thank your comment writers

A little thanks goes a long way…

A visitor’s comment is a contribution to the content of your blog, so send a thank you email to show your appreciation.

It doesn’t have to be an epistle full of flowery prose…a short note will suffice.

Use the person’s name, and thank him/her for visiting your blog, and for the comment.

I usually paste a copy of the comment into the email, just to jog the memory.

And paste a copy of the reply you made on your blog, into the email, too.

An email is a chance for a bit of free advertising, so at the end of the email, put a link to your blog.

Don’t make it a clickable link, though. I’ve found that some spam filters throw out emails with active links in them.

For example, if you put http://www.healthybusiness.wordpress.com, or http://healthybusiness.wordpress.com the email programme will automatically recognise it as a web address and make it a clickable link in the same way this WordPress programme has.

Instead, leave off the www. and the http:// and just put the remainder of your blog address, like this: healthybusiness.wordpress.com

After you’ve done all this, keep a copy of your email in your drafts folder. It’s easy to alter it to suit the next visitor you thank… and saves you a lot of time.