Ok, I don't know what to think anymore.
I'm a professional blogger and freelancer.
I have achieved several goals in the past, both personal and those of the people I wrote articles for.
I recently posted my latest article (2 days of work) and I feel I've wasted my time: no interactions and its reach is almost null.
I'm sure it could bring value to people yet I'm not seeing any results.
Here's a link to it. Maybe you guys can tell me what's wrong!
https://steemit.com/blog/@budgetmarketing/the-recipe-for-the-perfect-blog-post
EDIT: You guys are awesome. Thank you for all the support you've shown in the comments. Really appreciated!
I've written this other article in which I explain what's the most important thing I learned from my last 2 posts:
https://steemit.com/community/@budgetmarketing/it-s-not-just-money-that-i-ve-gained-from-yesterday-s-viral-post
Your writing is excellent. Consistently is all that's required. Right now you have 146 followers. The most successful bloggers have thousands and most got those by being consistent.
My most important recommendation for newbies would be to focus on gaining followers rather than on your payout. The former will eventually take care of the latter. And the best way to gain followers is to ENGAGE with other successful bloggers by upvoting their posts and, most importantly, writing insightful comments on them. If you spend about half of your Steemit time writing your own post and the other half making good comments on others' posts, you'll eventually see good results. Be patient, friend.
Thanks for your advice and compliment Sean. Really appreciated.
I guess I have to be more patience and start connecting with more people. Will do it and let you know how it goes :D
Thank you so much for this advice! I've been connecting with many other homesteaders and gardeners through the comments section. It's a fun place to be and I've found out about some awesome projects and ideas from reading from a variety of perspective. Onward and upward!
This is great advice. I've been suffering the same thing. When my posts are not getting any views I feel like wasting my energy for nothing. But I'm not going to stop. Thanks for the great advice and I've been telling it to myself. Let's hope it's going to work.
Great advice! Thank you! 🙏🏽😚
Thanks for the much needed advice...I hardly see any dolphin or whale interacting with minnows like you do...Really Appreciated...Your support is much needed in keeping us in the game...Thanks again for Valuable Insights
Keep going. After time your efforts will pay of. Succes.
I usually rely on 2 words: consistency and confidence. I'm losing confidence. Maybe I don't know how to write anymore! 😅
I'm in the same situation brother. Let's not give up eh?
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I have started a couple of businesses and this feels like any other business to me. My opinion is that consistent quality is everything. That is how to build meaningful relationships. I think we need to produce good work every single day and also get out and talk to people. We never know who we might come across, but we have to be there for the opportunity to happen. Even the seemingly little guy can turn into a big deal at any time. I've been surprised by that several times.
Your work is very good. I'm following.
Totally, will get working on this. Thanks for your kind words, I appreciate your support!
just try harder steem buddy , i glad you did share that post i resteemed it a lot of newbie dont know how it work and of course we lose ourself with abilyti to earn with the post evry one want to earn that the point , if i get every month six hundred dollars i can live eat food pay bills and visa , some expect more and more like greedy person i am not here only for the money other wize i be floding all the d ay long in any post any comment , no i am here to learn and understand how your syste, work i dont really want to be a part it but i had no choice that how it works
so you have no choice , you can only do again and again if you succeed in life before you know that already me too i made some post thati was thinking usefull for some but not really , a lot of people bully article and post their link steal the voting power money and all of that it's because they understand better steemit than we do
best regard steem buddy and may the steem force be with you
It's not about the money. What I didn't get at first was why, despite the quality of the article, it reached only 7 people. What makes me happy and satisfied is if people read and enjoy my article. Rewards from it are very appreciated of course yet secondary. Those will come in consistently only if people like reading your articles and find them valuable!
Thanks for you support by the way and may the steem force be with you as well! :D
i understand your point and that why i commented to please dont give up , you have at least one hundred eghty seven vew on this post it's a lot and look at the vote for a new user it's quite astoningih you know from what i have seen , see you around steem master
Thanks buddy! Best of luck!
