I'm working hard here guys! Can someone please help me out :) I've introduced myself, I am a real person and I'm a total social media nerd. The thought of being involved in another platform so early on completely excites me. So how did you get started? Should I be networking on here?
I feel like I'm missing a very important piece. Here's the thing; if I'm missing it - others must be too. If this platform is going to succeed (and oh how we all hope that it does!) it needs to be simple, we need to be able to meet people and develop relationships with others with similar interests so we can support one another.
This is my 4th post, I've been commenting and asking questions. Few people are commenting back; how do I find the true dedicated steemians?
I'm looking forward to your input, and be happy to follow those with helpful advise! Thanks in Advance! - <3 Toni
My advice, just keep posting. Simple as that, post about what you love or what you think others might love, don't be afraid to have a couple non-trending posts (more like tons). People will reply if the content is there and they are interested.
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Thank you! I'll keep posting :)
I must tell you that some of the most popular steemit bloggers hardly have any viewers their first month. Just be constant and you will get folowers and viewers.
I will vote for you!
Someone else asked me this question recently.
"Well, What you doing now is a good step forward. You make comments on people's post. Interact with a post that you find interesting. The more you interact with people here the better you will do. Also, try and post at least once a day. Maybe just pictures you took of flowers or a poem you wrote. Or your opinion on something, someone, or location you live. You might not find it very interesting but people from around the world who never been there might find it interesting. Don't give up too quickly, stay with it. If you are not putting content out, don't expect Sp. There are also contest you can enter or you can start your own contest. That is how I would start."
Everyone on steemit write post that doesn't make money. Unless you got money to become a whale. Write at least one post a day about something you find interesting and tag appropriately and people will find you. Combine that with reading post you find interesting and interacting with the writer and following people you find interesting. It will take a while but you get there. I am on the same journey.
Yay a fellow New Yorker! :) This is wonderful information! Thank you for sharing and giving your input; it's so nice to know I am not alone on this journey!
I'll be following!
nice advice
Hi Toni! Dedicated Steemian here! LOL! But, seriously, you say that you are working hard but that needs to mean that you are consistently blogging DAILY. And, yes, you need to network. Get out here and find interesting posts to read, upvote and comment on. Follow others. And invest and buy some Steem for your wallet.
Me? I signed up about 6 weeks ago, and I do everything that I just mentioned. But you gotta love it. I do. I love blogging about what interests me. I also do a lot of research to see what I can find out about Steem and Steemit and all the ins and outs. There are plenty of great posts written by some great bloggers that tell you lots of things you should know to help you here. Just do a keyword Google search for anything you would like to know and include Steemit in the search.
Yes, I agree with @mornevd - Steemit is hard. But, it's simple, if that makes sense. It takes work and getting to know people and getting your name and face out there so that influential people will notice you. And, of course, put out quality content. And keep going, no matter if your posts only earn a few cents or a few dollars at first. Keep going. Growth here is exponential once you get the ball rolling.
Good luck!
Following you!
Wow! Thanks for the great tips. I haven't been blogging daily and I think that might be a big problem; though I'm often reading and upvoting - I'm being too quiet! I also love your feedback about doing a Google search for anything but include Steemit in the search - that's great! I'm now officially a fan and follower @amarie :) Thanks again!
I'm new on Stemmit and reading things like this get me a little sad, looks like is quite difficult to get visibility :/
I'll be following you and reading your articles :)
Comment, Comment, Comment. Comments are the best way to get your name out there and develop relationships with other users. Don't expect to magically have your content be seen, you have to put in the effort to build relationships with other users and earn those views.
Awesome feedback! I've been too quiet it seems :) I'll start commenting and see where this journey takes me :) Thanks so much!
Im part of a challenge right now to write 500 comments in 10 days. Its challenging but my followers and rep have been steadily increasing as a result. Thoughtful comments make my day so im hoping to do the same for others:)
Wow! Good luck!
Greetings~
Steemit truly does have the potential to be revolutionary! It is very exciting indeed that you are here in the beginning!
Because Steemit is still new it is not smooth yet, the kinks have not been ironed out.
Its important to know that for over 90% it is not an instant success thing. It takes time and consistent dedication to get successful here on Steemit.
There are a LOT of dedicated steemians and there are a LOT of projects to help you get noticed.
You should search articles for noobs on how to get follows, how to get noticed, how to get payouts etc as there are a LOT of guides that have already been written.
Defiantly check out @curie and the many other minnow vote projects. There are whole groups and accounts that specifically help minnows make it in the Steemit Ocean.
You can be sure that if you ask questions or comment on my posts that I will respond and that I will help you as I do so many others.
Hope you find your way!
SteemON!
