They are different things. What does it mean to "be successful" to you? Getting money as fast as you can or build a fanbase?
In this place, a fanbase is NOT EQUAL to getting a lot of money. You can have 1,000 upvotes on your post, and still only $0.010 of rewards.
But if you want to build a fanbase, then do this:
Make something great, and specific. Pick a niche. Post at least once a day or a couple of days.
Comment. A lot. Seek popular steemians you like and comment their posts. GOOD, MEANINGFUL COMMENTS. Not just "good post!, upvote me, sempai!" kinda comments.
Get into discord groups. Discord is the tool most people here use for socializing and promoting themselves and their work. USE IT. A LOT.
You can also participate in initiatives, contests, projects and stuff. There are A LOT of them in here.
Do this with discipline for a couple of months, and you will see your fanbase grow steadily.
Of course, you can also walk the bidbot way. You could build a fanbase faster, but it will cost you money. Kinda lots of it. And you better be GOOD, or you will only look like a fool. And, of course, you can always buy a lot of steem, power up, show yourself off in the trending page and a lot of people are going to follow you and cheer you up, hoping you will give them a buck or two.
Me? I walk a different path. But my definition of "successful" is quite different. I am here for the long run: Getting a nice retirement in 10 years.
Thank you so much for finding the time to reply back and giving some sound advice. I'm not worried about getting money, I want to build an empire here on steemit. The money will come later. I rather take the route of building an organic fanbase rather than bidbot my way to the top. I hope you don't mind if I screenshot your comment since I look forward to looking back on this and reflecting on my blog, as well as sharing this gem of knowledge to those who seek it. Once again thank you, this advice really meant alot.
No problem. I am actually glad to help. One more tip: This is a nice place to start:
https://discord.gg/9Yb3AMR
It is a discord group that works as a school. Every day there are interesting classes in there. Successful steemians teach you for free! Also, they create and promote big, fat contests where they actually pay thousands of dollars to the winners.
For real.
Thanks for your explanation very informative. I've only been here a week (7 days). And I am learning my way around. It's good to know some of these stuff and you just explained it in a way that to me really make sense. Perhaps it's not bad to take risk, but prudently and wisely would be the desirable approach. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Always glad to help. Feel free to reach me if you have more questions or need some questionable advise. :)
Thanks, sure will.