The document provides tips for attracting comments to blogs such as commenting on other blogs to initiate conversations, posting controversial topics to generate discussion, running competitions that require comments to participate, directly inviting comments on posts, and responding to all comments to encourage further engagement and discussion. Interacting with visitors through comments can help build relationships and awareness while increasing return visits and ROI.
2. Consider getting commentsDo people just visit your site or are they proactively participating?Well known and established communities can bring more interested visitors in, to interact and join the partyBy interacting with your visitors, you can build relations, improve your brand awareness and increase your ROI
3. Comment on other blogsBy commenting on other peoples blogs it demonstrates you are an active participant in the communityIt creates to opportunity to initiate a conversation to introduce your siteThis can lead to return visits to your site by those you are in conversation with
4. Bait for commentsAny kind of controversial blog post can generate interest and draw comments to your siteReaders can either agree or disagree with your blog either way, you receive the comments If the blog engages people, some may support or argue your case for you with other commenter's building a chain up
5. Reward those who commentRun competitions via your blog, asking for the answers to be left in the Comments sectionReward regular commenter's with links to your site to build relations furtherMention any good comments in future blogs. If people see you read and use the comments they will comment again
6. Invite commentsAt the end of your post simply ask people to comment. People like to contribute valuable input on subjects they are knowledgeable aboutEnd posts with let me know if I have missed anything or questions like What to you think? and invite people to comment
7. Respond to earlier comments Respond to all comments you receive. People like to know you are reading their feedbackThank them for their comment and let them know their comment is appreciatedThen answer their question or start a discussion from that point