As most blog commenting areas allow you to have your name link to your blog, this is a good way to get other bloggers to notice you, interact with those who read the other blog, and hopefully get some of them back onto your website.
As with forums, there is etiquette to consider. Bloggers don't appreciate "yes man" comments that show you didn't read the post or ones that aim to incite their readers. Make sure you also use your real name or your pseudonym, not your blog's name, and certainly not keywords pertaining to your blog.
Contribute something that's actually helpful to the people who will read your comment and you'll be fine. If you're finding that it's a stretch to come up with something to say, then don't comment just for the sake of it!
Finally, in the world of blogging, there's plenty of room at the top. You don't need to approach all your competitors like competitors. Think of it as being about cooperating and sharing knowledge, at least in terms of your relationship with other blog owners, and you'll be more successful in the long run.
If they don't like you, they won't link to you. Earning a link in one of their posts means a lot more to readers than the link on your name in the comment area.
This comes in handy for traffic generation much later on as you develop a following, but in the meantime, it's a way to meet contacts and make friends. Some of those people might be starting blogs of their own with similar readership levels, publishing content relevant to yours, and therefore you can exchange links to share with your readers.
You might get lucky and befriend someone who's already established. Most established bloggers like to point out someone who is new to the scene but offering something helpful – the hard part is getting on their radar.Either way, developing social media profiles is something every blog owner, editor, or writer should do, and will help you both now, and when it's more established.
Unless you've got a bit of a fan club of your own, you've probably found that I wasn't lying when I said busy and influential people will ignore you (a lot). In the process of researching these people before you contacted them, you may have noticed some of the people who they do interact with, who are a bit more accessible to you. It could be an employee or a friend of the person you want to contact.
The best way to get in touch with people in high places is to befriend these people and help them out. Just chat and send them cool links or do them a favor and build a relationship with them for the moment. You can ask for an introduction later on when it's appropriate.
Take the time to care about the person first, because there are undoubtedly many others who contact them wanting nothing more than that introduction. I don't believe in using people; if I can meet someone influential after I help someone they know, that's great for both of us.
Networking with other bloggers, regardless of their influence, is generally a good practice purely in terms of being part of the blogging community, learning from each other and helping each other out. When I started out in blogging, I spent a lot of time reaching out to other bloggers who were also starting out, and the occasional links, feedback, and camaraderie was well worth it! In fact, one of the bloggers I met two months in to blogging is now a top 100 blogger and runs a rather huge site called ZenHabits! So you never know who you might be befriending.
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