As Making Money Online Dot Com is a fairly new site, we are pretty happy with the amount of comments we have received so far… but we want more, a lot more. After reading “7 Ways to Reward Your Blog Commentators” from Dan Keller of TycoonBlogger.com we took inventory on what we have been doing to reward our readers for commenting on our site. We were happily surprised to see that we were already doing most of the things that he had mentioned in his post. We weren’t doing them all though, so we decided to implement his other ideas as well and see if we can get a lot more comments.
So the first thing, starting tomorrow August 1st, we will be running a “Who Comments Most” Contest each month, and the winner will get some premium ad space in our sidebar. Actually we will have 2 winners each month. The two visitors that leave the most comments (*see rules below) will each receive a premium 125X125 banner spot on our sidebar that will be displayed for the entire following month. Then those ads will be replaced by the next month winner’s ads… and so on and so on. In the event of a tie which would give us 3 or more winners, we will just rotate all the ads in those 2 spots.
*RULES: The rules are very simple. The top 2 people (plus ties) in our “Who Comments Most” section will win 1 FREE month of banner space in our designated area. We reserve the right to refuse anyone and any banners that we do not feel are appropriate for this site. For a comment to count, it does not have to be long, but it does have to be useful to us and/or our readers. Just writing, “Great Post! Keep up the good work” will not count as a comment towards winning the contest. We need to know that you actually read the post. Mark and I will have the final say on what we feel is a comment. Also, the maximum comments we will count per day is 3. That way it will keep someone from waiting until the last day and posting a bunch of comments. We reserve the right to modify the rules AT ANY TIME.
Now for the second thing, Dan mentioned to create a post once a month with links back to the readers who leave the most comments on your site. We are going to give that a try as well. Either at the very end of the month (like today) or the beginning of the next month we will create a post with at least one link to the top 5 on our “Who Comments Most” section. This month we went a little crazy and are giving “Link Love” to a lot more than the top 5, but next month we want to give you guys something to work towards.
So here are some our friends who are in our “Who Comments Most” section. We really appreciate all your support!
Brian – SEOmkt.com – Search Engine Optimization and Marketing Blog
Brian (he has 2 sites) - BlogEngage.com – The idea of Blog Engage is to promote interaction between bloggers by “Engaging” with each other’s blogs.
John – ExtremeJohn.com – Posts on Blogging, Business, Twitter, Rants, MMA, and his life.
Gooroo – iBlogPlanet.com (was FinanceAdvisoryStop.com) – Finance, Internet, Marketing, SEO, and Miscellaneous Topics.
Sire – WassUpBlog.com – Tells you wassup in the blogging world in relation to blogging for money avenues, blog tips and tricks, etc…
Deneil – DeneilMerritt.com – An Internet Entrepreneur’s Journey
Asswass – Asswass.com – Ramblings of a rich donkey and his website.
Benjamin – BenjaminCip.com – Start Your Making Money Online Venture
Lax – TechZoomIn.com – Blogging and Internet Tips ‘N’ Tricks.
Sandeep – CuriousLittlePerson.com – Blogging for Unlimited Possibilities
Dan – TycoonBlogger.com – Adventures in Blogging
Lee – MyBlog2Day.com – Making Money Online with Blog
Tony – PaidScribe.com – SEO Writer
George – Serradinho.com – Blogging news, tips, tricks and free downloads.
Jared – TheMoneyCult.com – A No B.S. Blog about money, the tools, and people trying to make it.
Please make sure and check out the blogs above, if you haven’t already.
Another thing we did today was add “Linky Love” to our site to also encourage visitors to leave some comments. After you leave 3 comments the “NoFollow” rule will be lifted and you will start receiving some much coveted SEO “juice”.
Unfortunately, we are still having some issues with this theme and CommentLuv, so it is still not working, but we will eventually figure it out. The plugin works fine when we activate it, but for some reason when it is turned on… it makes EVERY LINK on the site open up a new tab when clicked and that really bugs me. Has anybody else experienced that problem, and if so… did you find a solution you could share?
Ok… I think that covered everything. Anybody have any more suggestions for getting more comments? If so, please let everyone know in the comment box below.
