Building and expanding your network in the online arena requires an intelligent decision when choosing the internet marketing tools that you're going to use.
You can do this by visiting and posting comments on forums, keeping in touch with online users through Twitter and Facebook, etc.
But one thing that you shouldn't take for granted is blog commenting.
Here's why; Blogs are some of the most popular sites in the online arena today.
Online users simply love them because they're usually updated and they're much more interesting to read compare to regular, boring web content.
With the volume of traffic that these blogs are attracting every single day, you would want to use them to easily reach out to more people.
You can do that through blog commenting.
Start by doing your research and identifying the most popular blogs related to your niche or to the products that you sell.
Use Google Alerts and trusted reputation management system to get the list of blogs that have major impact on the group of people that you're targeting.
To save some time, focus your attention on the top 10-15 blogs.
Then, make time to visit these blogs at least once a week.
Read their posts and react accordingly.
You can share your opinion on the topics or you can add more information.
As each comment that you'll post will reflect on your business and online reputation, ensure that they're well thought-out and simply impressive.
Most blog owners will allow you to insert the link of your own blog or website on your posts.
If your comments are intriguing or simply amazing, you can be assured that people who are visiting the blogs that you're using will be enticed to pay your site/blog a visit.
Realistically, you don't need to spend more than a couple of hours per week to do this so it's definitely not time- consuming.
The key here is proving your in-depth knowledge on each comment that you post in order to create a great first impression.
Sounds easy, right? But it can definitely give you an edge over your competitors.
However, let me just tell you that just like other content-based marketing solutions, blog commenting will not offer you the kind of results that you want overnight.
You have to be patient as it may take several weeks or months for your target market to notice you.
Here are some tips that you'll surely find useful: Do not advertise in your comments.
Most people who are doing blog commenting these days are too aggressive in promoting their products and services.
Remember, blog owners can just remove your posts if they're not happy with them or if they feel that they're spam.
So, just share your opinion and insert your blog's URL.
Trust me; this would work to your advantage.
Be consistent.
You would want people who are visiting the top blogs related to your niche to see your name as often as possible.
So, do blog commenting at least once a week.
Do not stop even after you already got the kind of attention that you want.
Be smart.
Give it your best shot when writing your posts.
Remember, your goal here is to give blog visitors a reason to check yours out.