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Something people often ask is what makes people comment on my blog. You can have the BEST content and even have return visitors, but something that makes blogging different is the conversation between the writer and the readers. Without that conversation, how is the blog any different than an article site?

So how do you encourage that conversation? Well I think the big thing people need to do is show their personality! By nature, we are more apt to trust people that we know, so don’t feel like you have to make everything professional! Let your reader’s get to know you a bit better. This is pretty easy if you have an all-in-one blog or already write about your life. But what if you have a “professional” or niche blog? Here are some ideas:

• Have an About Me page that tells your readers more about you.
• Even if you are blogging about a very dry topic, try to make it fun. Add some humor once in a while. Feel free to use sarcasm!
• Give examples that your readers can relate to. Even better would be to give an example of your own. Doing that adds to the topic as well as gives readers a little bit of insight into your personality!
• Create clever titles! Your titles don’t all have to be dry: “10 ways to get rid of acne” but even something like “I just popped my last pimple!” is a little different but also describes what your post is about!
• Every once in a while participate in those meme’s and tell people 5 things they don’t know about you!
• Provide a Q&A section to let your visitors ask you questions. This would give you a good opportunity to show your personality in your answers.
• Create a “Fun Fact Friday” and give your visitors fun facts about your niche that they probably didn’t know!

There are really plenty of ways to show your personality you just need to take them. You can have a VERY successful blog in your niche AND be personal. In fact, it’s usually those blogs where you feel like you know the blogger that are most successful!

What kind of things do YOU do to infuse personality into your blog?

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