How to grow your social media with comments: 6 ways

Have you ever done this?

Have you ever had to read a post on social media and the next thing you find yourself hurrying to the comments? Sometimes because you want to know people‘s opinions on the post, yeah? 

It might also be the case that you don’t fully understand what the post is about and you Kinda feel like the caption will explain better, and the comments will give a more robust interpretation of the post. Does that sound like you?

Have you, in the process of reading comments, seen a certain comment that stood out for you, made a lot of sense, got you thinking, or got you laughing, and decided to like the person’s comment and check out the person’s profile quickly?

And in some cases, you click on their follow or subscribe button, right? 

Why? Because somehow you were impressed and you believe that by following the person, you’d get good content from them, right? 

If you get this intro, and three months from now, your followers across all your social media are less than 500, then, I will visit you in your dreams and charge you $10,000 for wasting my knowledge and your time. Lol. Now let’s get to the details.

What if the comment was made by you?

Note this, if you are smart enough, you’d know that this technique goes beyond just growing your online community. You could meet clients and close deals that would change your business forever. Read my lips. FOREVER!!! 

Well-known brands who have played in this idea space:

Sneakers

Access bank

Okay, let’s do this. 

6 WAYS TO GROW YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA WITH COMMENTS

1. Understand the psychology: 

If you can’t relate to the scenario painted at the beginning of this article, then run it through a couple of people and get solid answers from them. The easiest and most important part of this technique is understanding how the human mind works when interacting with social media.

2. Review your social media platform: 

You don’t want people to trace you through your comment, only to land on your page and they are seeing designs that look like you are confused about life. Or, they get on your page, and there is little to no content that would at least keep them there longer than 4 seconds. First of all, there is such a thing as social media optimization. What that means in English is your page is it positions you well for what you offer and who you want to attract to your page. Amen?

Let your content, or at least most of your content be evergreen. This means the content should still be relevant and be able to add one form of value or the other long after you had posted it. Some people have a habit of staying on one page, checking your videos and quotes, and others for hours because each post just ticks something in them. 

Don’t let your page be so value-dry and empty that it sends them away as quickly as your comment brought them. Village people will not be responsible for this one. I and many others have tried it and it works, I promise you. 

3. Choose what you comment on:

It’s one thing to take a drug, it’s another thing to take the prescribed quantity and at the time you should take it. Not all posts are meant to be commented on. Comment on posts that are relevant to you and to the people you are seeking to attract. 

Comment only on posts you have a good understanding of, and you are double sure your comment will add a certain value. Not commenting at all is way better than spewing things like a low-budget drop-out with an A in folly.

In a generation where Twitterians will take you up if your comments or tweets are off point, you want to be careful so you don’t end up destroying a platform you have been building for years because bruv, Cancel Culture is real. Those guys would dig you out, and make you pay for your statement.

4. Comment early:

Being the 3,639th person to comment doesn’t mean your comment will not be noticed by people, it also doesn’t suggest that your comment will be easily noticed by people. But chances are that your comment will get better interaction when you are among the first few to comment. And if you are lucky, your comment could just be pinned by the page owner.

5. Don’t be too serious, just make sense:

Your comments can be funny yet pass across a strong message in response to a post. Now, some of these social media platforms such as Twitter, and Facebook allow you to comment with media files such as images, GIFs, and videos. We can leverage these to post the most befitting responses n the comments.

Some time ago, Nigerian banks went on a social media war on Twitter. This was a cruise time as #Banks at war trended then. Here is a screenshot of one of the tweets.

6. Learn from Daniel Regha

A quick case study. Daniel Regha is one person that did justice to this technique by growing his Twitter account to more than five hundred thousand followers and creating a name for himself within two years by merely commenting on people’s posts. Here’s what Bioprenuer Nigeria has to say about him: 

When it comes to remaining relevant on social media, Daniel Regha has proven that you can be a content creator of anything. Without a base, without any prior support, the social media adviser has gotten the attention of thousands of Nigerians, including Davido… Now, what this means in English is that Daniel is known for commenting on people’s tweets, especially renowned persons such as celebrities and politicians among others. Most often, his comments on their tweet are advice. He became well known by Nigerians because his comments are always noticed in public figures’ tweets.  His comments fascinate people because it’s just hard to comprehend the fact that this ‘’nobody’’ has the audacity to comment on Messi’s tweet, for instance, advising him on matters. Like, who the heaven is this Daniel Regha dude? Yeah. This gets people to check him out and start following him. Oh, sometimes his comments can be soooooooo annoying. You should check him out. Hol’up, I am not asking you to copy him. Just find your style and rock it in the comment. But the moral is, you can follow key persons on social media and drop noticeable comments on their posts.  7. Practical So let’s begin here. Drop a comment under this post and I will engage your comments and most likely follow you. Of course, I won’t be the only one who might follow you. But again, if you have learned anything from this post, then it means you have enough magic to get more followers starting here. And no, this is Conclusion, not point number 7. See you in the comments! Godpeace!!!