How Do You Get Comments On Your Travel Blog?

How to you get comments on your travel blog?

When you invest a lot of time and energy to create blog content it’s really rewarding to get feedback via the blog comments. Not only does it show that your article resonated with your readers, but it gives you an opportunity to interact with them.

Here’s my List of how Travel Bloggers can get more blog comments

How to Get Comments on your Blog

One of the easiest and most used ways of getting comments is simply by asking for them. But a lack-luster “please leave your comments” or “what do you think” really won’t do. Why?

When you add a generic comment prompt like that it’s not very inspiring, and it means your blog reader has to think too much about what to write.

Instead, ask specific and pointed questions to make it easy for them to respond.

For example, at the end of this post I could add specific questions like:

  • How do you get comments?
  • Let me know how you get blog comments?
  • What technique do you use to get blog comments?

This approach leaves the request for the comments to the end of the article, so if your readers don’t make it all the way through your content, they may not see your request (especially on really long blog posts), so an alternative is to ask kick off the article with a question.

How to Get Comments on your Blog

On this article I’ve asked a question to generate blog comments.

How to you get comments on your travel blog?

You’ll see I didn’t specifically say “please leave a comment about how you get comments on your blog” – but what this approach does is it creates the opportunity for a conversation.

When I promote this article on social media, people who have something to say on the topic will be enticed over to this blog post and provide their own ideas about how they attract comments. When they visit the post they’re already thinking about the question, so will be more likely to contribute via the comments.

How to Get Comments on your Blog

Whatever topic you’re covering, leave room for additional insights and ideas. By leaving your travel blog content open-ended or incomplete, you leave room for others to add their input.

Mind the Gap

I’m not going to include every blog commenting technique I’ve read about. If I do, then they’ll be nothing that anyone can add to the conversation. (Plus nobody likes a know-it-all!)

Even when you’re writing an in-depth travel destination round-up post, don’t make the mistake of assuming you’ve thought of everything.

  • Ask your readers if you’ve missed one of their favourite places/dishes/restaurants etc.
  • Ask them if they’ve been to the destination you’re covering and what was their favourite or the most memorable aspect of their visit.

How to Get Comments on your Blog

1:1 conversation in your blog comments

The way you write can also foster a conversation in the comments. If you write in an authoritative tone as if you’re talking to a room full of people, your audience may be too intimidated to leave a comment.

But if you imagine yourself talking 1:1 with another blogger or traveler your tone will be more conversational, and your audience of followers will be more likely to join in the conversation with you. Your article is the conversation starter, and your comments sections is where your audience has an opportunity to contribute and participate.

How to Get Comments on your Blog

If your reader has taken the time to leave a comment, the worst thing you can do is to ignore it. Make you you take the time to interact with each and every one of the comments. This transforms your comments section into a conversation section.

When reader visits your blog and sees that there’s unanswered comments on your blog posts, it won’t inspire them to take the time and effort to leave their own comment. It’s more likely to evoke a “why should I bother” attitude.

If your reader have made the effort, then so should you!

How to Get Comments on your Blog

There’s a human-nature quirk that lots of people have – they don’t want to be the first. I’ve lost count of the number of events I’ve been at where the buffet is open, but nobody wants to be the first at the table, for fear of looking too eager (for some reason that same scenario never happens at the free-bar!) So how does that FOBF (fear of being first) help you out when it comes to your blog post?

Well there’s no rules to say you can’t leave the first comment in your own comments section is there? Sometimes all it takes to attract more comments is that first comment.

Once the door has been opened … more people will walk in.

How to Get Comments on your Blog

You have to work hard to get good blog comments, at a very minimum you have to write good quality content. You’ll also need to employ some of the techniques above to attract more. But once you’ve got the conversation started that shouldn’t be the end of the interaction journey, you should treat your comments as valuable and leverage them some more.

Gold

Have you promoted your comments on social media? This is an approach I hadn’t thought of before, but something I’ll start using.

I wrote an article for a online conference a while ago about Pinterest for Authors, and there’s 48 comments on the post. That kind of interaction on the content deserves some social acknowledgement, so I’m going to rewards my comment contributors by showcasing the most valuable comments on my social media, and acknowledging the contributors by using their social handle.

This serves two purposes:

  • It rewards the commenters who have taken the time to contribute to my article, and encourages them to return to my blog to add more comments to that conversation, or on another blog post.
  • It shows other potential commenters that I value comments, and will encourage them to join in the conversation.

There are multiple opportunities for encouraging comments and acknowledging how much you appreciate the effort. So bookmark this article and remind yourself of the value comments provide. Blogging is a journey, and it’s important that we keep learning strategies and technique for attracting more comments on our content.

What techniques do you use to get comments on your travel blog?

 

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Author: Jay Artale

Focused on helping travel bloggers and writers achieve their self-publishing goals. Owner of Birds of a Feather Press. Travel Writer. Nonfiction Author. Project Manager Specialising in Content Marketing and Social Media Strategy.

152 thoughts on “How Do You Get Comments On Your Travel Blog?

  1. In an exercise of practicing what I’m preaching – e.g. Kicking off the conversation myself.
    I’m adding another way to get comments on your blog *** Offer a giveaway or free download or book ***

    So for the best ideas and comments I receive on this post – I’ll send you a free copy of my new Travel Writing book – that’s currently available for sale on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Freewriting-Travel-Writers-freewriting-technique-ebook/dp/B01MTCW1JE/
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    1. It’s a great idea to offer a giveaway. Lots of travel bloggers have free pdf downloads so I like this idea of offering it as an incentive to get comments. It is also a good way of promoting your book or product in your social streams without appearing to be too salesy or sleezy.

