Comments on: When Your Comment Inspires Posts http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:36:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bloggers Need Email To Communicate, Too | The Blog Herald http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-552447 Bloggers Need Email To Communicate, Too | The Blog Herald Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:11:17 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/#comment-552447 [...] Subject Article Recommendations: My blog is about WordPress and blogging. Do you think I will publish a post recommending an article on dog grooming or college loans? Don’t contact me unless I invite the subject matter or the [...] [...] Subject Article Recommendations: My blog is about WordPress and blogging. Do you think I will publish a post recommending an article on dog grooming or college loans? Don’t contact me unless I invite the subject matter or the [...]

]]> By: How is your Comment Quality Quotient? : The Blog Herald http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-427269 How is your Comment Quality Quotient? : The Blog Herald Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:15:09 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/#comment-427269 [...] how you comment on other blogs as setting the tone for the comments to follow you? Do you consider how your comments can change the life of the blogger or another reader? Do you even think about how each comment you leave on blog is a mini-resume of [...] [...] how you comment on other blogs as setting the tone for the comments to follow you? Do you consider how your comments can change the life of the blogger or another reader? Do you even think about how each comment you leave on blog is a mini-resume of [...]

]]> By: Does Your Blog Comments Strip HTML and Links? : The Blog Herald http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-318986 Does Your Blog Comments Strip HTML and Links? : The Blog Herald Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:13:24 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/#comment-318986 [...] I am always getting comments with links in them on my blogs. They direct the readers and myself to similar or related information, often information I need and have requested. I love links such as tips on how to do it better, answers to questions, or instructions on how to fix what’s broken, or links to their post so they can show off what they wrote, inspired by my work. [...] [...] I am always getting comments with links in them on my blogs. They direct the readers and myself to similar or related information, often information I need and have requested. I love links such as tips on how to do it better, answers to questions, or instructions on how to fix what’s broken, or links to their post so they can show off what they wrote, inspired by my work. [...]

]]> By: The Art of Backlinking : The Blog Herald http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-299232 The Art of Backlinking : The Blog Herald Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:34:33 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/#comment-299232 [...] The reward of commenting outweighs any link juice or page rank you could possibly get from just commenting. Make your comment count and bigger blessings may come to your blog. [...] [...] The reward of commenting outweighs any link juice or page rank you could possibly get from just commenting. Make your comment count and bigger blessings may come to your blog. [...]

]]> By: Improving Your Blog: The Google Game : The Blog Herald http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-286788 Improving Your Blog: The Google Game : The Blog Herald Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:01:54 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/#comment-286788 [...] build web traffic, you have to turn visitors into readers. Not long ago, I told the story of how a comment on my blog turned into a blog post about the blogger, whose traffic when from double digits to through-the-roof overnight. This is a blessing for any [...] [...] build web traffic, you have to turn visitors into readers. Not long ago, I told the story of how a comment on my blog turned into a blog post about the blogger, whose traffic when from double digits to through-the-roof overnight. This is a blessing for any [...]

]]> By: What Makes Bloggers Want to Link to You? : The Blog Herald http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-269379 What Makes Bloggers Want to Link to You? : The Blog Herald Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:20:51 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/#comment-269379 [...] check out your blog just to find out who is behind this brilliant comment. Such comments can even provoke blog posts, further promoting you as wise and worthy of [...] [...] check out your blog just to find out who is behind this brilliant comment. Such comments can even provoke blog posts, further promoting you as wise and worthy of [...]

]]> By: What is Hard About the Hard Work of Blogging? : The Blog Herald http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-221101 What is Hard About the Hard Work of Blogging? : The Blog Herald Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:22:07 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/#comment-221101 [...] which can also cost you readers. I’ve also asked you to consider the power of a the link and comments to inspire you and your blog writing. I’ve written about the hard decision to finally stop allowing [...] [...] which can also cost you readers. I’ve also asked you to consider the power of a the link and comments to inspire you and your blog writing. I’ve written about the hard decision to finally stop allowing [...]

]]> By: Blog Struggles: The Search for Blog Content « Lorelle on WordPress http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-217916 Blog Struggles: The Search for Blog Content « Lorelle on WordPress Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:32:58 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/#comment-217916 [...] source of post content ideas and inspiration comes from your readers and their comments. In When Your Comment Inspires Posts on the Blog Herald, I wrote about how a comment I left on another blog inspired that blogger to [...] [...] source of post content ideas and inspiration comes from your readers and their comments. In When Your Comment Inspires Posts on the Blog Herald, I wrote about how a comment I left on another blog inspired that blogger to [...]

