Do you think a Blog comment can make money for you?
Well, it certainly made money for me, and if you are serious about it, it can also make money for you.
In this guide, I will be sharing all the steps that I took, that made $650 for me. This is more of a concept that you should learn and it may help you if you ever find yourself in similar situation as mine.
Last week I talked about blog comment moderation guide, and you should read it, if you are struggling with comment moderation.
Now, many of you know that I accept only those comments which add value to the post, and this is one thing which encourages more high-quality comments from everyone. Infact, in all of ShoutMeLoud posts, there are a lot of value in the comment section itself.
After all, who would like to drop a detailed comment when they know they are not being heard. If you still haven’t read my earlier guide on blog commenting, I suggest you to go through this post and read it word by word. This will certainly change the way you approve comments on your blog.
Back to the core of this post and I still find it unbelievable that just being proactive helped me earn $650.
So here is what happened…
Yesterday I shared a blog post about a WordPress theme, and I started receiving comments from our readers.
Today, I got a comment from Raspal (A Shouter) who informed me about the popular WordPress theme called “X.” That’s unique name for a WordPress theme; is int it?
The name itself is so amazing; I couldn’t help myself and researched about it. While researching I got to know this particular theme is ranking as number#2 on ThemeForest, and this is big deal. Moreover, this theme is a featured pack modern WordPress theme that we need to stand out in today’s date.
Check out X Theme on ThemeForest.
How I made money with Blog Comments:
I started researching about the theme and landed on the official theme page which is professionally done. If you have heard me before, I always talked about being visually appealing, and that’s the first thing which attracts the first time visitor.
I started looking at the features, and this particular WordPress theme has all the latest features such as Flat UI, Google Authorship, Responsive design to name a few and it’s designed for someone like you and me with no technical skills.
I will share the review soon, but first let me get back to the story.
I quickly searched for the contact form and contacted the developer to ask for a review copy.
This is something which I already talked earlier on this post. This is the exact Email which I sent in the Email (Kindly ignore the typos):
Within next 15 minutes, I got a reply from them, and they were more than happy to offer me the review copy of the theme.
Here is the Email reply that I got.
And here goes my reply to the Email:
And this was the final email before I was on a Skype call with Kyle:
And within next 5 minutes of Email conversation, I was on a voice call with Kyle who is the marketing guy from Theme.co.
For the first 30 minutes, we talked about them itself, and he explained what made them create this theme and all the story behind it.
I will share the details with the review post soon, but for not let’s stick to the topic.
Once we are done talking about theme features, and its inception, I asked him about the advertising options he is looking for.
This is where the importance of advertising page comes into the picture, and he told me about the unsold inventory he saw on ShoutMeLoud advertisement page.
I realized that I have not updated the advertisement page for the months, and this page still shows $650 for sidebar banner advertisement. Well, it would be so inappropriate to ask for updated price, I asked Kyle to let me use my affiliate link for the sidebar banner which he gladly accepted.
Within minutes, he sent me the graphics and made the payment via PayPal, and his ad was live.
This all thing happened within 60 minute of span and indeed with the help of one meaningful comment.
Now Kyle WordPress Theme “X” banner is already live on ShoutMeLoud and it made me $650 from the direct advertisement, and more money would follow from the affiliate sales.
TakeAway:
This story is not about how I made $65o from a direct ad sales, but it’s about how you can use the same idea to make more money.
First and foremost, take comment on your blog very seriously. My only advice would be; before you approve any comment ensure it’s adding value to the post itself. Moreover, when somebody comment on your blog about something which is new to you; take it seriously.
Research and see if that’s something interest you. Ensure you have an advertisement page on your blog to ensure marketing guys can find out advertisement options on your blog.
This is one quick story of just another blog comment on ShoutMeLoud, and if you follow the same policy, I’m sure your blog comments will do more than just adding value to your post.
If you have a similar story to share, I would like to hear your story. If you find this blogging experience useful, do share it with your blogger friends on Facebook and Twitter.
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$650 :O pretty good amount bro!
you’re always ready to share your views and ideas for free that’s why I love ShoutMeLoud so much. 🙂
looking forward to more articles like this 😀
Hi Harsh,
Maybe somewhat off-topic for this post, but can you recommend a nice theme for a writer website? I intend to separate my writer site from my blog, so will need two different themes.
I’ve tried a few but not very satisfied with them yet. I’m still testing/playing with the Swift theme, but I think it’s better as a blogging theme. Not sure at this time, though.
