How To Increase Comments On Your Posts
A lot of bloggers measure their success by seeing how many comments a post got. And I’m one of them. Lots of people leave likes, without even opening the post sometimes. But a thoughtful comment means that someone took the time to read your post and leave their feedback. And as a bloggers that’s what you want, an engaged audience. I see people who have way more followers than I do but they only get a handful of comments per post. I never want to be in that position. No shade to them whatsoever. It’s just personally, I really value comments. And you’ll see that because I always try to respond to every comment I get even when they’re a lot. So, today I thought I would share some tips on how to increase comments on your posts. Here are the best ways to do that:
Be Active
I keep saying this on all my advice posts but it’s honestly the best strategy when it comes to blogging. If you are looking to grow the number of comments on your posts organically, you need to be as active as possible. If ever there was a secret to growing your blog, this is it.
When you are active on other blogs and leave genuine comments (please don’t spam them!) they are very likely to do the same. That way, you build a little community of your own. You’re active on their site and they are active on yours. It’s honestly a win-win. And it helps if these blogs are similar to your own because then you’ll have more to talk about.
You also want to be as active as possible on your own site. A lot of bloggers don’t respond to comments or give very curt replies. This dissuades your readers from commenting again because they feel like their comments are not valued by you. You want to be friendly, interact and even ask them questions to keep them engaged. Not only will you make actual friends (something that’s pretty easy to do on WordPress since people are quite friendly here) but you will also see an increase in your comments.
Focus On SEO
SEO is so incredibly vital when it comes to your blog. If you’re looking to grow that is. If you’re simply blogging as a hobby, don’t pay it no mind. SEO is great for increasing Search Engine traffic. After I started taking SEO seriously, I’ve been getting thousands of Search Engine views each year. And each year they increase thanks to the fact that I update older posts to make them more SEO friendly. So, when you have lots of Search Engine views, you also get a good number of comments and followers. Although many email followers prefer to be silent viewers, some are chatty and will leave comments.
If you haven’t started working on your SEO but are hoping to grow your blog, this is your sign to do so. Search Engine views are important and also worth a lot if you’re interested in working with sponsors at some point.
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Encourage Your Readers To Comments
You want to always encourage your readers to comment on your posts. What do I mean by that? Well, it would help if you wrote about topics that people can engage with. Things like books, music, TV shows, movies etc are pretty easy to get engagement with. Images are quite popular on this platform too. And even if you share other types of posts, you want to make sure they’re properly written, coherent, have minimal grammar issues or typos etc. If a post is user friendly, you’ll see an increase of comments on that post.
Furthermore, you want your posts to have the kind of tone where readers will want to engage with you. Make them feel like they’re talking to an old friend and that their opinions and thoughts are always welcome.
Lastly, you want to include them in the conversation. For example, I like to leave a few questions at the bottom of the post which helps readers engage more in the comments section. I want them to be part of this and express their thoughts on whatever topic I’m writing about. You never want to make your readers feel isolated.
Never Pay For Comments
In this day and age, you can pretty much pay for everything. And that kind of sucks when it comes to the internet. A lot of people buy likes, follows and yes even comments. It’s not as popular on WordPress but it does happen. The biggest sign is that someone will have like hundreds of likes and not a single comment. Or they will have very obviously bot like comments and none that are actually about the topic of the post.
I always say, don’t pay for things when it comes to blogging. Buying comments is a big red flag to real people who may be considering commenting on your posts. Not just that but if the system marks you as spam, the algorithm will stop pushing your posts which means you’ll get even less comments due to the decrease in traffic overall.
Again, please don’t buy comments. It may seem like a good idea but it will destroy your site over time.
Conclusion
So, that is how to increase comments on your posts. Of course, I’m sure there are other ways too. But these are the methods that work best for me and so I’m sharing them with you.
How do you increase comments on your posts? Do you use any of the methods I mentioned? Do you use any methods I didn’t mention? Are you someone who values comments more than likes and views? Have you ever bought comments? Let me know in the comments below because I would absolutely love to hear from you. Or simply stop by and say hi!
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