How a minnow can become a dolphin for a week by leasing steem power - How to lease steem power
Would you like to be a dolphin for a week?
A dolphin typically has more than 5000 steem power, and each 100% vote is worth more than $1.
On steemit you are already important if you have 500 Steem power. But dolphins have upwards of 5000 steem power. They are very important. Dolphins are influential and tend to have a growing band of followers.
Did you know that you could quickly become a dolphin by leasing steem power? When you lease steem power, you can vote them as if you owned them. Your votes are worth more.
The cost of loasing 5000 steem power for a week is less than 90 steem.
How to lease steem power
Go to minnowbooster.net and choose “Lease Steem Power”. Fill the form in like this:
You are welcome to change any of the parameters.
What’s the advantage of leasing steem power?
Everyone has their own reason for wanting more steem power. Maybe you want to fend off a flagging attack. Maybe you are organising a writing competition and want to vote for all particpiants. Maybe you want to vote all your friends with a meaningful amount. Maybe you just want a bigger vote for yourself.
When you have the extra steem power, you can vote anyone you like (including yourself), as often as you like. There are no limits.
Here’s an excellent reason for a minnow to lease steem power - Advertising yourself
Below, I am using 5000 steem power in the example, as that is enough to make you a dolphin. You can of yourse choose any amount.
With each 100% vote now worth over a dollar, people will start to notice you. Your name will be near the top of the list of voters, even on trending blogs and whale blogs.
Accompany each vote with an intelligent comment. Some bloggers will follow you. Some will also read your blogs. You might get lucky and have several people upvote you for more than you expected. It does not matter How much you earn. This is about the advertisiing morebthan thebimmediate return.
You may get a follower for life, who will vote hundred’s of your blogs in the future. Perhaps their first vote isn’t worth much. It doesn’t matter. They will grow. They will vote for you again and again.
How to get the most out of your advertising campaign
Before you lease steem power, prepare two or three excellent blogs. By “excellent”, I mean REALLY EXCELLENT. You should proof-read them 100 times. Get a friend to read them. They should be your best works ever.
Then lease the steem power. Now set about finding other blogs which interest you. Make a long and interesting comments about the blog content and add your vote.
Tip
If you have more than 500 steem power, a slider will appear each time you vote. It allows you to adjust the value of each vote from 1% to 100%.
(You don’t have to always vote at 100%).
It is recommended that you make no more than 10 votes at 100% per day. However you could make 50 votes at 20% if you wanted, or 500 at 2%.
I recommend that you adjust the size of your vote according to what you think will work best for you. Don’t forget, your aim is to use your votes intelligently so as to attract as many long term followers as possible. Size matters more to some than others. It also depends on how many comments per day you plan to make. If you don’t have time for more than 10 comments a day, there’s no point in voting for less than 100% each time.
If you want to target a large number of minnows, you could make 500 votes a day of 2% each. It’s up to you to develop the best advertising strategy for yourself.
If you get your strategy right, some bloggers (and maybe other commenters) will be so impressed by the quality of your comment that they will visit your blogs. If they like what they see they will upvote you and follow you. For years to come your future blogs will appear in their feed. If they are good, your reputation will grow and the votes will be flowing in.
The important thing is that your vote and comment it is like any advertising. It won’t work on most people. It will work on some.
Before you start voting
Develop your strategy. Who will you vote? Where will you comment? Whale blogs? Trending blogs? New blogs? Only one topic?
Don’t forget:
- Whales are overwhelmed by people like you trying to get their attention. They are unlikely to visit your blog. But if they do, their vote could be worth alot of money.
- Trending blogs have hundreds of comments. Yours is less likely to be noticed, by the blogger, but many others could see it.
- The vote of a newbie may be worth nothing today. It may be worth alot more in the future
- It’s easier to attract newbies and minnows than dolphins and whales and for less money
- Is your comment good enough to make the blogger and/or other commenters say “Hey! This guy sound interesting! Let’s see what else he writes about.”
Some bloggers will fall for your charming words. They will try reading your blog once, and may like it. Even if you only earn a couple of dollars, you know those readers will be back, over and over again.
You are only leasing for a short period. At the end of the period your leased steem power will be returned to the original owner. If you would like to renew your lease, you can visit the minnowbooster.net website before the lease expires and click on “Renew this lease”. Renewing is often more convenient than re-listing your lease request and waiting for it to get filled.
