10 Easy Ways For More Blog Comments

Is your blog a little too quiet for comfort? Then try these 10 quick and easy ways to get those comments rolling in.

 
1. Ask and you shall receive. If you don't ask, you don't get it. People are funny creatures, when you ask it's like an invitation it's OK for them to say something.

2. Can they help you? Tell your readers you need help with an issue. For example, help picking out a new hairstyle, color for your home office, new computer, help with a new logo design. You get the idea.

3. People love a little bit of self promotion especially online where link backs are like manna from heaven. Tell people you're building a resource list, if they know of a resource, post it and if they own a relevant resource, tell them to post their links in the comments.

4. Get them to finish a list for you. For example, you say you're writing a report about seven most common insurance problems but you've found only four. Tell them to come up with the other three and the ones chosen will be included in your report complete with credits as an extra bonus.

5. Encourage reviews about a product or service you blogged about, even if they are negative. Having both positive and negative reviews helps make your blog more believable and sincere.

6. Subscribe to comments. People are used to forums. Whether they contribute to a discussion or not, they like to get notified when someone else has something to say about a post they are interested in. Make it easy for them by offering comment subscription both by email and RSS.

7. Make use of your network, customers or prospect list. Tell people about your blog and to let you know what they think about the topics you've blogged about.

8. Giving away a freebie? Include your blog URL. Tell people to share their thoughts about your freebie at your blog.

9. Are you posting too often? Strange as it may sound, maybe you're posting so often that your readers can't keep up.

10. Encourage discussion. Blog about something you read on another blog, news, magazine or other media. Then invite readers to share their thoughts. This works very well for topics in the news.

Now you know them, try these suggestions on for size. Sometimes you might get comments right away, sometimes it takes a while to get results but that doesn't mean it's not working. Keep plugging. They'll start to warm up to you before you know it.

About the author:
Lynette Chandler helps business owners build quality blogs that last for the long haul at Blogging Starter Pack.com .