Comments on: How to Be a Successful Blogger: Comment

By: Merging public relations with social media: best practices « Connect the Dots

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:21:50 +0000

[...] and probably impossible anyway, to comment on every single blog post that you come across. Larissa Fair at The Buzz Bin suggests challenging yourself to one or two targeted comments a day and aim for at least five per [...]

By: Darragh

Darragh — Tue, 27 May 2008 16:47:50 +0000

Hey there

Thanks as well for including my effort – really appreciate it. More to come!

Really chuffed at the inclusion :)

Darragh

By: Easy Author Websites

Easy Author Websites — Mon, 26 May 2008 14:58:06 +0000

Thanks for including my blog as a resource in this article.

Blogging is about communication…. and with 40,000 new blogs joining the blogosphere daily, I don’t think there’s a chance of any of us exhausting the possibilities.

By: Iarfhlaith Kelly

Iarfhlaith Kelly — Sun, 25 May 2008 23:30:18 +0000

Interesting post Larissa, but I’m doubtful that this strategy is sustainable in the long term.

Let me explain:

If the majority of comments on blogs come from other bloggers is there a chance that a ‘blogger bubble’ will emerge?

For instance, how often does a person who doesn’t have a blog post a comment? Probably nowhere near as often as those that do.

If the only reason to comment on someone else’s blog is to encourage readers to take at look at your own blog, then effectively we’re all jostling for each other’s attention instead of encouraging non-bloggers to participate in the conversation.

By: Connie Bensen

Connie Bensen — Sun, 25 May 2008 09:43:34 +0000

Thank you for linking to my post on this. Reading blogs is one thing, but only when you start commenting & actively participating in the conversations do you really start learning, questioning & engaging with the writer & other readers. I’ve met so many great people this way. Had I been passive the higher level of interaction would have never happened.
Thank you for all of the great links! (and taking the time to assemble it). It draws many of us out which is a talent that you seem to have :)

By: Larissa Fair

Larissa Fair — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:11:05 +0000

@ Bailey – thanks!

@ Rachel – that’s great you are noticing the results of your efforts…it really helps.

@ Chris – exactly. I think comments can also drive a lot of off-line interaction.

By: Morning Brief — Thursday, May 22 « The Book Publicity Blog

Morning Brief — Thursday, May 22 « The Book Publicity Blog — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:17:12 +0000

[...] Brief — Thursday, May 22 The PR blog The Buzz Bin talks up the importance of bloggers commenting on other blogs.Â (You may remember that the other day The Publicity Hound’s Blog posted [...]

By: Chris Brogan...

Chris Brogan... — Thu, 22 May 2008 02:17:56 +0000

To me, it’s really easy: there is no point to doing all this if people aren’t going to comment. So I make comments my #1 goal for engagement. What comes next is variable, but I want comments to be the reason someone points out my blog to someone else.

By: Rachel Gainer

Rachel Gainer — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:34:31 +0000

In my role at Tamarack – An Institute for Community Engagement, we’re using an online community (www.igloo.org/collaboration) and blogs to encourage people from all over Canada to engage in converstaions with each other, and to talk about the work that they’re championing to improve their own community.

We’ve noticed how effective commenting can be. Blogging without response can be tiresome work. Without the “payback” that commenting gives, bloggers (including myself) feel as though no one cares or is even reading what they’ve said.

Thanks for the great post and, equally, for the great links that are encouraging me to read on.

I’m reading an informative book right now – Managing Online Forums by Patrick O’Keefe – that’s been helpful to this work.

By: Bailey

Bailey — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:23:57 +0000

Great piece, good ideas.