I’ve been around the block a few times when it comes to commenting. Yes, I love getting comments on this blog and the handful of other blogs I run. My infatuation with comments doesn’t end there, no, I love commenting on other blogs and adding to the ongoing conversation for multiple reasons. Mainly for the promotion aspects, but that doesn’t take away from my liking it! Anyway like I said, I have quite a bit of experience on this and today I will share with you 5 ways to get all your comments noticed. Seeing as getting noticed is half the battle of promotion, this should help a lot of you.

1. Be First

So it may not be a surprise that number one is actually being the first commenter. Being first gives you the most visibility, when some one finishes reading a article they tend to skim through the comments looking to see what was said. The thing about being first or at least in the top three is that nearly everyone will see your comments, what you added and hopefully click through to your site.

2. Be The Only

Never assume a comment-less post doesn’t get traffic. I find that commenting on posts without comments or with very few comments actually gives me the biggest return as far as traffic goes. Cause the post either already gets good amounts of traffic or it eventually gets some good traffic. Be that only commenter, chances are it’ll be worth the 20 words.

3. Use Your Real Name

This is simply good practice with a ton of perks. Every time you go around commenting on some good posts use your real name, preferably first and last name. This creates consistency and can eventually build a brand around you. People are going to start to recognize you as “Jim Sams” instead of “#1 Fishing Blog.”

Plus most blogs have comment policy’s – which I will be adopting very soon – that say these keywords aren’t allowed in the name field.

4. Personalize Them

What makes your blog yours is the personality you infuse in the writing, videos or audio. Well the same concept goes for comments. The only thing really separating your comment from the others is the fact that you wrote it, so put your feelings about the post into your comment, make it alive and loud.

Just make sure you don’t go on a CAPS LOCK and explication point rampage, and I guarantee your comments will be seen and read.

5. Reply To Replies

Conversations get noticed. So if some one replies to you – this goes ten fold if it’s the author – respond to it. It shows that people are noticing you so for a lack of better term notice them back. Show people that your not just in it for the traffic but for the community and conversation as well.

Some blogs have a subscribe option at the bottom of the comment are – like the one here – so it makes it easier to keep up with replies.

Well, if your like me you love the power of comments, but you know that getting them noticed is really the most important part. What do you think gets comments noticed? Also do you think comments are really useful as a promotion tool?

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