The document provides 7 ways to encourage more comments on blogs. It explains that comments drive engagement which powers social media. The 7 tips are to write great content, prompt readers with questions, highlight the questions, write about topical issues, acknowledge comments, make commenting easy, and leave comments on other blogs. This encourages engagement and starts conversations that can bring readers to a blog.

2. How to encourage more comments on your blog

3. Role of comments on your blog Encourages Engagement Engagement drives your social media engine

4. 7 ways to encourage more comments on your blog 1. Write great content 2. Prompt 3. Highlight 4. Be topical 5. Acknowledge 6. Make it easy to comment 7. Comment on other blogs

5. 1. Write Great Content Give your readers something worth commenting on!

6. 2. Prompt Finish each blog post with a question “What do you think” “Would you agree”

7. 3. Highlight Make your question stand out Italicise bold Underline it

8. 4. Be Topical Always something topical which you can invite opinion on Write in a way that gets people to reflect on a topic Expand their knowledge in some way Then invite comments

9. 5. Acknowledge If someone has taken the time to leave a comment, please acknowledge their effort. Apart from being the courteous thing to do, you miss out on the opportunity to extend the conversation and engage with your audience. So always answer any questions you receive, clarify any points that have been raised in the comments and thank your readers for taking the time to comment.

10. 6. Make it easy to comment Don’t make your reader register on your site before they can leave a comment. Make it as straightforward, quick and easy for people to comment as possible.

11. 7. Comment on other blogs Make sure you always take the time to leave comments on other relevant blogs and add value to the conversation. Chances are the blog owner will be encouraged to visit your blog and will in turn join the conversation there.