Have patience. You are only 15 days here. Why does everyone expect instant success?
I remember the same advice you gave me 12 days ago. You were perfectly right. Thank you.
That's true. It's just that when I start something new that I believe being worth it, I put a lot of effort in it. When you spend a day writing an article then post it and see that only 7 people have read it, it gets frustrating.
I understand I have to be patience tho. Thanks for sharing your opinion, very much appreciated!
Your writing is great. I can see there are many people had read your latest article! Why do you think it had not interaction or no results on bring interaction? It seem that many people had voted you which mean your value is high.
Seems like this post grabbed the attention of many people who went and read my previous one. Then resteemed since I believe they enjoyed and found it helpful. Now is doing great!
I read it, liked it and upvoted it. Looking at the $ it seems to be doing pretty well.
It looks like I grabbed some attention :) Thanks buddy, really appreciated!
Sorry to hear you're having such difficulty. I'll do my part as your new follower to give you the boost that we followers are supposed to by upvoting and resteeming. I agree with @sean-king, your writing is great, so I see no reason why you aren't reaping the benefits of it.
Do you have any previous blog entries that you can post here? I mean, as long as it's original work that belongs to you, I see no harm in that. Hell, I share photos taken 12 years ago and do decently just from that. Besides, this way you'll have a pile of stuff ready to go so you can use it to get settled in and get a nice follower base and a regular payout average before you really start cranking out work which might take more time.
Thanks a lot @winstonwolfe!
I have written many articles in the past and have kept all of them yet most of t have been written as a freelancer for other companies and others do not fit my niche (marketing). I do post some really old ones once in a while tho!
What I find being a real obstacle is the fact that my posts are read from minnows only so i guess I should set "engaging with more experienced steemians" as a goal!
Thanks for your encouragement!
What I really like is how you asked how you can improve rather than just leaving like some people do from time to time. It shows you care enough to make this work for yourself like you see it working for others. It got my attention, after all. :)
Definitely! It was love at first sight between me and Steemit. I had to find the way to improve my experience and results. It seems like many people like yourself are willing to help and I'm receiving a lot of advice I will take into consideration and that I wouldn't have received if I had not liked this platform as much as I actually do. I'm really thankful for all you said. Great guy you are!
There you go, yes. I would recommend that. It's great you've got a head start on a decent number of followers, but you'll hit a big boost if you get some higher-rep people to vote or resteem your work. It's like the difference between telling just your family & friends VS broadcasting it to the entire community.
I see that this post is doing pretty well now! That's pretty cool!
Something I find funny, and is something I've seen several times during my time here, is that the moment you have to ask an existential question like that, things suddenly blowup. This happened for me just a few weeks ago when I created a post that asked the question "Am I out of ideas?" Ever since then, things have looked way up.
Totally agree! This is so weird, we should probably write these kind of post more frequently. 😂
I came to steemit because I got tired of click-bait, ads, paywalls, and beggars. I think many other readers share this sentiment. As I peruse steemit, I see countless articles that are not worth the time to read. Headlines like "10 things every X should know" are a dead giveaway. Write something interesting and title it appropriately, use keywords that help people find that info, and you'll get a following. One day you may become the sports-writer that everyone tunes in to every time you write an article.
Hell yeah! I hope so :) Thanks for your support @whytehorse. Much appreciated 😊
I know just how you feel buddy, I also feel I'm wasting my energy on posts that get to be seen by four people and get maybe one upvote. But hoping it will get better pushes me to go on. Will follow you and upvote your stuff. Pls check my blog to see if there's anything you like, I need upvotes to lift my spirit :)
Thanks buddy I will go by your profile as I finish responding to each comment. perhaps you might want to read this article in which I explained what is the best thing I learned from this post. It's not the money I enjoyed the most yet supportive people like you!
