Encouraging Your First Time Commenters
ADVERTISEMENTSShawn Blanc from Fighting to Stay Awake had got his ‘quick tip’ submitted on Problogger.net today. It’s a simple tip that I used to do in my first few months of blogging -
When someone comments on your site for the first time, send them a thank-you email
Mailing your first time commenters really helps in building a loyal readership. Your readers will feel noticed and this can encourage them to come back to your blog and comment frequently.
Though this tip can be easy to apply on new blogs with few commenters, it will be hard to do so on blogs that get a lot of comments.
What do you say? Have you tried mailing your first time commenters with a ‘Thank you’? Did it help?
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Posted on November 15th, 2006 | Category: Blogging |
Vivek
November 15, 2006 at 7:31 pm
I dont think that would help
It looks like you’re begging for more comments.
Instead .. keep track of their blog and post relevant comments there.. Thats more useful.
Amey jahagirdar
November 15, 2006 at 8:25 pm
no it will definitely help but not so sure
we will test this method as i am beginer and have a comment on that
JohnTP
November 15, 2006 at 8:59 pm
This tip does help. I used to do it when I had started this blog. It helped me get some of those first time commenters to come back and comment regularly. Try it out and let me know
Amey jahagirdar
November 15, 2006 at 10:54 pm
Another idea:
Well I am using this trick and also I put latest commentators list in sidebar, I have noticed that this does help to increase the viewership and loyalty.
Kailani
November 15, 2006 at 11:40 pm
I always try to respond to comments, especially from new visitors. It makes them feel welcomed.
JohnTP
November 16, 2006 at 1:30 am
The Show Top Commentators plugin for WordPress can help you encourage readers to comment more often.
Daily Blog Tips
November 16, 2006 at 3:57 am
I think this is a really useful tip. I was not doing that but I am looking forward to, time allowing obviously.
Andrew Grant
November 17, 2006 at 6:34 am
Yeap, good tip!
fuad
November 18, 2006 at 2:00 am
agreed. I think we should try it at least once and then see the reaction..thanks for this useful tip again.
Bong
November 18, 2006 at 5:56 pm
Great tip! Will put in use myself.
sourcer
November 30, 2006 at 5:09 am
I think Vivek is right, it will be good if you post some comments to their blog
Robert Irizarry
November 30, 2006 at 8:24 am
I like to respond to all comments. I think its important for readers to realize that there’s interest in what they have to say.
Utah SEO Blog
December 1, 2006 at 3:27 am
In my experience people are reluctant to leave the first comment on a post, but after that you get more & more.
My attempt to resolve this is to simply make an agreement with some friends and related blogs to place the first comment and get the ball rolling.
I’m always comfortable commenting on your blog because you’ve always got a list of comments!
Srinivasa Ramanujam
December 4, 2006 at 11:25 am
The problem with sending personal email or thanking them via reply comment or putting their name in top commentators blog is that most of the unknown commentators are spammers, which will lead to more spam. That’s why I think twice before moderating newbies comment.