Most of my traffic into this blog is either from Virb or from comments on other blogs, especially high traffic blogs. More often or not I come to the high traffic posts and they're already swamped with keen blogging enthusiasts that also would like a piece of the traffic apple for themselves. From this position I could either break down and make my life miserable because I missed being in the top 5 comments, or I could refer to these 5 Cheeky Commenting Tactics

1. Use bold letter to place emphasis on what your saying

What are the chances of someone just zooming down the long list of plain texted comments to directly stop in the middle to look at your also plain texted comment.... zilch. Spice up your post with a few <b>bold words</b> or <i>italics</i> to prove that your little comment is going to be worth something to someone. It'll stand out like a lighthouse in a sea of un-styled text.

2. Write something longer than what other people are saying, but not too long (!)

It's hard to believe, but if your have a lot to say, people will stop to listen. If you've been paying attention to what others on the current blog have been saying, and you take all this in and either summarise what everyone else has been saying with a new twist there's a good chance that people will respect what your saying.

3. Start a conversation

Hey, it's no secret, people like to talk. If you aim a few words at a few different people there's a good chance that if their back in town later on, they will respond. This tactic works especially well if the post that your posting on is an especially good post. There's a great chance that if you bookmark where your comment was left and then come back to it later, you'll have some replies coming through.

4. USE CAPS TO SAY SOMETHING

This way is a guaranteed way to seriously annoy people. It is NOT something that you should be doing on a regular basis, but it will bring in traffic, believe it or not. I personally do not like this way of doing things, but if your willing to bring in a slight upbuild of traffic at a high cost, be my guest.

5. Create an image with your text, then flip it

Most blogs don't allow pictures, but if they do, this is the most efficient way to bring in traffic. It's quite amusing to just browse around the place and then see this upside down blog comment. If you don't have a laptop and your not that good at reading upside down, your in trouble, but there's a good chance that your going to remember that comment for a long time to come.

And remember, no one likes a mimic commenter (this will be the next post in my commenting series...)