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People often recommend building awareness and traffic to your blog
through leaving comments on other blogs. This can work well, but will
work far better if you consider the tips below, which greatly build on
the “write great comments on lots of blogs idea.”

1) Write great comments

The typical advice is to leave intelligent and insightful comments that
add value to the reader. This is solid advice, but just a beginning on
blog commenting strategies.

2) Leave controversial comments

Controversy gets noticed, and you can build interest and traffic by
politely offering different points of view in comments. Don’t be
controversial just to stand out, but only where it’s reasonable and
adds value.

Opinions are valued in the blogosphere, and as long as you have a
legitimate differing view and can back it up, don’t shy away from
controversy.

3) Use a consistent commenter name

Always use a consistent name when you leave comments. For example if
your name is Robert James Smith, don’t sometimes use “Bob Smith,”
sometimes “Robert Smith,” and sometimes “Robert James Smith.” Pick one
consistent representation of your name so that people will get to
recognize you.

4) Append your blogname or other tagline to your comment name

You can append your blogname or other tagline to your name when
commenting. For example, if you’re Bob Smith and your blog is called
“Feline Health,” using the name “Bob Smith, Feline Health” will get you
lots of notice on cat blogs. Make sure, as mentioned above, you use a
consistent name, whether you include a tagline or not.

5) Comment early

Early comments attract more attention than late comments. It’s better
to have the first or second comment on a popular blog than the 5th or
25th. The later comments tend to get buried and not read as often.

6) Comment often on the same blogs

Regular readers will be more likely to notice you if you regularly leave comments and will be more likely to visit your blog.

7) Leave comments on related blogs

It doesn’t matter how great your comments might be, if you are a cat
blogger your comments will work better on other cat blogs than on
political, ,marketing, or other unrelated blogs!

Leaving comments is a great way to build blog traffic. By considering
the tips above, you’ll build more traffic than by simply using the
common “leave great comments”strategy.

About the Author: And for over 100 tips on successful blogging, I invite you to grab
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By Ted Demopoulos, author of “Blogging for Business” and “What No One Ever Tells You About Blogging and Podcasting”

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