Well, I’ve written two recent posts on why people DON’T comment on blogs — one about re-defining engagement, and one with feedback on why people just don’t like to participate.
So today I thought I would write a post on why you NEED to comment. But I’m not going to go into boring blogger mode by listing “Five Reasons You Should Leave Blog Comments blah blah blah.” Instead I want to show you how leaving comments can result in serious business and financial benefits for YOU. And I’m not kidding.
You see, this is not about just writing a little note at the end of one of my articles. This is about showing up and joining a powerful business network.
So I’m going to put my money where my blog is. Let me demonstrate just a few ways how the people who engage on {grow} have benefited …
- Gregg Morris was one of the first regular members of this community. We have become dear friends and he has become one of my paid technical consultants for my customers.
- Steve Dodd is another amazing guy I’m sure you’ve seen around here. He helped me land one of my best customers and we continue to help each other on joint commercial opportunities.
- Michelle Chmielewski did a company video for me and received a new HD camera from me for her work. Michelle and I have subsequently worked on many ideas together and I’m sure we always will.
- I’ve provided new customer leads to Trey Pennington, Christina Kerley, Lisa Foote and many others.
- Michele Linn has been a paid writer for me on one of my biggest customer projects.
- I helped Nathan Dube push his company promotion into viral territory and the case study I wrote up on him is being used by Jason Falls in a seminar this week.
- Billy Mitchell has become a great friend and I’m helping him develop a very important webinar for his company.
- I’ve pitched in to help charitable causes that were important to Billy, Danny Brown, Kacy Maxwell and others.
- I’m helping John Bottom with a social media experiment he’s conducting at an upcoming conference.
- I’ve helped edit a new book coming out soon by Rebel Brown and we help each other on all kinds of problems.
- I’ve provided free advice through phone calls and emails to DOZENS of people from {grow} and from time to time I’ve also called on my new blog friends to help me too.
I’m sorry if I missed you and your story … I could literally fill three blog posts with examples of the wonderful people on {grow} and how we help each other.
But you see this is just the beginning. Because when you participate in {grow}, you’re not just connecting to me, you’re giving yourself a chance to connect to EVERYBODY. I am seeing tons of new business connections among people who first met each other right here. And how did they do that? They COMMENTED. They ENGAGED. And together we’ve formed a cool little help network of friends.
So why not get on board? We need you here! And don’t use “I have nothing to say” as an excuse. Of course you have something to say, even if it’s “I appreciated Steve’s comment,” or “Something like that happened to me too,” or “Mark, you need to shut up now.”
Remember, you’re not just commenting on a blog, you’re joining this community of dynamic business professionals … and you never know what might happen!
So now tell me again, what’s the benefit of invisibility?