{"id":481,"date":"2014-12-02T11:00:28","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T05:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.dosplash.com\/?p=481"},"modified":"2018-03-16T10:35:52","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T05:05:52","slug":"blog-commenting-effective-traffic-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dosplash.com\/blog\/blog-commenting-effective-traffic-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Why blog commenting is an effective traffic strategy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Blog commenting<\/strong> – ah I SO love this topic and I can go on and on talking about it.<\/p>\n

Not just to vent my passion for it, but because, talking about it will help YOU\u00a0as a blogger, to make the wheels roll in the right direction for your blog.<\/p>\n

If you are a blogger, you should have already heard about blog commenting. So what is blog commenting?<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are numerous blogs on the internet. We, the crowd that prefers to hang out online more than offline, read a lot of blogs per day.<\/p>\n

Even if we are \u201cworking\u201d, reading other blogs is part of \u201cwork\u201d, right? We need to read other blogs as reference to the content we create on a regular basis.<\/p>\n

We also read other blogs to keep up with the happenings and hot news in our industry (and even outside our industry).<\/p>\n

Our brain need fodder in order to produce. So it is nice to read other blogs to stay in touch.<\/p>\n

Also sometimes, I read other blogs because I so much like the person behind the blog and would simply love to keep tabs \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Now whenever you read a great piece of content it is good to let the author know that you liked what you have read.<\/p>\n

And not just that, if there\u2019s something you could add to the conversation, leaving a comment on the original blog post is a great way to do it.<\/p>\n

You could also contact the author of the post\/blog via email or other social media outlet and let them know your thoughts.<\/p>\n

But adding a comment directly below the blog post actually adds to the conversation directly – right there<\/strong><\/em>!<\/p>\n

Also it gives an opportunity for the others to read the related opinion\/conversation and chime in, if they wanted to.<\/p>\n

And\u2026 coming to the topic of this post, leaving a comment on the blog post is also a great way to drive traffic<\/a> back to your own blog or website.<\/p>\n

Whenever you leave a comment on the blog post you need to input your name and email id. You also have an option to input your website URL.<\/p>\n

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Now since there are millions of blog posts on the internet and even more millions of comments, this is not something that you should be exited about.<\/p>\n

Leaving your website URL along with your \u201cgreat post\u201d comment will NOT help drive traffic to your website.<\/p>\n

It all depends on the comment you leave, obviously!<\/p>\n

If you manage to leave a highly useful, insightful, and thoughtful comment that adds to the conversation, then you have a good chance to get noticed – both by the blog owner and\/or the post author and as well as other commenters or the community of the blog.<\/p>\n

Meaningful comments add to the conversation and if you are smart enough to add to the conversation in a useful way, you win – and the blog author wins as well since he\/she gets some additional valuable content on his\/her post. It is a win-win.<\/p>\n

So why is blog commenting<\/a> an effective traffic strategy?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blog commenting is a form of guest blogging<\/h2>\n

I look at blog commenting as a miniature form of guest blogging.<\/p>\n

With guest blogging<\/a>, you get a chance to perform as a guest on a stage that already has a wonderful audience.<\/p>\n

With blog commenting it is just the same<\/span>.<\/p>\n

You present your opinion and useful thoughts on the subject in front of an audience that is not your own. You get a chance to \u201cperform\u201d on another stage.<\/p>\n

And, just like guest blogging, the content you craft for a blog comment should be extraordinary<\/em> – it is the ONLY way to gain traction.<\/p>\n

[clickToTweet tweet=”Blog commenting = guest blogging (almost)” quote=”Blog commenting = guest blogging (almost)”]<\/p>\n

Not just that – just like guest blogging you cannot just publish one guest post on an authority blog and then expect to become a super star.<\/p>\n

You have to do it consistently<\/a> until your efforts scale up or until you have a tipping point.<\/p>\n