Comments on: How Do Bloggers Get Readers to Comment on Posts? http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/how-do-bloggers-get-readers-to-comment-on-poststips-for-blogging/ Tips for writers, freelancers, and novelists paired with quips from successful authors, to help you write better! Tue, 15 May 2012 00:28:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/how-do-bloggers-get-readers-to-comment-on-poststips-for-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-5667 Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:32:43 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/?p=1642#comment-5667 Hi JM, Thanks for taking the time to comment. I agree with you on both points: commenting on blogs encourages more blog comments, and commenting on blogs is incredibly time-consuming! I don't have time to read other blogs, much less comment...and I admire people who do. Hi JM,

Thanks for taking the time to comment. I agree with you on both points: commenting on blogs encourages more blog comments, and commenting on blogs is incredibly time-consuming! I don’t have time to read other blogs, much less comment…and I admire people who do.

]]> By: J. M. Strother http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/how-do-bloggers-get-readers-to-comment-on-poststips-for-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-5644 J. M. Strother Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:58:12 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/?p=1642#comment-5644 The biggest factor in getting a lot of comments for me is being engaged with my readers -- reading their blogs, commenting back and forth both in my own comment threads and theirs. But that is very time consuming. When life's demands keep me away the number of comments drops precipitously. And like Tony, I get many more comments on my fiction than on my other posts. Hi Tony! Nice to see you here. (Sorry, just wanted to say 'hey' to Tony.) I think perhaps you ask for readers to respond so you can get good ideas on what to write about next. ~jon The biggest factor in getting a lot of comments for me is being engaged with my readers — reading their blogs, commenting back and forth both in my own comment threads and theirs. But that is very time consuming. When life’s demands keep me away the number of comments drops precipitously. And like Tony, I get many more comments on my fiction than on my other posts.

Hi Tony! Nice to see you here. (Sorry, just wanted to say ‘hey’ to Tony.)

I think perhaps you ask for readers to respond so you can get good ideas on what to write about next.
~jon

]]> By: Sheta Bealay http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/how-do-bloggers-get-readers-to-comment-on-poststips-for-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-4504 Sheta Bealay Sun, 04 Apr 2010 10:09:26 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/?p=1642#comment-4504 Thank you for sharing this about blogging. Thank you for sharing this about blogging.

]]> By: George Angus http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/how-do-bloggers-get-readers-to-comment-on-poststips-for-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-4236 George Angus Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:20:57 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/?p=1642#comment-4236 Oy. The comment thing. Great content written from the heart, with passion. Those posts typically bring more comments in my experience. Respond to the readers who take the time to read your post and comment. Personally, if my comments are ignored often enough, I'm apt to stop visiting the blog. Visit, read, and comment on other blogs. George .-= George Angus´s last blog post ..<a href="http://tumblemoose.com/3-must-know-tips-for-guest-authors/" rel="nofollow">3 Must-Know Tips for Guest Authors</a> =-. Oy.

The comment thing.

Great content written from the heart, with passion. Those posts typically bring more comments in my experience.

Respond to the readers who take the time to read your post and comment. Personally, if my comments are ignored often enough, I’m apt to stop visiting the blog.

Visit, read, and comment on other blogs.

George
.-= George Angus´s last blog post ..3 Must-Know Tips for Guest Authors =-.

]]> By: Donn King http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/how-do-bloggers-get-readers-to-comment-on-poststips-for-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-4228 Donn King Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:44:05 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/?p=1642#comment-4228 Doh! Make that "thought-provoking." I should provoke more thinking in my editor side before hitting the submit button. Doh! Make that “thought-provoking.” I should provoke more thinking in my editor side before hitting the submit button.

]]> By: Donn King http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/how-do-bloggers-get-readers-to-comment-on-poststips-for-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-4227 Donn King Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:42:57 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/?p=1642#comment-4227 Good, though-provoking ideas on getting comments, especially insofar as they encourage real interaction. In fact, I think that's one of the reasons you solicit responses from readers--it gets them not only to interact with the material in the post at a deeper level, but also with each other, building a sense of community. Good, though-provoking ideas on getting comments, especially insofar as they encourage real interaction. In fact, I think that’s one of the reasons you solicit responses from readers–it gets them not only to interact with the material in the post at a deeper level, but also with each other, building a sense of community.

