How I Motivate New Minnows on Steemit and You Can Too

Steemit is not an easy place but anyone can do well here by

• creating good content
• being consistent in posting
• developing a network
• commenting effectively
• making proper use of steemit tools

But with all of that effort, it is still not easy to get recognition when you are new here. This is how I motivate new minnows on steemit from my lofty perch of 7 month's experience.

• I upvote them
• I send them tutorials and helpful posts
• I resteem, tweet and rt them, and share on fb

Where I find minnows to help

I can't be browsing around here all day, so I have certain places I look to find minnows who are trying and might need help.

Blogs to find minnows

@mariannewest - join freewrite or at least look at it for the knowledge you will find there
@majes.tytyty - help with English and writing
@ghaskhemi - help with English and writing
@sydesjokes posts attract new people and they are talking over there. I join in, help, and upvote good comments.

Twitter

I am active on Twitter and have over 5000 followers that are generally content creators. Here is my steeming twitlist:
https://steemit.com/created/fitinfun

If you are on my list and tweet your steemit posts, I and others on the list will retweet you. I jump from twitter to posts here a lot. Be sure to use the steemit hashtag when tweeting.

Here is I post I wrote when I first started gathering steemers onto my twitlist. Lots of helpful information over there.

https://steemit.com/twitter/@fitinfun/steemit-blows-up-my-twitter-more-fun-times-for-sharon-at-fitinfun

Services to find minnows

I use steemengine and steemfollower and vote for those who are trying over there. The basic idea is that you vote for the posts in there that you like, and others will vote for you if they like your post.

If you are not in these services, you should be. At least you will get my vote if you have good posts showing there. But it is not just me! Lots of good steemers are in there. You just have to pick through to find good posts and steemers.

Please join either or both of these services with my affiliate links and I will see your posts to upvote them if you stay active.

https://steemengine.net/join?r=856

steemfollower.com/?r=1597

I usually vote at 3% for whatever the limit is at both places if I can find good posts. I go in a couple of times a day to both of them and see what I can upvote. I would like to see more and better posts, but I am happy with what I get.

My 3% vote is not big, but I am putting it on posts with under $1 reward often. I do what I can do. I most definitely get votes from these services and I'm glad to have them.

I also follow about 15 people a day through steemengine - If I can find good profiles.

Enter challenges and contests

I enter challenges and contests and support the other contestants. I also support the steemers who put on the events with upvotes, tweets, fb shares, and resteems. You can do the same and get the same good results I do.

I suggest entering challenges and contests with at least 80% of your posts when you are new. Just do one a day or a few a week, and it will introduce you to new people and ideas. Make friends with the others who post and support them.

You never know if you might win a contest.

Comment and upvote the challenge posts if you have the power.

How to find challenge and contests

Here are incredible efforts by other steemers to help you find contests and challenges. Follow all and read up!

@kalemandra
Part Two of a two part list of mostly photo contests and challenges

@artz
Steemit Contest Compilation (15.01-21.01): Win free SBD and STEEM (more than 60 contests!)

@becometheartist
Unleash your creativity 22-29/01 ! List of ongoing drawing, painting and crafts contests

@moneyinfant
Steemit Writing Contests - Issue 10 February-4-2018

@mariannewest
Check out #freewrite daily or a couple of times a week, and support it if you like it. Marianne helps a lot of minnows get started in steemit and you would be so welcome with your thoughts, skills, and posts.

Each of the places above has updates, so be sure you look at the most updated posts if you go over there.

Resources for new steemers

I use these posts and ideas myself, and send them to other minnows when they seem to need help or ask for it:

Make Money Blogging on Steemit Top Tips and Checklist for Better Results!!

I give this post above to

• any new minnow who seems to need help on any post I see them on
• people who are completely new and lost
• people who spam
• people who have a question this post can answer

I find a lot of people trying who are who are discouraged with small results. You can make money at steemit right away - not a lot; but at least enough to help you progress and keep you interested.

