Posted by
ChrisR on Thursday, November 08, 2007 11:22:05 AM
Originally posted on July 25, 2006
Every blogger's secret - or not so secret - desire to know that many people are reading one;s opinions. One of the many advantages of starting your own Townhall.com blog is the various features we have incorporated into the site that facilitate increased readers for your blog. Let me tell you about one.
Each time you leave a comment on a news story, audio clip, or columnist, your comment is recorded with your screen name, and a link is automatically inserted that points to your blog.
So after posting your latest and greatest blog post, make sure to spend some time reading through the daily columns and news articles for related content. Now, the key word here is related - we will not allow unrelated comments that are 100% self-promotion and irrelevant to the colum or articles it was posted under.
Feel free to leave controversial or discussion-starting comments, as long as you stay away from insults, personal ttacks and bad language. Passion and convinction in your comments will attract attention of readers and make them curious to read more. Poor manners and immature wording will only communicate shallowness of thinking and will not be enticing to other readers,
You can brose through the What's Hot page - these are going to be the articles, columns or blg posts that are getting the most readers at the moment - and if something matches your blog post, you can share a short thought, and conclude with "you can read more of my thought on this by visiting my blog at ..." Now, you want to avoid annoying readers by copying your entire blog post into a comment post. So, the best approach is to give a key point - tantalize - then invite to read more on your blog.
Some of our columns get thousands of readers each day, and by joining in respectful discussion, you can highlight your contribution to the conversation, and potentially influence the minds of those readers.
Of course, don't forget that each time you post on your blog, your headline and link shows up on the man Blog page where Mary Katharine and Hugh Hewitt blog, so the more you blog, the more often other readers will see your headlines and potentially click over and check out your work.