Hello friend, good post, this requires dedication to explain every detail, this strategy with minnowbooster is the one used before, it does not have much power because it did not have much time to publish, and get the most out of it, but if I use it from time to time to buy some votes, for my minnowbooster is one of the best services there is, and it is good to rent to increase SP and to help with our vote to users who deserve it. Greetings and keep going friend I congratulate you, you have learned a lot.
There are many valid strategies on steemit. Your high reputation shows that you have found good ones for you. Leasing steem power is one of several interesting strategies.
The question for many is why to do it.
Some want an immediate profit.
Some want to support steemit
Some want to vote their friends
Some want to reward entrants in a competition by voting all contestants.
Some want to defend themselves against a flagging attacker.
Everyone has their own motive for wanting to be a dolphin for a week.
Whatever your motive, more steem power means more people take notice of who you are.
It’s like buying flowers for your garden. People will notice your house. You will please the neighbours. However you will not make a profit from the flowers you bought unless they increase the value of your house.
You did a very good job by making this post because there are many newbies who are unfamiliar with lease word. I start my journey by commenting on quality post then I realized I should invest some STEEM and I took SP on lease for sometime so now I'm a dolphin. ;)
You are indeed now a dolphin, thanks to the steem you leased. Each vote from you is now worth alot of money. That’s why I just visited your blogs. I liked what I read and decided to follow you. It works!
Thanks for stopping by. I am looking forward to reading more of your comments and blogs.
I'm much obliged for that. I even didn't think that you will follow me one day even I followed you from the first the day when I took a peek at your one of the posts.
You are really doing great work for this community. Thank you for looking at my blog. :)
You did a great job by taking the lease dear. If I had the funds to, I also would have. Congrats as you have been able to make yourself a dolphin...now go into the steemit world and make yourself known #smiles
You will take on lease soon. This day comes in everyone's life if they are doing hard work and loyal to this community. You seems quite good to this platform. Best wishes for you. :)
Hello @swissclive! Been following your trail for a while and i find this information very educating for me. I don't mean to sound awkward, but i never would have known otherwise! I can't wait to be a dolphin... I make sure all my comments are quality, and i put a lot of soul into my blogging... I have no doubts i'll get there soon... Thanks for sharing this piece. People like me now have another stone to climb on in the steemit movement..
As you said, your sp defined your value on steemit, so the more your sp increases the more you become valuable
It’s like advertising. Leasing SP may not be profitable for the period you do it, but you may win followers when you vote them with a clever comment. If those followers also have SP and it is growing, then they may vote for your blogs for years to come. It’s hard to calculate the value of that.
Unfortunately a whale is unlikely to be impressed by the size of your vote, so don’t waste it on them.
You now have high SP so hopefully some people will follow you to see what you write.
By the way, thanks for the large upvote @soufiani. You were the seventh largest vote on this blog!
To get the most traction with your comments I recommend you comment early on fairly new articles so that people who come later will see what you wrote, and maybe impressed.
Steem power delegation is amazing that will help you to grow quickly on steemit if you don't have enough money to buy steem power. Its very difficult to get delegation now a days. I bought steem power delegation on blocktraids price of 8 steem per steem ( i got 5020 steempower by giving 575 steems for 3 months)which is very costly. I did not calculate before buying. I want to inform you that please don't buy steem power delegation from blocktrades for now. If you are good content creator and want to expose your content through self voting then you can buy steem delegation from blocktrades it is still available. Thanks for education post @swissclive and minnowbooster tutorial.
I hve not really looked at the blocktrades leasing option. With minnowbooster, you have optiond to adjust things like the price you are willing to pay.
Owk this is quite a great piece and I love the fact that you took the time out to tutor us on how to lease steem power . For sometime now a friend of mine has been leasing steem power and I been wondering what manner of dumb idea that was. Why would I want to lease steem power for just a week and to what end?
I will look at some of the points you raised one after the other in a bid to give my opinion on some and ask for better understanding on some.
I want to believe that a dolphins comes right before a whale. If a dolphins has just above 5000 so, then what does it take to be a whale coz I was shocked to check up on @surpassinggoogle one day and found out he was still a dolphin. His 100% voting power is over a hundred sbd yet he is still called a dolphin. I was really perplexed and it has aided my confusion on who a whale really is.
