Every blogger wishes his posts being noticed, shared and commented by his readers. A single comment is not less than a reward from your blog visitor. That wonderful feeling of getting appreciated and congratulated covers all that pain you took researching, writing and editing that post, but sometimes we overlook the importance of our commentators or we just don’t comprehend the difference between a comment and an engagement.
While a comment is a remark posted by your blog visitor who might not comment next time, engagement can turn that first time visitor into a loyal reader of your blog, forever. Certainly, engagement helps you to make a bond with your readers. There are many ways to make a blog post which encourage comments but how can you revolve that single blog comment into a healthy long engagement?
It’s all upon your ability to interact with your readers which will help you to make them loyal readers. Following are 25 best ways you can turn a blog comment into an engagement.
- Ask for Advice: It makes commentator feel his importance.
- Ask Questions: You’ll always get answers
- Be Wrong Sometimes: Let your commentators makes you right.
- Give The Right Answer: Commentators often expect solutions from you.
- Applaud For Best Opinion: Praising works well.
- Thanks For Comment: Courteousness is a sign of civilized person
- Reply By Mentioning Names: That’s how you make your commentators a friend from a stranger.
- Greet Your Commentators: Instead of being straight, why not say a small Hi!
- Make Sure You Have Solved The Query by replying a comment: Be on the point
- Agree to Their Point of View: Keep your ego away.
- Don’t Agree to Everyone’s Point of Views: Be sure of your credence
- Spark a Debate: But only with logical grounds
- Keep that Debate Friendly: You always want them to come back.
- Don’t use SMS language. It alwys suks but luk gud on txt msgs
- Reply to each and every comment: Show your presence.
- Be apologetic if done a mistake: It will help you earning respect
- Use Gravatar to show the real you: Pictures are wonderful
- Use Disqus Comment System: Threaded comment system is better than traditional boxes
- If not sure about something, say it “I am not sure” but don’t share wrong information.
- Be friendly and cheerful with your commentators: that will make a happy surrounding
- Welcome Critics : Take negative remarks positively and talk to critics openly but tactfully
- Try Visiting your regular commentator’s blog and do make comments: make a quality comment
- Don’t Comment out of frustration: We always need to be cool down.
- Don’t Comment in rush: Avoid silly mistakes
- But, Comment as soon as possible
- Bonus: Use “Subscribe to Comment” plugin.
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