Thanks to March Commenters

Matt,

Thank you for the kind words.

Some of the commenters this month, especially those with no blogs/Web sites of their own, came here because of Read an E-Book Week. They commented in order to get a freee-book. I’m delighted they found my blog and asked for an e-book during the event. I hope they enjoy the book and want to read more e-books, especially my books. I also hope they come back to read my blog.

Andrew,

I keep a running tally during the month to make it easy to compile the monthly thanks. You’re already a significant contributor this month; a couple more comments, and you’ll be outstanding.

wilson,

Thanks for being a regular and frequent commenter. I really appreciate your consistency and participation.

Cesar,

Thank you for commenting! Looking forward to more comments from you.

sriraj,

Thank you and congratulations for being the top contributor to my blog last month! I appreciate all your comments.

The first time I compiled the thank-you list, it took a very long time—it was for a whole year, and I didn’t have a good system for doing it. I went through the comments in my WordPress dashboard and manually compiled the list. The next two times were for a quarter of the year (three months); they were still a lot of work, but not as much as the first time because I kept a list throughout the quarter.

Since July of last year, I have compiled the list every month, and I can now create the post in an hour or less, the same amount of time I usually spend on a post.

I have a Excel workbook for comments, and each month I start a new page. Each time I moderate and reply to comments, I record the names of new commenters and record the date for people already on the list. It’s easy to copy and paste the person’s name and Web site from the previous list if they commented the month before. At the end of the month, I sort the list by number of comments then copy and paste the first two columns of the Excel spreadsheet into Dreamweaver, then copy and paste the HTML code from Dreamweaver into Word Press. Each time it gets faster and easier.

Regarding my posting schedule: I typically post on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of each week. However, I posted daily during Holy Week and Easter, so this week I only wrote two more posts. Next week, I’ll be back to Monday, Wednesday, and Friday until I get off-schedule again (either for a special event that doesn’t happen on Monday, Wednesday, or Friday or because I get so busy with client work I don’t have time to post).

Glad to hear you’re making progress on your family history!

I look forward to many more comments from you in the future!

Brad,

This month was a few more than usual because of the free e-books I gave away during Read an E-Book Week.

I’m always glad to acknowledge the people who make this blog so much fun!

Jeanne,

We miss your comments and your posts on your own blog, but caring for family in time of need is overriding. Prayers going out for you and your mother.

Jeanne,

Please keep us posted on your mother … and take care of yourself as well.

Thank you, Renae. We have a mutual fan club.

Leo,

Thank you. I look forward to your contributions.

Paul,

You’re welcome for the mention, and thank you for the kind words.

air,

I hope you like my attitude when I suggest I’d rather address commenters as real people rather than keywords.

With Keyword Luv, you can write YourName@Keywords, and I can address you by name, and you will still get your keyword link.

Thanks for commenting. I do appreciate hearing from readers.

You’re welcome, Jeff.

solar (if you wrote Your Name @ solar panels build your own, I could address you as a person instead of energy device, and you would still get your keyword link),

You didn’t explain which plugin you’re talking about. I have the Top Commenters plugin installed and activated but for some reason, I haven’t been able to get it to work.