  2. Hosting guest blog posts is a sure-fire way of attracting more blog comments because the person who has written the post helps you promote the post and gets it more air-play. Plus common-curtesy is that the author visits their post to answer the comments. And as the blog owner you can join in the comment discussion – so in effect you have two comment-admins that are running the chat. Twice the Benefit, Half the work is a winning combo.

  3. “Showcasing” the best comments on social media is a useful long tail social strategy. For really useful comments you get you could use image creation tool like Canva to create different images to use on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest. For travel blogs the image that would work best is a travel photo of a location – something inspiring or eyecatching – and add the comment quote over the top of it. Quote cards work really well on social media. Everyone loves a good quote and even if they don’t visit your blog, sharing a quote card is an easy way to share your content wider. So you increase your reach and — fingers crossed — it would attract attention and somebody down the line with click on the image to visit your website. (I did mention this was a longtail strategy didn’t I?!?!?) ………. anyway, hope you like this idea and I get a book…….

    1. Like how you’ve taken an technique I suggested and taken it to the next step. It seems like no matter how much great content I share — those pesky quote cards always get a lot of shares! … who doesn’t love an inspiration travel photo!

    2. I’m a prolific blogger and I’m surprised that I don’t get more comments. I’m going to have to try some of these. I’d really like to get more interaction from my community on my blog posts.

  4. This is a really insightful post. I’m going to take some of your suggestions on board – especially the non lacklustre question! haha

  5. It’s a great idea to offer a giveaway. Lots of travel bloggers have free pdf downloads so I like this idea of offering it as an incentive to get comments. It is also a good way of promoting your book or product in your social streams without appearing to be too salesy or sleezy.

  6. Great Article! And lots of great ideas here that are easy enough to implement … maybe try them all and see what works on my specific audience.

  7. Thanks for Sharing. These are useful tips. I’m always trying to get more social sharing and interaction on my blog posts. Do you recommend those facebook groups that have blog commenting activities and events?

    1. I belong to a couple of those groups for my personal travel blog, and I love the interaction and sense of community I get from participating. I’ve met some fabulous travel bloggers that I now follow and share their content, that I wouldn’t have found if I hadn’t taken part in the blog commenting threads. So I highly recommend those, but only if the group is focused on your specific niche. Otherwise you can get a load of crappy and uninspiring comments.
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  8. Great Article! I’m going to take some of your suggestions on board and see if I can get more comments on my travel blog. It’s an uphill struggle, and I feel it’ll take some ongoing effort on my part.

  9. Thanks for sharing these useful tips. I’m always trying to get more interaction on my blog, so hopefully I can put this into practice.

  10. Nice article, thanks for posting. Very informative post about how to travel bloggers can get more blog comments. Thanks for the inspiration. I will definitely wait for your next Blog.

  11. This is amazing post thanks for sharing this information with us – keep blogging we love your style of writing.

    1. I’ve been using this approach on some of my other travel blogs and it’s been working really well – not only to get comments, but to forge stronger bonds with other bloggers in my niche.

  12. thanks for this info .. I’m a beginning travel blogger and getting interaction on my blog articles has been a challenge. this is a great idea.

  13. thanks for taking the time to share these simple times. They’re a good reminder that with a little bit of effort we can make a difference to our visitors stats.

  14. The pandemic ruined a lot of peoples travel plans It seems we are all eager for a vacation but planning a trip still feels a bit uncertain.

    1. I think the pandemic has created opportunity for travel writers and travel bloggers to write books that will inspire readers who are in lockdown or who can’t leave their own countries. We have an opportunity to inspire them vicariously through our works, and they don’t even have to leave the comfort of their armchair … every cloud has a silver lining!

  15. How am I going to find time to do this? I barely have time to keep my head above water. Working full time and trying to run a blog too!!!! It’s so frustrating because I never seem to have enough hours in the day. There are so many things I SHOULD be doing, but I just can’t get to them. Help!!

    1. I hear you. There are only so many hours in the day. We all struggle with the same challenges. But the key is to find a few things to excel at, rather than trying to spread yourself too thin. And I personally think that comments is a good way to build and audience and following.

  16. How am I going to find time to do this? I barely have time to keep my head above water. Working full time and trying to run a blog too!!!! It’s so frustrating because I never seem to have enough hours in the day. There are so many things I SHOULD be doing, but I just can’t get to them. Help!!

    1. Whenever I feel overwhelmed like that I stop and take stock of my priorities. What am I trying to achieve? Then I only do those tasks that help move me towards my goals.

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  18. Great! thanks for sharing – so informative and full of actionable help for us bloggers. knowledgeable. You’ve inspired me to reach out.

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  21. Great article indeed. Loved all the 7 tips that you mentioned on how to get comments.
    The one I lovveeeee so much is “Ask for a comment”. This is one simple yet powerful tool.
    Not just for a travel blog but for any blog, and for just about anything. You will get what u ask for.
    There is a quote by Mahatma Gandhi “You only get what u ask for”!!
    Very deep philosophical concept but you have put it to very practical use. Thank you for pointing it out!
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