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bbrian017 on Fri, 31st Jul 2009 12:01 pm
Ok as I type this comment I’m the first so I hope no one beats me hehe
I love the idea about the banner space. I think it’s amazing did you get that from Dan or did you think about it yourself?
Also thanks for adding both my sites you didn’t have to. What a nice guy. I meant to e-mail you. Did you see I added a rar file and zip file for all the blogengage wordpress plugins? I don’t’ know if you want to use them or it but at least it’s there now for who ever doesn’t have win rar!
Thanks for the heads up on that one. Ever since I started using torrents I started using rar file but I should remember the majority of people probably use zip files I hope this hasn’t stopped a lot of people from using them.
Well best of luck to everyone commenting but I’m pretty sure I’ll be wining! But to be completely honest I’m so busy keeping up with commenting on all the blogengage submissions I don’t’ even have time to visit a blog of site. That’s pretty much why I try to encourage bloggers to submit to blogengage. Se we can comment and socially engage in one convenient place.
Asswass on Fri, 31st Jul 2009 12:58 pm
Hey Doug this sounds like a great way to get more discussions going huh? Well, you know that I’m going to be here every day
. Thanks for the link friend.
SEO Writer on Fri, 31st Jul 2009 1:08 pm
Hey you know something, a good question would be. are our comments counted as of tomorrow or do I have to catch up to the 26 that Brian has already to compete?
Tony
Doug Dillard on Fri, 31st Jul 2009 1:24 pm
It starts tomorrow “FRESH”. All anybody is getting for this month (July) is the link love in this post. The comment stats for the banner ads start tomorrow… so those 2 generic ads will be displayed all of next month (August). Hope that clarifies things
bbrian017 on Fri, 31st Jul 2009 3:59 pm
Yeah that’s a good question
We would have to start fresh or it isn’t fair.
What would be fair is putting me there right now
hehe
Doug Dillard on Fri, 31st Jul 2009 4:02 pm
I would love to put you there Brian… but it does not start until tomorrow
I am sure you have a good shot to be next month’s Top Dog though!
Doug Dillard on Fri, 31st Jul 2009 4:03 pm
I also have in the rules where we are only going to count 3 posts per day (maximum) from each person. That should hopefully make it more fair.
Doug Dillard on Sat, 1st Aug 2009 12:12 pm
Thanks… I am looking forward to see if it works
As for the link, I really appreciate you visiting and contributing!
SEO Writer on Fri, 31st Jul 2009 1:06 pm
Oh this should be very fun!
Tony
Een Rockstar on Fri, 31st Jul 2009 1:08 pm
Hey Doug, make sure you reserve for me a spot because I will rock your blog(just joking)..
Doug Dillard on Fri, 31st Jul 2009 1:25 pm
I hope you win
I really like your Gravatar by the way!
bbrian017 on Fri, 31st Jul 2009 4:03 pm
yeah that’s a really cool gravatar!
I would like to get one of me!
Doug Dillard on Fri, 31st Jul 2009 4:11 pm
Yours look great Brian. It is hard to get that much text in a Gravatar to look so legible and the design is nice.
The Gooroo @ Finance Advisory Stop on Fri, 31st Jul 2009 2:37 pm
Thanks for including me in the list Doug!
This is a really neat idea for a contest. Keep a spot for me
Doug Dillard on Fri, 31st Jul 2009 3:53 pm
No problem! Your site is looking great by the way! You did a ton of work in 1 night
Stefan on Fri, 31st Jul 2009 3:45 pm
This is most certainly going to get you bunch of new comments each day. Just beware of all those who will try to spam you.
Doug Dillard on Fri, 31st Jul 2009 3:52 pm
I am interested to see how it goes. I am sure there will have to be changes made as this goes along. Thanks for the comment Stefan.
Extreme John on Fri, 31st Jul 2009 5:08 pm
Thats hot stuff I will take the 3 spot and now I have to add this to my Sunday Smash, thank you for the mention and I have always loved the idea of rewarding my comment peeps.
Doug Dillard on Sat, 1st Aug 2009 12:14 pm
Thanks John… I appreciate the comments as always… as well as your site. You have some great topics over there.
Vic of BusinessAccent on Fri, 31st Jul 2009 8:00 pm
That’s a great reward. Hmmm. It seems I will join the race.
