PB079: 11 Quick Tips to Get More Comments on Your Blog

Note: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes. How to Get People to Comment on Your Blog Posts Today's episode is about how to get more comments on your blog. I share 11 tips you can use to get more attention and interaction. Today's podcast is a challenge to myself - to include as much high quality advice as I can in just 3 minutes! These are tips you can keep coming back to in future to keep improving your relationship with your readers. 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). In today's episode: How to invite comments How to write in a conversational tone, so people feel more comfortable to leave a comment How to ask a question at the end of your blog posts to increase your chances of getting comments How you can use your blog headline to get people excited about commenting The most powerful type of question you can ask for increasing comments An easy tactic you can use to get the ball rolling for comments How to respond to trolls and scammers How to respond to constructive comments to encourage those people to comment more in future How to use social media to increase blog comments Further Reading and Resources for How to Get People to Comment on Your Blog Posts 10 Techniques to Get More Comments on Your Blog 19 Ways to Build Relationships with Blog Comments - Social Media Examiner 10 Blog Commenting Tips to Get Traffic from Other Blogs - Learn to Blog Leave Comments on Other Blogs [Day 20 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog] - podcast Full Transcript Expand to view full transcript Compress to smaller transcript view Hi there. My name is Darren Rowse and welcome to episode 79 of the ProBlogger Podcast. Today, I want to give you a three-minute podcast. It is another short one, but I hope it is helpful for you because it is a question I get asked all the time. How do I get more comments on my blog posts? You can find today’s show notes at problogger.com/podcast/79. So let us get into the tips. Number 1. Invite comments. You exponentially increase the chances of getting comments on your blog post simply by asking for one at the end of your post. Number 2. Write in a conversational tone. The more your readers feel like you are talking to them rather than just writing a post, the more likely you are to get comments, so write in a conversational kind of tone. Number 3. Ask questions at the end of your blog posts. Rather than just saying, “Leave a comment,” include a specific question. This gives your readers a starting point when they are thinking about what to comment on. Number 4 is building upon this idea of asking questions and it is to ask a question in the headline of your post. You would not want to do it in every single post, but when you ask a question in your blog post title, it invites your readers to start thinking about their response even before they read anything at all. It really works well. Number 5. Be open-ended with your blog posts. If you said everything there is to say on your topic in your blog post, there is much less chance that your readers are going to feel the need to comment at all. Number 6. Interact with the comments left. If you are not willing to interact in the comments why would your readers. This makes your comment section become a conversation section. Number 7. Kick off the comments with your own comment. If you are not getting many comments on a post or any at all, answer your own question or add a new point to your post by leaving a comment. This sometimes gets the ball rolling. Number 8. Deal with trolls and spanners. If comments on your post are going toxic, be willing to step in and get things back on track. An unmoderated comment section can be a real put-off to those who are n...