I have begun to look at building my SteemPower here on the blockchain as a game...
One that I'm always try to win and improve upon :)
I'm getting some great SP because I'm choosing 100% Steem Power for rewards payout more often than not. And even without choosing 100% SP, the payouts have been fantastic....That is of course, if you are more interested in accumulating the actual crypto rather than what it's trading at :)
That being said...Creating content everyday is the number one struggle for new content creators on the blockchain. And regardless of what the popular opinion may be, STEEM still thrives as a place to create content and get it absorbed by the community!
I was attending the State of Steem weekly meeting yesterday hosting by @pennsif and was taken back by a comment made by @paulag and then highlighted by @therealwolf
"Steem needs more content CONSUMERS, not just content creators!"
To that I say...Amen!
Here's the issue....
The debate on what is 'quality content' will rage forever. One man's trash is another man's treasure and I don't think any one person has the right to decide what is quality and what is not. So this leaves new Steemians that are excited to build their brand on Steem in between a rock and hard place...
One one hand, they are told to create content and be seen by the masses. And on the other, they are told they are not Pulitzer Prize winning authors and should bow to the all powerful 'professional' authors and content creators.
It's funny because, I believe you get better at creating content over time when you actually...Create content over time ;) But here's my solution for anyone that is excited to build their Steem Power on the blockchain....Without hurting the feelings of the content police.
ENGAGE! COMMENT! ASK QUESTIONS! CONSUME!!!!
Take a look at this screen shot...
Over the past 7 days I've been on the road and haven't been able to create the content I usually do. Sure I used some awesome apps like @appics over the past week but I enjoy writing...A lot!
So instead I used @partiko and curated some great content. Engaged with it. Made comments. Asked questions....And CONSUMED IT!
Because of that, I still earned over 10 Steem Power by....Not creating, but consuming content and curating it!
Now granted, the amount of Steem Power you have personally will determine how much SP you receive from your curation...But this was a wake up call for me.
We are so busy trying to CREATE maybe it's time we stop and appreciate the awesome stuff being created by others on the blockchain. Not only do we add to their journey but we also can generate Steem Power by simply...Enjoying what they are putting out there.
This solves some major problems for new Steemians....First it allows them to get a feel for what they would enjoy when it comes to content on the blockchain. They can ease their way into the community and engage with their fellow Steemians. But it also empowers them to 'get out there'...They do not feel the pressure of needing to write the prize winning article...They can just be themselves an d earn some Steem Power in the process.
As I progress further with the #RoadTo177SP initiative, I think I will focus much more on the consuming aspects of STEEM...The curation that makes STEEM so powerful! Remember, everyone wins when we curate, comment and engage with each other....
The Pulitzers will come....Right now, let's just build those relationships!
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We most definitely need more consumers. However, for newcomers with low SP curation isn't an earner. It's more the comments and then you have to hope for upvotes on them. Another issue with low SP since RCs is that you're limited somewhat with the amount of comments you can make. So it's still not the most rewarding place for consumers until they have that SP built up. It's a bit of a catch 22 situation really.
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Exactly. On one hand commenting is fun and it makes your name known in your niche for more votes + therefore SP - on the other hand you need RCs to comment...
One trick for saving a bit of RCs: if you want it reply to comments to a post of you wait two days - it's rare that meaningful comments come later. Than write all answers in one comment with mentioning the steemians. Even if there are only two people you writ to you used half the RCs ;)
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That's a good tip! Especially as we get more front ends which can alert you when you've been tagged, like partiko.
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absolutely. that’s why as a community developing strategies to get more rc and sp is critical if we want to build a stronger platform :)
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Agreed. You can't help others if you can't help yourself first.
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I think you can tell a lot about people's use patterns by looking at their top level post to comment ratio. For example, I have made 166 posts, and 3,145 comments... meaning that I post almost 19 comments for every original post, which I think would make me a content COMSUMER, by most counts.
Curation and engagement make a big difference! This is of course very much a niche blog, so building my SP has been a slow process; my "general interest" posts earn a lot more than my "cat" posts.
No, we don't have to post "Pulitzer Quality" content... I think it's more important to look at whether a post adds VALUE to the community, and "value" can come in many different shapes and sizes. I do like *originality," vs. copied or reposted content, though...
=^..^=
agreed. the content must be original for sure. i think steem does a pretty good job as a whole community to keep original content in the fore front. not a perfect job but it’s a good job :)
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I couldn't agree more and I am on the same page with you mate. I try really hard to build my account since I am a very big fan and believer of steem. So apart from my one maybe two daily posts, I read others' blogs to I mean I read...a lot. And also curate as much as I can. And Now that you've mentioned it I just checked steemworld only to realize that I have 10.5 SP pending curation rewards :O
I think its pretty good...
