I have been on Steem for six months now. And initially what brought me here was my love for cryptocurrency and interest in blockchain tech. I knew Dan and co had created a blockchain capable of high transactions per second, with no fees and I found the concept of a fee-less blockchain interesting.
Before I started blogging here almost everyday, I also have a personal blog which gets 100k visitors per month (still active and I occasionally still post), mostly organic traffic from Google for Javascript related posts.
My name is Dwayne and I am a front-end developer during the day and work on my own ideas in the evening, as well as Steem related content ideas and outlines, as well as managing to get some Netflix time with my wife as well.
I tried putting Google ads on my blog and I think the most I made one month was $10. It was inconsistent and people block ads anyway, so I removed the ads and starting writing here in Steemit.
Admittedly, it has been really hard to succeed here. I am by no means a success and for whatever reason my 1100 followers equates to a maximum of 40 votes on a post if I'm lucky. I don't have an exact niche either, but I think my long-form content is probably the most unique thing and my niche. Lately, I've been trying to write thought-provoking content which has elicited a response from people.
I also try and post one post per day Monday to Friday, then on the weekends I have mostly Steem free time where I recharge and spend time with my family. If I do ill scroll through my feed only, swing some upvotes and maybe a comment or two.
Hi @beggars welcome to 6 months on Steem. I agree the blockchain Steem is top of the line and capable of some pretty amazing things.
A personal blog with 100k in visitors is great, hopefully you can monetize some of your expertise here. Yes, success is going to take time on this platform and it becomes harder if you don't have a niche I agree. In the long term you'll win out by staying around and participating. Post once a day like you are doing that is great!