We are up to day #20 of problogger’s 31DBBB challenge and I am excited to say that I have made it this far. Not every day was right on time…but I was pretty close! Today’s post is about commenting on other blogs in your niche, or those of your readers. He lists a few benefits of commenting, but I think that he is missing one big one: You are working on improving your writing skills. The reason? It is easy to ramble for 500 words, even easier when you are the first one talking about the subject. But, when you have to comment about what someone else wrote, and there are already comments on the topic, it can be hard to come up with an original response. Which is where the ‘writing skills’ come in, and get improved. The more that you comment on blogs, the more creative you have to be. You want to be able to extend the conversation, give the person after you something else to think about or maybe give the writer something else to think about.
Just a few words of warning before you run off and start commenting on the blog of everyone you know…only comment if you can add value. Just writing ‘good point, liked the post’ does no one any good. If that is all you can say, don’t say it. Save your time for a blog that you can write a strong comment on, something people will be interested to read! Oh, and lastly, make your comments personable – get yourself a gravatar so people can see who you are (you’re not a grey box are you?).
With that, I am off to find some posts worth commenting on today – are you?
*thanks to D. Norman on Flickr…I loved this photo!
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