Are You Failing on Steemit & Online? Here are Top Rules To Steemit Success
With some exceptions, many people are hardly making it on steemit and online because they are not playing it smart. Moreover, most people come here on steemit after being told by friends or family members that they will make hundreds of SBD daily and or after seeing huge financial success on trending and hot pages. The reality, however, is that life is not all that rosy rather to succeed, one has to work or blog smart , invest time, remove greed, invest money in steem power and be patience.
I hereby present you with some hidden rules to making it on steemit-which are basic steps after which you should tailor your posts to your own brand:
Steem Power: Steem power is the crème de la crème of succeeding on steemit (see my older posts for detailed reasons) because the more steem power you have, the more you earn in author rewards (your posts) curation rewards (voting on other people posts) interest payments and delegation of steem power (earn daily steem or steem dollars). Moreover, as steem is currently undervalued (note that SMT and Hardfork 20 are coming –see my older posts for details) steem power will guarantee you a good return on investment in the future –so buy steem and power up (you can always power some down when you need money).
Expectation: I came for the money and stayed for the community, great innovative people and educational/learning experience this great platform provides. So remove financial gain in your mind, stop focusing on trending and hot page , blog and make friends -and money will come.
Quality Posts ,be respectful and Engagement: Do you know of the 3C´s? : Content, Curation and Comments. These are 3 top ingredient’s to succeeding on steemit . Therefore new people should 1st comment on top posts for some time in order to gain followers and get noticed by older members. Be respectful on your comments because older members know when someone comment just to get upvotes (copy and paste comments, follow for follow, upvote for upvote, good post spams etc) which in return lead to flagging. Therefore grow your followers through smart commenting (some new people make more money commenting than posting ie the 1st few weeks) , upvote the post to join in curation reward and after a while you start posting your own posts- especially after learning from established writers.
Furthermore, engagement is key to success here: do not post too many daily posts in order to have time to engage with your followers through replying to their comments and up voting great comments (and sometimes visit their posts and upvote good contents too) in order to motivate your followers to continue engaging in your posts-thus building a good relationship. This is a win win all.
Patience: Patience is a good one because no one can make it the 1st or 2nd month on steemint unless you are already a celebrity on Youtube, or any other social media with millions of dedicated followers -including having a huge amount of steem power. Most members that want it very fast get disappointed in few weeks and leave the platform while others that have patience will start by building relationships and thus start seeing success after some few months of learining the way things are done here.
I wish you all success and a blessed weekend. Upvote and Resteem if you agree. Do not forget to send in your suggestions and or comments
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I think patience is the key. If you are doing good and lack patience, you will get tired and leave just before success knocks your door.
Very good point...I agree. However add SP too. I wish you more success and thanks for your comment
I agree
One thing that every newbie steemians must NOT do - Dont BEG for upvote and followers.
Just make ur article worth reading and rich of information. Be patience andkeep on steeming 😊
Very good point, I agree. Keep steeming to more success.
Yes, we should all be asking for good meme's instead :D though on a serious note being new to steemit I can understand how this can get under a few people's skins. upvote for upvote is not what steemit community is here for or wants to read. If people realised they should save upvotes for good content and realise that they will get better outcomes when you post up some great work then you wouldn't need to ask for upvotes.
The 3 C’s are a good way to put it. I’ve been focusing on commenting the most as a newer user. I’ve also been investing in Steem Power along the way. My account is looking rather scary at this point but I’m committed to seeing it through. I will continue to engage and invest for the remainder of the year. Excited to see what happens in the second half of 2018. Thanks for the post!
Welcome , you are doing well just continue steeming ...I wish you success
These tips are exactly what new and some old members need to succeed here ...I do read your posts and follow the tips especially patience and smart commenting, including SP, good quality posts, respect and engagement...thanks a lot for this..upped.
Based on my experience, not everything is working, which is mentioned in the original blog post above.
For example Patience.
This tips are sounds good, but I am on Steemit since 2017 May 17 (304 days), I upvote and resteem the posts of the community on a daily basis and almost no one cares about my posts.
No matter what I post or what I am writing about, almost no one cares.
People are rarely commenting under my posts and even they do, it's often spam or spam-like comment, like "nice post" and similar comments.
The writers of these comments are often upvoting their own comments with like $1, while my post have $0.03 or less pending payout. This is ridiculous!
