Exactly. I think people come here thinking they'll make $100+ per post overnight and it just doesn't work like that. The only ones who can do that are those who already have large followings on other platforms. If that's not you, then it will take months to build your account up to that level. People should see it first as a platform to share content like any other, making money should be secondary...unless you have really good content. I've been fortunate enough to make good money and I'm a new Minnow. This is only my 2nd week and I've done well for myself.
I think it also depends on the niche you enter into...and you SHOULD have a niche that has some sort of community already built in. Too many people come posting about random stuff that's not targeted towards a specific group. Then I think a lot of people aren't active in the chat rooms and don't actually build relationships with people.
That's spot on. I get so many "follow for follow" requests, they don't realize you have to build relationships with people. I will never forget when I decided to not give up and continued making thoughtful comments, a Whale gave me some wonderful encouragement back and an upvote.
It was a refreshing turn for the better and really motivated me to keep going. So to any new bloggers reading this; hang tough, get involved in chat and comments while continuing to create original content. Learn from successful people and lets help grow this awesome community! :)
i will follow and upvote i want to engage people .if i do in return for good deed u should support me hahaha
New minnow here (sorry about the silhouette... we are a website and will be placing something proper that represents who we are in time). There are chatrooms?
There are a number of chat rooms. Steemit.chat is one and Discord has a slew of servers and groups to join
I didn't know there was a chat that's awesome. I'm pretty much doing what I'd be doing on Facebook with adding some additional content. I rather attempt to get paid for something that I was already doing for free. I love learning new things and sharing my thoughts with others.
I Agree with you.creating a content that everybody love is not an easy task.It need some effort and time
My advice on that is just be yourself and write about what you know without expectation of an upvote. If you get upvoted it's icing on the cake.
good advise.
Hey thanks for this post! I'm new and was contemplating my first real post ..in exploring the platform i see how a niche can be extremely helpful in creating a following.