Hehehe even as low as 300sp you become important. People start diaturbing you for upvotes and it can just be so tiring. Last week @tarazkp held a contest and the price was delegation of steem power to some persons who he deemed performed well and I was among the few. He delegated 250sp to me which would Las for 4 week and since then it's been hell (Lolzz) . People who would never chat with you for any reason starts dropingboff their post links for you to upvote. Well what can I do? Its a small world and so I still help who ever I can with the little I have. But the bottom line is that one becomes important even with as low as 300sp...steem power is really powerful on steemit...lolzz
Now this might be a bit of a problem for minnows like me. Getting steem now is extremely difficult unless you chose to invest by buying steem yourself . Those who don't have the cash to pay for steem might find it difficult generating as much as 90 steem in just a period as short as 1 week for renual or even for the very first lease. I made 90 steem in 3 months...u can imagine
Before now I had always thought if the immediate return accompanied with leasing steem power and that has discouraged me from doing so. When I run my calculations , I see that i may run a loss doing so and so I recline . But you have been able tovm give me a new insight on the advantages of leasing. I never thought of it this way. Never thought of the advertising advantage therein.
Then about commenting. It's always interesting when you get to comment on people's posts who take the time out to respond and make the conversation Lively. I love commenting on your posts coz I found out that you take the time to always read through every comment and engage the commenter in a conversation which is very good. So many dolphins don't and it just makes commenting on their blog rather boring.
When you say renewing is easier or more convenient, how do you mean? Does it mean your orders get filled faster when you renew than when you place a new order?
@sistem. Thanks for reading. I hope you will find that leasing has long term benefits for you.
I’m also not sure when a dolphin turns into a whale. Maybe it’s at 100k steempower, maybe even more.
It is true that many people don’t have 90 steem to lease 5000. For 9 steem they could try leasing 500. As you said, people started chasing you even for 300!
If you lease and only vote your own blogs and comments, you might make a small profit, or a small loss. The price is at the level where it’s not quite worth the trouble for the money making motive. The biggest variable is the amount of curation rewards.
On the other hand, by giving away your votes to others may make a profit because some will vote you or your comments. It all depends on whether you catch some bigger votes. The real value is in the advertisement effect. Once people follow you, their future votes are probably worth much more than you paid for the lease.
It is always good to discuss. Some whale bloggers don’t fully engage. I don’t think there would be much point in voting for that kind of blogger except to get a share of the curation rewards. On the other hand, many of their followers are commenting in the hope of getting a vote, so maybe it those people I would look at.
Renewing means your lease just carries in the same as before. You have to pay another fee. But you don’t lose the steem power. It saves the trouble of getting listed again and waiting for a taker.
Thanks for the further clarifications @swisscliff. It brightens this topic even more.
Pls where do one check for a steemian Dolphin/whale status?
Very vital points you raise there. Thanks for the elaborate question/experience.
Sometimes being too used to the normal way things are done does not even allow one think of other possibilities. I never knew that leasing steem power could be this easy. Well, saving up steem is now worth something yeah?
All I have always thought was possible is powering up with the little I get from buying steem power with sbds. Well, I must say it has been worth it and I'm just doing all I can gradually. My community is a large one and for one, I have alot of guys who write quality content. I have figured out if there could be a way to help them and all I do most times is help boost their posts with bots and in recent times, those bots have not been extremely profitable.
This idea is not a bad one has it gives better influence and the investment seems worth it to me from all the information gathered here.
Gaining followers is another great advantage as you mentioned. I think whales tend to upvote a trending post because they have an idea that it is good stuff since there are plenty upvotes on it already. So, they might not read it through but just give their upvotes. Well, I don't think there is anything like writing good content and getting rewarded for it. I bow have one of the most valuable information in the world and I don't intend to throw it away.
Thanks for always sharing great and detailed information as this to help the community grow. @swissclive
If you upvote your own post with more steem power, it might get into the “trending posts”.
Whales don’t have unlimited time so they often judge a post by the value of the votes received to judge what is worth reading.
That is that type of post I like sharing with newly got approved newbies. This is very excellent as it centers most on how a minnow could feel like a "king" even if it is for a week to know how it feels to be a dolphin. I always appreciate your post and you very passionate about the minnows.
