Asking Questions
Everyone wants comments on their blog posts. But how much do you do to invite someone to leave a comment?
One of the easiest and most recognized ways to do it is to simply end your post with a question. After all what is more inviting than that? Make sure its an open ended question not just a closed, Yes / No type question.
But beyond that there are other things you can do within your post to leave room for your readers to comment. Firstly, don’t provide all the answers, even if you think you know them all. Secondly, give your opinion on something, that is bound to provide someone the opportunity to either agree or disagree with you. Thirdly, admit when you haven’t tried or used something that you are writing about and invite users to submit their views based on experience.
Overall, the more interactive, the more conversational you make your blog posts the more likely you are to get a response.
So, what do you do to get comments?
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#1 by Donny Gamble on January 20, 2009 - 5:52 pm
I like to have post that are like an open forum type of format. I discuss a problem or issue, people comment about it, then I make another post with their questions and answers to my post.
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#2 by The Blogger Source on January 22, 2009 - 4:10 pm
I'll leave a few things out so that the commentators have something to add to the post.
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#3 by converter on January 22, 2009 - 6:42 pm
Post on a popular current topic, or a controversial topic, and the comments typically flow in. You can't post on those topics all the time however, or you'll just start appearing to be like every other blog…
#4 by Troy - VIPMillionair on January 26, 2009 - 1:27 pm
ha-ha at your use of that technique in the post itself, but in my own articles I suppose I ask questions throughout the article. In order to engage the reader, I wonder if it works, though.
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#5 by Steve Jackson on April 8, 2009 - 2:15 pm
Sometimes asking something a little bit controversial can help.
#6 by Antique Ring on April 16, 2009 - 11:40 am
I usually do not comment on blog posts but I found this quite interesting, so here goes. Thanks! Regards, P.
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