Great 😍
I'll read your articles :) ... just followed you. I just started about 45 days ago and built a huge following fast. You have to grind it out lol
Thanks for the support :) Congrats on building a huge following; looks like it's time for me to put the work in too :)
Steemit is hard
Have you figured out any tricks yet?
Early tricks are follow a lot of people (that you like their content, esp with higher reputation scores), upvote their articles and comment on them. Many will follow you back just to give you a chance to see if they like your content. And others who come after you and see your comment might follow you also. No followers = no upvotes = no payout.
Be sure to use all five tags that you're allowed to get maximum exposure. Your posts are only seen by people looking int hose categories (and not for very long usually). I've been inactive for many months and just now poking around again. I'll follow you awhile.
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PS - pretty faces in profiles tend to get more followers, so you nailed that trick already!
Great tips! Thank you :)
Keep on trying ;)
Lol - yes! The growth mindset is critical - thanks for the reminder :)
Yup.
Since people are given cryptocurrency for their contents, I assume the lurker ratio is a lot smaller on Steemit than other social media. Maybe because of that reason, it's hard to find good content unless it's about cryptocurrencies. Your tech review post looks good though ;)
Welcome to steemit @infinitemedia. Enjoy your stay!
Upvote from me.
THank you :)
welcome here @Infinitemedia :) Nice post, i will follow your account, please follow me!
Hi there @Infinitemedia ,
Welcome to Steemit ! I am @minnowhelp, nice to meet you !
I do check the values of some offers here and hope so to help new steemians. I just started this project !
In my session 1 of testing the value of an @booster upvote I tracked the gains of different users by using this offer - so - for example @mahdiyari got for an investment of $1.96 and Post Upvote worth $5.08 !
if you want to save money, follow me on my blog! :)
Nice to meet you Infinitemedia ! Welcome to the steemit community ! Take care, @digital-gypsy
Welcome Infinitemedia its good to see more new users around. Have fun in this community. I wish you many followers and new friends :-) Cheers @chrisx
Hello @infinitemedia. Welcome to Steemit. I am David. I wish you have a happy journey here.
Hi! Welcome to Steemit. I'll address your questions. First steemit is similar to other platforms in a lot of ways. It takes time to find, create and nurture relationships. Don't give up. Provide value. Create posts that offer something to the audience you hope to reach. When one post "fails" (fails to give you the $ you expect) just move on and create another. Make lots of comments on other peoples post. Let them know that you are interested. Many will follow you because of that. Once you have followers you will find that you start getting a bit more engagement on your posts.... keep creating, keep interacting, keep being sincere. It will happen for you.
Thank you for the tips and input! I really think I need to work on moving on when one posts "fails." It's a totally new mentality, but great feedback! I'll be following :)
Hello there I think it's going to take time to make new friends with close interests because everyone is trying so hard to make post and earn money :D but I'm sure things will get on its way soon :) I will you from now on by the way :) stalker intensifies :O
Hi @infinitemedia Welcome To Steemit, I read your introduction vry intresting. Amazing platform for everyone who love sharing everythings useful. Let's take a part blogging on this platform. I hope you can be the next great Steemian. I will wait for your latest post. Let's have a look on Blog's wall. I have interesting post about travel in Aceh Sumatra. Let's save em from starvation. Upvote If you like it. Thank you. Nice to
Welcome to steemit. keep in touch. Followed n upvoted
THank you!
You're welcome.
Hello @infinitemedia, I believe i'm the guy you're searching for! :) Check my posts, you'll find lots of helpful posts there!! I post mostly about steemhacks and steemguides!
Welcome on board!
Steemit notifications ain't working, that might be the reason. Don't loose hope.
Followed you
it can take time, but don't give up. I won't. best of luck
Welcome @infinitemedia I guess you got some attention now. I will follow you too :) good luck!
Thank you for the warm welcome and follow! Following back :)
It takes time to get noticed.
I guess I should be more patient, thanks for the heads up! :)
Just keep on connecting and don't give up just yet...
Ok, will do! Thanks :)
Slow and steady wins the race.
Just gave you a follow. Doesn't mean I'll read your posts though 😉
I'll have to work hard to gain your interest in my posts then! :) Appreciate the follow, hope to hear from you soon because that means my posts are worth reading!
Welcome and Thank You for being with us!! Following your Blog now
@infinitemedia you have to be patient. Everything takes time to build up. Write about things you love. Look at things that interest you and interact with people. It takes a couple of months to get a following, and even so, even people who have been here a while don't get paid much. Content matters too. Another piece of advice: make sure your content is original or your post might get flagged. Have fun! :)
Awesome tips! Thanks so much - also just noticed you are a couponer; I'll definitely be following! :)
Yes! :) i love saving money by using coupons. Especially because it has allowed me to help other people too :)
I agree with @blueorgy who resteemed this post.
