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Under the heading of a simple way to encourage readership and participation on your blog.

It’s a great practice once you start building a community of readers who comment on your blog posts to encourage more conversation by commenting back on comments. A great way to take this a step farther is to send a personal email to 1st time commenters thanking them and encouraging them to come back. I use the Akismet spam filter plug in for WordPress and will usually hold a first time comment for me to approve, signaling the first timeness. It’s a simple but systematic way to build community.

In addition, think about adding the Subscribe to Comments type plugin so a reader that makes a comment can receive email notification when someone else makes a comment on the post.

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Posted by: John Jantsch on Jun 18, 08 | 7:07 am
Category: Blogging, Social Media | Tags: , wordpress plugins

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coachlisab

I like to e-mail new commenters, and even regulars, but Blogger doesn't have a good way to collect e-mail addresses from commenters. I used Haloscan for a while, but it was a big mess. Any ideas for how to capture e-mail addresses in Blogger comments?

Howard Yermish

I make it a point to reply personally to everyone who comments on my blog. It is an opportunity to continue the conversation on a more personal level. What is great is that this can then extend to the other social networks. I've developed some interesting friendships which started from a simple comment on my blog.

John Jantsch

@Howard - even better

Mike Michalowicz

Sending thank you emails is critical. I have done that for a while now and sure enough people are more engaged.

- Mike

Lacy

I think this is a great and seemingly simple way to let your readers know their comments and opinions are appreciated.

Lacy

This is a great and seemingly simple way to let your readers know their opinions and comments are appreciated.

Lani Anglin-Rosales

How dare you give away my secret?? ;) I even write hand-written notes to people who have made a big impact commenting on the blog.

John Jantsch

@Lani - Hand-written is even better - it's really a great tool no matter the use.

Ron McDaniel

Thanks John.

That is an excellent tip. I tell people to email out of date connections every week (by looking back in their email folders) and this is another excellent thing to do to make connections.

Got any tips on getting more people to comment? That seems to be a big complaint with new bloggers.

Hendry Lee

I use co.mments.com to track comments. Never like the idea of comment follow-up via email. My email will be full if use it.

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