This guide will present a generic method of commenting on social media posts without going into specifics on the platform or post that you are commenting on.

Getting started

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Let's review what you are going to need to get started:

• An Axiom.ai account and the extension installed
• A social media account

Building your automation

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Every social media commenting automation has a few basic ingredients that we are going to be looking at. We are going to want to navigate to the post that we are commenting on to, write a reply and then submit it to the platform.

Step 1: Navigating to the post

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To navigate to the post that you want to comment on it's important that you have as direct a link as possible to the post. If you are attempting to comment on a post that is part of a feed, you should be aware that as feeds tend to update, there is no guarantee that you will be able to comment on the correct post as a new post may be in the same position as the post that you are looking to comment on.

If you have a list of posts that you wish to comment on then you may wish to store the list in a Google Sheet and navigate through these links using the Loop through data step.

Step 2: Posting your comment

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Next, we will want to actually create the comment. You may first need to use Interaction steps within your automation to navigate the website to get to the point where you can write your comment on the post.

Once you are ready to write your post, use the Enter text step to write the content. You may find it helpful to store your data in a Google Sheet for ease of updating, for example, if you repeatedly comment on similar posts using this automation you may wish to change, or have a list, or posts that you wish to use.

Once you're done, use the Click element step to submit your comment to the site.

Wrapping up

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Automatically posting on relevant posts can be a good tactic for marketing your products and services - but do be aware that misuse of this can lead to your account appearing as spam and prevent you posting further. Automating commenting on social media can be super simple to do once you have the right tools to do it and can be a powerful tool. We've seen it used in the past as an auto-responder - though important to note that Axiom.ai is not designed to work as such and would require additional steps to ensure double comments are not made.