Imagine if you could use one simple blog commenting strategy, commenting on a handful of your favorite blogs everyday and increase website traffic.
Or even better…
What if I shared 10 blog commenting tricks with you that landed you 10% more visitors per day?
And why the heck am I only focusing on traffic? You get to build great relationships with other bloggers as well.
For the first 3 months since I had to divide my time into other projects apart from this blog (because that’s where 90% of my online income comes from till now), I couldn’t put any effort into SEO or link building other than blog commenting and sharing the posts on social media. I spend only two hours a day into blog writing and a little time for promotion to increase website traffic.
That’s because my main goal was not to focus on the quantity of visitors my site got but about the quality of visitors coming in.
Blog commenting has worked very well for me, and within three months, I’ve seen the traffic of my brand new blog increasing slowly from 0 to 100 to 120 visitors a day!
I guess not bad for a brand new blog with limited content and no other SEO effort.
People have the idea that the more blogs you comment on, the more visitors you’ll get, i.e., you will increase website traffic.
No, that’s wrong! I commented only on 5 to 10 quality, high traffic relevant blogs everyday that I enjoyed reading.
My goal was getting few hundreds of traffic per month but they had to be real and engaging visitors. No spam bots! And boy oh boy, I was successful.
Till now, I developed relationships and a low but stable readership of 100 visitors per day for my blog. I know the number is not high but I am happy with it now, given the effort I’ve put.
Recommended Reading: Blogging for Backlinks or Relationships – Which is Better?
10 Blog Commenting Strategies that Helped Increase Website Traffic to My Blog
1. Communicate openly, just as you’d talk to your friend
If you’ve landed on a blog on which you’ve never ever commented before and you read a something wonderful that’s tempting you to leave a comment, you generally think twice before you comment. You generally tend to keep away from saying few things that you might have said to your old blogger friend. Don’t do so. Tell them that you’re new to their blog and make an approach to make friends with the blogger.
However, your approach should not be benefit-based but just a friend that likes his or her blog. You’ll see most of them accepting your friendship and communicating with you openly.
Let’s take my case. When I started blogging, I commented on Angela McCall’s blog and communicated with her openly from the first day. She warmly welcomed me to her blog and we developed quite a friendly relation. I didn’t get much traffic from her blog but a good relationship blogging started.
2. Agree and Disagree, at times
Blog is a place where people share their opinions. So, what a blogger writes in his or her blog, you may either agree to it or disagree with it. If you agree, then tell them so, or else, show them why and where you disagree with them.
You can also criticize their points if you disagree but ensure that to make constructive criticism at times, only when needed. Don’t make any destructive or harsh criticisms ever. It just shows off your rudeness.
There was a point on Mitch’s blog that I couldn’t agree to, so I put my personal opinions there stating how I disagreed with him. Surprisingly, I got the support of his old readers and also got the notice of many. This brought me many visits to my blog and increase website traffic.
3. Interact with them on social media platforms
The next best place after their blog where most bloggers spend their time is social media. Join them on Facebook, follow them on Twitter, circle them on Google+ or LinkedIn. Tweet or Like their posts often. Who doesn’t like promotion? If you do your little helping them in promotion, they may also return the favor to you.
By regular interaction, if you can get them to follow you or friend you on Facebook, you’re almost successful because you’ll get more exposure.
I have many blogging friends like Harleena, Sherryl, Lisa whom I interacted with almost regularly on Twitter and they too did so. Ultimately, we became good friends and they too followed me. 🙂 My honor, though!
4. Join their groups on other platforms and engage with them
There are many blogging communities and bloggers often hang out there promoting their posts and their group member’s posts too. So, if you join these groups, your post is likely to get better exposure and increase website traffic hugely.
Also, they can see that you’re an active member of the blogging community and they’ll take you seriously.
Due to the stiff competition, many people start a blog but aren’t able to maintain it long-term. They quit. So, initially, the biggies may not be interested in interacting with you over social media, but once they see you’re really active and trying from the chore of your heart, taking the right actions, they will come out to help you and interact with you.
The main thing is that you’ve got to be serious and take actions. You need to prove yourself if you want to grow a successful blog.
