The Real Value of Your Comments Section

Posted by scoop on May 31st, 2009 in Tips |

One of the most rewarding things about blogging is seeing comments (hopefully positive comments) after each post. The great thing about comments is that it does not only make you as a blogger feel good but it also has other positive effects including:

Encouraging readers to read your blog more regularly – However, this is true only if you regularly and speedily reply to comment. If you keep on neglecting your comment section your commenters will end up feeling unappreciated and might not feeling like commenting again. Besides replying to them will encourage them to keep track of your replies and so go back to your blog time and again.

Making your blog more attractive to new readers – You know how a packed restaurant will attract more people than an empty one. That’s because psychologically people think that if there’s many people somewhere then the popularity of the place, in this case a blog, must be for a good reason, hence making them want to also check out the place. Of course, if the place is no good the crowd clears out pretty quick after that and there are no return customers. So encourage a lively comment section but make sure your blog has regular good posts or people will see through your efforts to generate traffic using fake comments.

Networking – You get to meet people with similar interests or in the same industry as you via your comment section. Whether it be for personal reasons or for work you can bet that with regular commenters you will get to meet someone you’ll be glad to have known. A friend of mine found work with the help of his blog. Who knows what valuable people you’ll get to meet in your comment section?