Find a topic you would enjoy writing about for several posts. I've done some series with 20 posts and more.
Once you find that interest, bend it in a way this community can take part in. I too have felt like the last couple weeks I've been barey seen, but keep on going!
Definitey consider joining the whaleshares discord chat so you can meet more of the steemit community.
https://discord.gg/ShhT9nf
Welcome to Steemit @infinitemedia !
Perusing your post and comments I see you're from NYC :)
There's a great lot of things happening in NYC with Steemit --
Check out @hitheryon and join the NYC Steemians for the Steemit Park Dedication in Brooklyn on July 16th, since you're in the city!
Regarding your lack of readership, consider for perspective that your first post on Steemit earned 10.77, last month. Your second post was two weeks later, for 1.43. Your third post was two weeks later, today, and is already at 12.93, 3 hours into it.
By Steemit standards, you're doing extremely well for only having posted three times! If you'd like to continue to expand on Steemit you will have to jump into the rabbit hole and earn it... very few are led by the hand to the trending pages or waiting audiences.
Good luck, I'll keep an eye out for your work but unless you post more I'll most likely not catch it in the feed
Let's put it this way: Good musicians play every day regardless of having or not an audience. That passion, like the ones that play in a bar all the time, in the streets, at home, that leads to something. Are you a good player or someone looking for an audience? Just keep writing if writing is what you like, regardless of statistics...
Just keep posting. Good things eventually happen. Upvoted and followed.
Thank you for the vote of confidence, vote and follow :)
For most people there are no shortcuts. Persistence pays off: blog consistently, comment honestly and thoughtfully (no stupid "nice post, followed" low content crap or sucking up), participate in the chat (not just spamming your links, but talk to people), get on steemspeak, etc. Those who have a lot of followers and upvotes either came in with a large social media presence or built it up here.
It will never seem fair that some people are on auto upvote bots and get lots of rewards for terrible posts while well thought out original content by you gets underappreciated, but just keep posting and think to yourself "this is more than I will make on any social media site or any other forum" and try not to get jealous of others.
Great advise and very true. What is steemspeak? Learning everyday.... :) Thanks in advance!
Keep posting, keep engaging, the community will build, trust me, I am into week two and I am already noticing the results
Welcome Toni! @infinitemedia
I feel you pain @infinitemedia. One thing I wonder is, do followers even ready what we write? Why follow if not interacting. I'll follow you and watch for your posts. And I'l read them. :-)
Thank you for the support and I will follow you as well. I'm still learning where to find the notifications on new comments - sorry for the delay!
No worries!
@infinitemedia Love the creativity! Found you on twitter first! Best of Luck !
Yay! Love my twitter friends!
Welcome to steemit community...
What a wonderfully written intro you got here.
Do read my below recipes to have a successful steemit experience.
RECIPES FOR SUCCESS
Be yourself, originality matters a lot. Write and submit quality content at least three times weekly.
You can get into arguments but without being disrespectful to people to avoid down votes
upvote and follow posts that interest you...as well as people who upvote and follow you. Reciprocity matters. However, be careful not to exceed 20 upvotes per day as doing that will begin to deplete ur steem power. This is important.
spend sometime to comment on other people's posts daily.
Give quality feedback to peoples comments.
Observe this rules and success will follow you. Wishing you best of luck in your steemit activities.
I'm @eurogee
omg, you only made $35 steemers this post, poor you... if only I was that hip, peace
You are hip!
you have 196+ views, and 69+ votes for this post. that's my goal.
I love how everyone just rallied in to give this user the support and encouragement she needs to keep steemin!
Not to mention all of the awesome tips! Thanks guys :) The Steemit community is such a friendly place and everyone seems to be pulling for each other.
Welcome to Steemit.
hello, I am new here but I have been read what you write
Hey! Enjoy steemit!! Followed. Follow me back 😘
Good advice in this post, I found you by my friend here who commented -- @ibringawareness
Write about what you like or know or care about - like they say.
Learn how to center images/text and format posts and learn the basic Markdown tricks that are in the editor window there when you open up to submit a post.
Maybe you have already, this post is a month or more old, of yours. Best wishes,
BD
Followed.
Well, networking is certainly very important. Either you be a whale to attract upvotes and comments, or you wait that some whales discover your articles and keep upvoting them to hot or trending section. Both of these 2 options are difficult. The better option is to join some communities, keep commenting on posts of other people and keep posting. Some communities you can join are: ** https://discordapp.com/invite/bmPGBdT ** and ** https://discordapp.com/invite/B9BWJT9 **