Comments on: Reader Q&A: How to Respond to Blog Comments

By: Paul Cunningham

Paul Cunningham — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:02:05 +0000

Hi Kay, sorry about the delay responding!

Protocol would just be to link to their post from yours, and then make it clear which parts of their post you’re quoting by wrapping them in quotes (there’s a button for that in the WordPress visual editor).

It is up to you how “snarky” you want to be, but everyone has their own voice so don’t shy away from writing in yours ;-)

By: Kay Brown

Kay Brown — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:37:48 +0000

Hi-

I just read a blog post by another parenting blogger and I am inspired to respond to her post on my blog. My blog is not published yet, it is in the final stages with a designer. Anyway, what is the protocol in responding to another blogger’s post? How do I let her know, or cite specific quotes. I don’t want to start a war, however, my style is a little more colloquial/snarky than the more nurturing, slightly academic style of the other blog.

Thanks for your help.

Best,
Kay

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By: mk akan

mk akan — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:55:39 +0000

All these options are okay but there is another option of replying comments in the comments after many people have commented ..that is answering 10 comments with a a comment mentioning and giving answers to the different commenters..like used by dosh dosh
..by the way is havent been able to download your twitter wordpress intergration handbook…can you mail it directly to me..i opted in your list and has not been able to get it after mant tries..(other people may also have this problem)
thank you

By: Tom | Build That List

Tom | Build That List — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:33:56 +0000

I love your third option! Taking the conversation to email is a great option if you find that their comment is a little off topic from the post. This allows you to continue the conversation without distracting the flow on your post.