Putting comments on others blogs is an integrated part of blogging and it is very important too. Blog commenting is really good way to build relationships. Leaving comments on other blogs can be quite overwhelming if you combine it with regular blogging activities. I know that commenting on other blogs is important but I can’t devote an entire day for it. Hence, there is a need for efficient blog commenting. By efficient, I mean working smart instead of working hard. You should get more work done in less time. Here I am giving you two tips which I follow –
A) Use social media like Twitter
I use Twitter for promoting my content by engaging with others. For commenting, relationships need to be given more priority than promotion.
I don’t follow a lot of people, so there is not much chance that I would get distracted. You can say that I am crazy but I do not want much noise. They start following me, then wait to see if I am following them too and if I don’t they unfollow me.
Twitter must be used like a tool for finding good blogs for commenting. One advantage of this is that unlike RSS reader, where I just see the blogs that I visit, Twitter helps me in finding new blogs. If the blog content is impressive, I add it to my list of RSS subscription and then become a reader & commenter. I have used this approach a lot and it has got me good traffic.
B) Use RSS feeds and organize them
Contrary to what many might think, RSS feeds aren’t dead. In fact, I always prefer to subscribe to blog through the feed before I go for email subscriptions. This is because of two reasons –
RSS feeds aren’t just for reading the blogs that you like the most, they also help you with blog commenting. I used Google reader to schedule my blog commenting because i find it quite organized. I put away 30 minutes everyday for visiting Google reader and commenting on the unread posts.
Also, if feeds are full then you will save a click. I got through the post in RSS reader and then click only if I wish to comment on it. This saves me a lot of time.
I use Chrome browser and have put in an extension for this. Firefox too has a couple of such extensions available.
I use Twitter for promoting my content by engaging with others. For commenting, relationships need to be given more priority than promotion.
I don’t follow a lot of people, so there is not much chance that I would get distracted. You can say that I am crazy but I do not want much noise. They start following me, then wait to see if I am following them too and if I don’t they unfollow me.
Twitter must be used like a tool for finding good blogs for commenting. One advantage of this is that unlike RSS reader, where I just see the blogs that I visit, Twitter helps me in finding new blogs. If the blog content is impressive, I add it to my list of RSS subscription and then become a reader & commenter. I have used this approach a lot and it has got me good traffic.
B) Use RSS feeds and organize them
- Reading blogs through feeds involves fewer distractions even if you have turned on the email notifiers.
- I’d never submit any of my email address details to blogs without going through the content first. Reading the content of the blog through feeds let me examine the content quality and then I decide whether to submit my email details or not.
RSS feeds aren’t just for reading the blogs that you like the most, they also help you with blog commenting. I used Google reader to schedule my blog commenting because i find it quite organized. I put away 30 minutes everyday for visiting Google reader and commenting on the unread posts.
Also, if feeds are full then you will save a click. I got through the post in RSS reader and then click only if I wish to comment on it. This saves me a lot of time.
I use Chrome browser and have put in an extension for this. Firefox too has a couple of such extensions available.
