As a newbie blogger I spend a lot of time reading other blogs. For me, that serves two purposes:  learning by watching others who are already successful at what I’m trying to do and keeping up with what’s going on in the world of internet marketing.

One piece of advice you’ll often hear is the importance of visiting other blogs in your niche and leave meaningful comments which in turn will / should / may  drive people to your blog.  In a discussion I read today on David Risley’s blog which I read daily ala Google reader some people are upset when they leave comments on the big-time blogger’s (those with huge readerships) but there is no reply or interaction.   

Fair or unfair?

You decide. Personally, I think that interacting with each and every person who comments when you have thousands of  readers (I wish) and hundreds of comments would be extremely difficult.  I liken it to a breakout session at a new members training I attended after joining a huge church in my area. The purpose of the breakout session was to discuss what you could/could not expect in a large group setting versus a smaller group setting. After discussion we discovered that there were quite a few things we had become accustomed to in the smaller congregation that we came from that would be nearly impossible to fulfill in a large group setting e.g. in a congregation of about 200 people, my pastor came to my first piano recital, my graduation from 6th grade, birthday parties and more. In a larger group setting (over 5,000) like where I attend currently, such an expectation would be impossible to live up to. All that to say, small readership = more interaction and so on. If not, the blogger with a huge readership and lots of comments would spend all their time interacting and have no time for creating new posts or marketing. I think what they do is look at all of their comments, some of which are similar in nature and respond to one or two in each category. Maybe not the best thing, but it is at least an attempt at interaction. 

Your thoughts?

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