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Developing Content for a Blog Post

When you start creating a blog it’s very important to understand that you will not spend as much time writing for your blog as you might think. Be prepared, because you’ll soon find out that one of the secrets to blogging success is reading and posting comments on other more popular blogs.

Here’s why reading and posting comments is vital to your blog’s success. You will:

Take a look at this commenting strategy in an excerpt from a post found on Zemalf's Trek In The Blogosphere called Website Traffic Analysis – Lessons For Blog Promotion.

For effective blog commenting:

  • Comment to add to the discussion first, everything else is a bonus
  • Spam comments will not send you any traffic, so forget it
  • Be among the first ones to comment (if the comments are displayed with the oldest on top)
  • Leave meaningful and value-adding comments
  • Use your real name
  • Always adopt to the blog comment rules of the blog
  • Link back to your site from the comment text only if it is really relevant, and if the comment policy allows such links. Make sure the comment itself is beneficial even without the link, which is for additional information.

Now your ready to get started reading and commenting on blogs in your field of interest. Start building your blog from the ground up. Keeping track of the comments you leave is easy with a bookmarking service like Diigo*. You'll soon find yourself developing content on the way to your first blog post.

On my WordPress.com blog Ms. Ileane Speaks I have hundreds of comments from visitors with 63 comments on Fun Twitter Promotions for Your Blog. Why don't you join in and start by commenting on this post. I'd love to hear your feedback.

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