BTW, congrats for a quick and big imporvement in your blog. Your rank is increasing outstandingly. Keep up the great work.
Doug Dillard on Sat, 1st Aug 2009 12:15 pm
Thanks Vic, and thanks for stopping by. I hope we see more of you around here. Is there anything we can do with this blog to make it better for you? Any Suggestions?
Sire on Fri, 31st Jul 2009 10:36 pm
Sounds like a brilliant idea, and where I don’t need any encouragement to comment on this blog I heartily accept the challenge, to not only leave a comment but to make sure that every comment I leave is of good content.
Thanks for the luv too, I need all I can get.
Doug Dillard on Sat, 1st Aug 2009 12:17 pm
Thanks Sire… I look forward to reading your comments as always!
Sire on Sat, 1st Aug 2009 5:14 pm
Yeah, well I have to be very careful Doug because sometimes my weird sense of humor can get me into trouble, especially with the ladies. But I figure that if they wanted to be treated as equals then they should learn to take a joke or two, just like us men.
Jared | The Money Cult on Sat, 1st Aug 2009 5:54 am
What a great idea. I might have to steal it. It is almost like getting paid for doing something I all ready like doing. Doug really enjoy your site and idea. I think comments are a huge part of success when starting out. It seems it can really help you build your blog community really fast so rewards are good. Let the contest begin.
Doug Dillard on Sat, 1st Aug 2009 12:18 pm
Jared… you can steal it, as it was not my idea
I just implemented my own way.
TechZoomIn on Sat, 1st Aug 2009 9:55 am
Good step you took dude..Building relationship will always helps to get success.
Doug Dillard on Sat, 1st Aug 2009 12:19 pm
Thanks… I hope so! We are trying everything we can to be successful.
Tycoon Blogger on Sat, 1st Aug 2009 11:04 am
Let the contest begin! Doug, thanks for the link(s)..much appreciated. You are one upping me, giving away 2 ad spots
I will do my best to snag one of them or at least make the top post next month. Thanks again!
Doug Dillard on Sat, 1st Aug 2009 12:19 pm
Thanks again Dan for the suggestion. I will be on your site trying to win as well
Curious Little Person on Sat, 1st Aug 2009 11:13 am
Let the contest begin Doug! I’m ready for it – and hopefully i will get one of those ad’s of yours….
I was facing a problem with comment luv as well.. I updated the plugin with the latest version and the issue seem to be resolved. May be you could try that as well..
Cheers
Sandeep
Doug Dillard on Sat, 1st Aug 2009 12:22 pm
Alright Sandeep… let’s see what you got. The competition is going to be fierce
Thanks for the tip on CommentLuv. I have done the auto-updates in the WP Admin and that did not fix it. I wonder if I have to go to the site itself and re-download it?
Lee Ka Hoong on Sat, 1st Aug 2009 12:32 pm
Thanks for the link Doug! Seems that you’re doing good in saying thank you to your readers and commenter, that’s a good strategy to increase your blog comment, and you would probably attract more people to read your post and leave a comment too.
I’ll be trying to win the spot.
Regards,
Lee
Doug Dillard on Sun, 2nd Aug 2009 10:33 am
No problem on the link Lee… I really appreciate you visiting and participating in the conversations. Good luck at winning the contest too
Lee Ka Hoong on Thu, 6th Aug 2009 10:46 am
No problem Doug! You know I enjoy reading interesting blog, so you’re in my list!
Anyway, this is an awesome contest. It’s interesting to be taken part!
Regards,
Lee
Deneil Merritt on Sat, 1st Aug 2009 2:45 pm
Sweet, I am on the list. Thanks. I love contests so this should be pretty fun.
Doug Dillard on Sat, 1st Aug 2009 3:47 pm
No problem Deneil… thanks for be a loyal visitor and leaving comments. Just checked out your July numbers on your site… very nice!
Deneil Merritt on Sat, 1st Aug 2009 4:04 pm
You welcome, you have a great blog and provide really good useful information.
Thank you, lets see if I can maintain those numbers.
