Blog Tips #3

Time to continue our series of Blog Tips

Blogging Etiquette

Last time we talked about Design & Layout, and our first post was Commenting & Following. 

Commenting Etiquette 

I know you want new followers, and so do I. That's the whole part of linky parties. However, asking bloggers to follow you, is kind of rude. There are ways, that are much better to get fellow bloggers to follow you...a. 'Hi, I love this recipe, yum! I hope to see you around!
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great comment, you talk about their content and you INVITE them to check out your blog without asking or begging!

b. I make sure that I write relevantly to their post. If it's a recipe, then I say how delicious it looks, if it's a post about traveling, then I talk about how I would love to go there, or how beautiful their pictures are. I think the most frustrating emails/comments I get are about me following someone back, and it has NO relevancy to my post or blog.

Responding to Comments
I take the time to respond to EVERY comment left on my posts. However, I can't respond, if its a no-reply email {like I previously discussed in the first blog tips post}.
 
I respond via email, the most effective way for bloggers to communicate besides comments. However, I don't want to have an entire conversation going on in my comments section. It's impersonal to the person I'm responding to. a. I often thank that blogger for visiting and commenting first, because I am truly thankful that they came to read my blog, and took the time to comment. b. I respond to their comment relevantly. I strike up a conversation with them.c. I make sure they can contact me back if needed. I include my name, email address, and the url for my blog. --------------------------------------------------------------------    So, as I said before, I'm no expert. However, I have read these tips, over and over again, but am still seeing bloggers who have not read them, or aren't taking them seriously.  These are tips that I, too, was not familiar with when starting my blog. I got several comments on my posts about how I need to update my email address and that it was too up front, and rude to ask other bloggers to follow me! Been there done that! I was a MESS!!!
Be kind to your fellow bloggers!