https://steemit.com/community/@budgetmarketing/it-s-not-just-money-that-i-ve-gained-from-yesterday-s-viral-post
Everything is ok with your blog, just write more and you have to have more followers, make contests, share useful things with the comunity, be active in comments, invite more people to steemit, record video about steemit, it's not easy work to succeed here, i have more that 400 followers but still not earning good money from posts, you need to be voted by strong people from steemit sometimes 1 vote of strong person here worth more than 100 week accounts, work hard to be voted by whales :) good luck :)
Thanks for your support my friend! Will work harder in establishing strong relationships with other steemians! :D
Same here. It's not entirely and only about value...first comes a bootlicking phase. That's how the game here works. I am where you are right now..patience...endurance..faith.
Good luck and cheers!
I don't feel like bootlicking tho. I shouldn't be friends with a whale/dolphin just to boost my posts if these are actually good!
I prefere to wait 10 times longer and keep my dignity intact :D
Good luck to you as well!
That's my angle too. Good things take their time and in the end they will last.
Comment on other posts. Upvote other comments on those posts. Upvote comments on your posts. Be active on steemit.chat, and post in the post promotion threads. Reply to comments frequently. Interact and be patient.
That's definitely on my list now. I understand that establishing relationships is really important here. Content is no longer king :D
Thanks for your advice my friend, much appreciated!
You have 150 followers. It's not worth putting a ton of time in yet. Views are gonna be based on how many people see it. Sadly, no one will likely even know your article exists. Better to come join the Minnow Support Project, make friends, get to know other people, work on resteems and all that good stuff.
Sounds good. I should hang out more in the discord chat! We actually talked once!
Thanks @aggroed, very nice to hear from an experienced guy like you!
I felt the same way at first bro, my posts were not being viewed by many people however i soon came to realise that there are certain times to post when most people are online and it also depends on how much of followers you have and which part of the world they are from as time zones differ.
That's also true. I have some sort of barrier being in Italy but hey, that's how it is! :D
Thaks for sharing your experience!
Have a look @stackin. Even if he gets a lot support from steemians and has many followers to get high rewareded payouts that aquires patience, connecting and a lot of consistent work.
Follow you and resteemed :-)
Thanks @lichtblick. We've connected yesterday. I love your posts so i'm already a follower of yours. Thanks for the advice. I'm happy people I consider much more experienced are supporting me!
what... 10usd in 25min - tztztzt.... that I got in a week :)
I can feel your pain, though in your case I imagine it's more frustrating since you're good at this. had a few posts well received than a recent one which got barely any attention. But I think people are right. Biggest thing is just building up a engaged, loyal following and becoming well known around here. Just takes time, patience and being consitent. Seems like you know what you're doing so I think it will pay off.
Thanks my man, I appreciate your kind words. Let's keep it up and get knowing more and more people in this awesome community!
I do agree. I'll be following more of your stuff. If you have time to ever give me feedback on any of my writing I'd appreciate it. You seem like you know what you're doing. I do hope you have great success here. :-)
Just curious @budgetmarketing, have you been promoting any of your posts in the #postpromotion feed over on https://steemit.chat/channel/postpromotion
Nope.. It seems like I should get on that chat and I will very soon!
Lower your expectations and keep posting content that brings value to the network and your viewers, the rest will follow.
Hey, I've been on Steemit for a week now. I am looking for people to connect with and build a following. Your writing and other posts are really good so you have gained a follower :) feel free to check out my blog if you wish
Thank you William. Will definitely check out your blog. At first glance I see you are a business graduate so I believe we can somehow connect :)
BECAUSE - there are a bazillion new things to read being posted every nanosecond from a million different directions and readers have no measurable time to look at each one.
Or, at least that's how I felt after working 12 hours on my Introduction page and have it cross the Schwarzschild radius at that instant. At least I have something on my blog to read when I forget who I am.
that's sad and funny at the same time. Last sentence made me laugh. Hope it gets better my friend!
