As an experienced blogger, I can say that most of the new bloggers make a mistake is that they don’t provide a way of contacting them to their visitors. It’s one of the common and stupid mistake a blogger does. One may ask that why is it important to provide the contact point, when any visitor can leave a comment on a blog post. There are lot of reasons for that and here are some of them :

1. No public show : There are lot of people who may not want to reveal their name or views for public viewing however would love to convey their thoughts to you and if you don’t provide a way to do so, they can’t do so and thus you lose the possibility of converting a visitor in a regular reader of your blog.

2. PR firms : There are many PR firms out there and they love to reach to bloggers and one of the primary way of contacting is through the contact form you provide on the blog.

3. Other blogger connect : There are many a times when I’ve received emails from many bloggers who ask me various questions and give me suggestions and it was possible only because I had a contact form.

4. Advertisers are everywhere : If you have a good niche blog then there is quite a possibility that few advertisers may contact you and give you some decent offers. I’m sure you wouldn’t deny the opportunity of earning money out of your blog.

Well, there are many other reasons and you can make N number of reasons where you will need a contact form for your blog/website.

Providing the email address, isn’t that one of the solution ?

You can always provide your email address on your website and let the users contact you, however their are spam bots who look for email address on the webpages and your email address becomes home of all the spam emails in the world. In short if you are interested in getting million dollar offers from a person sitting in cuba then feel free to publish you email address on your blog.

What are the ways of creating a contact form on WordPress blogs ?

There are various plugins available for free which allow you to create the contact forms and that too without much work. Here are some of the plugins which you may choose :

1. Contact Form 7 : This is one of the simplest contact form plugin and keeps the spam away with the help of Akismet plugin & keeping the CAPTCHA too.

2. cForms II : If I say that it’s one of the most advanced plugin ever built for WordPress then most of the users will agree to me without saying any other word. This plugin helps you in creating highly customizable forms and can fit anywhere, where ever you need a form on your blog.

If you know any other plugin which can help in creating the contact form for WordPress blogs then don’t forget to fill the contact form of our blog.