I’m an artist and I joined steemit 8 days ago (counting today!).
You can read more about why I signed up here, but for this post I’d like to share some tips on how I’ve approached my first 7 days on the platform! (That’s me, in full Teaching Artist mode, down below!)
There’s obviously A LOT of opportunity on steemit. There’s also a lot of information to digest if you’re a total newbie like me, so here’s what I've focused on learning each day, and some helpful tips I’ve found so far! Break a leg, friends.
DAY ONE
- Set up my profile.
- Check out the platform and FAQ.
- Search content and find like-minded accounts! I’m lucky because I came to the platform as someone who makes creative content for a living. I already knew that I would talk about art, equity, social justice, and a few other fun things like hiking. On Day One I searched under hashtags I thought would be useful to these categories to see which ones have the most/least leverage on the platform. It also led me to find accounts I was genuinely interested in!
- Discover @MarkrMorrisJr and sign up for Bootcamp! The best thing that has happened to me was discovering the #DolphinSchool Bootcamp by Mark on my first afternoon snooping around the platform. Mark is taking 20 fledgling authors and providing them with mentorship over 10 days to develop their work! It’s an awesome, entirely free opportunity. Check out the project to sign up for the next round!*
DAY TWO
- #DolphinSchool Day One! Participating in this community instantly gave me a significant boost in followers, comments, and upvotes that I never would have had alone. I’ve had over 30 comments on my #dolphinschool posts, and one even paid out at 20+SBD!
- Follow all the people! Partially because of my #dolphinschool homework, I followed and explored a lot of accounts in my first day. I made the rule that I would only spend time looking at accounts I was actually interested in and then pushed myself to find creatives, artists, and interesting personalities on the platform. I commented genuinely where it was warranted and got a lot of engagement.
- Try out posting! Here is my Day Two article on Theatre of the Oppressed!
[DAY THREE]
- #DolphinSchool Day Two!
- Building genuine relationships! Via Mark and the #bootcamp I’ve naturally made some great friends already. But I’ve also been searching out people whose content and ideas align with mine and starting conversations. I have plenty to say because I’m talking to people about things I care about!
- Curators are awesome. I’ve found curators like @juliakponsford that do amazing weekly roundups of high-quality artists (my favorite demographic!). I follow these curators and also dig into their content to find others I want to follow and get to know. I’m spending all of my time looking at things that have to do with the content I want to create!
- Post! Here is my Day Three article 7 Tips to Make Radically Inclusive Art.
[DAY FOUR]
- #DolphinSchool Day Three!
- Keep on connecting and engaging!
- Sign up for Discord (scary!) A lot of users hang out in Discord chat rooms in groups around common interests. A few Discord groups I already love are #TeamGirlPowa and #IsleofWrite. Many channels allow you to promote your work for free--just don’t spam or abuse the privilege!
- Post! Here is my Day Four glimpse into a 7500’ climb into The Enchantments.
[DAY FIVE]
- #DolphinSchool Day Four!
- Keep on connecting and engaging!
- Chat on Discord and join groups! I’m in over 10 different groups now, and over half of them allow me to promote my work for free!
- Sign up for steemit Facebook groups! Cross promotion is key, and I was excited to discover a lot of steemit groups on Facebook which I’ve joined. Most of them let you post your links for free and generally get a glimpse of steemit outside of the platform.
- Post! Here’s my Day Five piece Who say feminism is a dirty word?
[DAY SIX]
- #DolphinSchool Day Five!
- Business as regular. For the most part, I just kept on doing what I’d been doing, i.e. trying out Discord, cross-promotion, and engaging with people across the platform!
- Post! Here are my Day Five snaps of Joffry Lakes Provincial Park in BC.
[DAY SEVEN]
- #DolphinSchool Day Six!
- What are bots exactly? Bid bots are accounts to which you can transfer some SPD in return for a vote on your post (that might be worth more than what you paid to make it.) Although they are a clear way to make money on the platform, there is a lot of debate around bid bots, spam content, and misuse. I decided to take about 1.00SPD and try a few out for myself and I saw a good return on my investment--I tripled my money which will pay out on posts over the next week. I can see where there are loopholes in the system that cause misuse, and I intend to proceed with caution because nothing trumps making valuable content.
- Post! Here is my Day Seven art curation article, #MyTop5Artists: New Visual + Performing Artists Roundup.
I have 90 followers, 270 posts to date (this includes my comments!), and about $30 SPD pending payout in the next week. I think it’s a pretty good start, and I’m learning more everyday. I know it’ll take awhile to build something lucrative on the platform, but I’m having FUN and that’s what counts.