Creating is equally important with consuming. And as you said, you don't need to write novels...even microblogging which promotes engagement could be way more interesting than a super lengthy post. There is room for everyone
oh ya. this stuff starts adding up quick. i’ve been as high as like 15-20 steem power a week. just from curation and commenting. that’s one of the best parts of this blockchain in my opinion.
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You are so right about improving with practice. I teach my students to write by having them write, giving them feedback, and having them read--then write about what they read.
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absolutely and that’s why i never understand why people get slammed on steem for at least trying. people get better with practice and encouragement
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An example from my knitting class: I let the girls look through some of my books to pick their next project. After just a few months of experience, one girl picked some beautiful gloves--one of the hardest things to knit (10 fingers, knit individually!!!). I didn't want to discourage her, though, so I talked her into some equally beautiful mittens and told her if she enjoyed knitting 2 thumbs, she could then go on to make gloves. That's how my mom taught me--she let me dive in and figure things out and ask for help and sometimes unravel things and start over. To love the process as well as the product.
Yes it is so true. I have also been the writing type. Engagement through comments really matters. I'm gradually try to change that and trying to engage more through comments. Nice article.
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appreciated. ya man. it makes all the difference in my opinion.
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Enlightening post, having always approached social media with the idea that why visit a post at all if you are not going to read it, absorb another persons point of view, writing, photography, DIY, gardening, leave a comment, who knows you may even learn something new.
Always learning, thoroughly enjoyed you post being one that ends up supporting many, reading commenting, replying, sometimes running out of time to do my own posts, at the end of the day I am satisfied one way or the other, people do enjoy a response.
Found this in Daily @qurator
absolutely. and thanks for the kind comments. i mean the least we can do on steem is to reply to people that take time out to reply to us. i appreciate it very much :) and i agree. we always need to be learning everyday ;)
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excellent blog post. content creators stuggle because there is not enough consumers. Some topics do well, talk about steem and you have the audience, but try something else and well, you know your self how it goes.
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much appreciated. you mentioned this yesterday and i thought it was the perfect point. we need more consumers to see steem grow. that’s so important.
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People want easy to digest content. If you want to do well on the blockchain you should be producing content that is good, but doesn't take hours to write, and content that is easy to read in a few minutes.
I'm a fiction writer but I very rarely publish my fiction on here because it simply doesn't do as well as a standard blog.
check out the writers block. that is. a community of writers that might be perfect for your fiction
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Maybe do some featured excerpts, just a short piece to introduce your work?
I learned this very early as well! I recall getting more rewards for my commenting that my actual posts for the first couple of months! Curating is not only fun but really motivating for authors and I think that there is a myth that we should on curate posts we think will be worth more as I have seen that I often get more curation rewards from low valued posts than what I get from those than can get pretty high.
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oh wow is it ever. i love. absolutely love. finding cool stuff on the blockchain.
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There is amazing opportunity here to accumulate steem power by reading and commenting. I'm guilty myself of not really doing a good job of reading, commenting, and curating appropriately. It's a tough process for me but I'm spending some time here in January and really thinking through some things. Enjoying some photography, and adjusting my thought process. Thanks for always making me think, Jon!
loving the pics man. i’m still trying to master the microphone lol but lightning is next lol
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A very informative article. Thank you.
I'll try Steemsavvy to learn more about Steem as many things are new for me.
for sure. drop me a line with any questions you may have.
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@jongolson @fiberfrau Thank you very much!
SteemSavvy will be a real help to you. I would never have even started without the lessons I got there.
Great blog piece for all not just new folks! Commenting and engaging the author is a great way to get known and make some Steem at the same time. Resteemed for you as well.
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appreciated sir. thanks. yeah it’s something we can do that helps build our accounts and relationships with others. win win.
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Really great post. I appreciate your thoughts. I often comment and so I get engaged with other members. I only write about 2 posts per week.
You're similar to me. I have time to create about the same number of posts per week, however I try to stay involved by writing comments like this one. :)
and those comments are very much appreciated :)
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yeah while i love creating i think i need to do a much better job this year commenting and curating :)
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Excellent article! I’ve been pleasantly surprised by how much consuming content works!! Engagement (Commenting & stuff) is a must!
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appreciated. oh wow is it ever. so so powerful just to comment and engage on steem.
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@jongolson, great post! I did a video last year in the summer by which I wanted to show to the Newbies, that they can make money (in the form of SP) just by commenting. I showed in the video my personal experience and statistics.
yeah man. it’s one of the best parts of steem. i love the fact that we can build our sp just by adding to others.
