Steemit has been a failing ground for some people and will remain so if those involved are still blinded by their stubbornness to change. There are some members who have been here for more than 6 months but still fail to see the light and are even struggling with those that recently joined (low followers and post payout). @timcliff , @liberosist and @stellabelle did a good job in posting about the issue which was analyzed handsomely by @rok-sivante on his Top 5 Reasons You Will Fail Miserably On Steemit .
Moreover , steemit is not a HYIP or get quick scheme therefore do not come here if you are looking for quick money, rather you will be successful if you focus on the fun and learning side of the communities in this great social media platform.
I light of the problem, I will therefore, outline some points which are helpful:
- Brand: We all know that brand and relationship matters. Some steemians, examples, @lydon.sipe , @soldier and @mrs.steemit have written about how branding yourself will lead to sustainable competitive advantage and subsequently, success . This is true and relates to consistency and being faithful to your audience. This strategy is employed well by some members examples @quinneaker, @papa-pepper , @sweetsssj and @exyle (to mention just few) hence why they are more successful than most average bloggers.
- Attitude towards others: your manner of approach matter in private and public life. Many people do not like to be spammed but will consistently throw in spam comments ( note that good consistent comments gets you up votes more than poor quality posts) , rude response and even flag those who disagree with them-this can lead to failure. Most worryingly, I have seen many members who wrongly take fight with groups of whales -blindly attacking and insulting them (what a stupid thing to do- please no war here, make love).
- Laziness: this is an issue here because many people do not put in effort in creating their posts rather copy and paste other people work or video (plagiarism) , post a picture or video without any written introduction and expect lots of up votes. This strategy will certainly lead to failure.
- Curate wisely : In order to be a success here, you have to comment (prudently) like a minnow, post like a dolphin and curate like a whale. Do not focus only on up voting those in trending and hot pages rather look for some great undervalued bloggers and up vote them –this will lead to expanding the success here and even you getting more money from curation rewards (when the post becomes successful)
- Invest in steem power : see my post on steem cheap price and opportunities : steem power is the main ingredient to success here because it can lead to getting more rewards from curation , post , interest, high return when there is increase in steem price and most importantly, power & authority in the future of social media.
What do you guys think?
• The points raised here are great, however I will add more
• I agree with the points and will implement them
• Shut up @charles1, you are talking nonsense.. I am done with steemit
Send in your comment, Please resteem this for others to join and up vote to send your support.
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I feel there are 2 groups of people who succeed on Steemit. The first group are the bot creators. Second group are those that love to blog and have a well identified brand like you mention. Without a brand, it'll be hard to maintain a follower count.
Hopefully we'll see all these 'quantity-over-quality-accounts' die off as steemit is growing.
Absolutely correct bud...I agree. Lets plan and join the bot creators ASAP
hahaa..that one is like money printing machine...
Honestly speaking, those who failed are those steemians who choose for the money. On the otherside those who choose for the love of steem and the platform succeeded. A friendly reminder for all steemians, remember this one thing. There is a time for sowing,time for growing and the time of harvest.
Very good point, I agree.
Very Amazing Words which you describe. thank you @cloudspyder
Nicely said. The intention one puts into something is so powerfull that it affects the results wheter one likes it or not. Full support for the Steemit platform and much love for the people on it. <3
what do you think about the issues of scam and excessive supply as indicated in my last 2 posts? I explained some points about it and scam in steemit-feel free to see it and send your suggestions on what to do. More success
Well put! This further confirms that steemit is a platform that will produce and promote original high quality content in the long run.
I've done a little bit of most of your recommendations. Most importantly, I'm having fun. I post when I can and I search out interesting content to upvote and resteem. The main thing for me right now on this platform is that I know my place...I'm a minnow. If the money comes eventually that's cool...If not that's cool too.
You will surely be a success here @mantishands you have to be optimistic. I joined on June this year and only post 3 times a week in order to have time to respond to all coments and comment on other people posts and upvote them too. In that way, I am building more success here. See my older blog posts for more tips and keep up the good work. I am following you now in order to stay in touch. More success to you.
Those point are pretty much on target. I will say, that even doing all those things still doesn't guarantee overwhelming success. People need to accept that as a possibility and be here for the interaction, relationships and community as well.
