Comments on: Are You Commenting for Traffic or Relationships?

By: Avis Williams

Avis Williams — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:36:45 +0000

I agree with what you are said about posting on blogs your interested in..otherwise whats the point wasting time posting on blogs not related to you or what you are saying on your own blog. Marketing is about building relationships with like minded individuals and providing real value to your readers, thats the only way to build trust in the long run.

By: Jim Hardin

Jim Hardin — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:34:51 +0000

This post is so true. I am new to blogging and I had heard the same thing. Comment on other peoples blog cause thats a way to drive traffic. I have done this and those people that I have left comments on come to my blog. Sure its traffic but what was my motivation at first. Well it was really just to get them to my blog. Now though I have a different look on things. I really feel like I am building relationships with these people. I find myself visiting their blog to see what they are up too and learn from them. Hopefully they are learning from me also. This is great. It really feels great to build relationships with people. I think thats the way you really become successful.

By: Lee, Bloggers Workshop

Lee, Bloggers Workshop — Sat, 23 May 2009 16:07:14 +0000

*Stands up*

Bravo! Well said!

I couldn’t agree more that marketing online is all about relationships. It doesn’t matter whether you’re commenting, Tweeting, or writing a product review… your marketing strategy just isn’t going to work unless you take the time to genuinely connect with your readers, your fellow marketers, and your potential buyers.

Better relationships, ultimately, bring better conversions. You don’t *have* o bring in 10,000 hits a day if you market correctly – you can make the same (or more) money with a tenth of the traffic.

Thanks for writing this inspiring post!

Lee, Blogger’s Workshop

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:17:22 +0000

I have to admit that I was more traffic oriented when I first started commenting. But, with more experience, I have subsribed to a number of bloggers I really respect, and I work on contributing value and learning from those bloggers and their readers. I agree with you that the less I worry about my own traffic and focus on the above, the better off I will be.

By: Scott Mahler

Scott Mahler — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:16:53 +0000

Social interaction by far. I admit that being new to blogging, I started off doing it to get more traffic-and it has worked-however, I have gained such invaluable insight from the responses that I’ve gotten that now I eagerly comment to join a community of bloggers. I have people that now subscribe to my blog for exactly the reasons you’ve mentioned. It’s kind of like traffic has become a happy side-effect of blogging, whereas, the primary reason I do it now is to learn, grow and network with like-minded people.

By: Michael Martine, Blog Consultant

Michael Martine, Blog Consultant — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:20:32 +0000

@Derek – Okay, I just went to your site and clicked on your Twitter link, and s-l-o-w-l-y put 2 and 2 together. Of course I know you, sheesh, we chat on Twitter all the time. Sorry for the mishap.

By: Derek

Derek — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:13:09 +0000

Its okay. Its the internet. I have thick skin.

By: Michael Martine, Blog Consultant

Michael Martine, Blog Consultant — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:09:42 +0000

@Derek – I thought your name seemed familiar! That’s why I wasn’t a jerk to you. In that case, then, I pretty much agree with your comment. I don’t comment too much anymore on other blogs. I find I strengthen my connections with my network more by interacting here and on Twitter.

By: Derek Halpern

Derek Halpern — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:53:02 +0000

That was actually an autofill accident Michael. I’ve commented here before and I’ve used my real name before. Unforutnately, I spotted that it was putting success factors about an hour ago after I made a few comments on blogs.

I apologize, you can manual edit it to my real name if you have the time!

By: Michael Martine, Blog Consultant

Michael Martine, Blog Consultant — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:11:01 +0000

@Success factors – Terrific sentiment, so why are you using keywords as your comment name? How is that supposed to help you connect with people when we don’t even know your name? Let me politely remind you that’s a violation of my comment policy, too. Please be aware for next time, thank you.