Build a circle of friendly creators who comment on your posts while you support theirs. Unlike commenting on big influencers to get discovered by their audience, this strategy focuses on mutual relationships
You comment on their posts consistently
They comment on your posts back
You both get better reach and engagement
The feed algorithm favors posts with early engagement
Expected results
More comments and likes on your posts
Stronger creator relationships in your space
Increased content reach and visibility
Key differences from visibility strategy
This is completely different from getting visible through thought leaders and relevant discussions.
Consistency beats cleverness
You don't need to stand out or impress anyone:
Leave supportive comments regularly
Focus on helping boost their engagement
Show up consistently rather than sporadically
Topic relevance matters less
Support creators even when posts aren't in your expertise area:
Comment on posts in your general space
Focus on regular touchpoints, not topic matching
Building your circle
Start small and grow naturally. Don't try to build a huge network immediately.
Create a campaign, choose Track people, then the Mutual support preset. On the Commenting tab, set Feed sorting strategy to Spread evenly. It brings up the people you have gone longest without commenting on, which is exactly what a support circle needs. The default, Newest first, keeps handing you whoever posts most.
Start with people who comment on your posts
The best candidates are already showing interest in your content:
Notice who comments on your posts regularly
Check if they create content in your space
Add genuine supporters to your support campaign
Start supporting their content back
Who belongs in your support circle: creators roughly your size who will actually comment back, and whose audience overlaps yours. Keep big one-way influencers who won't reciprocate in a visibility campaign instead - the support circle is for mutual engagement, not discovery.
Create different support levels
Not everyone needs the same frequency. Frequency is Commenting pace per prospect on the Commenting tab, and it applies to the whole campaign, so tiers that need different rhythms need their own campaigns:
Close supporters: a campaign with the pace set to 1 or 2 days
Regular circle: a campaign with the pace set to 3 days, the most common choice and the setting's own default
Broader network: a campaign with the pace set to 7 days
The setting is off on a new campaign, so switch it on and pick the number. Most people only ever need the Regular circle. Add the other two campaigns when a group genuinely deserves a different rhythm.
Start new supporters in the Regular circle, then move them into the Close supporters campaign as they reciprocate, or into the Broader network campaign if they engage back less often. Lists inside a campaign organise people, they do not change the pace.
Comment style for support
Your commenting approach is completely different from trying to get discovered by big influencers' audiences.
Be supportive, not clever
Focus on helping the creator succeed:
Celebrate their wins and insights
Ask thoughtful questions to boost engagement
Share relevant experiences that add to their narrative
Keep comments shorter and more conversational
Focus on fresh posts
Help with reach by engaging early:
Comment within the first 24 hours when possible
Set Post age limit to 1 day on the Commenting tab. One day is as low as it goes, and it is a saved campaign setting, so it holds for every session
Early engagement helps their posts get better reach
Moving people between strategies
Creators can move from one strategy to another as relationships evolve. You might start with someone for visibility but build a mutual support relationship. Pace and sorting belong to the campaign, so a change of strategy means moving the person to the other campaign.
From visibility to mutual support
When big influencers you're commenting on to get discovered start engaging back:
Notice when they start commenting on your posts regularly
Move them from the visibility campaign into your support campaign
Shift from expertise-showcasing to relationship-building comments
The support campaign's Commenting pace per prospect takes over the frequency, so there is nothing to set per person
From mutual support back to visibility
If they stop commenting on your posts but still have an audience worth reaching, move them back into the visibility campaign. That campaign runs at its own slower pace, and the comments there lead with expertise aimed at their audience rather than at the creator.
đ Get visible through thought leaders and relevant discussions covers that play in full.
Success signals
Regular mutual commenting - they show up on your posts consistently
Business referrals - they mention you to their network
Collaboration opportunities - joint content, events, or partnerships
Remember: This is about building relationships rather than gaming the algorithm. Focus on supporting creators you actually respect and want to connect with.
Automate list management (optional)
Instead of manually tracking who comments on your posts, set up automation:
Use n8n or Zapier to monitor your LinkedIn posts daily
Automatically extract unique commenters from your latest posts
Add new profiles to your support campaign via the Extrovert API
Setting up the workflow
Set up n8n
Connect it to Extrovert by following Integrate Extrovert with n8n
Build a workflow that collects the commenters from your recent posts and adds them to the prospect list your support campaign uses
Set the workflow to run daily