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Steemit has done something I never thought possible.

Not even a year ago when I never knew anything about cryptocurrency other then I'd heard of Bitcoin I remember trawling the Internet looking for ways to make money. Sick of my job and basically working for the man. Working to get someone else more wealthy while I earned just enough money to live off.

All I found was so called money making schemes, the kind of obvious scams where they had special offers, you send them money and they send you out a pack that will guarantee to change your life. Let's say I never fell for it.

I was fed up with it, I almost gave up trying.

I had dabbled in forex before and failed but thought I'd give it another go, so I loaded up my old Etoro profile and set off trying different strategies on the virtual account.
While doing this I soaked up as much info as possible reading ebooks, learning about charts, candle stick patterns, reading the financial news everything I possibly could to teach myself how.

I must say I did pretty successful on the virtual account, managing my money and emotions well. So after about 3 weeks of virtual trading I decided to deposit €100 and try my hand at the real stuff.
In the beginning I did well tripling my money within 2 weeks. Oil was my commodity of choice, all was going well until I gambled half of my account and lost, then emotions got the better of me. And within another hour my account was wiped out.

I was disheartenedand once again I gave up on the thought of earning money online, but there was a new type of "bitcoin" listed on Etoro called Ethereum and everyone was raving about it, I had no money left to play with but I kept watching the price of it, it tripled in one week!

I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I was intrigued, I wanted to know more so I started trawling the Internet again.

Long story short through my interest in Ethereum I found Steemit.

"Earn money by blogging" it said.

Yeah yeah another load of crap I thought, if you earn anything it'll be pennies, if that! Someone like me that's never been interested in blogging and never blogged before, I'd give up within a day or two.

Nonetheless I signed up, got addicted almost immediately and well let's just say I was proved wrong big time!

Since I joined on the last week of March this year this is what I've built my account to.
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I've written more posts and gained more followers then i could ever have imagined.
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Regularly gaining rewards like these...
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I've built this account from the ground up without a single cent of investment.
Powering up all my earnings, which is something I'm planning on doing for years to come.
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These type of earnings for someone who has never blogged before and to be honest didn't even really know how, in my eyes is nothing short of amazing.

I don't think there is anything currently available on the Internet that you could earn over a thousand dollars in just over 2 months with not one single cent of investment and not only this but directly through Steemit I've earned thousands more from reading about different cryptocurrencies and investing in them.

I no longer care about money, I'm happy in my crap job, I have more money then I've ever had and the best thing is I'm happier then I've ever been.

So I just want to say this...

STEEMIT YOU ARE OUTSTANDING!!!!

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This is amazing @alexrickard86 . Good to read your story. It is an inspiration for users like me who have just started with Steemit. This gives me the trust and credibility that any newbie would be looking for. Good stuff

I hope you gain at least the same success as me and I think my success is quite modest compared to some. Steem on!

Yoy really get out of it what you put into it. The ''minnow support'' that @aggroed created is a game changer that will help the platform succeed. Why is this important? because if the little guys feel this is not worth their time there will be thousands of inactive accounts and the value of the platform will drop as a way to share content on a large scale.

Make sure to pay if forward and watch out for the little guy you will only be strengthening the community as you do.
Best,
Isaac

Very well said, everyone adds values and at this important time of growth now is most important to support the little guys. The worst thing that could happen now is for the minnows to get no support get very discouraged and leave and tell people it's not worth it and only set up to make the top guys rich

The word will spread for better or for worse... we create our own destiny

I love how you are articulated your story... I share many of the same feelings. I traded crude oil futures.... that was a rough game.

I am forever grateful for steem and cryptos and what it has done to provide me with a life that I would have never imagined. Thanks for your transparency.

Crude!! Oh how I hate it haha some days you on a huge high other days as low as can go!

It's of the devil... wish i was in the crypto game when I started that haha

Oh how I wish I knew about the whole crypto game not even 3 months before I did, I would be a lot more well off now if I did

I think we all could say the same thing. Being that we can't go back let's look forward and see what the best options are going forward.

Exactly let's make the best of what we have now

Still crazy amount of opportunity!

I'm very new to Steemit and I've got to say I've been blown away so far, such a welcoming community and I've managed to get almost 60 followers in just a few days without even trying

I've been totally blown away by steemit..genuinely the best thing that's happened to me in a very very long time

how'd that happen?

That's an inspirational story... and in only three short months. Imagine what it'll be like after a year :)

I can only imagine and what will the price of steem be in a year? Hitting the moon id say!

I discovered steemit 9 month ago and found it very impressive. But the people i shared with didn't see value in it. With the current rise of cryptocoins i am rediscovering it and loving posts like yours! keep going :))

Thanks very much and I think alot of people are starting to see the real value and power of steemit

What a story . I loved it . High five ❤😎🙂🚀

Thank you, it really does go to show steemit is quite possible the best thing on the Internet right now! Where else could you earn over a thousand dollars in 2 months with 0 investment?

Im here also with zero investment ,its my 5th day here , im little bit confused ,cuz i really dont know is it all true . I will notice all this ,when i ll have that money. But you are sure about this platform?

Ok ,preview... after few days i ll got money from articles and coments, so whats happens next?

Power it up, the more steem power you have the more influence you have. The more influence you have the more you'll earn. Not only that you earn on your steem power like interest and the price of steem will keep rising making your account balance grow

Reply of the DAY. 👑👑👑❤🚀Thanks for let me believe in this . Cant wait till first earnings ❤❤

Don't get disheartened if for a while your only earning small amounts, keep at in, be part of the community, take part in as many competitions and give aways as you can and as I've said before have fun

I've tried everything as you said before too, almost word for word, and Steemit is the only place I'm starting to earn whatever effort I put into it. It's great!

Everything I tried before was rubbish, I never made any money till I found steemit and cryptocurrencies and not only the rewards the community is amazing just look at how they helped out a fellow steemian in need @darthnava.
https://steemit.com/blog/@darthnava/fellow-steemers-i-need-help-as-my-mri-results-are-not-encouraging

Bro nice job
Keep up the good work!

This Is Awesome man keep up the good work. Im currently trying to inspire followers of mine on facebook to join steemit and I think this article will really help out!
Upvoted and shared on FB

Just starting out myself. Let's see what this Steemit thing can do... :D

If you put the time and work in the rewards are limitless!

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