Oh my Goodness! Google seems so extravagant these following days or my visitors are kind enough to consider the ads on my blogs are a reliable related sources on the post. Or maybe because of the height of US election that this is happening now, or maybe Christmas is fast approaching and web surfers are now looking for more information around the web, for gifts and other things and information to gather.

It is just November 7 but my earnings hit around a hundred plus. Wow! this could be an early Christmas bonus from my visitors. Supposedly, in just a week I only earned from a range of 40-50 dollars, but look at this, it multiplied by 2.

I just hope this will increase as the time goes by, This is just a part time or hobby but take a look at the results. How much more if you really focus on blogging and applied the techniques on making money online? I am glad I joined the Mindanao Bloggers Summit last few weeks ago at Gensan, it helped me a lot to go back my fingers into blogging and I applied some techniques that some Mindanao bloggers shared to me. Thanks to a fellow Mindanao blogger who wrote the book, it is of great help to widen our horizon when it comes to blogging, though there are some e-books and books online but this one is plain and simple and I can recommend this to those who are just started. Thanks too, to my ever so kind client/Boss/friend for sponsoring my travel and accommodation to General Santos City to attend the Summit.

So, I think from now on... I will keep on updating my blogs as much as I could amidst of the very busy schedules. But I think I cannot really guarrantee a regular updates on my blogs with the busy schedules. Just when I have the time to update and I will.

I have been always read a lot of blogs about making money, I also received tons of emails spam or not that introduces me to making money in the comfort of your home. When I signed up to them it gives me a lot of instructions that is making me can't understand what are the processes are and I tend to stop in the middle of the registration and didn't complete it because I think it is crazy. But when I signed up with smorty because I am a blogger since 2005, I get their attention when I read about them telling us that I will get paid to blog. Since I started blogging way back on 2005, I started loving it and I thought of making it my lifetime hobby, so, I signed up with smorty right away after reading about them because it is what I like and I get paid for blogging. It is like they advertise on blogs but in a way of posting on your blogs together with the anchor text and link. For about 5 months of being an active member with smorty I have earned money by doing what I like to do. After all you blog for money is what we always want to do. So what are you waiting for? If you are a blogger and loves doing it, sign up for smorty to advertise on blogs and get paid weekly.

I envy some blogs who has a lot of comments on their posts... and I just want my blog be doing the same but how? I am no expert... so this is what I got from digging some blogs on how to attract more comments on your blog.

One of the easiest ways to find out how well your blog is reaching people is to look at the level of comments. Are people interacting on your site? Are they actively participating with you and your content or are they just consuming (reading) and moving on? The comment level on this blog seems to mimic a wave but overall, I’m pretty happy with it. However, if you’re not satisfied with the current number of comments on your blog, here are 5 ways to Attract More Comments.

5. Make them:
Regular readers of this blog will probably eventually get sick of hearing this (if you’re not already) but commenting on other blogs really is one of the most effective and worthwhile activities in blogging. When it comes to attracting more comments on your blog, it once again makes the list. By commenting on other blogs you demonstrate that you’re an active participant in the blogging community. It implies that you see the value in the types of discussions that occur on blogs because, after all, if you didn’t you wouldn’t be commenting. Also, it’s basically an ice breaker. Even in this rather anonymous online world, people are often nervous about interacting with a new person. By commenting on other blogs, you initiate the conversation. Something as simple as “Hi, I just found your site via ____ and I’m really enjoying it.” can often lead to multiple comments on your blog as well as a new reader or subscriber.

4. Reward them:
Someone once said that to get anyone to do anything, you have to show them the benefits. I’m probably butchering some great marketing genius’ advice but the point is, if there’s a benefit to the action, people are a lot more likely to do it. So, applying that idea to blog commenting, it stands to reason that if you openly reward those who comment on your site, you’ll generate more comments! This can take all sorts of forms, but the easiest and most obvious is the Top Commentators plugin. The plugin has been covered at length on several different blogs so I’m not going to get too far into it but basically you reward your most frequent commentators with a link on your site.

Another method of rewarding comments, and something I try to do on this blog as often as possible, is to highlight a comment in your post. Whether you’re answering a question directly, or a comment inspired you to discuss a certain topic (This post itself is an example of that. Thanks Zane!), it’s a chance for you to openly thank and reward someone that leaves a comment. The more ways you can display this type of behavior, the more likely people will be to comment on your posts. Why? Because they can clearly see the benefit in doing so.

3. Bait them:
Take a quick look at the list of “Most Commented Posts” for this blog and you’ll see two examples of posts that inherently illicit responses from readers. Any type of controversial post or topic is a fantastic opportunity to generate comments on your blog. Not only does controversy generate more traffic and more links, but it almost always generates more comments. Whether people agree with you, or disagree with you, most will feel the need to weigh in on the issue. Once that happens, just sit back and watch your comment numbers grow. Not only will people begin to support or argue your point, they’ll also begin to engage each other and spawn whole new conversations and topics for debate. Despite what you may think of his blog, John Chow has been a master of this. He’ll throw a post out there and then some idiot like myself will decide to weigh in. Before you know it, you’ve got a handful of people attacking your point, and (hopefully) a handful of people defending you! Bottom line? If you can touch a nerve, you’re guaranteed to get a comment (or 20).

2. Respond to them:
This point seems fairly obvious but you’d be surprised how many bloggers seem to forget about it. If you want to attract more comments on your blog, you absolutely MUST let people know that you’re hearing them. If someone leaves a comment on your blog, respond to it! Thank them for it, answer their question, or just simply continue the discussion. However you go about it, let them know you read and appreciated their comment. Personally I try to respond to as many comments as I can, but I make it a point to interact with someone the first time they comment. The Comment Relish plugin helps with this by automatically generating a response to a new commentator, but I try to take it even further and respond on the blog as well. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve commented on a blog and come back to find absolutely now acknowledgment of it. Did the blogger see it? Did they not like my comment? Are they not actively blogging anymore? All those questions usually lead to me not commenting again and I’m not alone in that. If you want more comments on your blog, be sure to respond to the ones you do get.

1. Ask for them:
Once again a fairly obvious point, and yet, still the most effective way I’ve found to attract more comments is to simply ask for them. At the end of a post, ask for your readers’ feedback. Let them know their input is appreciated. If you can also highlight the benefits of commenting that we discussed in point 4, even better. This doesn’t have to be some big long plea for comments, it can be something as simple as “What do you think?” or “If I missed anything, let me know!” Darren Rowse of ProBlogger and Chris Garrett of Chrisg.com are experts at this. At then end of most posts they have some sort of call to action prompting their readers to comment and it’s easy to see the results of their efforts. I think of it kind of like a speech or a presentation. You write your post which presents the idea or the concept or your opinion, and once you’re done you open it up for questions or comments. If you never turn over the floor so to speak, you’re not likely to get nearly as many comments.

Source: Blogexperiment