If you are running a blog then you must know the importance of blog comments. Every time you post new content you go so eager to get the feedback and reviews from the reader which can be measured by the comments of your readers. The number of the genuine comments shows the importance and quality of your post and will help drive even more people to get a read of the post. So never underestimate your valuable commentators and encourage them to comment more and more. You must reward those readers who comments on your blog posts on regular basis as they devote a really valuable part of their time in writing and posting comment for your posts and hence encouraging you for writing more good content. Here is a great list of ways to reward your commentators and even encourage more readers to comment on your posts.
How to get start with Rewarding System?
The very first step that you should initiate is to announce the benefits that you are going to provide to your genuine commentators. You can make a separate page for this announcement and also can use a pop-up whenever a reader spends some time on a post. Also you can send mails to your subscribers list.
The Various Methods to Benefit Your Commentators
Comment luv Plugin
This is the most effective and easiest way to pay back to your visitors by giving a valuable backlink to your commentator’s very recent post. The CommentLuv plug-in will automatically pick the latest post made by the commentator on his/her website. This way your blog can provide them a way to get traffic in case someone reading your blog and come through that commentator’s recent post link and also helps in improving search engine positions.
Highlight the Top Commentators
The best way to give a special recognition to your regular commentators by featuring them above others as everyone likes to stand above all. You can make start something like featuring the top commentators of the week or month etc with a highlighted link to their website.
Best Comment/Suggestion Contest
You can arrange some contest like “Best comment of the Day or Week” or “Best Suggestion by Reader” etc. You can give them some reward like cash price or some t-shirt or some gift voucher etc. This way you can start getting good suggestions about improving your blog plus motivating the readers to put some really good comments or suggestions on your posts.
Comment on Your Regular Commentators Website
As you like to see more and more comments on your posts so as your readers or commentators. So you can pay back to your regular commentators by visiting their websites or blogs regularly and giving your feedback and suggestions to them in form of the comments.
Allowing a Guest Post to Top Commentator
If you have some really active and regular commentator then you can reward him/her by sending invitation to write a guest post for you and also you can give a great mention to that commentator along with the backlink to his/her website in content of the post.
I am pretty sure that you would be agreeing be all of above mentioned points for rewarding the commentators who are giving their valuable time to giving feedback to your posts, especially if you are also commenting regularly on your favorite blogs.
I would welcome you to leave your valuable feedback or suggestions here in form of comment and who knows some of the above mentioned reward is waiting for your comment as well .