{"id":6721,"date":"2010-07-15T10:08:18","date_gmt":"2010-07-15T10:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/blog\/?p=6721"},"modified":"2010-07-15T10:08:18","modified_gmt":"2010-07-15T10:08:18","slug":"commenting-at-blogs-mention-your-expertise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/marketing\/online-marketing\/commenting-at-blogs-mention-your-expertise\/","title":{"rendered":"Commenting at blogs? Mention your expertise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/07\/talk-bubble2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6722\" style=\"float: left;margin: 6px 10px\" title=\"talk bubble2\" src=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/07\/talk-bubble2.jpg\" alt=\"Colorful images of peg figures of people with talk bubbles coming out of their mouths\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a>Mickie Kennedy&#8217;s excellent\u00a0post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ereleases.com\/prfuel\/blog-commenting-pr\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blog commenting for PR&#8211;do&#8217;s and dont&#8217;s<\/a>,\u00a0reminded me about something\u00a0that every smart Publicity Hound do.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>State your expertise whenever you comment.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if I&#8217;m commenting on a post about how to write well, I&#8217;ll start by saying&#8230;&#8221;As a publicity expert who worked as a newspaper writing coach for many years, I disagree with&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here are ways to state your expertise:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have you written a book on the topic?\u00a0 If so, say so.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>Are you a speaker or trainer?<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>Are you a consultant?<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>Have you written more than two dozen articles on the topic?<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>Do you have a Facebook Fan page devoted to this topic and does it have a large number of fans? (Be sure to link.)\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mentioning this\u00a0just might tempt people to click the link.<\/p>\n<p>When Patsi Krakoff was my guest expert on the webinar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Time-saving Tips for Smart Business Blogging,&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0she mentioned the value of comments, especially for people who don&#8217;t yet have blogs. I spend as much time as possible commenting at other people&#8217;s blogs. In a few instances, the bloggers have liked the comments so much that they extended an invitation to me to be a guest blogger.<\/p>\n<p>How much time\u00a0 do you spend comnmenting at blogs? Have you seen a good return on your investment of time? If so, what has happened as a result?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mickie Kennedy&#8217;s excellent\u00a0post Blog commenting for PR&#8211;do&#8217;s and dont&#8217;s,\u00a0reminded me about something\u00a0that every smart Publicity Hound do.\u00a0 State your expertise whenever you comment. For example, if I&#8217;m commenting on a post about how to write well, I&#8217;ll start by saying&#8230;&#8221;As a publicity expert who worked as a newspaper writing coach for many years, I disagree\u2026&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/marketing\/online-marketing\/commenting-at-blogs-mention-your-expertise\/\" class=\"rmlink\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","iawp_total_views":1,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[612],"tags":[2],"class_list":{"0":"post-6721","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-online-marketing","7":"tag-blogging","8":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Joan Stewart","author_link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/author\/jstewart\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}