Gosh. I have been thinking about this one to @ryzeonline! And it’s relevant to... as you and I both put in vast amounts of brain juice, time, and maybe even a little money into producing good to great content. I feel you pain and have felt it for the past 3 years of being on this blockchain. I have had to console myself by setting my own standard for content... and also making sure that I don’t vote a post unless I have read it (or bookmarked it for reading later on.) Another thing... I am a firm believer that what comes around goes around, whatever you want freely give it away to others (who deserve it!). An example: Need support. Give support. My mantra: “You get what you give so give it everything you got!”
Another thing I keep in mind... people don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care... so engagement is something I’m always trying my best to keep up with.
One last thing... this is all about trust (and attention) and everything moves at the speed of trust... so Wiebe it comes to people... fast is slow and slow is fast.
This is another reason to Power Up as well... as it shows that you have skin in the game... people take note of this...
So yes! Off the cuff... this is what comes to mind... but I’m still doing my best to figure out how to get people to actually read my content as well. I think that’s why I value comments and the friendly environment that goes with them so much.
I guessed that you'd have some interesting input, and well, here we are! Great comment, thank you.
I respect your approach of:
And I operate similarly. It begs the question though, in a noisy world absolutely flooded with headlines... "Am I giving an eye-catching, attention-grabbing first impression with my headline, or am I phoning it in with a lazy one?" and "What am I really 'giving,' when I write?"
Definitely food for thought for me, thanks!
Exactly, and in my experience, they're looking for that 'care' in how much effort and energy was put into the headline/thumbnail. That is people's first impression and they're deciding whether we 'care enough' or not based on that alone. If it seems like our headline/thumb has care in it, they stop and click, if not, they keep scrolling.
At least, that's my experience. :)
Yep, we're all learning, myself included, and I felt this was a worthy point to look at, one that may benefit others. Interestingly, not a single person has taken me up on the free offer on this post, so I wonder, how much do people actually want their content read?
Anyway, glad you enjoyed the post / comments, and thanks very much for contributing to the discussion. Wishing you a great day man! 🙏