Mark Pack

I’ve got a guest post today over on Daily Blog Tips:

Commenting on other people’s blogs is a great way to have interesting discussions, learn from others – and publicize yourself and your own site.

The content of your comments is crucial to achieving all of these, but there’s one aspect that is often over-looked: having a good profile on blog commenting systems. Suppose, for example, that you comment on a site that requires you to login with a Blogger (Google) account. That means your comment will appear with your name – and a link through to your Blogger profile. What you have, or haven’t, done to refine that profile can have a big impact on what people think of you.

You can read the full piece here.

Previous blogging tips

• Are you throwing away readers by posting at the wrong time?
• Why giving our your web address may not be such a good idea
• How should you moderate blog comments?
• What should political bloggers be trying to achieve?
• Blogging in adversity – don’t stop just because a piece of bad news hits
• Useful information for Liberal Democrat bloggers – the tools the party makes available to help