Blogology: Commenting is a Smart Strategy for Small Business Owners

Posted by Ann Evanston in Blogology on August 3, 2009 | Comments

So often I “tweet” about the importance of commenting on blogs as a business strategy that I thought I would share a short blog about “how to” for the small business owner. If you do not have your own blog yet( ok, even if you do) this is a SMART strategy! My goal is to comment on ten blogs a week where I can offer my value – as a biz owner – do the same and watch what happens to your search engine visibility. This will increase your credibility with potential customers!

The video below will share some great tips to commenting effectively!

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docspallone

Good job warrior girl. I came to support you and was rewarded. Didn't know about screencast.com. There is your point in essence; come to give and you shall receive.
Love ya!
DocSpallone

Ann Evanston

Ah Ron! I so love having your face on my site! Oh yes, and screencast is a great tool! Media Roles are great of you have several videos you want a group to watch!

casiestewart

This was really great Ann. Thanks for sharing. I love using the Disqus commenting. I've found that it makes it more fun to comment and the way it interacts and makes sharing easy is great. I like the ability to see what comments people leave on other blogs also.

Ann Evanston

So true isn't it Cassie! They did a fabulous job with it! I think everyone should put it on their blog! (BTW, LOVED Japanese "butt" skirts! giggle!)

CoachDebra

Awesome Ann - as always, you deliver great value!

I wonder what you do when you find a blog that disallows commenting? I've come across this a bit in my wandering through Music Business blogs.

Thanks,
Debra Russell
Certified Results Coach for the Arts and Entertainment Industry
http://artists-edge.com

Ann Evanston

Thanks Debra, well most have a blog comment section, but they are not always easy to find. Try clicking on the title and scrolling down just to be sure, then you have no choice but to move on and make sure you never go back! (unless what you re getting is SO HUGE, then just subscribe and read via email!)

Internet Strategist

Great to "meet" you Ann. I dropped in to reinforce your suggestion that small businesses can truly benefit from commenting in blogs. I have used it to greatly increase traffic and subscribers and to meet awesome thinkers and writers.

You and your readers may be interested in my most recent post about Social Networking and also a popular post that measured the increase from commenting first and then sharing the posts you comment in across your Social Networks.

Since I'm new here I didn't provide the links but I can if you wish. They would be easy to find right now. Later those interested could find them by searching for "Blog Traffic up 54.87%" and "Social Networking is NOT Chat". P.S. My blog is dofollow with both CommentLuv and KeywordLuv so commentators are amply rewarded.

exchange-mail

As I just started posting comments for blog and facing problem of lots of rejections. I think your suggestion would be helpful for me. I will let you know if its work for me too.

Ann Evanston

I think you will find if you use your real name instead of the name of your blog it will help that tremendously! The name has a "spammy" feel, so embrace it but be a real person connected to it!