When your blog is new, no one wants to hang out with you, but this can be turned around. You too can become the popular kid by knowing how to leave awesome comments that get noticed. If you have your own blog, and you get comments, you know what you like to see and what you want to avoid.

I don’t know about you, but getting those weird comments with horrible grammar and a link to you know what isn’t something I like to see. Leaving thoughtful and remarkable comments is easy, because we all have something to say.

How often have you had things in mind that you wanted say but once you read the whole article you somehow forgot it all?

3 Bullet-Proof Tips to Make Your Comments Stand Out

The tips I am about to share with you are so mind-blowingly simple that you’d think they were written by one of those not-so-bright children that picks their nose and makes faces at you for hours (if you’re reading this, I’m going to get you one day). That said, here’s your bullet-proof vest:

1. Take notes. What I do is I keep a notepad window open when I’m reading a post and I jot down anything that comes to mind, because sometimes when you’re reading one of those gigantic 2,000 word posts, you just can’t remember everything you wanted to talk about once you get to the end. Write down your ideas as you go, it will be much easier, I promise you that!
2. Be you. Speak your mind and don’t be shy about injecting some of your weird humor into your comment. Even if most people don’t know what you’re talking about, at least you have a personality, compared to the other “hey, nice post!” drones. You know who you are! Stop it.
3. Be wise. When you write a comment, think about what kind of comments you would like to see on your blog. Do you really think you can get away with a half-assed comment? Bloggers are (usually) smart and they know when someone is just trying to get traffic by commenting. It doesn’t have to be hard to be remarkable, all you have to do is be yourself.

Comments, Comments, Comments

When I started my blog, I went crazy with comments. I subscribed to all the blogs that I was interested in and started commenting on their latest posts. I made my best effort to leave amazing comments and it paid off. I made an impression on a lot of bloggers and they in turn came to check out my blog to comment, which was awesome, since I had no friends at that time.

As you can see, leaving remarkable comments is relatively straight-forward. I know you have thoughts running through your head right now on what’s right and what’s wrong. You’re torturing yourself for no reason at all.

The next step is to start commenting just a little bit more on the blogs you like, and implement the tips I gave you. Commenting is an awesome strategy to get your blog off the ground and make new connections, so use it well. Now go make some friends.