Inspirational post, thanks Marly! I guess it's the same with most things in life (and life itself, which is one great journey)...patience and persistence! And to turn it into 'the three p's'...some positivity as well!
Thank you! We can't ever add enough positivity, I fully agree!
Nice blog of yours by the way, we definitely share the same passion for the Ocean. Following you now :-)
For sure, keeping a positive mindset goes a long way! Yeah we definitely have our love for the ocean in common :) I'm planning to write some posts related to marine conservation etc, but I haven't gotten around to it (yet). Also, I do wonder how much interest there is on Steemit regarding such 'heavy' topics...
Alright, I'm hearing more and more people say not to waste your time with upvote bots. But care to give an opinion on spending money on steempower vs. just letting it build up organically?
Well if you have the money to invest, then powering up in SP is always a good idea since it will help you to grow faster. Still not everybody has these opportunities (including myself), and you can also build up your brand organically without investments even though it will take longer. I didn't power up anything and earned ~27,000 Steem by blogging in 18 months. That's more than a regular annual salary on my island so it means a lot to me. But you also need to know that I have been working daily on this platform since the very first day.
Great post. I believe that you get what you put in. Very important is that you bring some value to the platform and that you "socialize", since this is social media:). Not everyone have desire to be successful on this platform, because they have other goals, but if you do than try to learn as much as you can from people who are already at the top like @surfermarly. Anyway congrats on all your achievements.
Value is hard to define, since everyone has their own interpretation of what's valuable or rewardable and what is not. Besides all the financial incentives (e.g. curation rewards) whether someone likes (upvotes) your blog post or not has a lot to do with their state of mind. That's why I always try to provide the audience with something they didn't know, feel, realize, think or laugh about before - like an umbrella of services.
The more emotions you're able to address with one single post, the more people will supposedly appreciate it :-)
Thank you!!
Actually it's 6,000+ followers and 27,000 Steem all in all :-) I've cashed out some money during the past month in order to fulfill a dream in real life.
Holy cow, nice! That's fantastic. I have a dream in real life set as well = pay off student loans and a down payment on a house (it would be our first) for my family. Working towards it each and everyday here on Steemit!
Quite motivational post for the new steemers like me. Every word you said is absolutely write, getting nothing in the start is very disappointing, It needs much courage to keep on steeming as you earn nothing from start, but everything take it's time to reach at the top, you can't just jump and climb on mountain, It needs steadiness and moral to do it. I hope I will do better on steemit like you...
Exactly. It needs some courage and discipline to keep going even though your ROI might not be the very best in the beginning.
When you start, you invest time for money. Once you start earning money, you'll try to save time by getting better and more efficient in what you're doing. Still it never becomes a routine, since every day is different :-)
it's really hard here to grow it's take so much efforts and hard work still we trying even we comments many more content to get support but not many come forward to help just some support and give a vote on comments still im happy for what we getting... something is always better then nothing @surfermarly
thank you for the inspiring words that's so supporting when you getting noone whale vote and still waiting and doing struggle to get any good vote, i just wish all the steemit members should help each other @surfermarly
Yes i agreed with your wonderful article @surfermarly.
Your working and project is awesome. Your creativity is good to produce excellent stuff which is super duper.
Success not achieve on the door stamp its want many struggles and hardworking at early stages.
I appreciate your steeming that heartwarming and inspirational.
hello, dear, firstly i thanks to you, to give us a wonder post,
really if we start begning, and we work hard than we reach the goal,
and your advice will help us, a lot,
again thanks for advice,
keep advice us, its helpfull us
dear @surfermarly
Oh.. dear friend.. you are such an adventurous girl.. really appreciate your effort to encourage the steemitians and I really liked your video. Do keep smiling and encouraging us.
Upvoted and Resteemed..
you create a great post.....i know some new from your post.....i impressed to see your post......i hope everybody like your post...thanks for shear it..
18 months based solely on "organic growth" is wonderful. I am putting efdort to improve my posts each day. I guess I need to work hard the more. I made my first dtube video after 60days on Steemit.
hii @surfermarly, first of congratulations for your successful journey and a best smong 110 creators. you always shared original and genuine stuff without using any bots. your sucess is purely possibe due to your own efforts. Here nice lines selected.
Energy and persistence conquer all things.(Benjamin Franklin)
your advices for new users are worth. your this #theeverydayproject. is really inspiring for us. you gave us a guideline to success, thanks for that.
My best wishes always for your Sucess in your all future plans and project and hopeful you get your next milestone soon.Good Luck.
My plan is to actually have a loyal follower instead of having a tonns of follower that may end up been dormant, you are one of those who i am loyal to as a follower, with your inspiring content.
I think i can stop steeming because it is now an addiction.
I sometimes feel down when I see people getting support for nonsense things on steemit.. but I still do believe that this site is gonna be better in the future. I have loved your post a lot!
Indeed you must have worked damn hard to be amongst 110,thats really really inspirational journey you must have experienced in those 18 months.congratulation for achieving another milestone.its nice you bet with Asher,well that creates a competeness in us too.
