Hello my lovelies, in this post we're going to be tackling another technique I used to grow as an online writer on Wattpad. Today we're going to talk about why it is important to respond to posts that are made on your profile. For all who don't know this there is a section on your Wattpad profile that says conversations, that is were your friends, family and readers can leave a public comment.
You might wonder why doesn't the person just send you a private message. Though effective you have to remember that you don't know them and they don't know you. Your practically strangers, so they would feel more nervous contacting you personally than just making a post that everyone can see. Also Wattpad has no read receipts so you can never really tell when someone has read your private message. The same applies for posts on your profile you can't tell when the reader reads them but more than likely they will see it. For example, whenever I visit Wattpad the first thing I do is to check my profile, mostly to monitor the progress of my books but also to quickly scan through the messages on my profile.
As I've mentioned before you don't know each other which is why it is important to respond to as many of the messages as you can. This is to help build a relationship between you and the reader, so he/she feels as if your more than just strangers. Sometimes when I respond persons are very surprised and also thrilled that I took the time to talk to them and it keeps them coming back for more. This also helps to unite persons who visit your profile. For example, there are times when I comment on a message left by a reader and a completely different reader ends up joining in on the conversation.
As a Jamaican author I can tell you that it is amazing an rewarding to be interactive on your profile. No one likes a stuck up or mean person.
'It doesn't cost anything to be nice to people'
