Introduction

For those of you who haven't read part 1, part 2 and part 3. I would highly suggest you to read them before reading today's post. Why? Well...because today we are moving ahead in a territory that may confuse brand new minnows.

You see, I strongly believe that a new user shouldn't get bug down by all the details. They should just start using the comment/post and upvote function.

But if you have been here for a few weeks, I believe this one is for you.

As usual, if you like this article, please resteem and if it's the first time you come across my blogposts, go to my profile @cryptoctopus and follow me to get my future articles in your feed. I do my best to write 5 times a week, monday to friday...usually in the morning.

If I was a minnow I would...use tools

Today in particular, I'm going to talk about a very useful tool => https://streemian.com

The hero behind this tool is @xeroc of @chainsquad. He has been a long standing member of the community and I truly trust what he does.

You'll first have to register and then verify and that may be a little confusing for new users. But stick to it because I will show you how you can make this work for your benefit.

Adding Value to Steemit Using Streemian

One of the things I covered in my previous article was to more VALUE than the average minnow. Streemian will help you do that.

Start a CurationTrail Around Your Favorite Topic

What is a curation trail? It's basically a way for people to follow what you are upvoting. If you decide to start curating "food" related content then people who want the "food" topic to take more prominence on the platform can follow your upvotes.

Once your trail is setup, you can promote your trail in the comment section (when it's relevant) or advertise it at the bottom of your post. Overtime, you can get hundreds of people to follow your vote and thereby increase your curation rewards.

If you happen to be writing articles on the topic you are curating, you can also help it get more visibility. It is kind of a way to get paid for your hard work.

CAUTION: If you decide to have a trail around a certain topic, make sure to only vote on such topic...people might not like looking at your vote and realize that you haven't been doing your job.

Build you fanbase

If you have setup your streemian account and want to upvote my post automatically, you can become a fan here https://streemian.com/profile/fanbase/leader/cryptoctopus

You've seen that? That's an easy way to get more people to become "patrons" of your account. Use your own personal link to accumulate followers in the footer of your post. Overtime, it might pay off. :-)

Help Curation Guilds

You can be a frequent contributor to the @curie project. Please read their guidelines (https://steemit.chat/channel/curie). Many whales are backing this project and you can make yourself some powerful friends if you help them curate good content on the STEEM network.

Conclusion

By using streemian, you can generate a lot of value for people who do not have time to curate or vote. Those people usually don't have as much time as they wish to and they are dealing with an opportunity cost issue where if they don't vote, they lose potential revenue. With Streemian, you can add value by being a meticulous curator of a topic you care about.