I love shopping at Nordstrom. I usually find exactly what I'm looking for there. And if not, their helpful staff will find what I need and ship it to me for free. I've never had an issue returning anything either! And after every good dose of retail therapy, I receive a personalized thank you card in the mail. Now that's service!
I'm taking note (literally) of the exceptional service and appreciation Nordstrom provides to its customers. And I'm applying it to my bag of blogging goodies! If Nordstrom can take the time to thank customers for purchasing items, then I can surely thank my blog readers that take time to leave thoughtful comments. Not the "great job" or "awesome post" kind of comments, but those rockin' ActiveRainers that take the extra time to give you some real feedback. Here is my new comment thank you policy that I will employ here at ActiveRain, and at MyTechOpinion and MyMarketWare.
Thanking Commenters:
(1) Reply back in a timely fashion to the thoughtful comments or real feedback made on posts. Same day is best!
(2) Send a personal thank you email. (Very easy to do within the ActiveRain network!)
(3) For those of you that have an additional Wordpress blog, use the Comment Relish Plug-in and set up your custom auto-email responder for all first time commenters on your blog.
(4) Be helpful. If someone asks you a question, provide an answer, reference, or resource.
(5) And make comments on your commenter's blog. The best form of thanking someone in my opinion, is to return the favor. So give real feedback to others.
Now get out there are thank your commenters! Because what goes around comes around....and a little comment karma never hurts!
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