It also helps that my boyfriend, @ukuleletutorials, is a crypto, gaming, and steemit lover who runs @moneymatchgaming and has given me some helpful tips along the way. If you are into games like Overwatch, go check them out, (they also run weekly tournaments that I’ve heard are the bomb diggity).
What am I missing? What other must-do’s are out there for new steemians? Hit me up with your best tips!
My experience has been great so far. Hope you enjoy being here.
I’m loving it, I think it’s my ideal social media platform!
You have done amazing to be so new on Steemit. I am so glad I got to meet you and join you on this journey! It will be amazing to watch you grow.
You too! I’m loving the cohort that Mark is developing, hoping it will continue long after Friday. <3
Wow...You're good, I must confess.
Keep doing well!
Aw, thanks! See you around the steemosphere.
Great post about #dolphinschool and all of your experience since joining Steemit! You’re doing great and I’m glad we are swimming upstream together!
@jeejee
Heck yes and thank you so much! I know it’ll be slow, but it’s really more about the process than the destination anyway. :) See you along the way.
Definitely!!
Go #dolphinschool!
You're doing it great @lilyraabe! My first week here was a little messy, still kinda good tho. But when I joined this bootcamp everything changed! And I'm happy to see us all growing together. Well done! I will stick around after this is over, I'm sure you'll keep posting some goodies!
Thanks @sarahart. :) I honestly think it’s been this fun because of #dolphinschool. No way would I have had this same experience without y’all. Three. more. days!
@venturenan check-out this article, some pretty good insights into how to grow your account over the first week of being on SteemIt
Hey! Thanks for stopping by and reading. :) Looks like you’re kinda new? Welcome and have fun in the steemosphere.
YASS! This is amazing. You're already moving into a leader role for other artists. I love it. Okay, on the formatting, learn the "quote" tag it's simple, type this > in front of a line to create a separate quote box. I like to add * at the end of the text to get a bold quote.
That will help you to not need so much of the same thing. Wow, cannot believe this is your first week here! Amazing. Look at your reputation score too! 41 already! Well done!
Wow, thanks for the review. :) I’m having a lot of fun and it’s kind of cool that there’s this whole other world to organize with people on! Yay internet.
Awesome, thank you so much for the tip on that, it IS really easy! #teammarkmorris
Awesome and ENGAGING post content, I'm happy that you've shared this with us in the @earthnation guild. This has definitely inspired me to follow along. I'm always up for learning more and connecting with other like-minded individuals, to reach as many as possible our story, and our talent to tell that story is an opportunity to enrich lives alike. Thanks to Steemit, I have found new purpose online sharing my original content in a venue of welcoming, empathic creators such as yourself.
Thank you for sharing!
Awesome, thanks for popping over from @earthnation! I followed you back and will for sure check out your account. Cheers.
I think you are pretty awesome! I can't believe you have only been here for 8 days! You are doing amazing and how awesome was it finding #dolphinschool on day one, great find and way to start your steemit journey! I look forward to following you after school finishes too.
Gah! ... Where oh where do you find the time?? That is one crazy schedule. Are you on holiday or something? Hehe. I really couldn't get involved right now with looking for Steemit groups on Facebook and Discord... It would consume my life! ... Anywayz, great to see your progress. Keep on steemin' on!
Thank you, means a lot. :) Like I said, it helps so much that I have a) a lot of content already laying around that just needs small tweaks because I make/write stuff for work anyway, and b)a bf who can tell me what to do and answer all of my questions at the drop of a hat. We are both work-from-home freelancers so our schedules are pretty open for creative projects.
I also tuned out of FB and IG this week to make more time for steemit (can’t spend all my time in social media/blog land!). Admittedly, I wanted to see what could be done if I really focused on the platform for a few days, i.e. what is the real growth potential for a new user here if you put out some nice content and connect authentically. The jury is still out on that question, but I’ll be interested to see where everyone else lands after bootcamp! See you round and about!
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I am so glad I ran across your post. This is very helpful for noobs like me. I will try out Dolphinschool, that sounds like just what I need to get up to speed.
I am looking forward to reading your future content. Steem on.
Awesome! The #DolphinSchool thing was really great. :) Have fun on here and see you around!
That is a ton of content in your first 8 days, congrats! I'll keep this in the back of my mind when I lose motivation, thank you.
A lot of it is resteemed though, so just sharing what other people created that is in line with what I wanted to do! I did try to write at least one thing a day...just to see if I could. I think even if it was something short and sweet, like a picture, it’s still worth getting some content out there if you can. :)