150+ upvote for the first edition and support from @cryptoctopus were two thing that became my motivation to improve this guide, because first version was just a simple list of links to my friends.
Start to use Steemit and make sure it is not more difficult than any other social network.
This step by step guide will help you to learn quickly and to start using all the capabilities of the platform.
Authors had done a great job on Steemit and had written a lot of good posts, which will help you quickly sort thing out. In this guide, I have gathered the most comprehensive list of useful posts, sorted by steps.
Step 1. Just do it
If you are a beginner, just start with the publication of the first post. This will allow you to understand how it works here in practice, not in theory.
The best idea to start will be the publication of the post "IntroduceYourselve". It’s like a tradition here. We are a young community maybe, but we already have our traditions.
- The Secret Formula to a Successful "IntroduceYourself" Post...And The #1 Mistake to Avoid by @cryptoctopus
- Take Two: (Re-) Doing Your Introductory Post the Right Way by @steemship
If you want to see posts of other participants, you can use hashtag #introduceyourselve
Posts
The Blog Editor is convenient, but for some users, may require small hints in the beginning. If you have any questions about the registration posts, then use these recommendations.
- How to Liven up your Steem Posts with Markdown by @xeldal
- Some Basic HTML and Markdown formatting in Steemit by @magnebit
- YouTube videos auto-embed by @pfunk
- Adding Images To Your STEEM Posts by @billbutler
Success stories
While you are waiting for comments on your first post, read some inspiring stories from successful authors on Steemit. If you do not have enough motivation to write the first post, read those inspiring stories, because that is what you need right now.
- How I Made $12,000 In One Month On Steemit by @stellabelle
- How I Paid My Rent With Steem by @cryptogee
- The Road From May to July 4th - How an IDEA from @ned and @dan changed my life by @cryptoctopus
Step 2: How the hell does it work?
If you do the first 2 steps, then perhaps you have a lot of questions: How does it work? Where did the money come from, and who pays for all this? Excellent! Welcome to the new world! The time has come to understand, look under the hood of our Steemit and understand how it works.
- Steem for noobs by @aem
- Welcome To Steem - Introduce Yourselves by @cryptogee
- Still Confused by Steem, Steem Dollars, and Steem Power? The Power Plant Analogy by @donkeypong
- The differences between Steem, Steem Dollars, and Steem Power [Video] by @andrarchy
- Introduction to Steem Dollars (SBD) by @dantheman
- Steem: Where DOES the money come from? by @steemrollin
- Come for the STEEM, Stay for the Steem Power. This is Getting Unfair for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Reddit, and Facebook. by @donkeypong
- The Ultimate Visual Guide to using the Steemit site... with full explanations by @wingz
- What is power up? by @donkeypong
- Why people will buy STEEM? by @dantheman
Security
Read a couple of steps which will help you to secure your account and earnings.
- How to login with your posting key (and why this is important) by @pfunk
- Guide to the Different Steem Keys or Passwords by @pfunk
Withdrawal
Do not let SteemDollars remain just numbers on your screen. Everything is real and it is not a computer game. Withdrawal your money and do something nice for yourself, buy coffee, pay for an apartment or go to a restaurant. Have a blast and do whatever the hell you want! This is a great motivation for you to write more and better.
- Steem How-To: Deposit Steem & Steem Dollar to Bittrex [Video] by @ash
- Receive your real money from Steem by @yassinebentour
- Quick demonstration on moving Steem Dollars around selling them for Steem and Powering Up [Video] by @will-zewe
Step 3. Vote and comment
There are no moderators on Steemit, and only users must decide what content should be rewarded.
When you're a little bit experienced and figured everything out to pump up your Steem Power, it's time to start voting for the posts of other users and participate in discussions. This will help readers to find good content for them, and for you to increase your Steem Power. After reading this material, you will know how to work as efficiently as possible.
- Voting cheat sheet by @steemship
- How to maximize curation rewards? by @dantheman
- No upvotes? No problem. You will be king makers by @nanzo-scoop
- Writing popular comments: Top 5 tips for posting an honest high paying reply by @donkeypong
Step 4: Your way to success
I think you are quite accustomed. Good Steemit writers are creating a truly exciting and useful articles and getting paid for it with great rewards and gratitude. If you feel the strength and desire to try yourself in this role, now is the best opportunity to do so. Community is only in the beginning of its career and the competition between the authors is not very high. A few notes from famous authors will help you create the best posts.
