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To show you the benefit of leaving comments on other blogs, I decided to run a test in which I left 249 comments on other people’s blogs in the month of October.Those 249 comments resulted in 3,973 visitors and 6 consulting leads. And although I don’t do much consulting, I was able to turn one of those leads into a $25,000 corporate speaking gig.A few basic statsThe majority of the comments on the web are spam comments. Akismet, a tool that helps stop spam comments, sees over 7.5 million spam comments every hour.The other major group of comments is basic comments, when the commenter is just saying “thanks” or “awesome blog post.”I put in a custom URL in the “URL field” so I could track the number of clicks and leads I was generating, and my experiment confirmed that leaving either of those types of comments won’t help you.Out of the 249 comments I left, the first 25 were basic. I only wrote a phrase or a sentence such as this one:They didn’t add any value to the conversation, and they only generated 82 visitors. In essence, I was generating 3.2 visitors per comment.The remaining 224 comments drove 3,891 visitors. These comments were 4 to 17 sentences long. They added value to the conversation and took only 1 to 2 minutes to craft.These comments were generating 17.4 visitors per comment.So, if you are going to leave comments, make sure you read the blog post first, and take your time to craft a thoughtful comment.Don’t expect your rankings to skyrocketEven though I ran this test during the month of October, I’ve actually been commenting on other marketing blogs for years. When you comment on these blogs, they ‘nofollow’ the link going to your website.These blogs are telling search engines such as Google to not count that link when ranking your website.I’ve seen this to be true. When you comment on other people’s blogs, you won’t see a ranking increase. Or at least it’s been my experience with all of my blogs.So when commenting, don’t do it for higher rankings. Instead, do it for traffic, branding, and conversions.Be careful which blogs you comment onIf you are trying to gain traffic and business like me, don’t just comment on any blog.When I commented on marketing-related articles on popular blogs such as Huffington Post, it didn’t do much. It drove visitors but no conversions.Why?These popular blogs write about every topic out there, and their visitors aren’t nearly as interested in any particular topic as the readers of niche blogs are.In addition to avoiding commenting on generic mainstream blogs, you should also avoid commenting on competitor blogs as a common courtesy. Sure, there may be rare instances where it may be all right to comment on competing blogs, but in general, you should avoid them.So, what blogs should you comment on?Not all blogs produce the same resultsAs I mentioned earlier, out of the 249 comments I left, 25 were basic… so that leaves 224 comments. Here’s where the 224 comments were left:As you can see, I left 52 comments on mainstream blogs such as Huffington Post, 100 on industry blogs, and 72 on guest posts that I wrote and published around the web.From a traffic perspective, each of those channels drove anywhere from 6 to 59 visitors per comment. What I noticed is that if I wrote a comment within the first hour of the post being published and my comment was higher on the page, it drove more traffic.From a conversion standpoint, all of the leads came from commenting on guest posts that I wrote.So, it is worth commenting at all?Every month, I guest-post on sites such as Entrepreneur Magazine, Hubspot, Forbes, Inc Magazine, and a handful of other blogs. So, I decided to check how many leads came from my guest posts that I wasn’t commenting on, which is the majority of them.Shockingly, it was zero! That’s right, when I write a guest post and I don’t respond to comments, it typically generates no leads. Sure, I generated traffic and maybe even some backlinks, but no leads.But when I commented on my guest posts, I generated 7 leads. That’s a huge difference, considering that one of the leads resulted in $25,000 in revenue.From a branding perspective, commenting is worth it. I’ve had two people mention to me that they have seen my name pop up more often on industry-related blogs. Plus, your comments will help you generate traffic, brand your business, and mark you as an expert within your industry.If you happen to write guest posts, make sure you respond to comments as it generates leads and loyalty.Whether you guest-post or not, you should consider commenting on blogs within your industry. You don’t have to do it at the volume I did, but doing it even on a smaller scale can help you with branding.I know I will continue commenting. And when possible, I will comment more on the guest posts I publish as the preliminary results look good.

How can it possibly be that the findings of the preliminary autopsy on George Floyd found ‘no evidence of traumatic asphyxia deprivation of oxygen or strangulation’ and the independent autopsy found that he had died from asphyxiation?(Thanks for the “ask to answer.”)[The] findings [of the independent autopsy] are largely consistent with the preliminary findings of the original autopsy, with the original autopsy creating a significant amount of confusion by commenting on strangulation supposedly not being the cause of death, noting the contributing factor of George Floyd’s underlying heart condition, and making the potentially slanderous allegation that Floyd might have been under the influence of stimulants. Both autopsies were crystal clear that but for the trauma of a knee being applied to Floyd’s neck while he was handcuffed and prone, Floyd would still be alive. What the original autopsy failed to highlight is that a “blood choke” of the carotid artery, while not technically strangulation, is much quicker than an “air choke,” and just as deadly.See: David F. Prenatt Jr.'s answer to, “What are your thoughts on Michael Baden concluding his autopsy of George Floyd, which was requested by the family. He has determined that George Floyd died of asphyxia, as a result of Derek Chauvin placing his knee on his neck for nearly 9 minutes?“

How are two autopsy results different on why George Floyd died? State coroner said it was underlying conditions versus independent autopsy points at asphyxia by the cop’s knee for 9 minutes, why the difference?(Thanks for the “ask to answer.”)[The] findings [of the independent autopsy] are largely consistent with the preliminary findings of the original autopsy, with the original autopsy creating a significant amount of confusion by commenting on strangulation supposedly not being the cause of death, noting the contributing factor of George Floyd’s underlying heart condition, and making the potentially slanderous allegation that Floyd might have been under the influence of stimulants. Both autopsies were crystal clear that but for the trauma of a knee being applied to Floyd’s neck while he was handcuffed and prone, Floyd would still be alive. What the original autopsy failed to highlight is that a “blood choke” of the carotid artery, while not technically strangulation, is much quicker than an “air choke,” and just as deadly.See: David F. Prenatt Jr.'s answer to, “What are your thoughts on Michael Baden concluding his autopsy of George Floyd, which was requested by the family. He has determined that George Floyd died of asphyxia, as a result of Derek Chauvin placing his knee on his neck for nearly 9 minutes?“