Would you like to read my post about my first year anniversary on Steemit because all I have achieved might encourage you to continue your journey with us on Steem?

First of all I would like to say a big THANK YOU to all my followers on Steemit because having you following me encourages me to write a blog post every day.

Also a big THANK YOU to all of you who are reading my posts regularly, upvote and comment. I particularly enjoy reading all comments and I do my best to reply to all of you in a timely manner.

One Year on Steemit! 2,287 Followers…

I made my introduction post on the 28th of May last year, which was also my birthday. You may want to read that post again as a reminder of who I am, where I come from and what I am doing.

You can read the post here: Joining Steemit on my Birthday!

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I only used that green wig once as I wanted to put a bit of humor in my first post, and because it was my birthday, my daughter and I, played with colorful wigs all day.

On that first post I got $19 in rewards and a few followers. I then started to blog a bit, but rewards on my following posts were very discouraging.

It all started to get off the ground when I decided to blog daily and got the support of @jerrybanfield who began to upvote my posts. Seeing my posts with $4 or $5 on them encouraged me to continue writing quality posts with text and photos or screenshots that take quite a long time to produce daily.

Now I have 241 quality posts for you to read and also 3,130 comments.

You can see my Awards on SteemitBoard here: http://steemitboard.com/board.html?user=gmichelbkk

I particularly enjoy reading your feedback and replying to all of them. Everyone who writes a meaningful comment gets an upvote from me, engagement on my Steemit blog is important to me.

These are some other achievements I've had according to SteemitBoard.

In addition to gaining 2,287 followers and writing 241 posts, I have just achieved a 64 reputation score.

It might take me another year to get at a 70 reputation score as it is harder and harder after the 60 mark.

If you wonder why you can see my real number of posts "242" and a reputation of "64.03" on my profile, you may want to install SteemPlus on your browser.

Read my post here: A Better Way to Browse Steemit! & What SteemitPlus Can Do!

On SteemitBoard you can also see that my efforts have brought 2,001 SP in rewards to my account, and when I see that, I am glad I decided to write a post per day.

This surely encourages me to continue.

My wallet shows a total of 4,382 Steem Power, with 2,157 Steem Power I have bought.

I have delegated 3,831 Steem Power to other users, which brings me a return in upvotes on my posts or daily payouts.

You may want to read this post to see my strategy: My Strategy to Gain and Use Steem Power!

Last month I decided to not upvote my own posts anymore to see if this would make a difference. I am glad to report that not self-upvoting didn't have consequences on my progress on Steemit.

This is where I was a month ago.

This is where I am now.

If you want to see yours stats, replace my username by yours: http://www.steemreports.com/outgoing-votes-info/?account=gmichelbkk&days=30

I do not say that self upvoting is good or bad, just saying that I chose not to, so I can upvote others more.

You may want to read my post about this: Is Self Upvoting Wrong? What's my Strategy?

Finally, after reviewing my achievements for this first year on Steemit with you, I'd like to ask what kind of posts you would like me to continue writing, or stop writing, because what's important is you my dear readers.

Thanks again to all my 2,287 followers.

Would you upvote this post and follow me for more because this will encourage me to write more posts like this?

Would you please help @jerrybanfield become a top 10 Witness because he is, in my opinion, the witness who gives the most back to the community? Vote for jerrybanfield as a witness or set jerrybanfield as a proxy to handle all witness votes at https://steemit.com/~witnesses. Read the 5 reasons why I'm voting for Jerry Banfield as a witness and how to vote in my post. You may be interested to read: What is a Steem Witness, How to Vote and Why?

Michel Gerard

www.michelgerardonline.com