Greg Ellison on Sat, 1st Aug 2009 3:32 pm
That is a pretty good contest for people to try and win. It is also very good exposure for people. Thanks Greg Ellison
Doug Dillard on Sat, 1st Aug 2009 3:36 pm
Thanks Greg. I think I read a comment you left somewhere saying you like to comment on sites that have Top Commentators and “DoFollow” (at least I think it was you)… now we have both
I hope to see you here more often!
Benjamin Cip on Sun, 2nd Aug 2009 12:10 pm
Thank you for including me in your list! It’s a great way to reward your commentators. Maybe you could make a free review of the year’s top commentators by counting every months number of comments…
Doug Dillard on Sun, 2nd Aug 2009 4:12 pm
You are very welcome. Thanks for your continued support!
I like that idea… we will definitely consider it. Thanks for the suggestion
Hesham on Sun, 2nd Aug 2009 3:27 pm
Great list of great bloggers, thanks you gave me a nice source!
Doug Dillard on Mon, 3rd Aug 2009 12:15 am
You are welcome.
Trey - Swollen Thumb Entertainment on Sun, 2nd Aug 2009 8:57 pm
Hi Doug. I read the same article as you, and I believe that when I start placing ads on my site, (Which is what I’m saving the white space on the right side of my blog for) I’ll award one of the spots to my top commentator as well.
And this is a good way to encourage people to leave quality comments. All of the newbie bloggers need to learn how to do this one way or another, right?
Doug Dillard on Mon, 3rd Aug 2009 12:17 am
Thanks Trey. I am hoping making the rules fairly specific that it will encourage good comments… but we will have to wait and see.
Jared P Little | The Money Cult on Sun, 2nd Aug 2009 9:40 pm
Doug, seems like you created a nice little buzz here. Sure your not a guru acting like a wannabe! This is going to be nutz.
Doug Dillard on Mon, 3rd Aug 2009 12:18 am
You are funny Jared
Hopefully we will get some more buzz as well. But now I have to come up with some good content!
Typhoon on Mon, 3rd Aug 2009 4:34 am
Great way to award the comments. I recently ended up with my blog contest “Commenting Idol” and it was huge success. Hope your contest brings lots of comments on your blog..
Doug Dillard on Mon, 3rd Aug 2009 3:31 pm
Thanks Typhoon! I was just over at your site and saw that… very cool! I like how you give out multiple prizes. Eventually we will be creating some cool t-shirts that we will be giving away as well.. but seeing your site, I want to give even more away
George Serradinho on Mon, 3rd Aug 2009 10:16 pm
Wow, this is exciting news and I’m sure many will be pleased with this new development. I will be honest in that I just comment on posts which deserve commenting and your posts have helped me many times over.
All you have to do now is get the CommentLuv plugin working and then you have a well rounded comments section.
BTW, thanks for linking to my site, I appreciate the mention.
good luck to all the commentators!
Doug Dillard on Wed, 5th Aug 2009 10:08 am
Thanks for the comments George. Yeah… CommentLuv not working correctly is really bugging me. Hopefully it will be fixed soon.
Atul on Wed, 5th Aug 2009 5:28 am
I think I be never getting space on ur banners as I do cmnt very less on ur blog due to time-constraints…but gud luck to all others cmntatrs..and I do like ur rules more than this contest
Atul´s last blog ..Happy Friendship Day
Doug Dillard on Wed, 5th Aug 2009 10:15 am
Thanks for stopping by when you get the time Atul… we do appreciate it. Thanks for letting us know about Happy Friendship Day as well
Harsh Agrawal on Tue, 11th Aug 2009 3:11 pm
I’m sure such idea will increase the number of comments on your blog and good that you have mentioned that you need only meaning ful comments.
More over to make it more viral make it a habit to comment on people blog who comment on your blog.
Harsh Agrawal´s last blog ..Friendfeed Acquired by Facebook
Doug Dillard on Tue, 11th Aug 2009 3:19 pm
I definitely am trying to keep commenting on other sites that comment here, as well as new sites that I find in related niches.
afzal on Wed, 12th Aug 2009 1:50 am
This is indeed a very good “contest”. Thanks for organizing this kind of contest, the price also very attractive.