Best example I can use is myself. From the moment I arrived and for the year that has passed, I have been building the ScaredyCatGuide brand, posting financial related content, curating and commenting pretty consistently.
I've done decent. However, compared to many folks that have been here the same duration and aimed to do the same things (some of who you mentioned), my results could be looked at as disappointing. I'm content with where I am, but many would expect more and quite possibly leave.
In the end things are always relative. I choose to focus on what I have as opposed to what I don't.
wow, a very good comment indeed @scaredycatguide and I agree that we all should focus positively on our goal and the great community plus contacts we are building here. Like your posts too, following you now in order to stay in touch and send in my support. I wish you success.
Thanks Charles! It is appreciated. :-)
welcome, and more success.
I like your points. I would add that some of us, like me, are just ecstatic that there is another alternative to fascist book. I will keep learning about Steemit, not to make money first, but to really open eyes to truth, which FB does not allow. That is always my main goal, though here on Steemit, it seems the intelligence level and open-ness is much higher than FB, so my posts may be preaching to the choir. I also believe in supporting platforms that are about and for freedom. And, as a woman, I don't see enough of us supporting truth and freedom. There are more and more of us, but we need to reach more women -- especially the soccer moms out there (said by a recovering former soccer mom!) Good post. Reblogged. :)
you are welcome and thanks for your good comment. I will suggest that you read my older posts about how to be successful here in order to build up your steemit strategy and yes we need more soccer ladies , intelligent ladies like you
Thanks charles1! I will take a look. :)
you are welccome and more success to you my dear soccer lady
:) :) :)
:) :) :) you might like my last 2 posts, good info for you. I will check yours now...
I am still getting the hang of this, and find my time has to be limited right now, so my posting is mostly resteeming and some poetry. I want to write an intelligent article, so I am in the process of deciding what my "niche" should be... Any suggestions off the top of your head? :)
Well said. My wife @ch4nel recently joined Steemit and has expressed similar views to what you said here in your comment.
Yes, it seems this platform has a very young user base (naturally and thank god they are here rather than FB), but we do need to get more "mature" women on here so we can expose them to real news and truth.
P.S. I just followed your wife's page...she looks like she is an amazing woman!
@charles1 "post like a minnow comment like a dolphin and curate like a whale" I lol'd, the realize how mind-blowingly awesome that phrase is
Haha good point, however I indicted it as comment like a minnow , post like a dolphin and curate like a whale...
however great the way you see it, thanks.
thanks for this info @charles1
this is a great tip for success here... keep it up
you are welcome, more success.
Thanks
most unfortunately will not create original content and that way its gonna be difficult.
I agree, good point
Thanks @charles1 yeah since its difficult to commit most people will get bored but thats a mistake. we have to keep going and work on this great site
I agree, keep steeming to more success
totally! I'm hooked!
Hahaha success
U r rite
Thanks, see my new post for new analysis
nice post
what is nice about it?
Great post with spot on points !! I really wish I had money to invest !! I would love to build up my steem power again , but am in need right now of steem dollars as well ! Soon I hope to go back to 100% power up it will help more if the price of steem goes up again ! Thanks for sharing , good night ! Upped and resteemed!✌👍✌👍
Thanks a lot, I agree with you. Hope you will get lots of whale love . Sleep well and thanks a lot for your support. Your resteem button is fast isnt it? haha. More success my freind.
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Hello @charles1
The thing is that most people fail to invest the time to properly grow their blog.
I have seen a guy here on Steemit that uploaded the same Youtube video twice within a space of one hour with different titles.
After my last #blockchain-blogger post on finding and dominating a Niche, the responses I got made it clear that a vast majority of Steemians still need to work on their personal branding.
I am even having troubles with some people Introduced to Steemit, they complain that no one Upvotes their post and when I ask them how many people they read their post and interacted with I get no response.
They are different ways you can build your brand on Steemit, if you cannot post often then engage with the posts of others more. I have seen cases wherer a comment made more than the post itself.
A good example of this is @enjar and @progressivechef they always leave comments on my posts that are alway insightful.
We just have to keep repeating this, they will always be newbies on Steemit.
@ogochukwu
I think maybe a good exercise would be to just comment for like 4 hours or something. What do you mean by branding on steemit?
