I have cryptocurrency worth $25,000 and I spent NO money obtaining it. Sounds too good to be true? It’s not.
In fact, you can start accumulating this cryptocurrency by doing what you are already doing – posting interesting things on sites like Reddit, Facebook, Imgur, Instagram, or your own blog.
If it is good enough to get likes on Facebook or Instagram, upvotes on Reddit or Imgur, or visits to your blog, it is good enough to actually earn a digital currency!
What is this magic place?
STEEMIT
STEEMIT opened for use in the first half of 2016. It was a pretty crazy time! People were making thousands of dollars for posts!
It was the wild west.
A land grab. Just go and plant your flag.
I eventually caught wind of what was happening and happily made my account. I had claimed my space, and with it a few dollars worth of STEEM as a welcome.
I had always been a lurker, silently enjoying what other people wanted to share. Now there was a real reward to create something that other people like.
It was also the perfect time for me. I was away from home and my family, working in a trailer in the desert of Qatar. I no longer had my normal side-hustles of eBay or secret shopping. I also had a lot of free time. (something I lack now that I am back home)
So I tried my hand at it. Much like those pioneers of old, I toiled at turning this digital plot of mine into a flourishing farm.
It didn’t start out so well. My first post made a whopping $0.00. A big ‘ol goose egg. And my next post. And the next. (In fact, I have never had any post earn me more than $78!)
I wasn’t expecting the thousands of dollars that the big guys were making but something would have been nice.
Some people were buying new laptops with the money they made from Steemit. Others paid for vacations with their Steem. A few even became full time Steemit posters, quitting their job if they had one.
I knew better than to give up. The path to success isn’t easy. (not saying I am a big guy on Steemit, because I’m not) Anyone that gives up at the first roadblock will never achieve anything.
I wrote more articles. Oftentimes spending 12+ hours researching, writing, and sourcing images. Sure, some of that was my own inexperience with writing, but I also wanted to output quality articles that were well referenced. I believed that quality posts would be the correct path to success for me.
Then one day I had a post that earned me over $30! A few posts later I created another hit, $50 and comments recognizing the quality of my work. (This is all set in stone on the blockchain, my history is there for all to see)
Was this the start of something big?
I started to gain followers.
I wrote a post nearly every day. It got my name out there more and more.
I was still about as tiny a minnow (what Steemit calls people without a lot of Steem power) as anyone else, but us minnows started to unionize. Strength in numbers. #minnowsunite
Those very first minnows that had achieved success formed groups, asked for power from the whales (those with lots of Steem power), and started searching for the best posts to reward them. @curie
I chatted to people in steemit.chat. I wrote comments that added value on tons of articles. Other times I just told the author that I thought their article was good.
(I will refrain from mentioning names as I would surely forget to write someone down, but those people know that I think they are amazing.)
Anyone that spends hours writing something likes to hear from the readers, after all. If I noticed areas that could use improvement I told them. I took it upon myself to mentor a few people. I had learned things and wanted to help people succeed.
All the while, writing about whatever I wanted to. History, space, Leonardo Da Vinci. Whatever I wanted.
This was so much better than the freelance writing outfits that give strict parameters and pay nearly nothing. (Yes, I did look into that online work to see what it was like)
Steemit is the new way to share with the world.
A chasm appeared
At least that was and is what I believe, the price of Steem continued to fall. Some people panicked and abandoned the site.
Steemit was still brand new, yet people thought it should have been much bigger much faster.
I knew that we were just the earliest of early adopters. Like being on Facebook in the second half of 2004.
Still, the price of Steem went down – along with active users. It was the chasm time.
Steemit only had about 1,000 daily users at that time. Pretty much everyone knew about everyone else, at least in passing.
I posted nearly every day until it was time for me to leave Qatar.
Work and family commitments severely limited my time available to create articles. So I haven’t posted much since then, but the rise of cryptocurrencies has shone the spotlight back on Steemit.
New users are joining at tremendous rates. So much so that there is a backlog to get in. It is a beautiful thing if you think about it. All of these early adopters joining the future of social media.
So what are you waiting for?
