Effective comments are a triple-win situation:

1) Provide value with remarkable mini-articles that also add to the discussion

2) Drive quality readers to your site (they’re coming from a relevant blog, and they got a taste of your writing)

3) Form relationships and have meaningful discussions

I strive to do #1, and that has paid off with #2 for my few-week old blog Lifebeat. But, just like you mentioned, #3 was a pleasant surprise. I wasn’t expecting it, but it now pumps me up to comment even more, since I get into the discussion and relationship-forming aspect with people so much (I don’t even notice that I end up getting traffic from it too).

Great article, great title. A helpful reminder that effective comments are very beneficial in more ways than one.

Best,
Oleg

Corporate Strategy – is concerned with the overall purpose and scope of the business to meet stakeholder expectations. This is a crucial level since it is heavily influenced by investors in the business and acts to guide strategic decision-making throughout the business. Corporate strategy is often stated explicitly in a “mission statement”.

Business Unit Strategy – is concerned more with how a business competes successfully in a particular market. It concerns strategic decisions about choice of products, meeting needs of customers, gaining advantage over competitors, exploiting or creating new opportunities etc.

Operational Strategy – is concerned with how each part of the business is organised to deliver the corporate and business-unit level strategic direction. Operational strategy therefore focuses on issues of resources, processes, people etc.

I’ve never been the same since. Not fair to Ms. Austen, surely, but I’m a lost cause.

“I cannot be otherwise than concerned at being the means of injuring your amiable blog” (Pride and Prejudice Kind of) But I am surprised to hear that Josh.

You’re dead right about commenting back to your commenters it is part of the reason that I follow your writing and read so much of what you write.

I have a crush you on, my Adonis!

I never post it as a real comment. It doesn’t make sense. Although, I do wonder, am I ignoring my possible soulmate? :)

Your blog MUST contain CONTENT!!!.

If someone leaves a comment with a link to their blog I will check out their blog and leave a comment for them as well. This can be mutually beneficial. Now if there is nothing worth commenting on, then I can not.

Leave comments on blogs that are related to yours. I would not think of leaving a comment on a blog about cats for instance because my blog is about internet marketing scams.

When leaving comments on another blog think of it as submitting a new post. Grammar and spelling must be correct. Writing style must be interesting and to the point. If your comments are badly written you will not generate interest in your blog.

I like when you said “every little bit helps” because it truly does!

Gisele
Caracas, Venezuela

Thanks again for affirming how important comments really are!

Seriously I also found commenting really worthwhile and addciting of some sort. I do go back to most of my comments to answer back a reply from the blog owner or from the commenters.

Looks like comments are getting mroe valuable these days.

Thank you so much for your insight into how to get people to look at your blog. All this time I was doing exactly the things that you strongly urge your readers not to do. Oops!

I’ll try your suggestions now about leaving thoughtful and meaningful comments instead of just writing the crap that I’ve normally been writing, like “Wow! That was a cool blog!”

Okay, hopefully my comments haven’t been that bad.

Thanks again for the advice.