Does your blog put out a welcome mat for comments? Would you like more interaction on your blog?There are lots of blogs today, which means that people have many places where they can go to learn new things.
If you don’t make people feel welcome, they may read and dash without leaving a comment.
Here are 7 ways you can encourage your readers to leave comments.
Tip #1: Check your blog comments settings
Do you make it easy for someone to leave a comment?That might sound like a crazy question until you look closely at the comments settings available in the two most popular blogging platforms, WordPress and Blogger. Both platforms give you options for limiting who can post comments on your blog without really explaining the impact of your choices.
Every business has a unique situation, so you need to consider your business blog comments options carefully. In general, I recommend that you make it easy for people to comment and (nearly) impossible for spammers to comment.
So how do you do that?
On WordPress blogs:
- Make it easy for people to comment by only requiring commenters to provide their name and email address.
The WordPress comment settings appear on the Discussion Settings page.
This WordPress comment option makes it easy for people to comment on your blog.
- Make it difficult for spammers to comment by turning on comment moderation for first time commenters. This option requires the blog administrator to approve the first comment from everyone. WordPress automatically approves any other comments posted by the same person.
This WordPress comment option requires the blog administrator to approve the first comment from everyone.
- Make it easy for people to comment by selecting the option to let anyone comment.
This Blogger comments setting makes it easy for people to add comments to your blog posts.
- Make it difficult for spammers to comment by turning on the word verification setting. People must type a word displayed on the screen to successfully submit a comment. Because most comment spammers are computer programs, they can’t complete this typing test.
This
Blogger comment option requires everyone to pass a simple typing test
before posting a comment to greatly reduce comment spam.
Tip #2: Ask for comments
At the end of your blog post, always ask the reader to leave a comment. It’s like telling someone a story and then saying, “Well, what do you think?”I recommend that you write a customized comment request statement at the end of each blog post. Rather than writing a generic statement (“Post your comments below”), be specific. Write a unique comment request based on the blog post content.
An example of a blog post asking for reader comments.
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