5. Send emails occasionally
If you like a post on your favorite blog, send out email to the blogger complementing the post. Even if you find any serious faults, instead of writing those in comments publicly, email them. This point does not bring in visitors but again a good tip for relationship blogging.
6. Reply when a blogger replies to your comment
How often do you comment on a blog and the blog owner replied you? Often times, right? Well, I often see that’s the end of the communication of that post. But no!
If they’ve taken the time to reply, you too reply again to their reply when needed. This shows that you’re actually following the post and not just commenting for the sake of it or to create backlinks. Doing this, you also come to the notice of the blogger and get to develop quick relationship with him or her.
I personally do this many times and get great results. You come to the notice of the busy blogger within a short time. On top of that, your website traffic will also grow when other members of the blog notice how actively you are participating.
7. Add value to their blog with your comment
This is important! When you comment on a blog, make sure that you don’t repeat the things already mentioned in the post. Give your personal opinion, ask questions, or say something related that is not mentioned in the post but you want to share with the readers.
The comment should be something that others visitors will take notice of and click-through your name to visit your blog.
This way, you’re adding value to their blog and bringing valuable visitors to your blog as well.
8. Don’t fake yourself, be honest
Be honest in whatever you say. If you pretend to be someone, it will show up someday or the other. Just be yourself and everything will fall into place. The best way to be yourself is have an About Page in your blog and being yourself when talking with other bloggers.
9. Invite them to your blog
Once you’ve developed a good relationship with them, tell them to visit your blog when they have time. Don’t be forceful, just leave it to their wish. You will see they will someday or the other.
However, if you invite them to your blog, make sure that the content you have on your blog is worthy of their time and they feel the necessity to visit your blog again. Only then, you can retain your visitors and increase website traffic.
10. Be a little personal
Once you’ve got going with the blogger, you can talk a little personally, asking them how their week has been, sharing yours, if you’re going on a holiday, etc. This gives a feeling that you being a real person and not speaking to some stupid bot.
For example, wish them a nice evening on Twitter or a great journey if you know they’re going somewhere. These little things don’t matter much professionally and won’t bring you any instant money but will leverage your relationships with other bloggers and ultimately grow your readership.
Bonus Tip
I was to share 10 tips with you but I couldn’t resist myself from sharing this one. If you can place your comment towards the beginning, probably being the first or second commentator, you will definitely get much more traffic than if your comment was on 9th or lower below.
This bonus tip doesn’t matter much but definitely you’ll see better results when your aim is to increase website traffic.
Here’s How You Can Get Started on Blog Commenting Right Now To Increase Website Traffic
You might probably be thinking – “If I had a list to start right now, I’d have followed these steps.”
So, here’s my special gift for you – a list of 100 blogs you can comment on to increase your website traffic and build a healthy relation with other bloggers.
Now, leave a comment below and tell me do you think these blog commenting strategies help you in relationship blogging and increase website traffic?
I liked your list. i do try out some of the strategies that you mentioned,but my blog post,opened in November last year still has just 182 followers and about 9000 page views. I want to devote more time to reading and commenting on others posts but that needs so much time.Also i have very basic knowledge on computers.Thanks for your list anyway it was helpful.
Hi Nima,
Low numbers, like you say 182 followers isn’t much a thing to worry about but make sure that those 182 are rock-solid followers and they do share and engage with your stuff. If you are able to wow them, your audience base will definitely increase slowly and steadily over time. Buying 1000s of followers and no one engaging is nothing. That’s why I wrote this post on how I increased from 0 to just 100 loyal readers everyday, though 100 is not much from quantity point of view.
Hi Mainak,
Thanks for these valuable tips. They’re very useful.
I always comment on other blogger’s blogs who comment on my blog. I also usually subscribe (like I did on yours). But unfortunately, they don’t subscribe to receive updates from by blog. Although, they’ll comment on my posts if I comment on their posts.
I’m not complaining, just saying what I experienced.
You left a comment on my business blog http://www.divinecopywriter.com which prompted me to come over to your blog a few months ago. I know that I haven’t visited your blog for a while, but I’m here now. I hope to keep in contact with you.
