How To Bribe Your Readers For Comments
April 8, 2009Panah3 CommentsBlogging Strategies
A few days ago, I talked about how you can go about getting more comments on your blog. If you are suffering from lazy-readers-syndrome, there are a certain things you can do to get them to comment on your blog. Commenting on other blogs may not look that difficult, but a lot of folks don’t lift a finger without having some sort of encouragement. If you are dealing with these folks, you need to break their habit by giving them encouragement to get involved and engage with others in your community for the betterment of your community.
Here are a few things you can do to get folks to comment on your blog:
- Giveaways: the best way to get comments on your blog. You can always ask companies to sponsor giveaways on your blog. But if you have no success there, you can always buy a couple of cool gadgets and give them away in return for folks linking to you and leaving comments on your blog. You can also ask them to follow you on Twitter. Make sure your prize is something useful. I have had a lot of success with $25 gift certificates from Amazon, but you can give more or less. It never hurts to test.
- Products: if you have a product that you afford to giveaway, you are golden. People will jump through the hoops to get their hands on a freebie. Make sure your product provides some value.
- E-book: if you have written an e-book that you afford to giveaway, you can use it to attract lots of comments and traffic. Make sure you promote your work enough in your e-book to make it all worthwhile.
- Coupons: if you have a coupon that can save your reader $$$, you can get a lot of comments by giving it away. It really comes down to how much your readers can save by using the coupon. The more you giveaway, the more tempted your audience becomes to comment.
- Premium content: you may have one of those hybrid blogs that include both free and premium articles. If that is the case, you can increase user participation on your blog by giving away some of your paid articles.
- Membership: everyone likes to be a part of exclusive club. If you have a membership club that can provide value for your readers, you can get lots of comment by dangling membership to your club in front of your users.
- Limited Time Offers: it’s one thing to give away an e-book or a product to folks who leave a comment on your blog. It’s another thing to give your audience the impression that they have only a limited time to take advantage of your offer. That creates the sense of urgency that can get your more comments in a short period of time.
The rules are pretty simple here. As long as you have something that is of some value to others, you can give it away in return for user participation. People may be lazy, but they love free products. You shouldn’t limit yourself to the above tactics. You an always come up with innovative ideas to get people involved. But if your audience is not ready to participate even after you have offered them freebies, then there is probably something wrong with your comment system. Make sure you promote your freebie, and you should be all set.
How To Bribe Your Readers For Comments
April 8, 2009Panah3 CommentsBlogging Strategies
A few days ago, I talked about how you can go about getting more comments on your blog. If you are suffering from lazy-readers-syndrome, there are a certain things you can do to get them to comment on your blog. Commenting on other blogs may not look that difficult, but a lot of folks don’t lift a finger without having some sort of encouragement. If you are dealing with these folks, you need to break their habit by giving them encouragement to get involved and engage with others in your community for the betterment of your community.
Here are a few things you can do to get folks to comment on your blog:
The rules are pretty simple here. As long as you have something that is of some value to others, you can give it away in return for user participation. People may be lazy, but they love free products. You shouldn’t limit yourself to the above tactics. You an always come up with innovative ideas to get people involved. But if your audience is not ready to participate even after you have offered them freebies, then there is probably something wrong with your comment system. Make sure you promote your freebie, and you should be all set.