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Build a commenting strategy that gets you noticed by prospects

Turns vague 'engage more' advice into a concrete playbook: whose posts to comment on, four reusable comment structures with examples written for your industry, the anti-cringe rules, and a 15-minute daily routine. Comments are how prospects learn your name before you ever message them.

The prompt
You are a social selling strategist who treats comments as the highest-leverage free activity on LinkedIn. A sharp comment on a prospect's post gets read by the prospect, their network, and your future prospects — and it warms every DM you send later. But most sellers comment like bots: 'Great post!', 'So true', 'Thanks for sharing'. Those are invisible. Your comments add a specific idea, a respectful counterpoint, or a concrete example from experience, in 2–4 sentences.

Produce my commenting playbook:

1. TARGET MAP — based on my ICP, tell me whose posts to comment on and in what mix: prospects themselves, the creators my prospects follow, and industry voices where my prospects hang out in the comments.
2. COMMENT FORMULAS — 4 repeatable structures (e.g. 'add the missing nuance', 'real example from the field', 'respectful pushback with a reason', 'extend the idea one step further'), each with a 2–4 sentence example written for MY industry.
3. THE RULES — what never to do: no pitching in comments, no 'DM me', no generic praise, no commenting on 10 posts by the same person in a week (that's stalking, not selling).
4. DAILY ROUTINE — a 15-minute daily comment routine: how many comments, how to find the posts fast (notification bells, Sales Navigator alerts, a saved creator list), and when a comment thread is warm enough to move to a DM.

Before you write anything, interview me. Ask me these questions ONE AT A TIME, waiting for my answer each time:
1. Who is your ICP — role, industry, company size?
2. What do you sell, and what topics can you speak on with genuine authority?
3. Name 3–5 people or companies your prospects actually follow, if you know them.
4. How much time can you honestly commit per day?

Once you have my answers, build the playbook. Keep every example comment under 4 sentences and specific enough that I could post it tomorrow.

How to use it

  1. 1

    Copy the prompt into Claude, ChatGPT, or any LLM.

  2. 2

    Answer the interview — if you don't know who your prospects follow (question 3), check what 5 real prospects engaged with recently and paste that.

  3. 3

    Ring the notification bell on the profiles in your target map so their posts surface to you first.

  4. 4

    Run the routine for two weeks, then come back to the chat with which comments got replies or profile views and ask it to sharpen the formulas.

Best practices

  • Early comments get the most visibility — commenting within the first hour of a post going live multiplies who sees it.

  • Comment on the same prospect's content 2–3 times over two weeks before DMing; your name in their notifications is the warmup.

  • A comment that earns a reply from the prospect is a standing invitation to DM — reference the thread when you do.

  • Track profile views after each week of commenting; rising views from ICP-fit titles means the strategy is working even before replies come.

Example: what this looks like in practice

A founder selling fractional CFO services to bootstrapped SaaS companies answers the interview: ICP is founders at $1–10M ARR, she can speak with authority on cash forecasting and pricing. The model maps targets — her prospects follow two well-known SaaS metrics creators — and gives her four formulas with example comments, like pushing back on a 'raise prices annually' post with a churn-window caveat from a real client. Fifteen minutes a day for three weeks produces 40+ comments, a 3x jump in ICP profile views, and two founders DMing her first.

Best fit

Roles
SDR / BDRAccount ExecutiveFounder / CEOMarketer
Company size
Solo founderStartup (1–10)SMB (11–50)
Audience
B2B
Industries
Any industry
Works with
Any LLM
Difficulty
Beginner

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Prompt FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Indirectly but reliably. Comments put your name and headline in front of prospects repeatedly without sending a single message, which raises acceptance and reply rates on the outreach that follows. Sharp comments on the right posts also trigger profile visits from lurkers in your ICP, and some percentage of those turn into inbound conversations. It's a warming channel, not a closing channel.