I’ll take on board what you said and put it into practice.
Thanks again for sharing and have a great day. 🙂
June
Hi June,
So nice to see you on my blog again. 🙂
Yes, I agree that most bloggers comment if I comment on their blog, and it happens sometimes in my case too! But I do check my blogger friends’ blogs at least once a week to see if they have updated.
I remember commenting on Miraculous Ladies too but over time, we had lost contact and also I took off for about two months due to the heat wave we were experiencing here. But now, all is fine and I’m back! So, hope we keep in touch!
BTW, I really liked the way you invited me to your blog through this comment, I also subscribed to your list. Another practical example for my readers on Point 9, “Invite them to Blog”, without being forceful.
Have a great day too!
Mainak.
Hi Mainak,
Agree with you on some points. Commenting is somewhat better than guest posting. When we regularly comment on a blog then we receive reciprocal comments as a bonus.
Moreover, I want you to mention one point that I think is missing in your post and that is about relevant comments. I believe that one should only leave relevant comments and should select relevant sites for commenting and should avoid comment spams.
Thumbs up for the great post. It is beneficial for lot of peoples who are new to this. Keep doing the good work.
Nitin
Good addition @Nitin. Commenting on relevant blogs is a must and it brings targeted visitors to your site. And it’s great boost to backlink profile too when relevant sites are used for commenting.
Have a great day!
Hey man, followed you from the WF very nice article you wrote bud, thanks for the helpful hints and suggestions. Just wanted to say thank you again, sometimes it’s hard to find real good people that really want to help and not push crap they are selling at you. :)~ Have a great day sir. again Thank you.. I will be following you and your blog.
TOM
Hi Thomas,
Welcome to the blog, so nice to see you here. 🙂
Great to know that you find this helpful. I must thank you too, and inspiration from people like you is what keeps this blog going.
And thank you for the follow too. You made my day!
Mainak.
Hi Mainak,
these are great tips to get the most out of your comments,.
Additionally I sometimes also answer on other people’s comment if they said something I can add some value to. It helps to get connected with those people too and not just with the blog owner.
Have a nice day,
Torsten
Hi Torsten,
Welcome to the blog. :), so nice to see you here.
Another great addition to the already listed 10 points – it’s very true we definitely can comment on other people’s comment if they add value. But sometimes, I personally had faced incidences on some other blogs when the blog owner did not take this well, though this doesn’t happens in all cases. So, this is really a valuable addition.
Wishing you a great evening.
Mainak.
Fantastic blog commenting strategies. I think that leaving blog comments is one of the BEST things you can do to cultivate a real sense of community around your blog and brand. I believe that it’s important to respond to every single comment you get on your blog, good or bad. That really shows people that you hold your community engagement up to a high standard.
Thanks for sharing your insights with us.
~ Ti
Hi Ti,
Welcome to the blog, so nice to see you hear. 🙂
I agree commenting is one indication that a blog has growing community and response from the blogger is even more important because it shows the connection between the readers and the one who owns the blog. The sense of community feeling is what brings the readers close and more engaged to the blog.
Thanks for stopping by and hope to get more insights from you again on the next post.
Mainak.
This is a really nice article indeed. You have mentioned a good collection on blog commenting tricks that can surely help others to increase their blog traffic. But I would give you a suggestion, As i can see, all your outbound links are nofollow. You should consider removing the nofollow tag and let the link love flow. This will also help you to increase your blog authority.
I found your article on Kingged
Well, thanks for the suggestion but I keep the commenting links to no-follow but the links in the text of the article (if they aren’t affiliate links) are do-follow, which does increase authority of the blog.
Hey Mainak,
Indeed an informative article. Commenting is one of the way, by which you can drive more more traffic at your blog. But you should should follow some rules before commenting.
All the above mentioned points are very important but I want to add one points here. I have seen many blogger do comment without reading any article. Many of them write only”Great article” Thank you for sharing “. Definitely appreciate the author but firstly go through the post and then comment which should be relevant with the post.
All The Best for your blog and Keep posting.
