We’re often looking for new ways to work smarter, faster and more productive. As a website owner, I’ve found that utilizing the right plugin can accomplish these goals. If you’re looking to build a brand’s audience for content, Disqus is the plugin service for you.
In this post, I’m going to walk you through the basics of using Disqus, my experiences with it, and how you can utilize it for your own needs.
First off. What is DISQUS? Pronounced Discuss
Disqus allows you to build an integrated community for your onsite content. At its core, it’s a commenting system that makes engagement easier and more interactive. It connects websites and commenters across over 60 million community profiles, and billions of conversations. Thus, turning your website’s commenting efforts into a cultivating community built for user engagement.
Now that you’ve started building your own community, it’s time to manage it. Disqus’ commenting system has a comprehensive management system with simple administration options and community functions. In this next section, I’ll walk you through some of the Disqus management basics.
Approving, Deleting, and Marking Spam Comments
Typically, you’ll run into three types of comments; the good, the bad, and the crazies. Luckily for us, Disqus allows complete control over the kind of messages that display on your blog with the ability to moderate comments.
You can find the Moderation Panel setting on the Settings | Posts and comments tab. Within the Moderation Panel, Disqus provides a snapshot of your forum’s comment statuses. In this landscape you can perform bulk actions, or you can approve comments on a case by case basis in an expanded comment view.
Building & Interacting with Your Following
Setting the right expectations and “rules of engagement” is extremely important when building a collaborating community. Providing clear expectations can help focus the conversation and encourage quality discussions.
Remember, you’re the community leader. It’s essential that you interact within your community and encourage conversations.
Integrating Social Media
The integration of networked commenting and social platforms helps to provide depth and breadth for user engagement. With Disqus, users have the ability to log in with their social media accounts, leave comments, and have it all linked to their profile.
Social sharing is the key to your content going viral. Disqus simply encourages social sharing by making it easier for users. Having these deeper metrics not only boosts potential impressions, but also strengthens the longevity of your content’s presence.
These are just a few simple tips to help you get started with Disqus. If you’d like to gain hands-on experience with the plugin, simply implement it by visiting this link: (https://wordpress.org/plugins/disqus-comment-system/) If have any questions or have another great plugin to share, please let me know in the comments below!
