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Introduction:
As an author, how do you feel when you are complimented on writing a good post?
Happy? If so, then I can also tell you that same applies to every author, as this is simply a characteristic in human behaviour that makes us enjoy compliments.
Be it as little as it may be, authors of blog post take seriously the comments of their readers and they are often compelled to reacting positively by replying or upvoting or even both.
Minnow's yet to discover the importance of commenting usually find it discouraging after churning out so many post with little or no comments,upvotes or resteems despite having high views. The advise at this point is to adopt commenting.
Commenting can fetch you more sbd's than what you make an on an average post as a minnow in a week.
Depending on how you go about this you can make up to 30sbd from just commenting on blog post of authors in a week, You also stand a chance of being recognized amongst authors and fellow commenters, when noticed by an author you have every opportunity of being followed back just for your comment.
In some instance most followers of his would also takes note of your comments and follow you.
And the implication of this is that in the long-run they become readers and upvoters of your post and you can always trace that back to a simple act of commenting.
By reading and commenting on blog posts you stand a better chance to gaining insight to many areas that inspires you to being an author - ejemai.
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Before commenting, first and foremost make sure you read the post, it is just that simple. In a bid to being the first to comment so many people leave comments that have no connection to the author's post, this will not only make you look stupid but can also get you flagged which isn't good for a minnow.
Comments left on blog post should be
Interactive
Encouraging
Contributive.
Be interactive:
An interactive comment enables an author to relate to your post, it helps to build a connections between you and the author. The authors psychology at this point gets intertwined with yours and leaves him feeling like he knows you already as he tries to create a mental picture of who it is he is communicating with and focuses on leaving another response that gets the conversation going on and on. This has been proven to give instant follow backs.
Be encouraging:
Start by addressing the author then you proceed to telling him what it was that interested you about his post and how it has provided you with an understanding of the information his post was trying to convey to his audience, trust me if i were the author in this case i'd follow you instantly. This method makes him to think that you see things from his perspective. This also makes him to feel the need to bond with someone with a similar mindset and at this point he is left with no other option but to follow you even if you are not a follower of his.
Be Contributive:
The connection at this point is for you to make. You make your own input to the post and proving you see things from his point of view not the other way round as i said in being encouraging.
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There are moments when you don't agree with the authors and being interactive, encouraging and contributive does not come into the picture, do so respectfully, be constructive in your criticism because his followers are watching and based on your comments and the manner you put it you stand to gaining the respect upvotes and followership too.
Links in the comments
source I always warn vehemently against this strategy amongst minnows. Even though i use it, yes i do use it, but not in a manner as to undermine myself and look desperate.
This requires a longer time as you must read the post, understand it and then you go over to research about it and have a broader understanding about it,
then you make a post about what you understood from your research which you now link to post of the author.
First,before you go over to posting your link, comment on his post and after your comment you then add the link to the post you made. It is a long process but anything that gain you follow backs, resteems and upvotes isn't a waste of time on steemit. This approach gives you an automatic recognition anytime any day when you comment on the authors post.
Don't duplicate:
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The author doesn't need you to duplicating his post, as a matter of interest i would really like to know what it is that people are always so concerned about bring to the authors attention? The author knows about his post, he made the post he doesn't need you reminding him. Telling the author something he already knows is so redundant and shows lack of creativity and laziness on your part. If you are going to do that make sure it comes with your contributions.
Using 
To up your commenting game you need ginabot,
is simply for notification purposes. it provides realtime notification and it has a long list of things you can choose to be notified on, all you need do is just to activate it and set up your preferences. This service comes with a one time activation fee of 0.001sbd and you receive notifications in real time when a post is published by an author.You can thank me later, Take note of some of these authors they reward handsomely those who comment smartly on their post e.g
etc.
Concluding Remarks
Never forget to be contributive, interactive and encouraging to the point we have discussed,this is important to upping your game using comments. Note also that it isn't at all times that the reward comes but I advice one enjoys the benefits associated with reading the blog post of others as this will go a long way to aid build your content and provide insight in new areas that you might want to post about in future
Thank you for reading and see you next time .
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