I have found your post from Kingged.com
Regards,
Sarmista
Hi Sarmista,
Welcome to the blog and yes, there are many who just say “Great article” but that’s totally spam and knowingly or unknowingly, they disrespect the author. They are just lurking for throwing a backlink at the blog. So, you are right that every blog should have some rules set as to the type of comments they’ll accept and the type they won’t. This will keep spammers a little away, if not fully.
Wishing you good luck on your blog too. 🙂
Blog commenting is a best way to get good amount of traffic with a less work. But we should comment only in the comentluv and wordpress blogs by which we will get link to out blog or website by which we can get traffic.
Your article contains good commenting techniques to get traffic by commenting on other blogs.
Thank you for your hard work….
I got this article from kingged…
Not exactly Adarsh that you should only focus on commenting on commentluv enabled blogs. Whether a blog has commentluv or not doesn’t matter because you are not commenting for building links but commenting for relationships. Of course, you are commenting to get traffic but if your comment is valuable and catchy enough, people will even click through your link and visit your site.
Nice topic about Blog Commenting!
My take on number 2 “Agree and Disagree, at times” is sort of mind provoking. Why? There will be a tendency that if you disagree, the owner of the blog post will feel bad or upset. However, there is a nice way to tell him/her why you disagree. Like give a reason why, use a good and a nice voice for your comment. We should be careful with this kind of approach, I must say.
While I also like the number 3 “Interact with them on social media platforms”, by doing so, you can improve your relationship with them. There will be a good upshot.
Yes Metz, the author may sometimes get upset but voicing your thoughts appropriately, in a soft way, would make the deal. Harsh and rude criticism is not at all recommended because I think no one, even who is not a blogger, would take such things nicely.
And improving relationships on social media platforms is good but I would like to add one more point here and that is not to go to the extent that they feel disturbed. Like pinging them often or starting a chat with them. Keeping it optimum works well.
Have a great weekend! 🙂
Hi Mainak
Wow… Awesome tips bro……
If you ask me to select TOP 2 points from your article then they will be:
1. Communicate openly.
2. Add value to their community…
I believe these two points are the basic structure for every blog commenting strategies… 🙂
What say you?
Regards…
Hi Karmakar,
Welcome to the blog. 🙂 Indeed, communicating openly is very important and I must say that it is sort of an art because many people are not able to communicate openly. They keep many things to themselves while communicating. So, I do believe a friendly and good approach works wonders for blog commenting.
Yes you definitely have to do commenting on other blogs in your niche to spread your word and get new audience and at the same time if your comments is more insightful then you can drive good amount of referral traffic from that blog So I try to write comments on atleast 5 to 10 blogs per day
Cheers and keep up the good work
Rohit Singh
Great to hear your thoughts Rohit. Long comment is not the way out, but an insightful comment is that matters. Joining the discussion and being a part of it is what matters.
I liked the honesty of your article . It’s very important that you build connection with other bloggers. It not only helps you grow but also benefits other bloggers mutually.
I am in the process of doing the same thing for my new technology blog at techfixes , which I started being a tech addict.
After reading through this article I completely agree about the content. However there’s one particular thing that I would like to ask on a side note as a recommendation.
Is there any benefits of replying to a blog post which is quite old , considering that you like the article ? For instance , consider this one.
Do bloggers look up and reply to comments on old posts usually ?
Looking for an answer to this.
Subscribed to your blog !
Indeed connecting with other bloggers in your niche will help you grow out and build a brand for yourself. And great to know that you will be applying the same to your blog as well. Let me know how it goes.
Yes, replying to an old blog post is definitely recommended because it is a sign that your old posts are getting traffic. So, replying to comments on your old posts will help you connect with a new visitor of your blog and in turn will help you get a regular visitor to your blog.
Thanks for subscribing by the way. You made my day! 🙂
Thanks to Blog Authors. I believe that it’s a great informative written for website traffic. I read money blog or website for increase website traffic. Although, Blog comment is not main traffic source. You know here is the main fact unique article. But I want to know from you. How many words can I use per article or per blog post?
Yes, blog comment does not account for traffic but more for relationship with other bloggers in your niche. It depends on how much information you can put into that particular post without writing fluff.