Very inspiring post Harsh. It shows how a little concentration during blogging can lead to making money and can be worth the effort. About the X – The Ultimate theme, I had already got the theme a month back and was trying it out in localhost, it’s very easy to setup and configure. All options are readymade and no need to code anything.
Besides being a multipurpose theme, we can use it for both blogging and ecommerce website purposes.
I am running my blog on Genesis but I have another website which I intend to run on X theme but I have checked out the loading time and I think the X theme takes a bit more time to load, so I’m wondering if it’s SEO optimized.
Harsh as my opinion you are the Best blogger on this planet EARTH! Your post are such inspiring for newbies like me. And this post made me full with confidence that i’ll be also get success in blogging. By the way can you please do a review for “Mystique Theme” (I know its too old).
@Saurav
I just checked Mystique based on your recommendation and I won’t recommend this theme to you. This one is quite old and not something which you should be using in this era. If you looking for an easy to configure modern theme, do check out Codelight.
Hi Harsh,
Thanks a lot for sharing such wonderful post and you won’t believe it following the same i also get advt. from X Theme for WordPress…
🙂 Once Again thanks for sharing..
Hi Harsh,
I completeely agree with you about comments. I even have a post on my blog which says comments are currency for your blog. Actually, I posted it after reading a post by Chris Brogan with the same title.
Just yesterday, I commented on the Swift theme post, and just a few hours later, you published this post. That’s what makes SML a great blog and you a problogger! 🙂
I hadn’t known that X was ranking number 2 at ThemeForest. That also makes me curious, which theme is ranking number 1. Going to research it.
I also didn’t know that theme authors give away review copies. This is new info to me, but knowing this wants me to do theme reviews too. Will start with the Swift theme review which I’m playing with, currently. Thanks again for your Swift theme review post.
Thanks for being so transparent and honest about your earnings. Some nice takeaways from this post and from you. 🙂
Great to know about your experience with blog commenting Harsh.
Blog commenting is an excellent tool for increasing traffic.
I have personally experienced that commenting on a very handful of blog sends a lot of traffic on my blog.
This really an inspiring article for me. Thank you very much for sharing these type of details for us.
God bless.
Monetizing something that seems to be useless is a skill. blessed skill…. Article says you have that.
Great work
Whoa what a cool strategy and from this its clear that oppurtunites are everywhere and we need to identify and grab them.
Huh?! This is news to me. If I had earned money for the comments I have made in all the places I have visited till now, I ‘d be sitting in a plush chair smoking a cigar. Well, one can dream on, right? how insightful.
so you earned $650 in an hour, that’s really great.
Best thing I like about your blogs is, you share things in a transparent manner.
wow! it’s really great. i heard this first time that we could also make money through blog commenting. according to affiliates are the best way to make money online but affiliates through commenting, it’s completely new to me. thanks for sharing this smart technique harsh.
your blog always help.
Gaurav
identifying opportunity by comments is also possible. your experience shows it
But to earn that,we need a blog like shoutmeloud which we don’t have.
@Janmeji
Not necessarily.. You can make money from any blog, only if you take care of all quality aspects of it.
Its really great news that you have made money with a comment. So many bloggers like me struggling to make money. Recently I have made $185 with affiliate marketing. 🙂
Thanks
Gagan Masoun
Blog commenting can be a good source of traffic for new bloggers if it is delivered properly.Initially search engine does not send much traffic to a new site.I just started a wordpress site and I am exploring new ideas to promote my site.I have heard new bloggers opt to deliver comments on established blog to drive initial traffic to their blog.
I never thought that a comment could yield such a reward. This is useful stuff that you have shared.My blog is relatively new, but I am buying into the ‘Advertisement page’ idea already. I find your blog interesting. The articles I have read, including, 10 marketing tools for bloggers have all added to my knowledge and will be a great help to my blogging experience.Thank you so much.
Really awesome post. Thanks.
After I visited your blog (shoutmeloud), I understood the importance of commenting on blogs. I spend about one hour per day for commenting on selected blogs. It is very useful thing. I understood that when I comment on a blog, it is better typing a meaningful and useful comment than saying “good post, Thanks”. You got an great opportunity by following someone’s comments. Good. If someone read this post, he will understand the importance of commenting on blogs, websites definitely.
You always provide us really useful, great posts. Thanks.
Whoa! That’s really cool Harsh. Between we can also make money from affiliate sales through blog commenting. When I read the title I thought you made $650 by affiliate sales.Actually I made around $40 from affiliate sales with blog commenting and I made a post regarding that you can see that here http://www.trickmik.com/2014/02/get-affiliate-sales-blog-commenting.html