Hello @pjcswart
I wrote a full post on it recently in the blockchain blogger series you can check it out
@ogochukwu
Very good comment indeed @ogochukwu I agree. I will also check your blog posts which are well written with solid tips, more success to you and thanks for your comment.
You are very clever you have talent to comment more
Great points. After two weeks here I can tell you that if you engage the community and are nice to people success is possible. I've gained 51 followers in my first 14 days. It took me 4 months to hit that same level at youtube.
It does help that steemit is more suited to the content that I create. I'm a photographer, videographer, and nonfiction/fiction writer. I'm excited about the opportunity and community that steem is.
Good point, I agree with you and welcome to steemit. Feel free to see my older blog posts for more tips-success to you.
Your post is very inspiring me, continue the good post, I wait for your next post @charles1
welcome, guess you have seen my recent post and older posts that will guide you with some tips
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This is what i hate most on steemit. Spamming. @charles1
I agree, good point.
I see a flag coming
steemit demands some investment....
but if you got quality followers then you might achieve success on steemit.com
just like i have got 700+ followers on steemit.. but their vote doesn't do much good to my posts... one needs quality followers with high voting power here...!!!
I just started my journey i hope i will be successful by the end of this year.
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Totally agree! I'm still relatively "fresh" here and learned a few of these lessons by "falling on my behind." Posts like these are so helpful to newcomers who seek to make this a place of refuge from a cold and cruel world outside. steem-it has been a refreshing change for me and I hope that it stays that way. No drama. Creative outlet. Great peeps. Helpful vets. Teamwork!
God point, thanks for your comment
I think i will implement this
Thanks alot
what will you implement?
You gave 3 instances and i agreed with the point, thus will implement them
Thanks for your comment, success to you.
Agreed
what do you agree with, my eyes?
sounds good :-) thank you !
what sound good?
Your clearly put together points. i found it helpful.
welcome and feel free to see my older posts for tips to be more successful here. Wish you more success.
very kind of you , thank You. english is a second language for me, and i can't give "feedback " like others, i can only try! :-) Best. and thanks again!
welcome, you are doing great
yeah...sounds really good...nice comment @agneslaczo
Great post, branding is clearly a lot. Discover how to brand yourself and be yourself and your audience will slowly follow!
Yeah makes sense.
I agree @butchcrypto good point. Thanks for your comment.
I choose this one.."I agree with the points and will implement them"
Good point, thanks
I remember @stellabelle also said once that commenting can be better than posting. I find that one can so easily get over the excitement at the beginning. A good post takes time. Sometimes what I do is I just comment and comment and then when one of my comments becomes really long I make a post out of it.
Good point @pjcswart you are correct. Some people make more money throwing in great comments than posting..thanks
Yeah. What would you say makes a comment great?
It depends on the owner of the post to decide. However reading and responding prudently is great
yeah makes sense....I hope YOU have a WONDERFUL day!!!
same here
Totally agree, I've been on Steemit for a short time, but I'm having fun and enjoying it. Its a breathe of fresh air for me, a new exciting platform where I get to share my passions with. Having been successful on YouTube and Facebook in the last decade I've seen so many people jump on the gravy train looking for that quick fix.
Good point @nickoskitchen you are right. Am sure that you will be a big success here especially when your large followers on other social media platforms start joining you here. More success to you.
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Thanks bot
This is a post that can help a lot of people learn successful ways here on Steemit!
Thanks for caring and sharing with others how to improve and progress here!
I appreciate you recognizing me as an example and hope to continue to be an inspiration for others here in this beloved community!
SteemON!
Thanks a lot for your kind words , you are indeed a good example of someone being true to his brand , more success to you and you always have my upvote.
Thank you very much for the support!
I am grateful you believe in me and encourage me to continue to succeed!
I wish you great success and together we can be even more successful!
To the beginning of a fruitful relationship~*~
I agree with you. Thanks for your comment and stay in touch.
Yes I will try and check out your posts again soon!
welcome, we will surely stay in touch
Yes!
It's still early days and everyone that joins should remember this that they are getting the chance to be in early (even now) and think what that could mean in the future.
Good point @meesterboom , I agree with you bud. Thanks a lot for your comment and support.
