How Can I Promote Something With Blog Comments?
February 27, 2009
This is from the latest eletter from the all time expert on Internet Presence and Blogging, Ted Demopoulos. His blog, book and eletter are not only informative but he also seems like a nice guy (and funny too!). I just reviewed his book, “Secrets Of Successful Blogging (free download version)” in an earlier blog post. Anyway, here is his advice…
Blog comments are awesome. They let you enter someone else’s Internet real estate and leave public statements, which can make you look smart, drive traffic to your blog or Web site, and make Google and the other search engines jump up and down in excitement about how cool you are too. Oh, and the bloggers wll be happy to if
you leave good comments.First, some basics. Most blogs allow you to leave comments. You type in your comment, your name, an email (never displayed), along with a URL (something like www.hairlossadvice.org ). The URL can be to your blog or Web site if you have one, or very simply point to your LinkedIn Profile (every professional should be in LinkedIn
- it’s complimentary).The comment may be immediately displayed or it may be “moderated,” meaning the blog owner wants to make sure your comment is OK before it gets published.
If you leave an intelligent and thoughtful comment, even if it disagrees with the blogger, some readers may click on your link and come find out more about you. Also, assuming you’re using your full name, for
example “Ted Demopoulos” instead of “Ted”, the search engines will index your comments and associate them with your name. When people look you up online using the search engines, some of these comments will show up and hopefully make you look smart – at least if you left intelligent comments!There are plenty of ways to find appropriate blogs in your professional or other area of interest. High on the list is using the blog search engines like www.technorati.com or blogsearch.google.com. Once you’ve found appropriate blogs, look at their blog rolls, lists of similar blogs in their sidebars, and you may find some more appropriate blogs.
Coming soon, Part II, “how to make Google and the other search engines jump up and down in excitement about how cool you or whatever you’re promoting is, whether it’s a charity, commercial Web site like www.hairlossadvice.org, or even something sleazy (use your imagination here).
For Part 2 or more info, go to Ted’s website and sign up for his eletter at: Blogging For Business.com
