Pointers In Persuading Readers To Place Blog Comments

Aaron Elliott on Jun 23rd 2012 in Blogging 0

Do you place blog comment boxes at the end of your blog posts? It is very important for all bloggers to give their readers or followers a chance to express their thoughts about their blog posts by placing blog comment boxes at the end of each blog they share. Blog comments are relevant social media elements. Sadly though, not everyone knows this. Not all bloggers know that blog comments can actually play a great part in optimizing any given blog. How can you encourage your readers to leave blog comments?

Blog Comments Are Crucial Social Media Elements

Blog comments can be considered as social media elements because they help this particular website content become highly “sociable” online. Comments indicate human online interaction and give a chance for blogs, like e-commerce businesses such as Promopeddler, to get relevant back links. They can show how popular a certain blog post is. The more comments a blog post has the more likable and relevant it becomes. That certain post will now be effectively crawled and optimized by the search engines.

How do you persuade your readers to leave blog comments? What can you do to make them want to leave their contact details, especially personal or corporate links in your comment boxes? Here are some tips for you:

Place “call to action” statements.

One effective way of encouraging readers to leave comments is to place a “call to action” statement or question at the end of the post. You can ask them a specific question or pose a challenge in which to base their comments on.

Ask for additional thoughts or concepts about your post.

You can also ask your readers to give additional insights, pointers, or tips aside from the ones you already gave in your post. This way, they can get the ball rolling and open up an opportunity for other readers to do the same.

Reply to relevant comments.

If you want your readers to keep placing blog comments, you need to reply or react to theirs. This way, they will know that they’re actually interacting to a human writer and not just commenting on a machine-generated post.

Use clear transition statements.

It is also important for you to state where and how to place comments. This is especially useful for readers who haven’t experienced placing blog comments before. Give specific and clear instructions so they’ll know what to do.

Make sure that the comment box is noticeable and state clear instructions about blog commenting procedures.

You need to ensure a well-placed comment box at the end of the blog so readers can easily spot it. If you have specific instructions about leaving comments, make sure to explain it clearly and properly.

Thank your readers in advance.

Even if they haven’t placed a comment yet, you may go ahead and thank your readers or followers in advance for considering the prospect of leaving one. This way, they may be motivated to actually leave comments and opinions after they have read your piece.

Leave additional links in your replies.

In order to motivate more reactions to your blog and even the comments that have been placed in it, you can also try to place additional relevant links about the topic being discussed. This can be a really good way to incite more reaction from them and keep the conversation going.

I hope you found the tips helpful. Blog comments do more than serve as instant reaction or opinion tool for readers and followers. It can also give a wealth of optimization benefits for bloggers. Will you place blog comments for each post you read from now on? Feel free to leave one now!

Guest post by: Niña Angeli Pilapil, a bookworm by heart, is an expert in promotional products used for both marketing and personal reasons. She is employed by Promopeddler as their official writer and blogger.