Who Invited You? Leaving Blog Comments That Matter

We’ve all been there before.  You receive an email notification that lets you know that someone has left a comment on your blog.  Finally!  Finally, people are beginning to read your blog posts and appreciate what you have to say (at least enough to respond to it).  However, when you open up your blog editor, you soon realize that the so-called “comment” is nothing but a spammer.  It has all the signs of being a spammer because the content and quality of what the person had to say has almost nothing to do with your blog directly and most certainly doesn’t do anything to contribute to the readership or exchange of ideas.

The comment? “Great post.”

Blogs are like plants in terms of their progression.  As a dedicated blogger, you feed your blog by trying to write posts that are near and dear to your heart and with a little social networking and a few readers to start out with, you get to watch it grow over time.  So, then why should blog comments matter at all?

Judge a Person According to the Content of Their Comment

There are some people out there who are more than satisfied just to receive a stack of comments, even if the vast majority are spam, because some comments looks better than “no comments”.

WRONG ATTITUDE.

Part of the reason that people write blogs is as a means for expressing their opinion about something and/or as a means of eliciting some sort of response from their readers.  Blog comments that are meaningful mean the world to those of us who are putting ourselves out there each and every day by way of our writing.  We open ourselves to all sorts of criticism as well as deep, well-thought out responses.  It let’s us know that our efforts aren’t in vain.  After all, there isn’t much of a difference between someone who writes in their diary versus someone else who writes a blog post that no one sees or takes the time to comment on.

Do Unto Others…

If you see a blog post that interests you, and it allows you to comment, COMMENT.  But only leave a comment if you actually have something to say other than “good job” or “nice post” or “That was really interesting”.  The more meaningful comments you receive on your blog, the more driven you’ll be to not only respond to commenters and check out their blogs, but it will also inspire you to maintain a high level of quality in your own writing- which will hopefully attract more readers!