Hey @simplifylife!
Welcome to Steemit!
When you say that your intro didn't get much response, what did you exactly expect?
To be honest, for my very first post on steemit I didn't receive much more attention than you got for yours :-)
This is a long term project.
Plus: there are MANY new users joining the platform every single day, so thousands of people want to get a piece from the cake.
If I were you I'd definitely change one Thing: When I had a look at your blog I asked myself "So what is this blog actually about?".
You headlined your introduction with being a med student, that's whay I thought I would find a blog about medicine and related topics. But then you right about everything else but medicine: Football, memes, food, news, movies,... It couldn't be more diverse (and confusing :-)).
So here is my no. 1 advice: be more precise! Choose 1-2 fields / topics you're good at and then become a professional at them. You can't be a sports expert, food blogger and med student at the same time. I mean in real life you may be, but a blog is like a magazine: you need a FOCUS.
Medical student. Interested in and learning about Cryptocurrency. Love to cook and try out good food. Small scale photography once in a while. Sports.
This is definitely too much.
Also: don't tag your articles with #cryptocurrency if you're a beginner in that field. This is a highly competitive area here on steemit, and we've got some really professional crypto enthusiasts on the platform. So I'd rather suggest you to blog about something you're already good at. Don't get me wrong: it's awesome to learn and people will appreciate your interest in crypto. However, don't try to make it your "store sign" :)
Last but not least: be Patient! You're not even one month on this platform.
I hope you considered these ideas helpful.
Best of luck!
Wow thanks so much for the support!! This was very insightful.
Yes I did think of starting writing out a few simple topics about certain common diseases at first, but then i thought to myself, writing about medical topics is and extremely focused topic and i didn't think I have the follower base for that yet. On the other hand things like memes and photography would appeal to a much larger reader base because these are more general topics and more people are into these things. Also I do enjoy these. So what would you suggest me to do now that you know where my mindset was? I mean should i totally stop posts related to memes, photography and sports?
And also one thing that baffled me was, just recently one of my posts made about $20 overnight while all my other posts are hardly making $1 or 2. I'm not sure what i did right in that post and now i'm much more confused and starting to lose patience when the next posts aren't making that much hahaha. This is the post i'm talking about.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@simplifylife/sbd-steem-and-steem-power-made-ridiculously-simple-for-newbies-and-beginners
Again, thanks a bunch and sorry for the late reply. Don't know how i missed your reply.
Cheers!!
Hey @simplifylife!
Well I know what you mean when you are talking about addressing content to a wider audience. The problem with sections like photography is that they are highly competitive - and that a lot of people are trying the same that you do. So the great challenge will be: how to stand out there? If you are an excellent photographer (better than the average photographer on steemit), then you should give it a try. Otherwise I'd rather focus on something else.
You got a really nice upvote from famunger. That's funny because he's a friend of mine from college :-) He's a minnow supporter so you were lucky enough to gain his attention.
I've seen that you've done several articles / tutorials for new users. Well if this is something that works, then keep doing so. The most important thing here is recognition value. Look at the people on the trending page - their blogs are BRANDS :-)
I will keep reading your articles and leave some feedback from time to time. Best of luck on your doings!!! :-)
Marly -
@surfermarly @steemaniacs Thanks so much for the reply!! It's an honor to have an established user like you reading my posts!! Would appreciate any feedbacks from you!! Also, if you find any of my posts worthy and could share with people you know who would be kind enough to leave an upvote would help me out a lot!!
Yes i have been doing some steemit tutorials (3 posts so far) and i am really enjoying doing these. i have also been getting good interaction from my followers. The last two had over 50 upvotes each and good comments, but haven't had much earning, probably because it didn't reach the more influential users on steemit. So if it's not too much of a trouble for you, a little support would go a long way!!
As you had suggested to focus on 1-2 topics, i have decided, For now i will focus on Steemit Tutorials and a few occassional memes till I figure out what kind of topics to write about in the field of medicine. I'm totally confused whther i should write explaining certain diseases, or should i focus on treatments or diagnostic criteria and so on....it's all a big mess inside my head lol!!
Once i figure out what i wanna write in the field of medicine, i'll probably decrease doing memes.
Once again, thank you so much for you reply!!
Cheers!!