This is something I hope to work on every Tuesday, or at least whichever days my inlaws take the kids. It involves some pretty intense work, and I know I’ll need the peace and quiet to pull it off to maximum effect.
I’ll be experimenting to figure out exactly how much work to do on this. It’s a marketing challenge for me.
Every Tuesday, I want to find at least 10 blogs to make comments on relative to sites of mine. I’m challenging myself on a per site basis; that is, 10 relevant comments per blog I’m working on each week. I think I’ll start it out as targeting 2 blogs, so 20 comment goal this week.
No junk comments. I need to have something to say.
How will I do this? There are a variety of sources out there. Technorati can be good. I also use the Comment Hut software in the free version, which finds Wordpress blogs.
One trick I use with Technorati is to find a blog in the category I want that has a lot of links to it. Take a look at who’s linking to them. Many of these will be relevant. You then have commented on a blog of a person who links to other blogs, may be an active commenter themselves, and is listed on Technorati.
Over time I would like to be able to do at least 4 sites/40 comments per week. If things go really well I may increase that goal. And consider that this is combined with my usual posting on things I’ve found interesting, paid posting and any other work I need to get done. Should be interesting to see if I can do it.
Thanks, eMoms, for getting me motivated! Yes I am challenging myself pretty tough. I always do. But I adjust when I catch myself being unrealistic.
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Update:
I did it! 10 comments each for two of my blogs, plus a couple random comments when I hit a blog more relevant to a different blog. 24 comments made in total today. Took over 4 hours, but I’ll hopefully get better at this as I find more quality blogs to keep my eyes on. I added a few new ones to my list of regularly read blogs.
Thanks for all this information! Up till now, I’ve only used Technorati to ping my blog but your ideas have really opened my eyes.
God bless,
Dana
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