Why I said that is because, any are just here for the money, not the future impact of what steemit could really do for them or their communities. To even power up from the little they earn is difficult for some of them but truely the really pointed out the dog and don't I'd you really want to enjoy the lease to the maximum.
I would say YES, lease if you are set to take yourself to the next level
Thank you for sharing this informative post as usual.
You are totally right. Those who are here ONLY for the money will be dissappointed. Only a very small number of people can make a living from blogging. The amount you earn just isn’t high enough for 99.9%.
On the other hand, the monetary rewards ARE important. They are a way of keeping score. They are a way of measuring success compared to others. They are sign of recognition. My first 5 or 10 blogs earned me less that about 12 cents in total. Now I often earn more than $20 per blog. OK, this one isn’t so popular. It’s only making $9. But relatively speaking that 900 times more voted than my first blog.
Those who choose to lease steempower shouldn’t see it as a way to invest 90 and get back 150. Unless they get really lucky (and good), it won’t work like that. Rather the leasing is a way to take yourself to another level. I recommend spreading the votes around with lots of intelligent comments on blogs similar to your own.
It’s a bit like renting the village hall and throwing a giant party for everyone in the village (lease some steem power). Everyone in the village hears there is free beer. (They visit your blog). They come and chat with you (comment on your blog). You buy them beer (give them a vote). It will cost you money, but after the party loads of people will remember you as the guy who throws parties (They will follow you). They will greet you in the street (they notice your next blog). They will always invite you to their parties. (You have steemit friends. You are part of the steemit community. When you comment their blog, they will vote for you, because you are a friend).
Yes spammers are a problem for some bloggers who are very popular. I tend to give out a couple of 1% flags, (it does no harm at all), to blatant spammers, and the rest stay away.
You are absolutely correct and there is a saying that goes thus, "no pain no gain" life is all about risk if you really want to be successful. I think leasing steem power is a very good way to go for someone that wants to create a trademark for him or herself on steemit.
Lol! The village illustration you used is very nice and funny because things like that happens here in Africa a lot. Have you been to Africa before? A lovely country with good people at heart.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful idea. Been here for about three months now but never thought of this idea of leasing the Steem power and use it sought of advertising purpose. I now feel even leasing a small amount like 500 for 9 steem could really help too. I am working hard to get over the plankton state and the goal is to be there by end of the month, so let's see how it goes. Once the goal is achieved will try to bump up my SP by leasing it and boost my recent project to the wider audience.
Very good. My advice is to focus your comments on the relatively best of the new steemians. Some of them will become dolphins. It is much easier to get a new steemian to follow you than an old one.
Thank you, sure and yeah it makes sense, I will follow this tip. Much appreciated.
Honestly it's just so sweet to have some nice sp on your account. Just look at when I won a 250sp delegation from tarazkp, I felt like a little lord of my own. I could actually give a little uplift to a post or comment that I think is worth it. I had thought of leasing sp from minnowbooster but I was afraid I might not be able to recover the amount spent within one week as I put a limit of 10% of self vote.
Reading through now gives me a new insight into what I could gain with the leasing. Not necessarily a good return on investment, but a little spot for myself where others will see. Maybe I'll consider trying it out but with a smaller amount first.
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If you have more than 500 steem power, a slider will appear each time you vote. It allows you to adjust the value of each vote from 1% to 100%.
(You don’t have to always vote at 100%).
It is recommended that you make no more than 10 votes at 100% per day. However you could make 50 votes at 20% if you wanted, or 500 at 2%.
I recommend that you adjust the size of your vote according to what you think will work best for you. Don’t forget, your aim is to use your votes intelligently so as to attract as many long term followers as possible. Size matters more to some than others. It also depends on how many comments per day you plan to make. If you don’t have time for more than 10 comments a day, there’s no point in voting for less than 100% each time.
If you want to target a large number of minnows, you could make 500 votes a day of 2% each. It’s up to you to develop the best advertising strategy for yourself.
If you get your strategy right, some bloggers (and maybe other commenters) will be so impressed by the quality of your comment that they will visit your blogs. If they like what they see they will upvote you and follow you. For years to come your future blogs will appear in their feed. If they are good, your reputation will grow and the votes will be flowing in.
The important thing is that your vote and comment it is like any advertising. It won’t work on most people. It will work on some