There's a fair number of people who have realised they can live off writing on steemit. But obviously, if you are to do that you'll need to convert your earned SBD or liquid STEEM to fiat as you can't buy a Grandis with STEEM or SBD just yet.
Just by looking at the behaviour of a lot of steemers, it's also obvious that a fair chunk came here from the "how to earn money on the internet" community. These are also just looking to find the best way to earn some rewards and then take out money.
So there's a fair amount of sales coming through both of these channels.
Anyways, as STEEM becomes used not only as a token to increase VP here on steemit, but also has external value, it will be more sought after.
I'm totally onboard with you and have myself powered up everything I earn + looked to gain a few hundred STEEM per month from trade on exchanges that I chip over here (I view it like poker, I play with the small chips on the table on the exchange, where the small chips are different altcoins, and then I take the big 100 dollar chips as STEEM off the table to store them in the STEEM bank 😎)
Great to hear that you're also looking to Power Up and grow your presence here! It's more fun to contribute to the growth of people you know can become big together with yourself over time :)
Haha, you nailed it with the Grandis @Fredrikaa. Still laughing here :)
I can see that if you live in a country where the wages are low you probably can make some money out of steemit.
But, if you are smart and instead power up and you live in the same country, you can make a recurring income in a year or two.
As you also mention, a lot of them are coming through "how to earn money on the internet and from countrys that have a low income. Well, I can be helpful by buing some Steem from them to secure my own SP so it grows :)
I am also going to start buying Steem to power up privat.
And in addition to that,my business partner and I have just registered one of our companies here at Steemit, so when we have talked to our accountant to find out how we can make investments into crypto currencies, we are planing to by Steem.
In Norway there are some tricky rules about investments, and we dont want to make any mistakes regarding taxes.
And I totally agree with you on contributing together with like minded people :)
If you should happen to bee in the east part of our country sometime @Fredrikaa, let us know and we will gladly by you a coffee or a beer.
Haha great to hear :'D
I totally agree! I'm also in this for the long term. Both to build up a larger STEEM holding that I believe will be valuable, but just as much to take an early position in an ecosystem I believe will be huge.
Cool to hear that you're also looking to do business on steemit, I would be curious to know more about your companies and how you intend to make use of STEEM as an enabler for them or see new opportunities to develop something new here.
It's hard to tell when exactly I'll be on the dry side of the Norwegian mountains, but probably not too far into the future! A beer or four would certainly be appreciated so let's make that happen at some point :)
"as you can't buy a Grandis with STEEM or SBD just yet."
Haha! Just epic!