]]> By: Julie http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-199449 Julie Sat, 01 Sep 2007 01:27:10 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/#comment-199449 Thank you for this post! So many people advise making comments to gain traffic for your blog and leave out the rest of the story - making comments that make you look interesting and improve the blog you are posting to! You've surpassed that. Thank you for this post! So many people advise making comments to gain traffic for your blog and leave out the rest of the story – making comments that make you look interesting and improve the blog you are posting to! You’ve surpassed that.

]]> By: Comments, blogs and blogging tips « Mindtracks http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-199380 Comments, blogs and blogging tips « Mindtracks Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:05:29 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/#comment-199380 [...] catching up on some blog reading in The Blog Herald I discovered Lorelle VanFossen’s piece When Your Comment Inspires Posts . Leaving comments that contribute to a conversation is an art. Lorelle considers what works offers [...] [...] catching up on some blog reading in The Blog Herald I discovered Lorelle VanFossen’s piece When Your Comment Inspires Posts . Leaving comments that contribute to a conversation is an art. Lorelle considers what works offers [...]

]]> By: Jeanne Dininni http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-197927 Jeanne Dininni Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:02:53 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/#comment-197927 All these are excellent points! In line with your second point, "Spelling and Grammar Count": It's so important to proofread comments before clicking "Submit." Since most blog platforms don't allow comments to be edited by the commenter after submission, catching those typos before submission is important. Catching them after submission can not only be very frustrating, but will often make you appear careless or sloppy, which could lower your credibility with the blog's readers. I have to admit that, often, I'm so busy that I don't read over a comment carefully enough before submitting, and afterward I find that it contains a typo. Being the perfectionist that I am, this really bothers me! (I wish all blog templates would include an "Edit Comment" capability.) I definitely agree that we should treat comments as mini blog posts, using our best writing techniques. Yet, in one sense at least, it's even more critical to proofread comments than blog posts, since blog posts can be easily modified after posting, whereas comments generally cannot. Thanks for an enlightening post! Jeanne All these are excellent points! In line with your second point, “Spelling and Grammar Count”: It’s so important to proofread comments before clicking “Submit.” Since most blog platforms don’t allow comments to be edited by the commenter after submission, catching those typos before submission is important. Catching them after submission can not only be very frustrating, but will often make you appear careless or sloppy, which could lower your credibility with the blog’s readers.

I have to admit that, often, I’m so busy that I don’t read over a comment carefully enough before submitting, and afterward I find that it contains a typo. Being the perfectionist that I am, this really bothers me! (I wish all blog templates would include an “Edit Comment” capability.)

I definitely agree that we should treat comments as mini blog posts, using our best writing techniques. Yet, in one sense at least, it’s even more critical to proofread comments than blog posts, since blog posts can be easily modified after posting, whereas comments generally cannot.

Thanks for an enlightening post!
Jeanne

]]> By: Joanna Young http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-197453 Joanna Young Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:46:24 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/#comment-197453 Hi Lorelle, this is great advice. I think it's really important to remember that commenting is writing too, and to pay as much attention and invest as much time and energy into what you write in other people's comment boxes as you do your own posts. One other way your comment can get picked up and inspire a post is if you ask a question - I've done this for genuine reasons (and maybe this helps to make the question sound more genuine!) and have been surprised by some great responses - perhaps because it allows the blogger to develop an idea further, or to realise that they're tapping into a rich seam that will be of interest to their readers Joanna Hi Lorelle, this is great advice. I think it’s really important to remember that commenting is writing too, and to pay as much attention and invest as much time and energy into what you write in other people’s comment boxes as you do your own posts.