It was a learning experience! :)
Hey Willy, glad you learned from my article. This is the thing that makes me happy the most. :)
You are doing good buddy.
Thank you @gator! 😉
I can only prove @sean-king's advice. It works that way. Be consistent and connect via comments and chat. That's all.
And you're lucky you have friends who can support you. Not all Steemians had such a connections in their early days here ;)
I didn't know I had this many. Usually my followers don't interact much with my posts. Seems this post grabbed a lot of attention! Thanks for your support my friend. ✌
You're welcome! Keep in touch!
Something that I've learned that will maximize visibility is the use of tags. Use popular or trending tags to get a lot of eyes on your posts.
never toot your own horn, thats usually the issue. people think that "their" content is more worthy than others and therefore should be valued higher than whats already out there.....dont even worry, youll be fine
Hell no! I don't believe my content is better than others, I take good care of my
ego! lol 😊 Seriously, I get what you're saying. Seems like I have to be much more patience than I already am. Thanks for your support!
It seems that sometimes it takes a bit longer. I read it just now because it got resteemed to my feed. I'm not in the game for the money, I am more focussed on getting into the crypto bussiness as a business developer. So many great opportunities there ! I enjoy reading your posts @budgetmarketing . Steem is still early days, grow your following now and profit later!
Thanks for your support @vipete!
I kow how it feels but Steemit teach us to keep going no matter what, get followers who really appreciate your work! upvoted and followed <3 don't stop!
Thanks my friend! It seems I gained many followers from this and my prevoius post so I'm really happy.
good! i'm happy for you! keep writing i'll be wating for your posts! <3
Do not despair comrades, because success requires process, sacrifice, and struggle, keep paying to be the best, like me who just joined in this very extraordinary platform, need a process to become the best blogger. By the way, an honor if you want to visit my page, because I'm new here, and I need support from you, thank you. :)
I feel the same, keep working hard!
@budgetmarketing
It's not all about how many followers you have, but about the quality of the followers. You should concentrate on building a solid relation with your best followers. Vote, resteem their content and keep adding value with your comments. Those who return the favour are your most valuable followers so focus on them.
I guess I should start doing this. I have more of a traditional state of mind on how to gain followers and that's organically. Yet I understand this is quite complicated on steemit and takes a lot of effort. thanks for your advice @recreator. 😊
I earn more from my comments than my articles...very tough nut to crack indeed!
This is a great blog post @budgetmarketing. Following, and looking forward to more posts from you.
Thanks my friend! Will come out with another article soon :)
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Nothing is wrong but coincidently I asked the same question on FB. I'm not a professional blogger but I think many of us have been experiencing a universal mind pluck (Are we allowed to use profanity on Steemit?) Keep the Steem rolling hopefully I'll find my peeps and collaborators. Humor is always a great icebreaker for me.
Thanks for your support @sacka!
Let's keep it rollin' :)
No problem!! ;)
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I hear you! Lack of recognition after hours and even days of work to put together a HQ post - I feel your pain - coz here it is often the same. @sean-king made the points perfectly.
Persistence, Quality, engagement... Let's not be discouraged. I found that smaller posts usually do better than long ones. Hence, a post on a particular subject may be better received in parts of a series...
Anyway - all the best!
Thunk see mentioned it - patience is key - when i started i felt similar - i posted the best ever written marketing posts of the world - i did it with some personal post for my first 2 months on steemit - and guess what - I earned not one single cent on any post at all!
I stopped using steemit thinking a total nonsense - a friend got me back, this time I read the white paper, followed some help guide, i read, i learned and after three posts I earned some cents, that made me happy - I continued and the fun came with some dollar posts - i discovered a huge community of like-minded people. Did not know there are apps, chats etc - i learned and listened. Still enjoy it. Patience is not my key strength at all - but i learned that too.
Thanks for sharing your experience. Totally cheering :)
So you're in the marketing world, what do you work on?