Comments on: Email a Blogger that Linked to You to Say Thanks

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:35:42 +0000

This is very important. Having a good connection with your readers will always put you one step closer to achieving your goal in blogging.

By: bruce liyender

bruce liyender — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:11:21 +0000

i always reply to ppl who link me and visit there blog. thanks for your blog.

By: scenario

scenario — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:45:36 +0000

hi This is very important. Having a good connection thanks for the tips.

By: Maryee

Maryee — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:27:09 +0000

Thanks for the tips. I do not email my bloggers, although I do offer tips to help them become better bloggers. What I blog about is a unique niche, so the bloggers (mostly women) are usually not that techno savvy and need encouragement and help getting started. Most who link to my blog are “new” to blogging and they indeed email me and thank me for being so open and helpful about blogging. Then they link me.

I also leave comments after a google search for folks who’ve found me and link to me without knowing me. They are always excited and honored because they know how busy I am and that always motivates them to blog on. I think the more educated and informed we are, the more we’ll enjoy whatever it is we are blogging about.

By: Icelebpics

Icelebpics — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:21:14 +0000

excellent tip darren…i always reply to ppl who link me and visit there blog

By: nithin

nithin — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:53:29 +0000

Beautiful tip.Probably most of them look at page rank than useful content to link any site or there is a huge competion in my games downloading links blogs…..

By: Kerith Collins

Kerith Collins — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:29:42 +0000

this is a great tip. sometimes as bloggers we get so involved in the writing and getting more traffic, we forget about the people who are already there!

By: Riscario Insider

Riscario Insider — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:37:26 +0000

Barbara’s idea about “Blogging Buddies” is interesting.

I thank bloggers by leaving comments on their blogs when appropriate and by visiting their sites from time to time. Using a “Blogging Buddies” list would help with this too.

I prefer to thank commenters publicly through a comment. That won’t work on a site like this where there are soooo many comments. I will send email on occasion if I have something worth saying that would not be appropriate as a comment.

By: Ajaipal "Jay" Virdy

Ajaipal "Jay" Virdy — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:32:43 +0000

I echo your sentiment, Darren. The best advice is to be persistent, but not pushy. Bloggers as we all know are extremely busy. Emails do get pushed down in the inbox and forgotten. It’s worthwhile to send a reminder or two and try to get a conversation or perhaps even a friendship going.

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:19:06 +0000

doesn’t force you to fropert – I guess some might assume or hope that you would link back – but i wouldn’t link up just because someone linked to me – I link to those sites that I think my readers would benefit from.

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:17:34 +0000

thanks Sergey – fixed it.

By: Sergey

Sergey — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:10:33 +0000

Darren, Sitemeter – wrong link.

By: fropert

fropert — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:07:23 +0000

Hi,

Does sending an e-mail to a blogger that linked to you recently force me to do a link to his blog ?

I have the feeling that if I don’t link to the blogger, it can break the flow and perhaps he will remove me from his links section.

Regards,

By: Glenn -- Write for Blogs

Glenn -- Write for Blogs — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:05:31 +0000

I’ve gotten some nice responses back when thanking people for links or comments. Some don’t respond, of course — a thanks email from me seems like a fine dead end unless there’s something to be discussed.

I did have a good relevant sidebar link come in the other day, but I worried that if I responded I would get back a (reasonable) request for a reciprocal blogroll link, which could lead to loss of a quality one-way link (for authority).

The same situation could apply to good sites with low PRs.

My sites are new enough that this matters.

Would be eager to read anyone’s take on this. I’m kind of torn.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 01:28:29 +0000

What I’ve done is create a page, which I named my “Blogging Buddies”. If anyone leaves a comment, or links to either of my blogs, I add their name to my “Blogging Buddies” list.

It’s my way of saying “thank you”, plus it provides an easy way for others to check out their blogs.

When I’m spending time visiting other blogs, I, too, go to my “Blogging Buddies” page, and “make the rounds”, checking on the progress of their blogs, and then I take time, to leave a them a comment.

We’re all in this together, and I think we all like to hear that “Atta boy/girl”

By: Deborah

Deborah — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:53:00 +0000

Thanks you , I feel like this post is in response to my comment to yesterdays post regarding linking up to your “competitor”. I have found that I link up (perhaps more than I should) and barely get as much as a how do you do.

After linking up to five blogs yesterday after reading you, I didn’t have any expectations and turns out I recieved at least two responses. I just needed to relax and not look for the thank you in return and eventually it came, along with two new links.

Now only if I could get Technorati to count them in my Authority in a timely manner.

By: ShiatsuBlogger

ShiatsuBlogger — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:29:48 +0000

I have always tried to follow up a link with at least a comment and on occasions an email. What about feedburner email subscribers? Have you ever personally emailed a new subscriber or one who has not confirmed their subscription?

By: Shine

Shine — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:44:05 +0000

Yes, I still get very excited everytime a fellow blogger link to me. Mostly I thank them in their comments section. Of course, email is more personal. Thanks for the tip.

By: Karen (Miscellaneous Mum)

Karen (Miscellaneous Mum) — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:15:14 +0000

I always try to – I comment at the least.

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:59:04 +0000

I’ve commented on other blogs to say thanks when they’ve linked to me, but I don’t think I’ve ever emailed. Something always makes me think the email is interrupting their day and would come across as unwelcome. I know how much email I get in a day and I didn’t want to add to that noise for someone else.

Now that I think about it since they’ve already linked to you they’d likely recognize your email address and your email probably wouldn’t be seen as noise.

I have developed relationships with others by first emailing them so why not for linking to me.