Good luck to all commentters.
afzal´s last blog ..Monetize Social Media to Make Money on Internet
Make Money Online Free on Fri, 14th Aug 2009 4:45 pm
There I commented. You happy? :p
JK. I think it’s great that you’re doing all this kind of promotion to encourage commenting.
Comments are always great.. except when people come and try selling viagra to you when your blog has nothing to do with that.. but that’s another story.
Anyway, I love your domain name. Just happened to type it in and here I am. You’re free traffic
I’m going to look around and see what I can learn since I’m also interested in making money online.
Make Money Online Free´s last blog ..IMReportCard Proof of Payment! Get paid to review products, services and people online!
Ricky on Sat, 15th Aug 2009 12:04 am
This is a good way to promote commentators. I will try to make in this list.
Ricky´s last blog ..[How To] Save Blog From Malicious Iframe Codes-Part1
Een Rockstar on Sun, 16th Aug 2009 6:24 am
I’m commenting on your blog not because of your contest but I feel to comment. i just..I just love to comment when I feel to comment
Een Rockstar´s last blog ..Video – I’m An Actor
Surender Sharma on Sun, 16th Aug 2009 7:57 am
Such a best and more profitable idea.
It can gain some readership base on daily basis.
Surender Sharma´s last blog ..Measure the Success of your Blog
Liane YoungBlogger on Tue, 18th Aug 2009 3:27 am
You know, I’m actually planning to write a free ebook just about building more comments. It’s still a plan for now though
Great contest! I was late though…. haha, oh well,
I have to say this first, very impressive blog.
Keep it up Doug!
Liane YoungBlogger´s last blog ..Content Magic – Do You Want to Discover How Liane (me) Builds Blog Content?
Doug Dillard on Tue, 18th Aug 2009 8:50 am
Great idea Liane about writing an ebook on getting more comments. There are lots of ways to accomplish it for sure.
As for the contest… there is always next month
Thank-you for the compliment! You blog is very impressive as well!
Doug Dillard´s last blog ..Adding Videos Can Liven Up Your Site
MichaelR@VoIP and Tech Blog on Tue, 18th Aug 2009 11:31 pm
67 comments so far.
I’m new to blogging and glad I already learned new things about commenting by reading these articles about comments.
Now I make sure to comments to those articles I find useful or entertaining…to build relationship to fellow bloggers and also maybe get me some traffic. I can see familiar faces here already.
MichaelR@VoIP and Tech Blog´s last blog ..Making VoIP Calls with Home Phone – ATA Configuration
Brian D. Hawkins on Sat, 22nd Aug 2009 6:23 pm
I’m a little late but it sounds like a great contest. A monthly comment contest sounds like it could grow real big very quickly. Easy to participate and easy to administer. Win Win, oops, did I use that catch phrase lol
Brian D. Hawkins´s last blog ..Extreme Ezine – Social Edition | Aug09
Luis on Thu, 3rd Sep 2009 10:31 am
I am almost sure i wont win. though 1 FREE month of banner space would be amazing. At least you know I exist.
Make Money Online Today on Mon, 7th Sep 2009 8:35 pm
Great article. It was helpful and informative. hope to see more greats posts like this. I wont win but hey its a great idea.
Make Money Online Today´s last blog ..At Home Moms Can Make Money Using the Internet
Teen Blogger on Sun, 27th Sep 2009 3:13 pm
Looks like i’m a bit late, but yehe i like commenting. Would defiantly be nice to get 1 free month of banner space. I need some traffic and backlinks for my new blog anyway.
Great blog by the way lots of useful content
Teen Blogger´s last blog ..You Have To Stand Out From The Crowd To Be Successful
Brad Harmon on Tue, 20th Oct 2009 4:22 pm
Doug,
You guys are definitely treating your commenters the right way. I have seen some sites that offer the banner to top commenters, and I have seen some that offer the link juice. That you do both is fantastic.
I predict that 10,000 comments will be here before you know it!
Brad
Brad Harmon´s last blog ..Is Your Small Business Kissable?
Doug Dillard on Tue, 20th Oct 2009 4:38 pm
Thanks Brad! We actually have modified the rules each month, so make sure you read the latest post on the topic here: http://www.makingmoneyonline.com/comment-contest-winners-announced-for-sept-2009/