stickywp 150x150 Reviving old posts: How to get comments, and make money from old articlesReviving old posts is something you should think about after your blog starts getting some good traffic and commentators. But how to go about that is a question among many bloggers. I would like to share a few tips that I have figured out along the way. Keep in mind that these tips will only work if you actually put them to use. I find that blog beginners who are not yet serious attempt to do some of the advice they receive, but not all. What happens then is that the expected results do not happen and they are clueless as to why. To ensure that your comments grow over time, try these:

  • Linking to old articles within your posts as a reference is a good way to drive traffic to the oldies. I find myself occasionally linking to an old article rather than Wikipedia if I have a relevant post published. The chances of your reader clicking on the link that goes to an old article rather than an off-site source is much better.
  • Edit your old articles. I like to go into my old articles and add new information to them that may draw more attention. Let’s say that your old articles didn’t include pictures, or enough reference materials. You can make them articles more attractive by making them look more like your recent articles. Not only that, but while you are in there editing you can also include affiliate links or banners that you now work with and are trying to make money from. Of course, if you are going to monetize, I always recommend using a site-wide solution that does all of the legwork for you in one place.
  • A plugin called CommentLuv allows you to choose from older articles to include as your latest article when commenting on other blogs. Use this feature and choose an older post. When people click the link, the first thing they see is that post and are likely to comment on it. This only goes so far. CommentLuv shows a list of the most recent posts as far as I know. I did not explore it in detail to find out if it brings up months old posts for selection under a setting or something, but maybe it is a good idea to recommend to them if they don’t already have that feature.
  • Are there sites out there linking to you? If there are, chances are that the webmaster had good reason. It might be a good time to contact them and ask them if they would be willing to help you by linking to a specific post somewhere on their site. This will also help with the inbound deep linking campaign you might have in place.
  • Include your older article links and a small snippet of them in your free newsletter. This is a great way to get comments on those old articles because you are inviting people who already subscribed to your content.
  • Sticky your old article so that it stays on the top of your homepage. People may be confused at first by looking at the date, but if the article is good you will receive comments regardless. Just don’t go closing old posts off from new comments.
  • Include your older article link in your outgoing emails and replies. I would only do this if the article was relevant to what the person’s interests are who I am emailing.

I have already used these methods and I can vouch for their effectiveness. Put them to work for you today and you will see results. You will find that one day, you have a need to get comments on older articles. The reason may be that you noticed an older article getting good PageRank or top 10 Google rankings. Or maybe someone is linking to your article.

Whatever your reason, it is wise to show new readers that you are inviting comments.

Reviving old posts: How to get comments, and make money from old articles

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