PB020: Leave Comments on Other Blogs [Day 20 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog]

How to Leave Comments on Other Blogs Today's episode is all about how you can leave comments on other blogs to build relationships and grow your blog's audience. Photographer smiling in satisfaction at her images by Lars Zahner on 500px In this Episode You can listen to today's episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we'd also LOVE to get your reviews on those platforms if you have a moment). Today we talk about: The 5 benefits to leaving comments on other blogs The dangers of leaving comments on other blogs if you don't do it well How to make leaving comments on other blogs a regular habit How leaving comments on other blogs can improve your blog content How did you go with today's challenge? Do you leave comments on other blogs? What ideas will you use next for commenting on other blogs? I'd love to hear your feedback on this approach to commenting on other blogs in the comments below. Further Reading: The Ultimate Guide to Leaving Comments on Blogs How to Leave Meaningful Blog Comments - Writer's Digest 19 Ways to Build Relationships with Blog Comments - Social Media Examiner Benefits of Comment Marketing for Traffic and Popularity - SEO Siren 10 Blog Commenting Tips to Get Traffic from Other Blogs - Learn to Blog Full Transcript Expand to view full transcript Compress to smaller transcript view Welcome to the ProBlogger Podcast episode 20, day 20 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog. Today, I’m challenging you to get off your blog, and go and leave some comments on other people’s blogs. This could have all kinds of benefits including driving some traffic to your blog, but also sparking all kinds of ideas and potential collaborations between you and those bloggers whose blogs that you visit. You can find today’s show notes at problogger.com/podcast/20. Hi, this is Darren from ProBlogger. Welcome to day 20 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog. Probably the most common piece of advice that I hear people giving on building to bring traffic to your blog is to leave comments on other people’s blogs. I’ve been hearing this advice since 2002 when I started blogging. It’s been around for many years and that’s because there’s some truth in this advice. It is a great technique for helping you build your profile and to build some traffic back to your blog, but it’s worth saying right up front that today’s challenge also has the potential to hurt your blog, so proceed with caution. There are definitely some benefits of leaving comments on other people’s blogs. It gets you off your blog and viewing other people’s blogs, which is a good thing because you learn more about how other people approach blogging. It could also spark all kinds of ideas for your own blog posts, particularly if you’re reading other blogs in your niche. It’s also great for helping to get to know other bloggers in your niche, which could lead to all kinds of relationships and even collaborations down the years. By them knowing who you are, they’re more likely to link to you and want to work with you in some way. It also creates a little doorway into your blog for the readers of those blogs. A lot of people say that’s the number one reason, but for me, it’s probably not the number one. It’s certainly an opportunity to drive some traffic that way, but for me, it’s the other things that are more beneficial. Lastly, it also builds your profile, and it showcases your expertise as well if you leave good comments, that is. I said before, there are some dangers if you don’t comment well on other people’s blogs. The dangers are that you could come across as overly self-promotional, spammy, pushy, or just a try-hard. I want to give you some dos, but at first, I want to give you some don’ts when it comes to leaving comments on other blogs. Don’t leave too many links. Don’t leave too many comments.