Thank you for the suggestion,I will try hard and try to be unique with my comments.and may be this persistence let me achieve something better on this platform .
So true SM and more words of wisdom "the journey is the reward!" I think setting those smaller goals and having loads of fun watching them turn into much larger milestones is the key. Patience, time and persistence is the way to go as all of our steem journeys unfold. Like an old man once said to me " son, take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves...." Congrats to you! I learned many things from you and have very much enjoyed watching you grow here on steemit! Be well!
It was very pleasant to read, ....And Yes, good things do not come quickly, even I see it when I make pictures. In order to succeed, I try a little bit every day... and trying is half wins.
Das Leben verlรคuft so gut wie nie linear.
Von daher kommt es auf ein Anpassungsvermรถgen und deine Fรคhigkeiten an, schnelle spontane Entscheidungen zu treffen.
Schรถner Beitrag! :)
I have a bet running with Asher @abh12345 who said that I'd reach 7,000 followers faster than him. It's gonna be a miserable fail, Ash - because you're much better in moving the masses and you know it - ha!
By the way everybody is invited to help me winning the bet (the prize carries the value of 1 Steem) by starting to follow @abh12345 :-)
I'm calling vote collusion!!! Haha!
Nice plan to seal the win there!
You are totally right about the exponential growth, I can't believe how fast followers are climbing!
I have another bet planned.. how about total SP of followers? First person to be
Skiing and vlogging? ๐
This is great motivation for the new starters! Stick at it everyone and grind out a result!
Thank you for pointing me to this blogpost @surfermarly! It was worth the read, and indeed it motivates me even further. Now watch me go!!! ;-)
I'd say I would follow your advice, and start following the big names on Steemit, but I'm already following you ;-)
Oh my God, I love youuuu!!! That's so cool! Haha
Thank you so much!!!
I'll bring those crypto babes, promised :-)))
Inspirational post, thanks Marly! I guess it's the same with most things in life (and life itself, which is one great journey)...patience and persistence! And to turn it into 'the three p's'...some positivity as well!
Thank you! We can't ever add enough positivity, I fully agree!
Nice blog of yours by the way, we definitely share the same passion for the Ocean. Following you now :-)
For sure, keeping a positive mindset goes a long way! Yeah we definitely have our love for the ocean in common :) I'm planning to write some posts related to marine conservation etc, but I haven't gotten around to it (yet). Also, I do wonder how much interest there is on Steemit regarding such 'heavy' topics...
Alright, I'm hearing more and more people say not to waste your time with upvote bots. But care to give an opinion on spending money on steempower vs. just letting it build up organically?
Well if you have the money to invest, then powering up in SP is always a good idea since it will help you to grow faster. Still not everybody has these opportunities (including myself), and you can also build up your brand organically without investments even though it will take longer. I didn't power up anything and earned ~27,000 Steem by blogging in 18 months. That's more than a regular annual salary on my island so it means a lot to me. But you also need to know that I have been working daily on this platform since the very first day.
The most important part is: time :-)
Great post. I believe that you get what you put in. Very important is that you bring some value to the platform and that you "socialize", since this is social media:). Not everyone have desire to be successful on this platform, because they have other goals, but if you do than try to learn as much as you can from people who are already at the top like @surfermarly. Anyway congrats on all your achievements.
Absolutely! Life's a circle most of the time :-)
Value is hard to define, since everyone has their own interpretation of what's valuable or rewardable and what is not. Besides all the financial incentives (e.g. curation rewards) whether someone likes (upvotes) your blog post or not has a lot to do with their state of mind. That's why I always try to provide the audience with something they didn't know, feel, realize, think or laugh about before - like an umbrella of services.
The more emotions you're able to address with one single post, the more people will supposedly appreciate it :-)
Thanks for your congratulations!
Congrats on 10,000SP and 5,000 followers -- both milestones I hope to reach some day. Thanks for the tips on what's gotten you there as well!
Thank you!!
Actually it's 6,000+ followers and 27,000 Steem all in all :-) I've cashed out some money during the past month in order to fulfill a dream in real life.
Holy cow, nice! That's fantastic. I have a dream in real life set as well = pay off student loans and a down payment on a house (it would be our first) for my family. Working towards it each and everyday here on Steemit!
Well then our dreams are pretty close. I'm saving money for my very first house, too :-) Steem can make it happen!
Cool! Yes, I really believe it can as well.
Quite motivational post for the new steemers like me. Every word you said is absolutely write, getting nothing in the start is very disappointing, It needs much courage to keep on steeming as you earn nothing from start, but everything take it's time to reach at the top, you can't just jump and climb on mountain, It needs steadiness and moral to do it. I hope I will do better on steemit like you...
Exactly. It needs some courage and discipline to keep going even though your ROI might not be the very best in the beginning.
When you start, you invest time for money. Once you start earning money, you'll try to save time by getting better and more efficient in what you're doing. Still it never becomes a routine, since every day is different :-)
Steem on!
Hi - you might want to get rid of the 'A' in the title before this gets locked in!
Karl.
well i think i need it souse i am new here and trying to understand it as good as i can thanks for sharing
it's really hard here to grow it's take so much efforts and hard work still we trying even we comments many more content to get support but not many come forward to help just some support and give a vote on comments still im happy for what we getting... something is always better then nothing @surfermarly
just helping you win your bet.... @abh12345 . Really helpful post, again!
thank you for the inspiring words that's so supporting when you getting noone whale vote and still waiting and doing struggle to get any good vote, i just wish all the steemit members should help each other @surfermarly
Yes i agreed with your wonderful article @surfermarly.
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Your working and project is awesome. Your creativity is good to produce excellent stuff which is super duper.
Success not achieve on the door stamp its want many struggles and hardworking at early stages.
I appreciate your steeming that heartwarming and inspirational.
All the best
my upvote and support always with your blogs
Que buenos tips amiga, siempre ayudando a los demas :D
This is a very good one from you, I'm really motivated by this, you are Outstandingly awesome.. Thanks for that
hello, dear, firstly i thanks to you, to give us a wonder post,
really if we start begning, and we work hard than we reach the goal,
and your advice will help us, a lot,
again thanks for advice,
keep advice us, its helpfull us
dear @surfermarly
Thank you for your motivation.
I'm excited again.
i will done upvote..
congratulations ....... Proceed forward be victorious
you create a great post.....i like it...... i waiting for your next post....i wish for your best of luck brother
congratulations sir @surfermarly more followers .
thank you for supporting us!
Oh.. dear friend.. you are such an adventurous girl.. really appreciate your effort to encourage the steemitians and I really liked your video. Do keep smiling and encouraging us.
Upvoted and Resteemed..
i wish for your best of luck to sharing this post.
you create a great post.....i know some new from your post.....i impressed to see your post......i hope everybody like your post...thanks for shear it..
Your words are very encouraging, you are an example to follow
18 months based solely on "organic growth" is wonderful. I am putting efdort to improve my posts each day. I guess I need to work hard the more. I made my first dtube video after 60days on Steemit.
hii @surfermarly, first of congratulations for your successful journey and a best smong 110 creators. you always shared original and genuine stuff without using any bots. your sucess is purely possibe due to your own efforts. Here nice lines selected.
your advices for new users are worth. your this #theeverydayproject. is really inspiring for us. you gave us a guideline to success, thanks for that.
My best wishes always for your Sucess in your all future plans and project and hopeful you get your next milestone soon.Good Luck.
My plan is to actually have a loyal follower instead of having a tonns of follower that may end up been dormant, you are one of those who i am loyal to as a follower, with your inspiring content.
I think i can stop steeming because it is now an addiction.
I sometimes feel down when I see people getting support for nonsense things on steemit.. but I still do believe that this site is gonna be better in the future. I have loved your post a lot!
Indeed you must have worked damn hard to be amongst 110,thats really really inspirational journey you must have experienced in those 18 months.congratulation for achieving another milestone.its nice you bet with Asher,well that creates a competeness in us too.
Thank you for the suggestion,I will try hard and try to be unique with my comments.and may be this persistence let me achieve something better on this platform .
Boom ๐ฃ
Is there any better superpower in life than hard work and patience? I doubt it ๐ค๐ผ
Love to see the transparency in your journey, you serve as an inspiration to many ๐๐ผ
And as you say, take your focus away from the top and just learn to smell the flowers along the journey instead, eventually you get there โ๐ผ
So true SM and more words of wisdom "the journey is the reward!" I think setting those smaller goals and having loads of fun watching them turn into much larger milestones is the key. Patience, time and persistence is the way to go as all of our steem journeys unfold. Like an old man once said to me " son, take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves...." Congrats to you! I learned many things from you and have very much enjoyed watching you grow here on steemit! Be well!
Yes i agreed with your wonderful article @surfermarly.
It was very pleasant to read, ....And Yes, good things do not come quickly, even I see it when I make pictures. In order to succeed, I try a little bit every day... and trying is half wins.
Das Leben verlรคuft so gut wie nie linear.
Von daher kommt es auf ein Anpassungsvermรถgen und deine Fรคhigkeiten an, schnelle spontane Entscheidungen zu treffen.
Schรถner Beitrag! :)
This post is a keeper. My milestone is 1,000 followers. And my milestone for this year is 3,000.
I am so going to get there...
One of those posts that make you smile. I don't know why.
Happy friendship day coming soon
Best regard @galberto
I'm calling vote collusion!!! Haha!
Nice plan to seal the win there!
You are totally right about the exponential growth, I can't believe how fast followers are climbing!
I have another bet planned.. how about total SP of followers? First person to be
Skiing and vlogging? ๐
This is great motivation for the new starters! Stick at it everyone and grind out a result!
Thank you for pointing me to this blogpost @surfermarly! It was worth the read, and indeed it motivates me even further. Now watch me go!!! ;-)
I'd say I would follow your advice, and start following the big names on Steemit, but I'm already following you ;-)