How to Encourage Conversation and Comments on Your Blog

[Maw Books]

Do you ever write the perfect post? The BEST post you've ever written? Hit publish and then anxiously await for the comments to come pouring in? And then you sit and wait and keep refreshing your email inbox? How do you encourage conversation and comments on your blog?

[Amy]

Wednesday is the weird weekday...Saturdays and Sundays are still pretty steady for me.

I am going to work more on my scheduling...I also like the idea of prescheduling, it just is impossible for me to do a week ahead of time. I think I'll go for doing a few days at a time.

[Paperback Traveler]

Saturday has never been a big traffic day for me as I never post anything on that day for religious reasons. Across all of my blogs, then general pattern seems to be a spike on Monday that slowly declines all week.

[Maw Books]

I try not to do book reviews etc on Saturday and Sunday because of the traffic dip. I have huge dips in my stats on Saturday and Sunday. I'd love to preschedule too. I'm just not that on top of things yet!

[Book Calendar]

I don't always feel like having a lot of comments, but what it seems to be is something that the person can relate to emotional in a really positive or negative way that gets traffic; talking about spam, your lunch, computer viruses, having a cold, the book you read on a relationship often gets people to comment. The personal touch is the comment magnet.

[Ali]

This is a great topic! I don't get as many comments as some of you but my blog is still young and I've been pleased with the increase over the past 6 months. And, compared to my longtime personal blog, which I don't publicize anywhere and has about 28 readers, Worducopia is booming! My readership is pretty steady through the week, with a spike on Saturday due to Weekly Geeks. But I feel like I'm still figuring out what works, so reading everyone's thoughts is really helpful.

[Trish Collins]

It's fun to watch your stats on a monthly basis. I've stopped being so concerned about what goes on daily, as long as I'm seeing an increase monthly.