- Format your Steem articles and gain steem power by @cryptogee
- Create Article Content And Gain Steem Power by @cryptogee
- The Cliffsnotes on the 6 Principle of Influence by @cryptoctopus
- Tags replace Topics / Categories on Steemit by @dan
- The TOP 3 Reasons To TAG Your Steemit Posts by @rok-sivante
- The Truth About Ridiculously High Steemit Payout by @cryptoctopus
- No upvotes? No problem. You will be king makers by @nanzo-scoop
- Writing popular comments: Top 5 tips for posting an honest high paying reply by @donkeypong
- What Makes A Successful Story: The FIVE Winning Ingredients For A Highly-Rewarded Steemit Post by @rok-sivante
- My 7 secrets to earning big as a steemit newbie! by @trevonjb
Step 5. Steemians 80 lvl
After reviewing these materials and starting to use the services of this section, you will become a Steemit-guru and attain true power of the Jedi! ;)
- History of SteemIt by @iceworld
- Steemit's Evil Plan for Cryptocurrency World Domination by @dan
- Help Promote Steemit! Retweet @SteemServices for Steem Power! by @steemservices
- How-To: Auto post your Steem Posts to Twitter/FB/EVERYTHING by @ash
- How to send steem Dollars? by @steemrollin
- Steemit 101 e-Book Revised with Major Updates, Here is Your FREE Supplement! by @donkeypong
- Awesome Steem by @hipster
- Showing you the "real" Steem Dollar value calculated with the latest exchange values - steemdollar.com
- Join to Slack
- White Paper
- White Papper on MarkDown
- WhitePapper MP3
- Active Stats on Steemit
- Richlist - steemd.com/richlist
- Membership Levels and Activity - steemd.com/distribution
- Live stream of steemit activity (steemstream.com) by @roelandp
- Live stream of steemit activity (steemviz.com) by @ausbitbank
- Steem Dollar Ticker
- How to find the details of payouts? by @steemrollin
- How to get RSS feeds? by @xeroc
- SteemWatch, the Notification Center for Steemit by @void
Thanks to all the authors who created these articles for you. Put as many as you can upvote for their posts;)
Personal gratitude for @cryptoctopus for the supporting my initiative.
Feel free to comment, if you have something to supplement to my guide.
UPD. Pay It Forward. I’ll pay 50$ to three people for your undervalued posts
Have fun!
Crossposted by #help #steem #steemhelp #basic #steemguide #steemit
Good work! I wish they can have a 'Help' session to collect posts like this! I mean, people can search for 'Steemithelp' tag but it is easier to have a 'Help' session as on most websites
Very useful! Thank you very much!
Useful links about steemit api:
1 https://steemit.com/theoretical/@theoretical/how-to-use-the-steem-api
2 https://steemit.com/steem/@xeroc/steem-api
3 https://github.com/pharesim/steemjs
4 http://piston.readthedocs.io/en/develop/
Thanks for the links ;)
Awesome post very helpful and a great reference resource..Thank you muchly.
Nice work, but you made this on a friday night so not sure how many people are gonna upvote it.
I agree with you, but I believe that the good work will be appreciated)))
Saturday morning for some
I also have morning =))) But most of the Steemians are from America, so it is important to choose the right time for posting
now we know how many people have upvote this o_o
Seriously tho, well put together. I did not however visit all of those links just yet.
This is wonderful! Thank you! You've done a wonderful job of organizing these links and putting them in an action list order. I had already found some of them and I've even posted a couple of posts. I haven't done my introduction yet. I find those so difficult to write. {sigh}
Anyway, just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to do this and thanks to @cryptoctopus as well.
I am glad that it was helpful to you
Great post, tanks alot m8 :) hope other see this helpfull :)
So many useful tips on here! I was lucky to find this post as soon as I joined, and 24 hrs later, I am still going through all of the links! Thanks for collecting all of these together in one place!
Great work! Tnx!
Thanks
Nice way to summarize it all!
Great work!
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Thanks for this detailed and easy to follow post, had seen alot of the posts already, but it's so nice having them all in one place together now. Gonna bookmark this! :D
Great work!
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Thanks for the article, perfect links for a noob like me! However, as somebody whose introduceyourself post was a total fail, I still have a question: how is it possible that overnight my number of votes increased but the amount of money was reduced?
In a few words can not explain))) Is calculated as a reward you can read in White Paper
Thanks, good to know :) one more question: does it make any sense voting to old articles which have already receive their payouts?
No
The best introduction now, thank you.
You are welcome)
Thanks for the post! A great collection of very insightful posts.
Great post. Exactly what any noob needs. Thanks!
ths, hope i will success :D
Lehard, this post has been very helpful. It'll take some time to go through all of the links and practically apply the information.
Is there a way to delete a blog post? I have one that's a bunch of useless nonsense that seems like it was posted by accident while I was asleep near my smartphone.
i've got the power now thanks 8]
good job
Great post good for us newbs
Thanks for the great resource and information. I am new to the site and have been exploring a bit. I like what i see so far. :)
Thanks, great guide! I'm passing this onto a friend who is creating a new Steemit account :)
perfect, all links in one place. thank you
One correction: The tag is not #introduceyourselve but #introduceyourself
wow useful links
permission to reestemed, please! i cant see the button.