One other way your comment can get picked up and inspire a post is if you ask a question – I’ve done this for genuine reasons (and maybe this helps to make the question sound more genuine!) and have been surprised by some great responses – perhaps because it allows the blogger to develop an idea further, or to realise that they’re tapping into a rich seam that will be of interest to their readers

Joanna

]]> By: Lewis Empire http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-197161 Lewis Empire Mon, 27 Aug 2007 05:03:09 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/#comment-197161 I've written a couple of articles about the value that comments add to a blog. I think there is a lot of benefit in getting your link into a top commentator's list BUT I choose to do it by writing a response that fits at least one of the points on your list. There are more than a few blogs that manage to obtain 50+ comments on posts that have little or no information. When you read the comments, usually they are three word statements designed only to keep the user's link on the list. Of course, in these cases, I blame the blogger for having such a bad post to begin with! In the end, I guess a blogger gets back the value that they put out. Thanks for the great list! I’ve written a couple of articles about the value that comments add to a blog. I think there is a lot of benefit in getting your link into a top commentator’s list BUT I choose to do it by writing a response that fits at least one of the points on your list.

There are more than a few blogs that manage to obtain 50+ comments on posts that have little or no information. When you read the comments, usually they are three word statements designed only to keep the user’s link on the list. Of course, in these cases, I blame the blogger for having such a bad post to begin with!

In the end, I guess a blogger gets back the value that they put out.

Thanks for the great list!

]]> By: Saturday Site Stats Report #5 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-197112 Saturday Site Stats Report #5 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 02:25:28 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/#comment-197112 [...] in no small part to a feature article by Lorelle of the fantastic Lorelle On WordPress entitled When Your Comment Inspires Posts. If you haven’t stopped by Lorelle on WordPress, I highly encourage to do so—her stuff [...] [...] in no small part to a feature article by Lorelle of the fantastic Lorelle On WordPress entitled When Your Comment Inspires Posts. If you haven’t stopped by Lorelle on WordPress, I highly encourage to do so—her stuff [...]

]]> By: New World of Darkness Play by Post Forsaken (nWoD) http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-195822 New World of Darkness Play by Post Forsaken (nWoD) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:41:05 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/#comment-195822 [...] Commenting on a blog is just as important. This article gives a good overview on writing effective comments on a blog. [...] [...] Commenting on a blog is just as important. This article gives a good overview on writing effective comments on a blog. [...]

]]> By: fftyprcntgry http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-195812 fftyprcntgry Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:10:14 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/#comment-195812 It's true about the comments the more you respond to them the better the connection between you and your readers. It’s true about the comments the more you respond to them the better the connection between you and your readers.

]]> By:   Links Roundup August 21st 2007 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-194821   Links Roundup August 21st 2007 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:02:30 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/#comment-194821 [...] last but not least… When Your Comment Inspires Posts - A great post from Lorelle VanFossen over at Blog Herald about how a great comment can inspire [...] [...] last but not least… When Your Comment Inspires Posts – A great post from Lorelle VanFossen over at Blog Herald about how a great comment can inspire [...]

]]> By: (Wannabe) Pro Blogger http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-194751 (Wannabe) Pro Blogger Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:16:01 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/#comment-194751 Lorelle, you're right on target as usual. :) How about one more tip? Don't be afraid to make the first comment on a post...or for that matter on a blog! Your insights and encouragement may be just the thing a blogger needs to take their blog to the next level. Lorelle, you’re right on target as usual. :) How about one more tip?

Don’t be afraid to make the first comment on a post…or for that matter on a blog! Your insights and encouragement may be just the thing a blogger needs to take their blog to the next level.

]]> By: contentious.com - links for 2007-08-20 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-194665 contentious.com - links for 2007-08-20 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:21:24 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/#comment-194665 [...] When Your Comment Inspires Posts : The Blog Herald “Here are a few tips I’ve learned about writing a comment which inspires the blogger to blog about it, and, in turn, you.” (tags: comments conversation conversational+media community blogs tips) [...] [...] When Your Comment Inspires Posts : The Blog Herald “Here are a few tips I’ve learned about writing a comment which inspires the blogger to blog about it, and, in turn, you.” (tags: comments conversation conversational+media community blogs tips) [...]

]]> By: Carolyn http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-194611 Carolyn Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:12:30 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/20/when-your-comment-inspires-posts/#comment-194611 Awesome post, Lorelle! Thank you. I think because blogging began as online journals, that the conversation aspect is slow in coming. These days blogging is about having a conversation with the readers, allowing for challenging perspectives. Yet, if you think about it, it's still a challenge in real life as well. Thanks for the reminder. Awesome post, Lorelle! Thank you. I think because blogging began as online journals, that the conversation aspect is slow in coming. These days blogging is about having a conversation with the readers, allowing for challenging perspectives. Yet, if you think about it, it’s still a challenge in real life as well. Thanks for the reminder.

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