Have you often wondered why you aren’t getting traffic to your blog? If you’ve been staying on your own turf, it’s time to get out and promote your blog. A quick and easy way to do this is with blog comments.

1. Research popular blogs. Finding where your target market is helps you get started to promote your blog. Research top blogs with subscribers and receive comments regularly. We aren’t talking about one to two comments each day. You want to ensure they receive at least five or more each day. The larger the subscriber count, the better you will find traffic to your site.

One way you can research high traffic blogs is through searching keywords online. You can type in the keywords you use for your blog and search for popular blogs in your niche. Try tapping into blogs that are different from your niche also. If you blog about Internet Marketing, look for blogs about writing or even fitness. You could be finding out how to promote your blog to different markets that still need your services and information.

2. Set up a comment schedule. Find out the pattern for when the blog posts are sent onto the Internet. If the blog is popular, chances are they have an editorial calendar. Look for the pattern of posts and get ready. Be one of the five first to comment on the blog so the majority of traffic to the site reads your post.  This includes the post writer. Find at least five blogs you can frequently post on and set up times to promote your blog through blog comments.

3. Add to the conversation. When you write a blog comment to promote your blog, make sure you are adding to the conversation started with the blog post. Usually a blog post will leave a question at the end that encourages comments. Blog comment strategy to promote your blog starts with taking what you have accomplished so far and applying it to the blog post.

Tell your story in your blog comment and make it sound good. You can do this to illustrate how you already have applied the learning in the blog post to your own site and business. When you do this, giving numbers enhances your story and results.

You will likely “wow” the post writer and gain traffic to your site. There are many people reading this blog post and wondering how they can use the steps outlined to further their own sites. If you leave a comment saying how you’ve already completed this goal, you drive people to your site to gain information because you’ve set yourself up as a leader in your niche in that instant.

Using comments to promote your blog is the top cheap and easy method to gain traffic to your site. If you have Google Analytics installed, you can measure the results by traffic sources. What are your results from using blog comments to promote your blog?

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