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		<title>By: Michael Ottman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael Ottman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Rich and Paull, thanks for the comments.  Rich, you must leave as many comments as it takes to get yourself all over the community.  If nobody knows who you are then why would they want to visit your site?

I&#039;m sure there is something you know that can help others or at least stir up a conversation.  If you just go to blogs and yell, &quot;Hey, come follow me.&quot; then nobody will follow.

When you post real comments and engage the community then more likely people will see you for you and want to know more about what you do.  That&#039;s when they click over to your site.

As for how many comments should you leave is up to you.  I&#039;ve noticed the ones leaving the most comments get the most traffic.  Go figure.

Paull, thanks for the great comments.  Just another perfect example of leaving quality comments on blogs for Rich to learn from.  I liked your videos and the blog is fantastic.  Great job!

I&#039;ve gone and voted for Alex and &quot;Yeah!&quot; I&#039;m very satisfied with the amount of knowledge and sacrifice this &quot;Giving Guru&quot; has given us.  For anyone that has not taken Alex up on his coaching program is really missing out.

I&#039;ll be sure to check your blogs out more for more great posts.  Thanks guys!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Rich and Paull, thanks for the comments.  Rich, you must leave as many comments as it takes to get yourself all over the community.  If nobody knows who you are then why would they want to visit your site?</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure there is something you know that can help others or at least stir up a conversation.  If you just go to blogs and yell, &#8220;Hey, come follow me.&#8221; then nobody will follow.</p>
<p>When you post real comments and engage the community then more likely people will see you for you and want to know more about what you do.  That&#8217;s when they click over to your site.</p>
<p>As for how many comments should you leave is up to you.  I&#8217;ve noticed the ones leaving the most comments get the most traffic.  Go figure.</p>
<p>Paull, thanks for the great comments.  Just another perfect example of leaving quality comments on blogs for Rich to learn from.  I liked your videos and the blog is fantastic.  Great job!</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve gone and voted for Alex and &#8220;Yeah!&#8221; I&#8217;m very satisfied with the amount of knowledge and sacrifice this &#8220;Giving Guru&#8221; has given us.  For anyone that has not taken Alex up on his coaching program is really missing out.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll be sure to check your blogs out more for more great posts.  Thanks guys!</p>
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		<title>By: Paull Hamilton</title>
		<link>http://michaelottman.com/traffic-by-leaving-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-33</link>
		<dc:creator>Paull Hamilton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Michael, this is my first visit to your site, I am slowly working my way through all of Alex&#039;s students. It is taking time, but as you say in your article it is extremely important to make this contact with others. 

I find it interesting reading about what others are struggling with and also how they managed to overcome the problem. At some time you are bound to come across your particular problem. I think the camaraderie among the students is astounding, you only have to pose a question and somebody will answer you. 

There is no need to struggle along on your own, thats just a waste of ,and time is something we are all fighting against, in order to get through all the tasks we have set ourselves.

I really would appreciate your visiting my site to see the post concerning a poll about Alex.  Many thanks in anticipation.

Paull</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Michael, this is my first visit to your site, I am slowly working my way through all of Alex&#8217;s students. It is taking time, but as you say in your article it is extremely important to make this contact with others. </p>
<p>I find it interesting reading about what others are struggling with and also how they managed to overcome the problem. At some time you are bound to come across your particular problem. I think the camaraderie among the students is astounding, you only have to pose a question and somebody will answer you. </p>
<p>There is no need to struggle along on your own, thats just a waste of ,and time is something we are all fighting against, in order to get through all the tasks we have set ourselves.</p>
<p>I really would appreciate your visiting my site to see the post concerning a poll about Alex.  Many thanks in anticipation.</p>
<p>Paull</p>
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		<title>By: Rich</title>
		<link>http://michaelottman.com/traffic-by-leaving-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-32</link>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 03:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great post Michael, I usually just comment on what the person wrote about by trying to add something thats relevant, that I think they might have missed. This sometimes gives other people a nudge to start up a topic about the post.

As in your recent post, I think its fine to build links to your blog by leaving comments but, how many comments are you supposed to leave on other blogs? I&#039;m not quite sure myself.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great post Michael, I usually just comment on what the person wrote about by trying to add something thats relevant, that I think they might have missed. This sometimes gives other people a nudge to start up a topic about the post.</p>
<p>As in your recent post, I think its fine to build links to your blog by leaving comments but, how many comments are you supposed to leave on other blogs? I&#8217;m not quite sure myself.</p>
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