Blog commenting is a very profitable blogging exercise.
When I got into blogging, I was quickly introduced to it and it worked so well for me. I was able to quickly grow my community by reading and dropping engaging comments on other blogs.
I can vividly remember those my early days when commenting was a huge networking tool. Of course it still works today if properly practiced.
One of the reasons blog commenting works so well for me is because I do not comment for the sake of backlinks. I comment for 2 main reasons: