RE: Steemit Newbies: Ask Me Anything (About Steemit) In The Next Hour, OPERATION HELP NOOBS

[journeyoflife]

What can I do to improve within Steemit platform ? I have been here for almost 2 months with a reputation of 55 and Steem power of 200, I interact with a lot of people on here but how can I make my posts stick out more ? I want to make improvements in everything , so I can get better . @stellabelle

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[stellabelle]

This is a complicated answer. Steemit is like an onion, and the deeper levels get noticed after one asks the right questions or does enough deep diving. Here are the main things I would suggest:

1. Study why Steem was invented: https://bytemaster.github.io/
2. When studying, look up all words you don't understand.
3. Find work to do in Steemit. Ask yourself this question: what are the biggest pain points of newbies? Take a survey of people just like yourself and start helping people who are newer than you. There are tons of articles that I want to write, but don't have time to write them all......Whatever things you know how to do well, make a how-to guide and help those under you.
4. Make friends with others.
5. Study people who do well, and figure out what they do that you aren't doing.
6. Find a mentor who is similar to you. A good example of this was when I wanted to become a better writer. Most writers I knew weren't similar to me. I had to find a writer who was like me (a little crazy, very confessional, and erratic), and I did find one: James Altucher. I studied everything he did, and copied his methods (I did not copy his work. (duh).
7. Find out what things you want to change in the world...what bugs you? Develop a solution to what bugs you and share it on here.

[gokulnk]

I think this qualifies for a separate post. You should republish this as a separate post so that more newbies can find it easily.

[stellabelle]

yeah, i think it might be time for this....to unleash the question:
If you don't know why Steem was invented, it's time to study."

[realestatecoach]

Awesome response.

[journeyoflife]

All legitimate advice , I appreciate it !

[purpleblob]

Not OP, but in my experience interacting with other peoples posts helps a lot. Try commenting more.

[stellabelle]

yeah, that's very important. That's how you make friends...maybe a post needs to be written on that topic.

[stellabelle]

What is important to you?

[journeyoflife]

What is important to me is creating good content , creating content that people will like to read and will look forward to a post from me . This place is an addiction to me now and I want to satisfy the people that follow me

[aubreyferreira]

Hi Farwa,

Content is a tricky word in that it can mean practically anything, right? A picture of a flower. A guide to better writing. A recipe. A skateboarding video. All content. I'm super new to Steemit but have been creating "content" for a long time. I think the key to creating good content is authenticity and expertise.

Start here: What do you care about, like what moves you? and then what are you an expert at? If you write thoughtfully about something that moves you, others will be moved too. If you offer valuable information to a particular niche interested in learning how to do that thing you are great at, people will read what you write and they'll be grateful you took the time to share your wisdom.

Next, envision your target audience as you write. Picture them. What do they do on a Saturday? What music do they listen to? How do they dress? How old are they? What country do they live in? Really have a particular person in mind as opposed to writing to everyone. It may sound counter intuitive but you will actually reach more people this way, when your audience feels that you are writing to them as opposed to writing something generic.

It seems like you have many interesting posts on your blog. Keep at it. Think of it as a science experiment and over time you will discover what works and what does not.

x

[stellabelle]

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