Over the course of reading a new blog, there might be a time when a reader might want to comment and even e-mail the author. This is one of the most basic needs for a blog to substain it's credibility on the internet.

You might come to a roadblock when a blog does not have a "Contact" Page. I am sure you have seen bloggers who does not have even the basic "contact" page and you are looking for a way to communicate with them but just unable too.

It is crucial to show your readers that you are available. Within this post, I will go run over ten ways to show your readers that you are available to them. If you have your own tips, I would love to read them on my comments.

8. Contact Form
It is very important that your blog does have a contact page so that your readers knows they are able to query without much hassle. If you are on wordpress, add a original Ryan duff's contact form to your blog or if you are on blogger, blogosquare created a simple tutorial for you to follow and create your own contact form.

7. Enable Your Comments
By default your comments will be enabled but due to certain reasons a blogger could remove or banish the comments from their blogs

1. The blogger doesn’t have time to moderate comments.
2. The blogger doesn’t want his or her writing influenced by comments.
3. The Blogger hates comments

I encourage you to allow your comments to remain actively as long as your blog remains actively. You will want to know what others have to say about the recent post you made, a readers comment is one way to improve your blog.

6. Respond To Comments
Due to time constraint, you might not be able to respond to every single post made by your readers but make the effort to answer the few you have randomly picked to answer their questions. That is the best way to keep your readers at bay of saying you don't respond and you know readers do not like it when the blogger does not respond to his question. Interacting with your readers is the beginning of establishing a conversation with your readers.

5. Contact your First Time Commenters
Other than the robotic way of saying "thank you for visiting my blog for the first time". You could take some time and effort to write a more personalize email to the commenter yourself. This is one of the reason why i signed up as a subscriber for some of the blog who gave a much more personal touch.

4. Multiple Contacts
Don't feel devasted if is not working, all you need is your email address and a couple more social network contacts which your readers can easily find you on. My contact page does not only have a form but also my MSN, direct email address and some social network & community that i am currently active.

3. Gabbly ChatBox
Commonly used by blogspot users who place them on the sidebars, it is one of a way to chat with your readers online. It’s a free chat service for people reading the same webpage requiring no registration or downloads.

You can either embed Gabbly chat right inside your blog pages or provide an external link where visitor can click and interact with other people who are also viewing the same page.
[Create Gabbly Chatbox]

2. MSN
It might be the most common way to communicate between a reader and blogger in a 2 way communication source. MSN is used by many and it is a free chat service provided by microsoft. I will know when they are online and i can chat with they whenever i want to and wait for a reply.
[Create your MSN]

1. Skypecasts Conference
Skypecasts Beta is a new feature introduced with Skype 3.0. It allows readers to interact with you as well as other readers of your blog. A reader can either talk with other people in the Skypecast conference or join in listen-only mode. You can give free consultation online regardless where your readers are located.

A total of 100 people can be fixed on your dedicated skypecast station, decide your date that you would want to answer all your readers questions, place a button on your blog to spread the word and then people join in.
[Create SkypeCast]


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