Driving quality traffic with blog commenting.

What if I told you there was a way to utilise blog commenting to replace and exceed traffic from the search engines, and in quicker time, too.

You'd be impressed, right?

Read the 3 tips below, implement them straight away, and you can have just that...

Tip #1: Get alerted!

If you know who the top bloggers are in your niche, you can get traffic from commenting on their posts or pages. You've probably also found out that if you are too late in finding their post, your comment will be buried at the bottom of the page...

And, unless readers are really interested in what 50 other people have to say, it is usually unlikely that they will scroll down far enough to see your comment, let alone click through to your site.

So you need to get yourself alerted the moment they post. Do this by finding their RSS feed, and adding it to some form of desktop feed reader. AlertBear is a good (and free) choice.

I know, you could just as easily subscribe via email or other format, but these tend to have a fair amount of delay between the bloggers new post, and you being notified. With a feed reader that is always running, you can drop everything the moment the alert comes (assuming you're online), rush over there and leave your comment.

Depending on the post, and what you say in your comment - this has the potential to bring you a mountain of traffic overnight.

Tip #2: No spamming.

Yep, there is software out there that seemingly makes blog commenting a piece of cake. I mean, it can post to thousands of blogs within minutes - what more could you want?

Well, unfortunately this tactic rarely works. Unless the blogs posted to are on auto-approve, your comment is very unlikely to pass the spam filters, or get published.

Not only that, but even if your comment makes it through - lame, generic comments rarely interest people.

Tip #3: Be helpful.

Sounds like an obvious piece of advice, maybe. But - sometimes impatience takes control, and when you come to post a comment, all you want to do is post any old sentence with a link to your site so you can move onto the next blog.

The tip here is to actually take the time to read the post you're commenting on. Then post great, helpful and relevant advice.

And something else -- use your real name as the commenter. Don't listen to those who advise using a keyword as your name to get backlinks. First of all, Google is on to this tactic, and devalues this kind of link, and second, the comment will probably be marked as spam by the blog owner. They'll be thinking that the only reason you commented was for that backlink.

You want your comment to get published. It's awful to go through all that effort each day to find that 50% of your comments were deleted.

If you're looking for a compelling link to your site, find blogs with the 'Comment Luv' plugin enabled. This can get you a lot of traffic by itself, as every time you post new content to your site (assuming your blog has a feed), the comment you left will update with the title to your new post.

So in summary, use your real name, post helpful advice, and don't be tempted to spam.

Comment on high traffic blogs. Aim for quality rather than quantity. Build a brand for yourself and get your name recognized as an expert.

Use these tips, and along with patience and consistency, you can build a lot of traffic and high quality, qualified visitors eager to hear more of what you have to say.

Driving quality traffic with blog commenting.

What if I told you there was a way to utilise blog commenting to replace and exceed traffic from the search engines, and in quicker time, too.

You'd be impressed, right?

Read the 3 tips below, implement them straight away, and you can have just that...

Tip #1: Get alerted!

If you know who the top bloggers are in your niche, you can get traffic from commenting on their posts or pages. You've probably also found out that if you are too late in finding their post, your comment will be buried at the bottom of the page...

And, unless readers are really interested in what 50 other people have to say, it is usually unlikely that they will scroll down far enough to see your comment, let alone click through to your site.

So you need to get yourself alerted the moment they post. Do this by finding their RSS feed, and adding it to some form of desktop feed reader. AlertBear is a good (and free) choice.

I know, you could just as easily subscribe via email or other format, but these tend to have a fair amount of delay between the bloggers new post, and you being notified. With a feed reader that is always running, you can drop everything the moment the alert comes (assuming you're online), rush over there and leave your comment.

Depending on the post, and what you say in your comment - this has the potential to bring you a mountain of traffic overnight.

Tip #2: No spamming.

Yep, there is software out there that seemingly makes blog commenting a piece of cake. I mean, it can post to thousands of blogs within minutes - what more could you want?

Well, unfortunately this tactic rarely works. Unless the blogs posted to are on auto-approve, your comment is very unlikely to pass the spam filters, or get published.

Not only that, but even if your comment makes it through - lame, generic comments rarely interest people.

Tip #3: Be helpful.

Sounds like an obvious piece of advice, maybe. But - sometimes impatience takes control, and when you come to post a comment, all you want to do is post any old sentence with a link to your site so you can move onto the next blog.

The tip here is to actually take the time to read the post you're commenting on. Then post great, helpful and relevant advice.

And something else -- use your real name as the commenter. Don't listen to those who advise using a keyword as your name to get backlinks. First of all, Google is on to this tactic, and devalues this kind of link, and second, the comment will probably be marked as spam by the blog owner. They'll be thinking that the only reason you commented was for that backlink.

You want your comment to get published. It's awful to go through all that effort each day to find that 50% of your comments were deleted.

If you're looking for a compelling link to your site, find blogs with the 'Comment Luv' plugin enabled. This can get you a lot of traffic by itself, as every time you post new content to your site (assuming your blog has a feed), the comment you left will update with the title to your new post.

So in summary, use your real name, post helpful advice, and don't be tempted to spam.

Comment on high traffic blogs. Aim for quality rather than quantity. Build a brand for yourself and get your name recognized as an expert.

Use these tips, and along with patience and consistency, you can build a lot of traffic and high quality, qualified visitors eager to hear more of what you have to say.