Jeff Herring - The Article Marketing Guy writes:

Another great benefit of EzineArticles.

The best time to ask if a comment can be used as a testimonial is as soon as the comment is made. Let the commentor know that you will use their full name and web site address.

Jeff

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Hanifa K. Cook writes:

Thank you for this post! It is necessary to keep following up on comments even if it takes a second to do it.

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Paul Gooch writes:

This is useful info. for freelance writers like myself who have a freelance writing website.

I publish sample articles on my site rather than articles that I’ve had published in EzineArticles, due to possible duplicate content issues.

But it’s probably a good idea to publish any comments on these articles on my site together with a link to the Ezine article.

Thanks guys.

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Maralyn Hill writes:

I make a habit of following up on comments and appreciate your reminder.

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Orlando Racelis writes:

This is another bright idea from EzineArticles. I am sure there are thousands of new authors like me would welcome any comments from the readers. Constructive criticism for sure will improve our ability as an article writer.

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Chris Lang writes:

I get so many benefits from any comments, both here, on my blog and when I write comments on others blogs.

First off I look at comments as 1 of two things. Either a question I have not answered or as an objection that I have not answered in my sales process.

The objection may only come in the form of someone disagreeing with you. If your articles are actually focused on your blog topic and supports your products then you can pre-answer what would be and unanswerable objection on a sales letter.

The other side of the coin is leaving comments on others blogs. Most of the time I end up saving them into my notes and can easily turn them into blog posts. I cannot remember the last time I had a article dry spell. This one is a real gem.

– Chris Lang

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Kim writes:

Wish I had been following your advice since the beginning – thanks!

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Terry Lamb writes:

Christopher, is article commenting really the same as commenting on a blog? Does it have the same “link back” effect as it would on a blog or social media site?

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Emad Hassan kenona writes:

I like to know which blogs pay really and fast!!!!

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Christopher M. Knight writes:

Terry,

Yep, pretty much same thing.

Some article sites & blogs have rel=”nofollow” and some don’t on the links. I never post comments in blogs for link value alone anyway as that’s a waste of time.

All,

One related note: On articles submitted to EzineArticles.com, we don’t allow articles that ask the reader to add a comment on your article.

This is done to keep the article more mobile/portable and less EzineArticles centric.

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Shirley Bass writes:

My gracious and that’s how I feel! Thank you for another great tool idea from Ezine.

I am totally grateful for your suggestions in every area of writing and publishing articles. I am also grateful you are here for us to submit article to.

Sincerely,

Shirley Bass

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Jini writes:

You state:

“How to track this?

Comments on your articles as listed on EzineArticles.com can be easily viewed in your Article Reports within your EzineArticles Membership interface.”

I went to the membership interface and could not find a single tab or hyperlink that says: Article Reports

So, perhaps I’m just a thickie, but could you please explain exactly how I’m to track comments within the Ezine Author Membership Interface?

thanks!

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Remy Narang writes:

Excellent idea. We always keep a track of all comments cause they help in the long run.

Look forward to more great ideas’s from EzineArticles.

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Christopher M. Knight writes:

Jini,

#1 Log in to your http://Members.EzineArticles.com/ Membership account.

#2 Click on AUTHOR TOOLS, then VIEW MY ARTICLE REPORTS.

:-)

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Steve Hill writes:

FAO Jeff Herring,

I would be more than happy to add a positive comment on one of your articles in return for a link back to my website, please feel free to contact me.

Cheers,

Steve

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Edward Weiss writes:

It’s funny you should post this now. I just got a new comment. And it’s been months since the last one.

They come to few and far in between but when you get them … sweet!

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Juhani Tontti writes:

Hi all!

Good point, because comments come from people, who are in way our fans.

So if they take the time to comment, it is wise to give feedback and to try to build a personal contact and to share experiences and tips.

I have a habit to give feedback to every single comment.

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Mark writes:

Great post. When you receive comments on your posts, it feels so good. The more you give the more you get.

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Stefani writes:

Great thoughts! I actually never thought of using a comment for a testimonial until now.

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Christopher M. Knight writes:

Usually they are so brief, fair use makes it pretty easy to use without permission… but it’s always a better business decision to seek out the commentor and get their written permission to use their comments.

I concur with Jeff that SPEED matters because it’s possible that a commentor will have forgotten the comments they left many months or years ago.

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Beverly E. Taylor writes:

I love the comments I received. Thanks for having this. I also like the idea of sending a thanks to the people who left a comment – how would I do that?

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Christopher M. Knight writes:

Beverly,

Usually they (the article commentor) link up their name to their primary domain name (just like you did for your blog comment above)… so visit their website or do a WHOIS lookup to find out who owns the domain.

You can even do a WHOIS lookup on Google now.

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