Blog Comments Help with Visibilty

One of the keys to a successful blog is commenting on other blogs in your niche and on the blogs of thought leaders in your field. We detail this in our CODA system (you can learn more in our free report on Better Business Blogging).

The questions then become: are you getting the most out of your comments? Are your comments creating visibility for you?

We talk a lot of creating massive visibility. Part of being visible relates to the visual image you use through out the web. Many bloggers use a plugin on their blog that enables pictures to be displayed along side comments. My first suggestion is for you to set up your Gravatar account so you can take advantage of this. It's easy and it's free.

Then when you comment on a blog that uses the Gravatar plugin, you will become immediately more visible and identifiable to other blog readers. Make sure you set it up will ALL email addresses you use so it can "follow" you from blog to blog comment.

TypePad has a similar visual system now called TypePad Connect...

You do not have to have a blog built on TypePad to set up an account. And I recommend you do set one up. It's compatible all the big blogging platforms.

TypePad Connect is a suite of services available to all bloggers that makes community management easier for bloggers with the ability to track, moderate and respond to comments across multiple sites and blogs from one dashboard or via email.  With TypePad Connect you can build a lively community on your blog or site with reader profiles and encourage more comments with great features, such as threaded comments and reply-by-email.

You create your profile, you add your photo and bingo, whenever you're on a blog with TypePad Connect enabled, your picture shows up and other readers can click through to get to know you better on your profile.

By implementing these two tactics -- setting up a Gravatar and creating a TypePad Connect profile -- you're turbo charging your blog comments and creating a more effective and identifiable presence on the Web.

BTW, the other thing I preach about a lot is that you need to be consistent with the images you use on the web. I know not everyone agrees with me on this, but I believe you should be using the same or similar image on ALL your social networking sites, blog profiles, etc. That way when someone lands on your twitter profile, for example, and then clicks through to your blog to check you out, they see the same image and know they are in the right place.

Related Posts:
How old is too old for commenting on a blog post?
BackType Helps You Track Blog Comments
Blog Commenting Etiquette: Who are you?
Blog Etiquette & Commenting: They go hand in hand

Comments

[reflux acid]

thanks you are right, blog comment is ways to create free traffic and networking

[Laundry Man]

I also agree that commenting in a blog is also a great way to get more ideas and trade information.

[Business Ideas]

To build a business blog we must know topic & information about topic.
http://businenews.net

[loans]

the most important, the readers have to find your blog first, which is quite difficult itself

[Ann Voskamp@Holy Experience]

Thank you!
Very helpful!

[Tech Help USA]

i really like this article..i just want to aapreciate you for this work..and i would like to read more article on this...yes..TypePad Connect is a suite of services available to all bloggers that makes community management easier for bloggers with the ability to track, moderate and respond to comments across multiple sites and blogs from one dashboard or via email.
Tech Help USA