Playing With the Comment Sniper
October 17, 2007
It’s already common knowledge that participating in blogs and leaving comments is a way to start generating some traffic to your pages (not a lot, but some). In addition it allows you to build relationships with other bloggers in your niche (something you need to be doing for maximum effectiveness).
Duncan Carver recently released a free program called “Comment Sniper” which allows you track specific blogs and notify you whenever there is a new post so you can visit and post as one of the first comments.
I’ve heard from several others who seem to enjoy using it…and one of my clients recently asked me about it today so I thought I’d take a closer look.
Obviously the first few comments will be read and clicked on by more people…and this software gives you the opportunity to state your opinion without just copying what others have already said. At first I thought it might be “comment spam” type software…which I absolutely hate, but it’s not. It doesn’t post any automated comments for you. It simply notifies you when a new post has been made so you can visit it immediately and be the first to participate.
It even allows you to have messages sent to your cell phone about when new posts are made on your favorite blogs. I’ll take their word for it, because no way in the world would I want to receive a message every time someone adds a new blog posting.
Nor will I ever leave this software running on my own computer. Can you say distraction? Just like I don’t check email all day, I’m definitely not checking blogs all day.
Where do I see value in this software?
First of all, it includes a very nice blog search tool to help you find top blogs in your industry. Not only does it allow you to search many top sites such as Wordpress, Blogger, and Google Blog Search, it also shows you the blog’s Alexa and Pagerank. Very nice tool for finding your top blogs which you should be doing in every niche to build your blog traffic and find joint venture partners for your products.
Next, it is a very nice tool to outsource to someone else to participate on blogs in your stead. Instead of you participating and using the software, have an intern, staff member, or outsourced worker using it for you. As with many other time intensive marketing strategies, use it enough that you know how it works and how to demonstrate it to someone else, then hand it off to be done for you while you concentrate on the most important elements of your business.
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