Whether you are a newbie or an experienced blogger, sometimes comments on your posts can run a little low. In fact, you may have some blog posts that don’t have any comments at all. Well before you can increase your comments you have to increase your blogs traffic, and if you would like to learn more about that then check out the post “Getting Stupid Traffic Almost Immediately.”
Once you have your traffic flowing, here are a few things you can do to increase comments on your blog posts:
1. Cover topics that people are interested in reading about. You can’t just write whatever you want and expect your readers to be interested, although some might be. You have to write on topics that your audience is going to be interested in.
2. Cover some controversial issues that will strike up a difference of opinions. Now you will want to be careful not to let these kind of conversations get out of hand. But you can write on a topic and ask your audiences what their opinions are.
3. Ask your audience questions that require answers. Usually when you ask questions rather than beating your audience down with information, they feel more involved and will answer your questions.
4. Reward your readers for comments. You can hold contests or raffles for top commenter. This really gives your audience something to look forward to when commenting on your blog posts so always consider this as an option.
5. Make it so that everybody can comment on your posts. Forcing a reader to subscribe or log into your blog before they can leave a comment will deter your readers. You want to make it as easy as possible for your readers to comment even if they are just passing by.
6. Allow readers to rate your posts. For some reason on one of my blogs, I get more comments when my audience is able to actually rate my posts. I guess because it gives them input.
7. Keep your posts short. If you write longer posts it is hard to keep the attention of the audience long enough for them to get to the point of leaving comments. So keep your posts long enough to express what you need to, but keep it short enough to keep the audience’s attention.
8. Accept post suggestions from the audience. In doing this your audience feels like they have a place on your blog and will definitely comment on the topics that they suggest. This will also help you to build content on your blog and if you would like to learn more about that read “Idiot Proof Ways to Build Blog Content”
9. Don’t close off your comments. Some bloggers will close off their comments on blog posts once the reach a certain limit of comments. Don’t do this if you are trying to get more comments, because you will cutting off all future comments that your blog could receive.
10. Become friends with bloggers in your niche and share comment love. If you comment on other people’s blogs regularly, they will usually return the favor. Don’t be anti-social get out there and make new friends.
11. Keep up with the “New.” Your audience is interested in learning about new things that are going on within your niche, so give them just that. Check out the news on a daily basis, write about recent articles and share your opinions and things like that.
12.Expound on topics that get a lot of comments. You will find that some posts on your blog just get more comments because of the topic. Pay attention to what these topics are and how you can expound on these topics.
These are just some easy ways that you can increase your blog’s comments without racking your brain or doing excessive work. Hope it helps!
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Once you have your traffic flowing, here are a few things you can do to increase comments on your blog posts:
2. Cover some controversial issues that will strike up a difference of opinions. Now you will want to be careful not to let these kind of conversations get out of hand. But you can write on a topic and ask your audiences what their opinions are.
3. Ask your audience questions that require answers. Usually when you ask questions rather than beating your audience down with information, they feel more involved and will answer your questions.
4. Reward your readers for comments. You can hold contests or raffles for top commenter. This really gives your audience something to look forward to when commenting on your blog posts so always consider this as an option.
5. Make it so that everybody can comment on your posts. Forcing a reader to subscribe or log into your blog before they can leave a comment will deter your readers. You want to make it as easy as possible for your readers to comment even if they are just passing by.
6. Allow readers to rate your posts. For some reason on one of my blogs, I get more comments when my audience is able to actually rate my posts. I guess because it gives them input.
7. Keep your posts short. If you write longer posts it is hard to keep the attention of the audience long enough for them to get to the point of leaving comments. So keep your posts long enough to express what you need to, but keep it short enough to keep the audience’s attention.
8. Accept post suggestions from the audience. In doing this your audience feels like they have a place on your blog and will definitely comment on the topics that they suggest. This will also help you to build content on your blog and if you would like to learn more about that read “Idiot Proof Ways to Build Blog Content”
9. Don’t close off your comments. Some bloggers will close off their comments on blog posts once the reach a certain limit of comments. Don’t do this if you are trying to get more comments, because you will cutting off all future comments that your blog could receive.
10. Become friends with bloggers in your niche and share comment love. If you comment on other people’s blogs regularly, they will usually return the favor. Don’t be anti-social get out there and make new friends.
11. Keep up with the “New.” Your audience is interested in learning about new things that are going on within your niche, so give them just that. Check out the news on a daily basis, write about recent articles and share your opinions and things like that.
12.Expound on topics that get a lot of comments. You will find that some posts on your blog just get more comments because of the topic. Pay attention to what these topics are and how you can expound on these topics.
These are just some easy ways that you can increase your blog’s comments without racking your brain or doing excessive work. Hope it helps!
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