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Introduce yourself to your blog’s commenters

I commented on a post at the Australian sports blog The Roar a week or so back and received this short email welcoming me to their blog:

From: The Roar To: Anthony
Date: Feb 5, 2008 7:51 AM
Subject: Welcome to The Roar

Hi Anthony,

Great to have your first comment on The Roar!

Please keep the comments coming - and feel free to submit your own article should you feel inspired.

We also encourage you to tell your friends and colleagues about The Roar. You can email the article that you commented on here - invite your mates into the debate:

http://www.theroar.com.au/2008/02/05/bennett-to-step-down/email/

Cheers,

The Roar

www.theroar.com.au

Subscribe to our free daily email:

http://www.theroar.com.au/subscribe-to-the-roar

I wanted share it here at The Local because I thought it was a wonderfully simple thing that any blogger can do to introduce yourself to your blog’s commenters and thank them for adding to the conversation. Well done The Roar!

2 comments… read them below or add one

1 Zac — 02.27.08 at 9:43 am

Thanks for the mention, Anthony - we do as much as we can to welcome our audience.

For those who run Wordpress and want to replicate the functionality, the plugin I use is Justin Shattuck’s Comment Relish:
http://www.justinshattuck.com/comment-relish/

Cheers,

Zac
The Roar

2 Anthony — 02.27.08 at 10:41 am

Thanks for the update on the plugin Zac.

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