No worries dude, always a pleasure!
welcome
I'm going to give up... jk 🤣😂🙌🏼
No way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! haha
People will get out of steemit what they put in. It just may not be immediate!
Good point, I agree.
Just like anything else in life. People need to put in the effort to see good results.
I agree, good point indeed.
Im loving this platform, i see it as a game, you get a character or bot and start with very little and build your reputation and power over a long period of time and there are many different ways to play the game all with the added bonus of being a social media platform to learn and be entertained. If i was into playstation then i would buy the console and buy a game, i dont have much money to buy steem but its essential to playing the game so i see buying £35 of steem as buying a game for a console to play this game, fantasic game, hope i win, whos the end dude? :)
Good point, I agree. Most of us built our steem power by working hard for it via commenting and posting. I indicated mor tips on my older posts-feel free to see them. More success to you.
"I will add more" :)
Making friends and finding person with similar thoughts.
First, it's pleasure to see their posts.
Second, it's about connections that usually thrive in money flow.
Good point, I agree.
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Excellent work dear friend @ charles1, very interesting and of great importance for people in general, very good points you mentioned, could not be more agree with you.
Thank you very much for sharing and giving the opportunity for expression.
I wish you a beautiful day.
welcome and thanks a lot for your comment and support-more success to you.
Thanks for the info, this is helpful for someone who has just started off here. I already feel addicted to steemit and the community is great! Spread the love guys! God Bless.
welcome and read my older blog posts for more tips
To become valued member of the community one has to be honest and true. The false comments and blogs failed. Good reputation is built constantly and it takes time, efforts and hard work.
Very good comment @nelinoeva , I agree
You continually amaze me with the breadth of knowledge you consume and then expound upon in your articles. This is a solid example of that research and a valuable resource for Steemians.
The same here, am impressed with your talent and knowlede hence why I begged you to employ me as your strategist!!!
Haha, you are too kind.
Welcome my friend...same here.
Love your point here..very good! Good notice!! We should put heart in in posting and commenting...not thinking about money.I voted and followed...i will appreciate if you do the same.
Good ost. Yes, there is a certain methodology to this. The biggest thing is you have to say consistent. You are the first person that I've also heard talk about brand.
Thanks for your comment, feel free to see my older posts for more tipe...success.
Great post. As a new member this is really helpful.
welcome, feel free to read my older posts for more tips, success.
welcome, see my older posts for more tips
Welcome to steemit. Great to have you in this amazing community :-)
Did you read my post?
Couldn't agree more! Yes yes yes! :) I would say you are taking your own advice well. he he he Cheers to your success.
welcome my dear one..same here as you are a big steemit star!!!!
dawww! Too kind! :)
welcome my dear one, always.
I will (try) to implement the points you raised. The last two "curate wisely" and "invest in steem power" I still don't understand but I guess "practice makes perfection"! Nowadays I don't have time to invest on good posts, on my passion (neuropsychology), so I'm trying to read, comment and resteem great posts I find here (and thankfully there are really great posts here!)
@helgapn first I thank you for your good and honest comment-keep it up. Second, follow me and try to read my older posts on how to succeed here including https://steemit.com/steemit/@charles1/stop-whining-here-are-way-to-improve-your-earnings-on-steemit
after which you focus on implementation and am sure that you will cook nice food and send to me due to the success you will see. Make sure that you build your follwers by commenting prudently on topics that interest you.
I have to study a lot! I'll keep working hard :) Following you already :) Thanks
welcome and more success to you.
Good to hear some advices! Upvoted!
welcome, feel free to see my older posts for more tips...success
I think the biggest problem I have is laziness. I think I put out good content, but i can never get myself to post more than once every 2 days. I've been looking at increasing that rate but can't because I often can't decide what to write about, or I think that nobody will care about what I write.
So now I have about a week of holidays, and in that time, I'm hoping to increase the rate at which I post. We'll see how that goes.
@harshallele good point however I post 3 times weekly The strategy is better for me in order to have time to respond to all comments and relate to my followers by commenting on their posts. Posting daily (or 4 times daily ) will be too stressful for me. As indicated, commenting prudently can pay you more than low quality posts-see my former blog posts for more tips