The Importance of Commenting
And Replying
And Replying
If I said it once, I'd say it a thousand times, commenting is one of the best ways to engage with the Steem community, get to know your favorite content creators better, bring some awareness to your blog and maybe even make a few bucks. For a long period, I used to make more on comments than on posts.
If you’re in your early stages and you still don’t have so much support on your blog commenting and engaging with people on the chat is the way to do it, that’s how I started, and that’s exactly how many others, even whales, have started before. After all, the first Steemian that showed me the way and told me about commenting is 
If you want to see some new success stories take a look at 
Replying
I’m seeing this all the time, people getting great comments on their posts but they are not responding them, and it’s so sad because they can miss on a great conversation, friend and maybe even a consistent supporter of their blog. Of course, this does not apply to whales who get tens or even hundreds of comments; it's quite impossible to respond all of them in their case.
I used to reply every single comment, and since I joined 
What’s fantastic about this is that if you regularly reply to comments you can gain some authentic followers, there are a few people like 
Also, there are people like 
If I wouldn’t reply their comments, engage with them, probably they would not be that active on my blog anymore; thus I would’ve missed on some fantastic peeps and conversations. I don’t always get to reply all of the comments but I read all of them, and I try to make time to give them a decent reply.
Conclusion
If your blog is doing well and you receive some comments I urge you to try to reply all of them; you never know where the next comment may take you. If you’re not there yet then regularly comment on other people’s post until they notice you, who knows, maybe you will gain a valuable follower. But don’t do all of the things I mentioned above because you want to make money but because you want to connect with people.
I was fortunate enough to meet and connect with so many Steemians in my early stages and looking back now because I did that, I was presented and nominated for projects like @OCD and @Sndbox. I received constant support on my posts from people like @Lexiconical, @Nikez452 and 
In the end, Steem is a social media network, and the only way to prosper is if you connect with people and there are plenty quality ones you can connect with.
The pictures are from Pixabay: 1, 2, 3, 4.
