

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1. 1/19/09
  
  Englishtillidie
  
  25 what ? sorry for asking
2. 1/19/09
  
  ArsenicCookies
  
  $25 USD
3. 1/24/09
  
  Englishtillidie
  
  Is it really worth paying out $25 a month?
1/19/09

Noarch

comment/no comment, see if i care

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1/19/09

Friday13

I threaten to kill a puppy if the post doesn't get a hundred comments before the day ends.

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1/19/09

annz

I had a week where I promised to donate $1 to Unite for Sight for every comment that was left (I chose a charity that was related to the topic of my blog). It worked pretty well and I've noticed that so far the number of comments has stayed up since that week.

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1/19/09

aningeniousname

I put pot pourri in little bowls round my posts and then hover in the back ground near the comment box with a threatening look on my face.

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1/19/09

ThriftShopRomantic

Write posts on a regular schedule...

Get to know other bloggers I respect and enjoy, and comment on their blogs...

Try to write quality posts folks can identify with, get a laugh from or gain some value from...

Respond to comments...

And ask relevant questions, showing I'm open to interaction

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1. 1/19/09
  
  aningeniousname
  
  Ahhhh I wondered why I have never had a comment, I was beginning to think they were some great mythological beast akin to the griffin or the legendary bald hamster of old Munich town.
2. 1/19/09
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  I think people might be hesitate to correspond with an aarvark is all. It's the puddle of pee in your avatar that might make them suspect, "This is going to be messy."
  
  (Or else all your commenters were eaten by the legendary bald hamster of old Munich town.)
3. 1/19/09
  
  aningeniousname
  
  You think I should have some sort of disclaimer on my blog telling people that the puddle before me was already there when I got there and not to worry because I licked it to see what it was and I can assure them that it is not urine at all, but lovely comment juice.
  I also believe people don't have the same hatred for Aardvarks they used to have, Aardvarkism thank god is a thing of the past.
1/19/09

Norski

For one thing, I do shameless promotion here: like mentioning a post about a speaker at Obama's prayer service, and a silly headline or two ( anotherwaronterrorblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/isna-hamas-dr-ingrid-mattson-an... ).

Making it possible, and fairly easy, for people to post comments is something else I do. I mean to say: making someone sign up with your blog, before they can comment?

Writing about topics that someone might, possibly, be interested in: and have an opinion about.

Not making people wait for the moderator to approve the comment. There's a bit of positive reinforcement in seeing you comment only seconds after posting it.

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1. 1/19/09
  
  silverpeak
  
  Regarding Moderation. 99% of my comments are SPAM so it is a fine line between getting instant feedback and wading through lots of pointless fake comments. At this point only comments without links are not moderated on my site.
2. 1/19/09
  
  inbusiness
  
  You have a good point there Norski - I assume you still read all comments and have to delete the spam ones that get through Askimet, assuming you use this plugin
3. 1/19/09
  
  Norski
  
  About spam: at this point, it's an issue, but not a major one. Most spam gets blocked automatically, but some spammers are now using some very smart AI, or maybe low-paid people, to get past.
  
  And yes, I go on search-and-destroy missions on a fairly regular basis.
4. 1/19/09
  
  Norski
  
  inbusiness, thanks for the good words.
1/19/09

zoooni

intresting learning a lot here

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1/19/09

Norski

Here's another way to promote comments - at least, indirectly.

Start an interesting discussion of your blog here at BlogCatalog. With a link, of course.

BlogCatalogers are notorious for nosing around to see what their neighbors are doing, and some leave comments.

If you're lucky, some BlogCataloger will link to you: or I'll do a micro-review in Apathetic Lemming of the North, like this one ( apatheticlemming.blogspot.com/2009/01/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about.h... ).

(Related to this is the technique of shamelessly putting links to your posts on related discussion threads. Do in on unrelated threads, and you're in violation of TOS. Also, in dire danger of ticking off the better part of the BlogCatalog community.)

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1. 1/19/09
  
  inbusiness
  
  You are welcome Norski
1/19/09

dekadaye

a giveaway is a good idea
right now, i try to find content that is funny and people will be interested in so they will leave a comment

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1/20/09

Englishtillidie

Thank you for your comments, been interesting to read through them, and for those who have left comments on my blog, you have been entered into the prize draw. for anyone who wants still to comment you have until the end of February to be entered in tot he prize draw.

Thank you for your time, and would welcome anymore advice.

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5/29/09

susmita

comment removed by the community.

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