]]> By: Susan Christerson Brown http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/how-do-bloggers-get-readers-to-comment-on-poststips-for-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-4225 Susan Christerson Brown Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:59:48 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/?p=1642#comment-4225 I appreciate your suggestion to ask why we comment on other blogs. That sense of personal connection, of being touched by what is written, is what matters to me. And it's important to remember that when we're writing. I appreciate your suggestion to ask why we comment on other blogs. That sense of personal connection, of being touched by what is written, is what matters to me. And it’s important to remember that when we’re writing.

]]> By: Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/how-do-bloggers-get-readers-to-comment-on-poststips-for-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-4221 Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:27:21 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/?p=1642#comment-4221 Hi Leigh Ann ~ Thanks for posting the "freebie alert" on your blog! I hope one of your readers guesses why I invite comments at the end of every post...but the main reason isn't because I want to show them I care. That's ONE reason, but not the MAIN reason :-) My main reason is a little more selfish. Hi Donald ~ I do want my readers to feel connected and to interact with me, but my motives for inviting readers to comment are more blog-oriented... Thanks for piping up, my friends! Don't give up... Laurie .-= Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen´s last blog post ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/QuipsTipsForFreelanceWriters/~3/LZUlDOHIZio/" rel="nofollow">How Do Bloggers Get Readers to Comment on Posts? Tips for Blogging</a> =-. Hi Leigh Ann ~ Thanks for posting the “freebie alert” on your blog! I hope one of your readers guesses why I invite comments at the end of every post…but the main reason isn’t because I want to show them I care. That’s ONE reason, but not the MAIN reason :-) My main reason is a little more selfish.

Hi Donald ~ I do want my readers to feel connected and to interact with me, but my motives for inviting readers to comment are more blog-oriented…

Thanks for piping up, my friends! Don’t give up…

Laurie
.-= Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen´s last blog post ..How Do Bloggers Get Readers to Comment on Posts? Tips for Blogging =-.

]]> By: Donald Conrad http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/how-do-bloggers-get-readers-to-comment-on-poststips-for-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-4213 Donald Conrad Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:51:13 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/?p=1642#comment-4213 I think you end your posts with an invitation to respond as a way for your readers to interact and feel connected, which will hopefully bring them back. .-= Donald Conrad´s last blog post ..<a href="http://flashtold.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/wake-your-cheatin-heart/" rel="nofollow">Wake Your Cheatin’ Heart</a> =-. I think you end your posts with an invitation to respond as a way for your readers to interact and feel connected, which will hopefully bring them back.
.-= Donald Conrad´s last blog post ..Wake Your Cheatin’ Heart =-.

]]> By: Leigh Ann Otte http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/how-do-bloggers-get-readers-to-comment-on-poststips-for-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-4212 Leigh Ann Otte Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:30:25 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/?p=1642#comment-4212 Oh, fun! A contest! I think you invite comments because you want to show that you care about the reader--that you're not writing in a vacuum--to make them feel more connected to you. I like point number six. I'm not sure what makes me comment, beyond disagreeing with other commenters. Hmmm ... I guess maybe when people ask a pointed question, it at least makes it easier to comment. You don't have to try to think of something to say. .-= Leigh Ann Otte´s last blog post ..<a href="http://thedoctorwriter.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/freebie-alert-quips-and-tips-e-book-and-guest-posts/" rel="nofollow">FREEBIE ALERT: Quips and Tips e-book and guest posts</a> =-. Oh, fun! A contest! I think you invite comments because you want to show that you care about the reader–that you’re not writing in a vacuum–to make them feel more connected to you.

I like point number six. I’m not sure what makes me comment, beyond disagreeing with other commenters. Hmmm … I guess maybe when people ask a pointed question, it at least makes it easier to comment. You don’t have to try to think of something to say.
.-= Leigh Ann Otte´s last blog post ..FREEBIE ALERT: Quips and Tips e-book and guest posts =-.

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