How To Maximize The Power Of A Single Blog Comment
The secret I am about to reveal works… want it or not, believe it or not, your blog comments will become more potent than you’ve ever witnessed and it will be your job to handle the popularity.
I know many of you have read around the blogosphere that a secret to becoming an online celebrity is posting as many comments as you can. What if I told you that those articles were all wrong? You would want to know what’s right then. What is right, is that one of the secrets to becoming an online celebrity is to post few comments that count and do what you do best the rest of the time. Here is how.
Comment at the right place
- Go to Technorati or Alexa who rank the most popular blog posts and websites online. Note that Technorati will help you look for blog posts while Alexa will help you look for websites.
- Type in your field of interest (example: Home Improvement).
- At Alexa, select one of your top 3 search results in terms of popularity.
- At Technorati, select one of your top 3 search results in terms of number of comments and age (do not go for posts older than 4 days).
Comment the right way
In case you still ignored it, comments on articles are arranged from the oldest ones down. That is, the oldest comments appear immediately below the articles and the most recent ones are dumped far below in the comments section. Because some people do not have the habit of reading all the comments after posts, your comments need to appear early enough below articles to be seen by such people + the other type of readers = All the readers. Which brings us to the next step.
- 1. When commenting, be yourself. It is because of your uniqueness that people will be drawn to you. If you had to speak with the same kind of people and get the same kind of answers all your life, it is long since you would have shot yourself.
- Comment with a fresh point of view. Especially if some people have commented before you. We’re better noticed when separated from crowds than within them.
- Dare. Girls love it. Readers more.
- Set up a conversation. The best way to do that is by challenging the reader’s mind and pre-acquired knowledge. If the conversation gets going, it could end up being more interesting than the article itself and eventually arouse people’s curiosity towards you.
Always link your comment to your site/blog
Almost every blog allows you to insert a link to a website of your choice on your commenter’s name. For people who follow the “comment as much as you can” rule, it quickly gets boring to link all comments to their site. But by decreasing the number of comments you make around the internet in an effort to make a few ones that really count, it becomes a lot easier to remember about comment-linking.
I have personally tested this and seen results, but I will keep that story for a future article. If there is something that you feel I omitted in these steps, please add it in the comments section below this article. Now… be the first to comment!
Patrick Romuald is the incredible self-taught graphic designer behind Patoo Design. At a low point in his life, he encountered God’s love which never stopped inspiring him since then. He enjoys beaches and cooking. Follow him on Twitter.
I can’t believe nobody has left a comment for this .. guess they must all be at delicious already.
Cracking lil post, Patrick .. top tip, thank you.
Anytime mate!
So, you’re telling me that a single blog comment will draw a lot of traffic to a blog like, say 36 Point?
An interesting read, but I’m curious about how you came to the 4-day rule of thumb for Technorati searches.
I would think for the long term in-bound link benefits that age doesn’t much matter but for conversation’s sake in an increasingly active blogosphere I’d think that anything more than just a couple of days would be considered ancient history. Does this fall back to response positioning?
Exactly. Ideal response positioning always increases the potency of our comments.
Patrick – awesome thought and a good guide for commenting. Love your bio too!
Thanks Brandon! But… do you know I actually decided not to follow these rules after I noticed they worked? I would not have been at ease with the popularity this early. It’s funny how attention can be wished for and dreaded at the same time…
Liked the article. Because it is entirely different from what I have heard so far. Keep the conversation going is one of the best ways to leave a mark on a particular blog or on the author
I like what mentioned here in this post and always try to be seen unique in the comments. I liked the social section at the bottom of the post. I would like “Fuel Your Blogging” to write a tutorial about this.
You guys doing great job. Thanks
Untill this moment I’ve been commenting on major blogs like problogger.net by darren rowse.
And it was good, I’ve seen people recognize me and come to my blog from the comment link.
However, now I see a totally different tactic which seems to be even more effective. I will start doing it right away.
It really makes sense.
Thanks dude
You’re welcome!
nice post, so how many comments per day are we talking about here? I always try to make sure that I am one of the first to comment on a post by subscribing to the rss via email…hence I will be subscribing to yours after this comment ;)
So instead of posting loads and loads of comments every where, you are saying to just post a few but try to get a convo going through them, resulting in a build of confidence in others reading my comments and then that leads to them checking out my blog/site to find out more about me…im I getting this right?
Thanks
Hey, This is a awesome post. I found you on bing. Keep up the work.
I agree! Great post! …When it comes to discovering those blogs with true substance, I always find that engaging dialogue is something that is usually inspired quite naturally throughout the comments.
I was facing problem during the blog but when using this technique , I get alot of help.These type of ideas always be more helpful to blogger.I was more happy when i read first time this blog.It is really good tutorial.
When it comes to discovering those blogs with true substance, I always find that engaging dialogue is something that is usually inspired quite naturally throughout the comments.
I like what mentioned here in this post and always try to be seen unique in the comments. I liked the social section at the bottom of the post.
Nice post, so how many comments per day are we talking about here? I always try to make sure that I am one of the first to comment on a post by subscribing to the rss via email.
I would not have been at ease with the popularity this early. It’s funny how attention can be wished for and dreaded at the same time…