Join up, claim your name, and start working towards success in the new future.
Write what you want.
Share your photographs, music, videos. Anything that people enjoy.
Not only will you receive more responses per view than anywhere else, you will earn valuable Steem at the same time.
No longer is recognition your only payment for what you do online. Get paid for it too!
And the best part, it is all FREE!
It's not too late. In fact, it has hardly even begun.
Claim your space right now.
Who knows what you will grow it into.
Steemit could change your life. It has for me. It has for many others already.
In a few months, I went from nothing to an account worth over $25,000. Just by casually posting what I wanted when I wanted.
You can do the same, or much better. Just don't give up like those that left Steemit before we had even got going.
What other website offers such an opportunity? No other.
For an understanding of how it all works, check out this post by @teamsteem: https://steemit.com/steem/@teamsteem/steem-an-in-depth-overview
If you want some assistance on your own journey, check out my previous post 10 FREE courses for Success on Steemit!
I'm picturing a guy sitting in a trailer in Qatar, middle of the desert, banging away on his keyboard like a madman. It's the perfect type of setting to work a little steemit. No distractions to speak of. Cool story.
Haha, pretty much so. If you scroll ALL the way back to my intro post you can see the living conditions. I would link it but I am not at home currently.
I'll go find it and link the post.
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@getonthetrain/from-the-jewel-of-the-arabian-penninsula-my-intro-and-photo-tour
That's a truly an encouraging story. You have started so early that it was almost a year ago. You are so lucky that Steemit has been growing since its launch and every day we can see thousands of new users and system improvement, such as the change in the voting mechanism in HF19. Steemit will continue to be great and I am now working harder and harder on it
It certainly seems like it will help retain people. It took me weeks and weeks before an article of mine made over $10!
Back in my day on Steemit we had to write articles uphill - both ways - to earn a nickel!
Mentioned your awesome journey in our first podcast! <3
You might find some talking material with my latest article comparing Steemit and cryptos to the old gold mining rushes.
That some alt-coins have nothing of value beyond the possibility to get rich trading them. Once the crypto market settles down, those coins will be like ghost towns.
Steemit is like San Fran - the ability to prosper after the rush. https://steemit.com/steemit/@getonthetrain/the-digital-gold-rush-is-now-and-steemit-is-positioned-to-thrive-like-it-s-1849
Great! Will listen to it once I get outta work.
My bro!! God, I'm so sorry. Why in the hell didn't I check your blog before? I assumed your hiatus would last a little longer given your new familial responsibilities and such? Please, please accept my sincerest apologies! I'll make it a point to check up on this blog regularly as I always considered us a great team back in the day (well, a few months back!).
Anyways, your article. You've done tremendously well. All earned by your hard work and perseverance, you deserve every cent you own. the quality of your posts never wavered and you were always on your A-game!
It's such a pleasant surprise to see Steem rise back from the ashes the way it did. At one point, almost everyone had written it off (although it still did what it said on the tin. You post, you get paid) so now you've amassed this huge amount of money and I honestly think there plenty more room for it to grow still.
Fantastic post, man. Keep going from strength to strength and pushing higher still. All the best, buddy! :)
Not to worry, I blame myself. I haven't commented on your posts yet as I just have not had time to really be able to read them without being distracted. Plus, there is a part of me that just wants to be able to bing read them when they are done!
I know you remember what I said to you in Steemit chat when you were feeling blue, and I am glad to see that you stayed true to what you knew this place would be - even if it seemed like everything was going the opposite way.
Today was my last day of work, taking the family back to where I grew up near Boston, Ma. I am sure with the grandparents and aunts to occupy the kids and my wife I can bring my laptop and have a good sit down and binge on the wonderful writings of @ezzy.
Plus, it seems that my upvotes are quite substantial now since the latest hardfork. :D
Ah bro! Please trust me when I say you are sorely missed, but at the same time, I totally understand your personal situation at hand. I miss those days when we used to banter back and forth about our musings on Steemit and the inspiration we provided for each other.
Well, we're still here and Steemit ain't going nowhere. You're a goddamn masterful blogger and hold a firm place here on this platform! I'll make it a point to check up on you regular and hopefully enjoy much more of the awesome content you so deftly create.
Bless you, my bro and keep Steeming on! You'll always have my 100% support. Never forget that! :)
wow that is really impressive.
I am starting my 3rd week now and tried to make a post a day.
I am starting as a dolphin since I thought steem would also be an good investmant.
I made some posts which I thought could do really good but didnt get any recognition and some posts were I barly wrote anything got way more.
Anyway my goal is not to go full blogger steemit pro and I just want to learn, connect and have fun and I make some $ on the side (I see it as my mining) which is awsome.
Oh wow, you are starting off right with your Steem investment.
When you get here and see those large dollar signs next to the posts, well it's enough to get most anyone excited. The thing is nearly all those people have built up their reputation here, or have a following from another source already.
The rest of us have to build up from scratch. So it takes dedication to not stop. As I said, my highest post ever was $78. But small things add up when you do them often enough.
totally true.
As I see it, the people who are joing now (like me) are still early birds.
Tbh I wasnt sure about steemit and just bought steem to get some gains but when I joined here, I was convinced to power it up and hold for the long run.
Great article @getonthetrain ,and thank you, I was feeling a bit down and I thought ok, I will just search for topics I am interested in and forget about the big tags, so I searched "Wisdom" and your article came up top .. so thanks again. Feeling a bit frustrated as I am wanting to set up an Incubator for Nomads here in Chiang Mai and am organising meetings so they can build personal relationships as well, (there's about 5,000 Digi Nomads here at anyone time, and there's a constant flow through all searching for something meaningful), so I'm keen to help them develop personal relationships as well. but seeing my post got zero response, I wondered if I was leading them down the garden path. Searching wisdom sent me to You !! .. The community I am trying to form is about wisdom, so maybe there should be another tag for that. I will follow your posts with interest, I will check out your courses above, any more wisdom you can share would be appreciated. I enjoyed your post about the ancient libraries in the Middle East..Regards @quantummonks.
Thank you for the kind words, I've always tried to write useful and quality posts here. I enjoyed researching the House of Wisdom, but it was quite a flop. :/
I know the feeling of not being noticed. It takes time and work to build up a following but know that because it is difficult it limits your competition. There are not many people that will put in the time and effort to become a success. So stay the course in whatever it is you do, cherish the small gains, be content with everything, but also strive to improve because that is what we humans do. At least those of us that want something out of life.
I'm your newest follower. :D
Really great to make your connection. There seems to be lots to do, to make a difference, and I can see you are a wayshower.. any thoughts you have on encouraging the house of Wisdom would be appreciated..))
what will you do? Sell your account?
Is that what you got from this whole thing?
Not at all, but you are putting this into the title
I didn't mean to imply I was 'selling out' or anything like that.
A VERY well-written post- but I'm still on the fence about whether your title wasn't just a little TOO clicky...
Whatever works, man, even without the hype of the title, this is SO encouraging to people.
Oh really, I didn't think of it as too clickbaity at all. We each have our own ways of looking at things though. I just wanted to show that a normal guy like me can have some level of success here - you just have to keep at it.
Absolutely awesome. I'm really glad I've gotten on the train. Looks like it's going to provide an incredible ride for a lot of good people. Following you.
Great gif :D
Thanks for sharing this, I will look into the 10 Free courses, much appreciated.
Hey, knowledge is good. You can take all or just a few that interest you. I hope everyone can earn thousands of STEEM if they are creating great posts. 😊
your article is an inspiration and i hope i can go from a slow start to making friends and so on here too --money would also be nice --haha.. i am now following you and found you on friend train
Nice! All aboard the train. 😛
Its about consistency and engaging on posts. Don't stop and you will grow here.
This is so informative and really helps out a newby like myself. Thank you for sharing this!
Hey Maxine, thanks and you're welcome. If I can do it, you can definitely do it. You just have to not stop.
Congrats on all your success great motivation for newbies like me. Thanks for the post.
Hey bmoney, no problem. Just showing the new folks what is possible for each and every one of you. Keep at it, don't give up and you won't regret it.
Encouraging. Congratulations!
I'm just a normal guy, never wrote an article before joining Steemit. So if I can do it, you can too! Just stay dedicated. :D
Thank you very much for the encouragement. I appreciate it! :)
Great post. Very inspiering. Im not big here at all but I learn new things everyday and I do the best I can......and can be better 😊
Thx for sharing. Followed
Thanks! It just shows that anyone can do well if they put forth the effort and not stop. :D
If you do it, you will succeed here.
Ur so right, agree 100% and not to give up.
Thx for ur comment :0) have a great weekend
This is very inspiring. Hard work pays.
That it does. Thing about it is that most people don't want to do the work that is required.
right on point!
Amazing post! Keep doing what you are doing <3 I have followed you & can't wait to see what you get up too next! :D
I am excited for this new surge of people and what talents they have to share. Our journey has really just begun.
wow happy for you :) !!
I am just a normal guy, so if I can do it anyone can for sure. They just have to want it hard enough.
You absolutely deserve it man. Restless perseverance, admirable!
Super inspiring. :) And I'm super grateful you told me about this site. It is a fascinating thing and I look forward to seeing where it takes us! Congrats on your success!
Thanks man, you too! I think Steemit has changed your life, as I see that you are always wanting to share it with other people. Good stuff.
I'm not sure how much it has changed my life, but.. Whenever I decide to take the money out it might change my life a lot! I mean, it's great to see new technology that is more fair and less censored and in that way it's sorta changed my life.. Like seeing humans evolving in a good direction in at least this one example.
Though.. I was already posting like this on Facebook so, in some ways.. It's sorta just like doing what I was already doing, but with a better system, and.. Like I said, if I ever do take the money out.. Even if just right now with around $6000.. I could go buy a car, and that would change my life cause I need a car, lol.. But.. I'm hesitant to take anything out for a while.. I wanna see it grow.
It could very well change my life incredibly. If it rises in value, if I someday make a lot more money.. I was just fantasizing about paying my dads house off.. That would be amazing and would be one of my dreams come true..
It doesn't even really seem that unrealistic.. Both you and my other friend made over 20k so far, my father owes about 100k.. Maybe in like 5 years if the value keeps rising.. Who knows! maybe I could pay off my dads house and that would be one of the most amazing things ever.
So yeah.. I guess we'll see how it goes. :) I think the potential is amazing and I'm looking forward, no.. I'm excited to see where the future of steemit leads. :)
Thanks again for invited me when you did! I'll prolly keep thanking you a lot in life, especially if I end up making some good money and cashing out.
Well, that's what I wanted to hear from ya. I haven't taken any withdrawals from here. I want to see where it ends up years from now. The possibilities are nearly endless.
Very inspirational post, Thank you.
I live In Panama, and $25K would last me 3-4 years living really well, and you did it in less that a year ! Right on :-)
I found you through a #friendtrain post and glad I did, Now folowing you.
Life is good @ steemit.com
Oh man Steemit is perfect for you then. You can just share what you are up to in Panama through words or photographs and gather followers to you. Welcome! :D
Oh ya, I have hundreds of cool stories and making more every day LOL
Well you ended up way better than me for sure. I put in a ton of time on here and became so frustrated and ended up in a financial bind once again and how to power down way more than I wanted to. At one point things weren't looking good on here at all. Steemit.chat turned into a ghost town and things didn't look to be improving. Over 3 months ago I came back and started posting small stuff. I would earn a couple dollars here and there. I just decided to keep posting small stuff and then now everything has turned around but I wasn't sitting on all that Steem Power anymore. I don't regret it. that is just what happened. All I can do now is press forward.
I know that some people needed the money they earned on Steem right away. I was fortunate enough to 'let it ride' and see what would happen. Even though I thought Steemit to be the best thing ever, the 'ghost town' got me thinking I might be wrong.
Things are brighter now, but all we can do it push on come rain or shine. My only wish is that I had the time to research and write articles like when I lived in the trailer in Qatar.
I fall into the boat of needing the money that I earn from here. At least last summer / fall. When I'm going hard on here it takes so much time to post. Plus everyone elses content is so good and interesting that sometimes I just ended up spending hours looking at other people's stuff.
I cannot upvote this post enough. You are among my favourite authors on Steemit, @getonthetrain, sharing many of my interests and views on personal finance and life in general. I try to never miss a post from you! (and when I do, I read it later anyway) Now, this one post will always be my favourite post among those that you authored.
Very well done, my friend! Congratulations on your success and STEEM ON!
Thanks @oleg326756, I understand missing out on posts by authors you follow. Now that I am back home and have two little ones as well as my wife wanting my attention, I lack time to even read many posts anymore. I am working on time management and will try to both post more and read and upvote more.
Wow. That's a great sum of money you have made. I promise I will do my best as a steemer too to create wonderful posts like yours. You are an inspiration for many. Including me that is still a newbie. More power.
Even the big guys were small. I know, I saw them grow into what they are now. If they can do it so can anyone else. We are all still so early on our Steemit journey.
I am realy new in the bloging atmosphere, but i love to write just something that comes in my mind and i love to share what i am doing.
So, i wrote my first story and i like how steemit grows.
Another thing i like is to learn some english.
I thank you for sharing your benefits and it realy motivates me to write more! ;-D
If you like something, then there are other people out there that do too. Eventually you will find each other and enjoy what each of you share.
Thanks for the motivation and congrats ok the acocunt value.
Anyone can do it (and much more), just keep at it.
Thank you for an inspiring post. Also think that this is just the beginning.
It is. It is like looking at a stock chart for a successful company. Would you be angry that you bought shares at $4 when someone else got them at $1 when the stock is now worth $125 each? No! There is such a gain that it hardly matters!
Very inspiring. Hopefully this growth becomes exponential as this platform builds up steem; intentional typo here ;-).
I see what you did there 😜
Thanks for sharing , I do have a question. How did you acquire so much STEEM Power wothout buying some'
The organic way of writing articles or making posts. The difference between and article and a post is that an article requires research and documentation while a post is something that requires less effort.
People have success with both here. For reference, this is a post. I have many articles on my blog history.
Thanks for replying, Im trying to create content with my cloudmining expirience and current crypto investments. Appreciate the feed back
I really like the whole idea of steem and what it could be. fingers crossed.
Never give up and you will succeed here.
Gratz on your earnings, a well deserved win for you having the vision and knowledge to obtain it.
It is still so early in the life of Steemit, we all have the same chance. Just write quality posts and you will be recognized in time.
@getonthetrain
Thank you for your story. You may never know how many people will read your story here and be encouraged.
I know I am. Thank you again. I vow never to give up here and now.
Thanks to you and your story that I have just read and studied.
Francis
It is all locked into the blockchain forever. Good on you, never give up on your dreams. Even if you don't have time to post every day, work towards making it possible. A little every day adds up.
Mostly because you do awesome content!
Aw, shucks. Thanks @steemitqa :D
You and me we joined Steemit around the same time and you obviously played your cards a little bit better, because I have somewhere like 20000$! Good for you :) I'll definitely try to follow more your advice from now on!
Even I could have played my cards better. Still, we both earned a decent amount for doing what we enjoy.
Amen :)
Well done!! I'm also trying, doing my best! Almost a month here and it's been amazing!!
Keep doing. Keep moving and don't give up. Steemit is just an infant and we are in place to enjoy MASSIVE success.
We can still get on the choo choo train before it leaves :) its not too late now
:D That we can, tickets are free too!
What an amazing journey you've been on with steem, you've done well, I'm hoping to do as well, so far my journey has been great and I love it. It's all about putting the time and effort in on Steemit.
We can all have success as long as we don't expect it for nothing.
Read about my story here Steemit Proved Of Wrong
You're off to a much better start than I was! I think you will be the next Steemit millionaire :D
Oh I really hope so 😀
Amazing! cheers for a great post!
Interesting post.
Thank you) Interesting story)
This sounds like an amazing story. I'll read later.
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