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Business Blog Step 24 - Interacting Using Your Blog
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Article Overview: Here is some advice on how to make best use of the interactive features of a blog.
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Business Blog Step 24 - Interacting Using Your Blog
Here is
some advice on how to make best use of the interactive features of a blog.
a) Turn
comments on and use them
The
level of interactivity that you can achieve through the comments function of a
Blog should in itself convince you that you must have this function turned on -
in fact, there are some people who are of the opinion that it’s not a real blog
if you don’t.
This
doesn’t mean that you have to let all visitors leave comments immediately – you
can moderate comments or ask for people to sign up to leave a comment, in fact
most systems will give you good flexibility in this respect.
You
also should guard against Spam Comments which are automatically posted to
create backlinks to a site - a spam filter such as Akismet (excellent and free
of charge for most blog systems) will ensure that you avoid comment spam which
might drown out the real comments you receive. However you decide to accept
comments, make sure you DO accept them.
b)
Respond to your comments
This
may seem an obvious comment to make but it is often overlooked. If you are
receiving comments then that is great news because it demonstrates that you
have provoked enough interest in your readers that they want to comment on your
content.
So
reply to them, thank them for their comments and answer any points raised –
this lets them know that you have read their comment and starts up the first
elements of a conversation which you can then develop further.
c) Link
to other blogs and other sites
Never
miss an opportunity to link up to other sites. I don’t mean in an “I’ll put a
link to you if you put a link to me” reciprocal type of way that you might have
used for your website. I’m talking about you linking to others when you
reference their articles and refering to comments that they have made, both of
which you should do as often as necessary.
It may
seem mad that I am recommending that you link outwards when you also need to
develop inbound links to your blog, but these will come, I can assure you. The
blogosphere is all about links, that is how people connect most often so don’t
be afraid to link outward to others. Links will also be of interest to your own
visitors and, by giving them access to additional sources, you will quickly
become the hub of information for them on your area of expertise.
d) Make
comments on other blogs
Posting
relevant comments on other blogs is a great way to get yourself known and also
to encourage people to visit your own site, hopefully to continue the
conversation that you have started.
If you
don’t post comments on other blogs then you are just sitting and waiting for
others to comment on your own blog – conversations can be started by more than
one person, so go out and start some.
e)
Create a blogroll
Most blogs will have a list of other blogs that they consider are worth reading
which is called a blogroll. It’s a good idea to include one in your own blog to
show sites that you believe would add value.
Don’t
have hundreds of them or this will be unmanageable and will add little value;
instead, select the ones that you have found most useful from your own
perspective and that you believe your visitors would also find informative and
add these to your blogroll.
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- Hi David,
I agree about the Blogosphere. You have a smaller group that Blog, but do so on the premise that they think they should, but have never really considered the purpose of their Blog. Then I think there are a few SEO or Internet Marketing types that see Blogging as just another link building strategy. But the largest group of Bloggers, tend to be people who enjoy writing and discussing their topics of interest.
Blogging is good for link building, but the true Blogger is a breed apart from the rest. They want to dialog, to debate, to have feedback and they are very willing to link to other worthwhile conversations that are relevant to their topic. I agree with you. These group of Bloggers obviously are passionate about their writing and together, they create huge conversation trails interactive and travel from Blog to Blog. But the evidence is clear with this group that loves what they write about. With comments enabled on a Blog and having a Blog tuned to a specific purpose you already have the evidence of original Social Media.
Re: Alexa Ranking Goals
- That's great GT! What method did you use to put up the Entrepreneur Blog Network in your Wordpress Blog?
We're always looking for the easiest methods to help bloggers who are not techies get involved.
EvanCarmichael.com suggestion
- Maybe I missed it but I would like to suggest that a Blog be created to support the Forum.
The idea is that in the blog you put in snippets of some of the biggest conversations with a 'read more' link to the forum itself.
Setting up the Blog and clipping some conversations onto it wouldn't take very long.
Jen's Blog - Spam protection
- Jen, I like the Blog and just posted a comment to one of your articles. From my experience you need to implement some sort of SPAM capture tools. i use them on my Blog and it's been a life saver as I'm getting hit by spam atleast 5 times a day. I use Wordpress and they have plugins like Captcha and SPAM Karma installed.
Blog Marketing Anyone?
- Hi Kevin
I suppose you could use the same SEO principles on a Blog as you can for a website but the more content you have within your Blog, the better rankings/traffic you would receive.
Would you have time to write a full length article with tips in it every day or second day to get the article count rolling over every week?
I would also like to know if anyone has had any experiences with marketing blogs and the traffic they received.
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