Take the Copyblogger Challenge!
“We can do that.”
When Brian Clark of Copyblogger tossed out that the highest number of comments ever received on a blog post was 371, my favorite words – I can do that – lit up in my head (trust me, it’s not a blessing.) My eyes narrowed, brain neurons fired up, and I was set to take on the challenge.
But I need your help.
My recent guest post on Copyblogger, One Simple Way to Generate More Comments on Your Blog, currently sits at 70 comments (less if you count mine.) That’s pretty awesome – but how high can we push that number?
[UPDATE MARCH 3, 2008: Comments currently number 120 - thanks, Dave!]
There’s a great discussion going on about blog comments – how to get them, how to keep them going, and how to get involved.
Learn more, too. Learn the best techniques for stirring up commentary and discover how to make your posts compel people to drop something more than, “great post!”
So. Where’s your voice? Don’t hide behind your keyboard. Speak up! Do you have advice for bloggers on increasing comments? Do you want to ask questions about great endings that are just the beginning? What tactics have worked for you?
Get in on the challenge. Let’s kick some comment butt. Get over to Copyblogger now and comment!
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I can’t say I’ve every had a post with a large number of comments where I haven’t cut it off because of repetition or stupidity.. I have had a number of posts that attracted a lot of comments, but the ones that really build up became ridiculous repetitions of “Thanks so much” and the like.. pointless, so I killed the ability to add more.
And then of course popular pages like that start attracting the spammers.. ugh..
I’m actually pretty impressed that the commentators on our blog rarely jot up, “Good post!” (though we’ll take that, too, hm? Feel free.) They tend to put a lot of thought or some good personality into their comments. There are regulars and new people, but everyone tends to feel open to commenting.
I hope.
Down with spammers. We love Askimet.
Wait a minute, I thought you want us to comment here on your blog?
If you’re a spammer, then no – pass and do not collect $200.
Otherwise, absolutely. Feel free to comment here as much as you’d like. And then go drop one comment – one only, mind you – on my guest post at Copyblogger
Okay, I TRIED to go leave a comment on that post, but got an error message so it didn’t go through (sigh).
Oh, but Harry said I should ask you about knitting? (?)
@Deb: I told you not to tell him you heard it from me!
@ Harry – You are so dead.
@ Deb – Yes, okay, fine. I KNIT. I can juggle, jump horses, skate on ice, race on cross-country skis, build furniture, kayak, play basketball, play guitar, teach my kids which plants to eat if they get lost in the woods, build an igloo (and heat it), ice fish, etc, etc, and KNIT.
(I actually knit very well, too. Cabled sweaters and all.)
Now go leave your comment. If I have to risk jeopardizing my manhood by coming off as a pansy, you should at least try commenting twice.
@James: You’re going to have to catch me first, and I do believe my bike is way faster than your car.
Ah, but your bike isn’t faster once it drives over a nail mat
Considering how immersed I am in the knit-blogging world, believe me, there is no stigma from me. In fact, I can think of quite a few men knit-bloggers who are entirely admirable in every way. Jared Flood over at Brooklyn Tweed, for example who’s a clever designer and great photographer, too. Franklin over at the Panopticon is entertaining, too. (Okay, he’s gay, but still very entertaining–especially with his “roommate,” Dolores the sheep, a hard-drinking, chain-smoking force of nature who is incredibly entertaining. See? )
But, anyway, the more people who knit, the better, in my opinion. Historically, men ran the knitting guilds, anyway.
And, I wouldn’t know how to heat an igloo, but I can bake bread from scratch, spin my own yarn, teach my dog tricks, read hundreds of books in a year, and recite the alphabet backwards.
I wonder if pirates knit? They must’ve… I could be a pirate… though I’d prefer someone else besides a sheep to be first mate
@James: A pirate, huh? ARRRR! Avast ye, matey! *brandishes knitting needles* Hm, not very fierce, but I bet if you load those knitting needles into a cannon you’d have something. As for the first mate…I’m not touching that one.