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I utilized the dapps and in three months o made 1000sp, I think so goals are realistic and plausible,
absolutely. it’s very doable. and it’s getting easier for people with all the amazing dapps out there
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I really love what you're doing here, it's a big motivation to people out there
appreciate that. it’s so worth it. not just for potential SP but for meeting other steemians.
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Funny, your curation rewards showed me immediately that we have the same amount of SP. ;)
ha ha nice :) i’m still stacking as much as possible. and the curation helps every week. i love it.
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With regards to Steemit needing more consumers I agree, I'm sharing lot's of posts out on twitter and reddit - facebook not as often because I'm still in a bad mood with FB for shutting my ad account - using #steem tags #steemvotes etc... #steemsavvy campaign is another good one. :-) Hopefully it will breed curiosity leading to more users consuming content.
ya man. i share my steem content across a bunch of platforms. that and trying to always be a product of this product :)
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Really great post. Partiko help me too to enjoy content and being more active in commenting and posting, actually I agree with you it's hard to choice a standard about quality, also if I think we can say that some post are really not qualitative posts, some just try to earn money without writing and I think this is a big problem if you want to have a blog
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yeah for sure. i think it’s important to get a few for the community through engagement and then build that way. works really well :)
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Great article Jon. It's true try engaging and it will pay back in so many ways. It is Consumption of Content pure and simple as that.
Why can't Content Creators be Consumers as well ?? Iam a HUGE consumer of Content here at Steemit fer sure
agreed. that’s what i think is the best use case for steem. not just using the dapps but consuming the content within them as well
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Absolute right here basic think you are telling is engagement so write, comment on good article. ask question if you have and this is the basic idea definitely work to be a part of 177 journey.
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nothing better in my opinion. if you are stuck or need help, ask questions. helps you and helps the content creator too.
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Dude only wish I found your article earlier, this insight deserves a hundred and ten percent upvote. Because sometimes it’s better to look and notice at what other people are talking about than yourself.
Imma a bit late to this but you deserve this follow!
appreciate that. thanks for the kind words and the follow for sure.
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I've been tied with different things these days and I left the interaction on other blogs aside. I miss that and will interact more, if time allows me.
As always, you make great points about focusing on engagement.
Nice to see you back. Sorry about your grandma passing away.
man you’ve been traveling haven’t you? adrian’s world travels lol
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True, true. But it's been some time already since I came back. I love these kind of vacations, but we do need to work, don't we? :)
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work??? lol what’s that.
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That thing you do when you don't have fun, lol.
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absolutely lol
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Very useful information in this post @jongolson, I'm so glad you had a chance to write it and I'm very thankful that @qurator brought it to my attention in tonight's featured articles.
appreciate it. nice. been a member of qurator for almost a year. first time they highlighted a post of mine :)
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Well it was a good one to highlight. 👍👍
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A lot of good quality writings do not even get anything in this world., not even attention, because of this writings are telling the truth. Well, I think the way we see good quality writings can be seen in different point of views, and I agree that it does not mean you have to write as good as those professionals. We just have to be honest and could bring value to the ecosystem, which seems easy but it is not.
i think the real value is the people here. when we focus on the relationships and engagement long term, we are unstoppable.
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I still try to post consistently, but I definitely comment and engage with other people post a lot too, because I definitely think that building relationships is important on the platform especially for those that getting their steem power from the scratch, like me since I don't have the fiat to invest.
absolutely. this is something we can all do and we don’t need to spend money to do it. but we do need to spend the time :)
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This is one of the most useful tips I've come across this week.
There's too much focus on creating content daily, which is basically hard work and may result in lower quality posts.
Leaving valuable comments can earn you a lot more than just the Steem you earn with them. It's the best way to build your network, and we all know that it is your network that is the main factor here.
The problem is that new people are limited by the new RC system and are unable to leave more than just a couple of comments a day. I can understand this is a real turnoff. How can you ever become a part of the community and grow your account when you are limited in your communication?
The result is that most new users leave before they even got started...
I think you made a good point, the RC system can be off putting but it also helps to promt people in to getting to understand the steem blockchain on a deeper level, my daily actions are not always about creating quality content, I do try to put quality out when I can but sometimes I do simple things like photo sharing and commenting which helps to build up SP etc. I also like the fact that we can take part in different challenges, projects and initiatives that can also help anyone to build up SP and RC. I did find it a little frustrating at times when I wanted to comment on a post but had not enough RC - so this nudged me in the direction to figure out how to build up my SP and also invest some crypto in to the platform.
I am also use @partiko app and enjoying it!
Butcan you clarify benefits of @appics? What positive sides of this app do you see. And what is the difference between appics app and other apps do you see?
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appics is much more of the instagram of the blockchain with tons of features.
but partiko allows for engagement on all apps on steem.
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Thank you for explaining!
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Fantastic pos friend congratulations
thank you kindly.
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