Commenting Is the Most Effective Engagement Tool

Content is king if you have recognition.

You can craft a masterpiece, but who will know that??

I like the example of Lloyd Devereux Richards, who wrote the book "Stone Maidens " for 14 years.?

This book is a bestseller on Amazon today, but readers discovered it 11 years after it was published.?

The miracle happened when his daughter posted a viral video on TikTok about this book.?

Let's be honest.?

It is tough to become viral like this video and sell valuable products.?

You can try filming short videos.

For example, my 13-year-old son films videos for YouTube shorts to get a few thousand views on each video, and it keeps growing.?

Short videos work well for someone who loves video content.?

But my goal is to share how to win engagement for your content by commenting that you don't need to wait for miracles.?

It's not common to become a star from the first attempt, but you can invite the audience with writing comments to estimate your content.

I did it many times.?

Many big influencers spend 1-2 hours a day reading other posts and leaving comments to get a new loyal audience.?

Comments also help with building relationships.?

For example, Neil Patel spoke on my podcast after a simple outreach.?

I know many big influencers cannot catch such big fish with outreach because Neil Patel has no time to speak on a tiny percent of all podcasts.?

Why did he choose me??

My podcast is smaller than others who are willing to get him.?

The main reason was that I wrote +100 comments on his YouTube channel.?

All active content creators read comments to determine what their audience likes, dislikes, wants to get, or changes.?

Neil read many of my valuable comments and accepted the invitation.?

I never did it for the sake of getting him on my show.?

I consumed valuable content, helped his audience with more value, and got their attention and subscriptions to my channel.?

Comments work great on any social media.?

This post is more about crafting great comments on LinkedIn.?

80% - Comments; 20% - Content.?

For new channels, I recommend writing comments 80% of the time.?

Get a loyal audience first.?

How to do it??

Search lists of influencers who actively post content about your niche.?

The best way is Google.?

Type the keyword "SEO influencers follow on LinkedIn."

Change SEO to your niche or LinkedIn to another social media platform if you have similar goals in other niches.

I follow everyone on the list and can unfollow them if I dislike some content.?

The second way is to use the search feature with popular keywords about your niche.?

The third way is to find them in recommendations.?

Social media platforms recognize your interests and share content you like because people bounce platforms fast if you don't.?

You did it??

Move to the next step.?

Check the previous content of choosing influencers to see if their audience is active.?

If you see people comment, share, and like a lot, it’s also the right choice to become active.

Many accounts use fake audiences to get organic reach.?

You can recognize it by reading comments.?

AI comments look robotic, generic, and nothing special.?

You only waste your time to become active on such posts.?

I cannot say that some tools can help recognize fake activities, but your internal feeling works well after having a small experience.?

So, you know how to follow, whom to follow, and go to the next step.?

Just Write Comments

I opened my LinkedIn feed and checked relevant posts.?

A. Lee Judge shares his growth in 2023 and plans for 2024.?

Love it.?

I left my comment after reading the post.?

Keep scrolling down for new posts.?

I cannot pass this post because Olga Andrienko is super active on LinkedIn and deserves high reach.?

I commented on this valuable post, too.

You can see from my examples, I never use ChatGPT to generate comments.?

My goal is to bring extra value, praise influencers for valuable content and give a solid reason for others to check my profile.?

Daniel Foley Carter shares his health issue and highlights how SEO can help him go ahead.?

SEO helps him. Impressive.

Scrolling down, I found how Gus Pelogia shows settings on how to get results without featured snippets that users love so much and content creators hate so much.?

This post definitely deserves my comment.?

I even read other comments and reply to some of them.?

Jimmy Kim usually writes about email marketing, but emails are the central part of SEO strategy: conversions, outreach, PR, etc.?

I left my comments here too.

Commenting Demands Patience

If you need to win attention by commenting, be ready to become patient with results.?

It takes time.?

Btw, what doesn’t??

I have no idea how to become an Instagram or TikTok star overnight.?

Just love what you do.?

If you write a few comments and wait for success, don’t even try.?

I’m not sure that a few hundred comments even can help.?

+1,000 looks better.?

Craft your skills and improve comments step-by-step, learn which comments get high engagement and which posts deserve comments, and learn how to craft your posts.?

The best comments bring the following:

• Extra value to the main posts
• Inspiration
• Praise the main post

Start writing 10 comments on the first day, and increase the number of comments on the next day.?

You can also schedule some time instead of the number of comments.?

Write a hundred nasty comments from the first attempt.?

No worries if the quality is low and nobody cares.?

Just improve step-by-step.?

You get the confidence after writing comments for a long time.?

After writing a thousand comments, your fingers won’t write new comments.?

You’ll play the piano on your keyboard.?

Conclusion

Commenting is a powerful tool if you do this job manually and don’t generate texts with AI.?

If you can do this with quality, then do it.?

Why not.?

I prefer to have many grammar mistakes but be authentic and leave my insights that help people.?

Remember!

People follow if they get value and want to get more value.?

Your comments should provoke this feeling.?

Agree?