Remember, I am on Steemit for almost 1 year now and I couldn't even earn 300 Steem Power.
Can someone write ANY kind of tip on what to do?
Except leaving Steemit.
To be honest, I am VERY close to leave Steemit and I already started Powering Down many weeks ago.
I have just had a quick look at your profile.........
From my initial reaction (I'm not saying I'm correct, just giving you my opinion)
You are doing nothing but resteems - this doesn't make for good followers - they want to read what you have to say, not what other are saying...
(I have resteemed maybe 6 posts in 3 months)
The posts you are making are dry reporting on crypto's.
From what I see- the people who are writing about their own perspectives on life, current affairs, and issues personal to themselves.
Give something of yourself into your posts
(seem to get a more loyal following, and better up votes in the long run..)
Just my input. I hope it helps you in some way!
.... this was very quick look at your profile, btw.
(is English your first language, btw?)
Thank you for taking the time to take a quick look at my profile and giving these suggestions. I really appreciate it.
You are right in one thing. Or almost. I indeed resteemed a lot of posts.
But I am not doing only that. I also write posts with various topics.
I have tried to wrote about amateur radio few times. The first post about it was successful, but the others/rest are not. So I stopped doing that.
My first language is Hungarian.
Communicating can be a very complicated for me (especially personally) (I rarely talk to/with people in person), because I live with autism spectrum disorder, dyscalculia and other disabilities. I rarely go outside of my house/garden. I am also visually impaired, so using the computer every day is not doing good for me, because I look at the monitor very closely, because I can't read it from longer distance.
But I have a plan, which can partially help these things.
A portable transceiver (Elecraft KX2).
If I could buy that radio, I would happily go outside. For example to lakes, forests and some other places and I would talk (make contacts) with the whole planet on the amateur radio.
I could reduce the computer usage as well. This radio could help me on so many levels.
This radio currently costs $1130.65 USD with the necessary accessories, like Internal, Wide-Range 20-W ATU (automatic antenna tuner), Lithium-ion Battery Pack (11V, 2.6Ah), External Lithium-ion Fast Charger, EU Power Cord, Real-Time Clock + General-Purpose Outputs and a Compact Padded Carrying Case.
This is my goal with Steemit. To earn enough money for the above mentioned radio and it's necessary accessories.
I am usually giving reports about my goal in my Hungarian posts.
Your English is good! (You write better than me and I'm english! lol)
I know nothing of your issues - but it seems to me you have whole list of things you can talk about from a personal perspective...
Is is possible to write everything down manually, and have someone else type them? - you could post more that way without extra screen time?
(...just a suggestion. Good luck mate. )
When steem price doubles, you will have enough for your radio anyway - So won't be too long hopefully!
If I get too many resteems of content I'm not interested in I stop following the resteemer. I just don't want a cluttered feed.
Good point, same here
...I'm on a mission to help out @xplosive!
....this is the kind of help /mentoring / support that we need on steemit.
(I'll try to help anyone that I think is genuine, unless they show me different)
...with a little bit of confidence building , it can make a real difference..
yup, exactly.
I am new here however thing that you are missing something. The tips in this post is quite helpful however you have to build you own brand and followers ie real not follow for follow gangs and most importantly blog smart
welcome and thanks for your comment ...good point indeed
Completely agree. I don't post yet but I read and read. There is so very much to learn. I just found this blog so I am going backward to see what I missed. I am finding there are a few writers who give insight with every post. That in the long run pay prove more valuable than Steem.
Good point, that is my strategy...keep learning especially from this top writer before I start posting..Patience is the key
You are right. I am a newbie and I am still learning. This post is really helpful.
You are correct! I wish I'd read this post like this back when I was at a reputation of 25. I would have a lot more steem power.
Welcome, feel free to see my older posts for more tips...I wish you success
Great article and completely agree!
Steem Power is vital to anyone who succeeds on Steemit. We are all going to be rich in 2020, let’s continue to create great content!
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People need to make posts that actually add value to other people's lives. People will not spend time on steemit unless there is quality content.
Do random pictures of cats and food really add anything to anyone's life?? No. Are you trying to make money by copying hot and trendy ideas?? That's lame, stop it.
If you put more thought and effort into your own ideas, you might come up with something that's actually creative and entertaining.
For example, my friend @jaybird hosts a sandwich contest. Everyday pictures of food are super lame, but this is a fun and creative way to interact with others and share pictures of outrageous sandwiches, plus there are rewards.
