Today's blogging lesson

Like many, I subscribe to many blogsites and one of the best is PROBLOGGER. In today's blog he discusses the benefits of leaving blogging comments on other blog sites for helping to generate traffic back to your own site.

Of course, he provides the following cautionary statement:

Warning!

It should go without saying but just having moderated the comments on my own blogs I suspect it needs to be said a day - DON’T BE A COMMENT SPAMMER!

More than that - DON’T LOOK LIKE A COMMENT SPAMMER!

Some of the benefits of leaving comments are:

The benefits of commenting on others blogs:

• You’ll be getting to know what other bloggers in your niche are doing
• You’ll hopefully read some great content that could spark ideas for your own blog
• You’ll be reaching out to another blogger in your niche (often comments are the start of fruitful relationships
• You’ll be creating a small doorway back to your own blog for the readers of that blog
• You’ll be building your own profile in your niche - it’s a chance to show your expertise, knowledge and understanding of the topic.

He goes on to say...

A comment that simply says ‘great post’ and that then has a link signature back to your own blog adds little if any value to the blog. It looks spammy. The only visitors you’ll get back to your blog are people wanting to know who the spammer is!

• Keep comments on topic
• Let your comment show that you’ve read the post
• Say what you like or don’t like about the post
• Add an example or another point that the blogger might have missed
• If you put a link back to your own blog in the comment try to make it a relevant one that adds to the post and will be useful to those who follow it.
• Ask a relevant and insightful question

He goes further saying;
Comments are Mini Resumes - Every comment you leave is like a mini resume for you and your blog .

Comments can Hurt Your Brand - On the flip side - every comment you write can potentially hurt your reputation and brand as a blogger. Here are 10 Ways that comments can actually do more harm than good to the brand of your blog.

Further Reading: I wrote a comment back in 2007 (which I think is still relevant today) with 11 Tips for Getting Your Comments Noticed on a Popular Blog.

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Now for those Remember....always choose success ....mediocrity is for everyone else!

David