Many steemit members are in a state of bitter disappointment because of lack of making it like those that are featured on trending pages –even though most thought that they will make top money the 1st week they sign up on steemit. In reality, however, life is not all that rosy and steemit is not a get quick HYIP scheme – therefore, to succeed you should remove that mindset and aim to acquire that rare jam ¹1: Patience is a great virtue to have if you want to succeed in life. Therefore, focus on the fun part of this great platform ( not trending and hot pages) , take out time , learn the way things are done here and build your followers through prudent commenting and engaging with steemit communities (avoid follow for follow or vote for vote scams), joining challenges and asking successful people questions. After building a good followers on steemit , then you start blogging on the topics you are good at (use relevant tages-5 max) . All these might take few weeks or months- however the good thing is that you will surely reach the promise land if you try.