Blogging is all about having the conversations — not talking to yourself! True conversations, which is what we want to achieve, is when we all, author and commenters interact.
Managing Comments on Other People’s blogs
I’ve many tips for keeping up the conversations on blogs but I believe the most important is being very effective at managing my comments on other people’s blogs. I use co-mment, which tracks my comments, and it notifies me automatically by sending the comment to my Google Reader account. This way when a person comments on a post that I have commented on I can choose to immediately respond back if I want. Co-mment means I can effectively manage my conversations, and they can be near instantaneous.
Setting up Co.mment Account
- Go to co.mment and click on Get an account to set up your account
- Click on Tool/Setting link and follow instructions to add bookmarklet to your web browser
Add A Post You Want To Follow To Co.mment
- Write your comment on the post you want to track
- Then click on the Co.mment bookmarklet in your web browser — make sure you are logged into your co.mment account
Subscribing To Your Comments From Co.mment Using A Feed Reader
There are a few options for recieving updates of new comments on blog conversations you are following:
- Read them directly on your tracking page at co.mment
- Subscribe by email — means you receive e-mail alerts when new comments are posted
- Subscribe to your tracking page RSS feed using a Feed Reader i.e. new comments are delivered to your Feed Reader
Subscribing using RSS is the most efficient method because you can use it to manage all the information you receive e.g. comments from your co.mment tracking page, latest posts from blogs you read, your friends Flickr photos.
Responding Back To Comments
By subscribing to my co.mment tracking page using Google Reader I’m quickly notified when a person comments on a post I’m tracking so I can quickly choose to respond back if I want.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Do you use comment tracking applications? If so, do you prefer co.mment or cocomment and why? What are your tips for achieving true conversations on blogs?
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