Be creative! Be entertaining! Be part of a community. Become an expert and share your knowledge and skills with the world. If you don't have an area of expertise, start studying!
I've spent well over 10,000 hours studying and practicing music (I think 24 years now) and currently earn my living as a full-time professional musician/teacher/producer. I can say with certainty that I offer top notch musicianship and tutelage. If you are interested in guitar lessons, check out my blog @topfox. I make videos to help people play guitar. These videos are for you guys. I already know how to play guitar :)
ASK NOT WHAT STEEMIT CAN DO FOR YOU, BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR STEEMIT!
I wish that I could resteem this comment of yours.
Wow what a great comment...I agree..upped and following you in order to stay in touch. I wish you more success.
Thanks!
So much value distilled into this comment.
You ought to write a post centered around the points you made in this comment. Good one 😎👍
Thanks, I think I will!
First comment on Steem. I like your attitude.
I think this advice isn't bad. But I also think it could be expanded upon in places.
For example, new users need to understand that much of what is on the trending page is only there because the authors can afford to drop the equivalent of a of week's US minimum wage on upvoting services for their post.
This brings me to your point about patience. This is correct, but in as well as being famous already etc. people can make it on to the trending page by buying their way there. Of course, most bidbots are no longer very profitable, and if they bought a heap of SBD or STEEM recently, they might be feeling a bit down due to the falling prices, so I guess we shouldn't be too hard on them.
People also need to understand that no amount of patience, skill or respect are a 100% guarantee that their posts will ever be rewarded with any massive payout. Even for experienced users, the mean payout per post is not huge. For more details on reward distributions, that might help people have realistic expectations, see @bitgeek's excellent payout stat reports, as well as @penguinpablo's steem stats reports.
Your points are absolutely correct and I do check the stats. I left out bots because I do understand the huge negetive ROI and thus new members have to follow basic rules 1st before diving into bots (on their own risk). When I started here, whales do upvotes posts however almost all have delegated their SP to bots for profits hence the need for minnows to get their own SP or work hard towards it. In such platform, the simple truth is that there will be winners and losers , that is our world.
Thank you for the "reality check".
To me @steemit is not a place to find wealth but a place to express myself / work freely about what happened yesterday, today tomorrow and so on which I pour into the post when I have time to relax. @stemiit for me is a secondary requirement and I have to keep working in the real world for my Primary needs. when night comes, This is my best relaxing time so I can read your post which is very useful for me and all. It turns out to succeed in @steemit there are hidden rules to make it in steemit. I have to work or blog smart, invest time, remove greed, invest money in the power of steam and patience. It's an interesting post and makes me want to always read it over and over. Thank you Mr @charles1 for this useful post.
I agree, this is a place to leave your expressions and progress in life and years later explore them :)
Nice to get a very honest comment from you miss @limnade. We as users @steemit must know the basic purpose we use it. Do not be affected by SBD wages it is just a bonus for our business that makes the post as good as possible. We are here just as plankton trying to lure whales. Keep working, and be smart together at @steemit.
The best way not to be disappointed. In fact, I think that this article though motivative as it should be is quite valuable with number one advise (get steem power first).
Period of first capital accumulation here is over, and right now it works in different way. As in life - interest for capital you have in banks, as in life - you can make the others listen to you and discuss your post (by upvoting comments you agree with), as in life - you can make people engaged in activities you like (by granting upvotes or making contests in a special sphere).
thank you very much for the very useful notice for me miss @limnade, I am happy to comment here with you and I will make the new science of unification to continue to grow here. Introduce, I'm @junsusukhairi from Indonesia who just joined in @steemit 2 months ago. Nice to share in consultation with you.
You are correct and am sure that you will be a big success here. Keep steeming to more success.
We usually come to this platform looking for income, today steemit has become my day to day, I've become a reader of at least 40 daily posts, commenting on my point of view or at least expressing what I felt, No one taught me that relationships are paramount, my publications don't have the success I expected but I believe that little by little I will grow, I praise people like you who take some of their time and guide us on our way, I will be attentive to read a little more about you. Thank you
I don't speak English. I use the translator. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator
A very good comment, feel free to see my older posts for more tips. I wish you success
Good advice @charles1, as ever your keeping me motivated and I'm seeing things happen ever so slowly.
Amen to that, I wish you more success