And everything snowballs on steemit over time. Your action today makes a big difference in your future results.

Here is the checklist of ideas from that post in a big poster

It is a very long post :)

Changes and highlights in advice since this post was written:

I have learned things since I wrote that post. Listen up.

• Do not focus on faucets at steemit - basically ignore them - fine if you get some

• Post one post daily or at least several a week from Day One. This is much more important than I knew.

• Keep your power above 85% not 75% as I recommended - especially when small

• go to chats and see if they work for you - some people do really well from them. Not me, but maybe you.

• Visit these pages for help and inspiration:
  @mariannewest - join freewrite or at least look at it for the knowledge you will find there
  @mages.tytyty - help with English and writing
  @ghaskhemi - help with English and writing
  @abh12345 - people learn to curate well on this blog - a very good place for many reasons

Leverage at steemit - Manna from Heaven

I have never been as privileged in my life as with the leverage you can earn and buy at steemit. I'm going all out on it as best I can.

Why use leverage at steemit?

The only thing that matters on steemit is your sp. This is your gauge of success. You can get more of sp with leverage than you can on your own. I am fortunate someone told me early to track my "real" sp and make a goal of growing it. This is where all your power on the platform comes from.

No sp? No power.

Here are two ways to get more sp than you would otherwise.

Lease delegated sp asap

• start adding 100 sp every time you can afford it with with converted sbd or with steem you earn in contests.
• 100 sp for 12 weeks costs 8 steem @minnowbooster.
• Just start doing it. I cannot explain the power of sp to you until you have some.

Even though STEEM is not on sale now, I still believe in leasing delegated sp and will keep leasing for myself and for my son, @bxlphabet indefinitely as we swim our way up in this place.

Minnow tip - Lease Delegated SP ASAP!

Start small on bidbots and decide of you want to use them or not

S.M.A.L.L. - do not blow up the world. You post is not that important.

How to use bidbots

The video makes this post above, so I will just drop it here too. Time to dance! Every day is a long day on steemit, this is a long post, and we need exercise! Come on - you can dance with me!

Bonus tip!

Go in @uweland's danceweekend and dance with some very entertaining characters over there.

More specific steemit tutorials

Yes, Voting power matters at steemit

What is Your Steemit Voting Power and Why Does it Matter?

For so many reasons you can read on this post, voting power matters at steemit. I give this voting power post to people voting with low power when I see them and have time. I go into my votes and try to help people who vote with no power if they appear to be real and trying.

But there are too many of you! Get your power up people!

Leverage your time with steemdunk

I believe in @steemdunk as a great time saver and way to be consistent here. Many thumbs up. Be there or be square. Every other meme-ish thing I can think of. Come on down!

Minnow Tip Steemdunk Post Upvoting Save Time Increase Rewards

Fighting spam on steemit

I answer my spam on occasion and here's how I do that. Sometimes, spammers don’t know any better, and sometimes it does no good, but I try.
Steemit What do you do with your Spam comments?

Why do I make these posts and send them out?

I believe in steemit, and I believe we need to grow exponentially in order to succeed and grow. I do a little bit of recruiting on my other social media, but we have enough gasping minnows here so I feel my time is best spent helping those who are here already.

We have about a 97% kill rate for new minnows. This snip from one of @arcange’s daily posts show the sad story of steemit minnow die-off and failure to thrive.

This is how I try to help.

I started this post weeks ago based on a prompt from @steemiteducation about how teachers motivate people to succeed. I know I am well past their deadline, but at least I achieved my goal :)

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Nothing at fitinfun would be possible if I still weighed 275 pounds. Read a bit of my weight loss story and be inspired. Anyone can get healthy if I did.

AND REMEMBER !!!

(Please watch my 7 second marketing video by @zeroooc and #steemgigs. I use steemgigs service by @surppasinggoogle and you should too. Steemians helping each other )

The whole Napoleon Dynamite movie is highly recommended.